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FA plead with FIFA Over Alli

mawspurs

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Jun 29, 2003
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The Football Association submitted their defence on Wednesday after Alli was charged by FIFA following his one-finger salute

Read the full article at Daily Mirror
 

Japhet

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I'd rather he learned his lesson at England's expense than ours. Having said that, the probability of him learning a lesson are rather low from previous experience.
 

Col_M

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Feb 28, 2012
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Is this the same FA that would take him to task if he did it in one of their games?
 

WorcesterTHFC

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If he'd broken an opponent's leg and ended that player's season, he would, presumably, have received a red and it would have been forgotten about by now, other than his automatic suspension.
 

Houdini

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Jul 10, 2006
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I'd rather he learned his lesson at England's expense than ours. Having said that, the probability of him learning a lesson are rather low from previous experience.

I agree I'm afraid, that punch, the kick, the tantrum and shove, the CL ban and now this.
There will be more incidents of his immaturity and petulance but we can only hope that his final contributions far outweigh his transgressions.
 

whitesocks

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Haven't FIFA better things to do with their time, like dishing out backhanders.
 

guate

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Much ado about nothing. Bribes and corruption at all levels amongst the FIFA bureaucracy are chastised with minor punishments whilst a footballer gets banned for several games for giving the bird to a friend……what a genuinely screwed up world we live in
 

TottenhamMattSpur

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Much ado about nothing. Bribes and corruption at all levels amongst the FIFA bureaucracy are chastised with minor punishments whilst a footballer gets banned for several games for giving the bird to a friend……what a genuinely screwed up world we live in

Bit like giving murderers and rapists petty sentences but 15 years prison for money laundering and tax evasion.
 
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