clarifying a small point about Roy.

[Gratis]

it was definitely cut before the headbutt

 

[true believer]

So does anybody have any idea when his cheek was cut? It looks fine in that gif then.

he gets a pretty good shot a few seconds before he turns his head from a 3rd attack

 

[Gratis]

anyone know when the MRP sits?

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

it was definitely cut before the headbutt

What footage are you looking at to see this? I can't tell that there's any marks before the headbutt, though I've heard a few make the same claim as yourself.

 

[Gratis]

on a recording of the game - it's not long before the headbutt. I haven't been able to find any footage apart from the headbutt online. but muscat definitely lays the elbow in, misses and cuts across the eye socket with his wrist. Roy protests to the ref and starts bleeding just after that. then comes the headbutt as they're walking away from that

 

[Pirate Pete]

this (above) is a moment before the headbutt. It's hard to tell but if you look at the video of when O Donovan
has his arms out wide you can just see the beginning of a shine. Looks like it started bleeding after the headbutt to me.

We really need one of those CSI Miami microscopes to blow it up.

 

[Gratis]

i think i still have it recorded - i'll see if i can find and pause the moments I'm referring to and upload photos tomorrow (with times)

 

[Pirate Pete]

the elbow to the head. Then Roy has his arms out appealing where you can see the shine starting.
I can't see blood though.

 

[Gratis]

nice job Pete

 

[Rowdy]

The swellings starting with a bit of shine.
The dark 'fleck' under the eye i believe is the start of the bleed.

 

[elevated position]

That shot shows Muscat had no eye contact on the ball as appossed to Roy and has screwed his face bracing himself for a solid hit on Roy, that is assault.
The appeal to the ref is passed away and embellished by this lack of action Muscat comes back at Roy mouthing off and I bet something about wife , mother or race came spewing out and our Celtic boy showed what a low life grub Muscat is as the players code is what goes on ,on the field stays on the field however to go down and try to get a player carded or sent to the MRP flies in the face of this code.

Roy has made three mistakes, the obvious is throwing his head at Muscat (at which a photo on here shows Durante doing the same thing)that too is assault, but the thing that irks is Roy did not take a dive from the elbow and saved Muscat at that point and Muscat didn't just walk away but deliberately baited Roy showing that he is just a grub and the third is Roy for being so naive.

 

[rbakersmith]

Muscat has been cited by the MRP, who will make its decision tomorrow afternoon, while O'Donovan has been cited by the FFA (under the 'obvious error' rule) and will front a Disciplinary Committee hearing on Wednesday afternoon:

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au...deration-australia/1gft0zroo6s8e1mgovznffftdx

 

[Big Al]

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/muscat-and-odonovan-cited#:oNAcB_l7ezAokA
Roy
The matter has been referred to a Disciplinary Committee hearing, scheduled to occur in Sydney at FFA’s offices commencing at 4:30pm AEDT on Wednesday, 6 January 2016.



Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/muscat-and-odonovan-cited#8oHKpt2VbsDXkO6w.99

 

[Luca Brasi]

it was definitely cut before the headbutt

The Irish generally know how to land a head butt.

 

[pjennings]

Muscat has copped 2 games

 

[Gratis]

What's annoying about this is that elbowing and (effectively) punching several times and without provocation is going to attract a much smaller penalty than headbutting once after much provocation.

I'm not saying either action is right but there is no way the punishments are going to be fairly distributed

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I can only see one strike in most of the clips online. Regardless, I was expecting one week.

 

[Spacks]

Muscat gets 2 match ban.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Roy to get 4?

 

[Pirate Pete]

Roy to get 4?

Well it says.....

The MRP determined that the Player committed the offence of R2 – Assault on a Player (e.g. violent conduct when not challenging for the ball) against Roy O’Donovan (Central Coast Mariners). The MRP proposed a sanction of the Mandatory Match suspension plus one (1) additional Hyundai A-League match, being the minimum sanction for the offence under the Regulations. This equates to two (2) Hyundai A-League matches.

So I presume Roy will have one week plus whatever they add on for the extra naughtiness. But really the other Muscat has been banned for two weeks a couple of times for elbowing an opponent.
So really it should be two weeks for Roy.

However as I've said before because of the news of the fans behaviour I think the FFA will have to show they are totally in control and Roy will end up with 4-6 weeks.
"we don't do violence in football. No biff to see here".
Any more and it'll look like the headbutt is as bad as Muscat's foul on that young kid which he got eight weeks for.

Funny isn't it. If that this had happened in rugby league the bogans would be loving it.