Premier League - Cahill appeals Emirates red

Arsenal were very lucky they had Stuart Attwell on­ their side for this match .... i wonder how much it­ cost you to pay him off?

Cahill's tackle WAS NOT a­ red card, and what happened when Lee was fouled seconds­ earlier ... oh no foul, what a surprise.

Another case­ of the Bolton School of Football vs the Arsenal School­ of Falling Over and Bribing Refs!

maybe we should call #3 shuja.......NOT, lol

@ No. 3 Shuja i don't think you are an Arsenal fan,­ neither do you know the rules of the game that football­ is seriously! I am surprised that you can claim that­ the challenge on Chamakh did not warrant a red! Cahill­ infact should be banned for 3 games. Just the fact that­ Chamakh did not feign serious injury by being a real­ sports person does not mean there was real danger to­ his tools of trade(Legs). Even boxing, wrestling and­ rugby the most violent games have rules and if you­ flout you get punished for it. Remember a referee does­ not have the benefit of a replay and time to analyze­ like you, he does a split second decision with the­ rules at the back of his mind. How serious the foul is­ or was will be left to you and me to judge later. By­ the way Shuja means brave in my Swahili language and­ your comments does not depict bravery.

Coyle, just because you feel sorry for yourself and­ your wasted fouling efforts, doesn't mean the foul­ wasn't an attempt to slaughter the player from­ behind. Are you going to appeal to get Robinson's­ hack on Diaby a red card while your there too, and what­ about Davies consistent lunge attempts to kill­ someone?

It was a rather pub-like performance,­ rubbish.

shuja, I guess you should look in the rule book as you­ don't seem to have a clue yourself. When you have­ both feet off the ground you have no control of your­ tackle. This is why it is deemed dangerous. Luckily­ this time there was no injury. But what would everyone­ say if he done that on someone like Rooney or Milner­ and broke their legs. Everyone would be calling for a­ long ban.
However on your second issue on 2 yellow­ cards you have a point. Yes a player should get red for­ something like 2 bad tackles, or deliberate handball.­ But should he go for somthing like showing passion and­ taking off his shirt? But this is more down to the­ rules not the refs. Maybe some lesser offences a player­ could just be reported by the ref, but not issued a­ yellow card in the game. This way he can still be­ punished for the offence, but gives the ref a chance to­ keep 11 v 11 on the pitch

shuja (post 3), if a footballer tries to punch someone­ in the face but misses he'll still get sent off.­ The red card is not for how much or how little damage­ is caused to the player, but for the potential for it,­ and the offending player's recklessness. The law of­ the game says that a straight red card should be issued­ if a tackle is deemed to be dangerous, and a two footed­ tackle from behind IS dangerous - on two counts! If­ Cahill had caught Chamakh square on his ankle there is­ no way he could have pulled back from the challenge,­ and Chamakh could have been out for half the season­ with a broken leg. We've seen it happen to Arsenal­ players three times in very recent history, and­ it's about time the law was applied properly,­ strictly, and fairly. If that means there are red cards­ shown every week then, personally, I'm all for it,­ as long as it makes the game safer. Players have to­ learn to control themselves, both in the game and in­ life. There's nothing worse than seeing players­ getting injured in the way Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey­ have been, whatever team they play for.

Sorry Mr Cahill but a two footed challenge from behind,­ it's a straight red card ! Why are people­ complaining? Because Chamakh didn't get his leg­ broken? And what about Kevin Davies challenges on­ Rosicky and then on another player? Should have been 2­ yellows ! What about Robinson tackle on Diaby? The lad­ had to come off the pitch !! Not even a foul. So stop­ complaining Bolton though I can understand a 4-1 loss­ is hard to take...

They Should Call it two yellows ,As he is an England­ player Now he obviously needs to be like the rest of­ the England team and be protected by the FA.

That was never a red card. Max was yellow. He did catch­ the player from behind but all he clipped was the guys­ ankle/heel. In fact, ref should have allowed play to­ continue & then come back to book Cahill. If you­ genuinely believe that tackle warranted a red card then­ you don't have a clue about football - seriously!­ And i'm an arsenal fan & i like to see our­ players play without being hacked but you got to accept­ physical contact in the game. Not every foul can be­ deemed a yellow. Look at lee catermole, his second­ offence warranted a yellow card but did his 1st tackle­ warrant a booking? I don't think so but cos­ he'd already been booked he had to be sent of and­ the game was ruined. That's how ref's ruin good­ football games!

I'm a Cahill fan yet I think the tackle warranted a­ Red. The biggest problem is that he quite rightly got­ sent off but Colocinni dished out a worse tackle and­ got a yellow. The consistency is dreadful

Two footed off the ground challenge from behind, that­ says it all. Hope they increase the ban for a frivalous­ appeal.