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There’s a series of mistakes that have led to the punishment . Whoever initially thought there was contact was wrong . VAR made a chops of it . This has led to a disproportionate punishment . That being said I have zero sympathy for Slattery , there’s an element to his game thats quite embarrassing and hopefully this helps put and end to his nonsense .

Agree 100% Busta. The club made this very same point at the initial hearing. The bottom line is that footage is inconclusive. The lack of contact was not proved beyond all reasonable doubt. The facts have been manipulated to suit a particular narrative and thats unsafe and downright wrong. Something doesn't smell right.

Youve got to wonder who pushed for Slattery to be cited. St Mirren? Surely the officials did not as it only highlights how bad they are!

I'm all for this new era of holding folk to account for errors of judgement that are not in the best interests of Scottish football. Out of interest, does anyone know the last time a top level referee, assistant or VAR official was sanctioned by the SFA for such an error of judgement?

Yep, no idea why his red was overturned.

The SFA and referees have been shown up to be the incompetents we all know they are and as a result they've decided to go all out and make an example of Slattery. Was the playacting embarrassing? Yes. But any sort of simulation during a match is always met with a yellow card. Two games and two suspended is simply ridiculous and well over the top. It will be interesting to see if there is any consistency in the future regarding similar incidents. If not, I hope the club go completely to town on the ones responsible for policing it. And you know what? The intent from the st mirren boy was there whether Slattery made contact or not.

I've said this on P&B but I don't see how they can say this is conclusive. The recordings aren't clear enough to say if there was any contact or not. I don't see how it's possible they can say something has been "proven". FWIW I don't think there was any contact and I really don't care about all this, other than my interest in how they decided it was dead cert there was no contact.

Any decade now.

Absolutely never , it is never going to happen of course . They are always hard done by they say

So when do we see the OF punishment for the scenes at cup game?

I think as we can all see now the old favourites two tier system has been well and truly dusted off and as we have been told simulation is a yellow or at worst a standard red card not the equivalent of a career ending red card tackle, but then again Motherwell and the other non uglies clubs are easy pickings for the Hampden suits..or am I wrong 🤔

Taking all the emotion and subjectivity out of the situation, simulation is a yellow card offence not a two game ban. ( or 4 suspended). The penalty should be based on that single action alone and not any other circumstances that come after. Slattery's action is the same regardless of what comes next. Doing 35 in a 30 is three points on a drivers licence and does not become 9 points just because the Police are pissed off that nobody put some spool in the speed camera or because they don't like the look of your re-spray. The suspension is about more than Slattery's actions (which were pish) and this clause the SFA have pulled out is to allow them to make whatever whimsical point they want to make at this moment in time. It will not be a clause that is used even handedly moving forward.

I didnt mean defending his actions. Maybe I should have said "raising concerns regarding the level of punishment and its implications for the wider game......"

As Michael Higdon would confirm. Though that was Rule 200, apparently.

As has been said, the 'inappropriate behaviour' thing is pretty broad. Could even include posing for selfies with fans on the pitch during a pitch invasion. Making gestures towards fans.

I think we’d all accept Slattery’s punishment if it wasn’t the one that bucked the trend. But it is, and that’s what makes it so infuriating. Cheating should be penalised at all times, but players shouldn’t be over-penalised for officials’ mistakes. The real issue is the complete lack of consistency, in real time, through VAR, and then retrospectively, with the compliance officer seemingly picking and choosing at random which incidents to look at. The whole set-up is a clown show.

Not that I know of. The worst case of that I can recall was Craig Gordon at Fir Park a few years ago when he collapsed several times feigning serious injury to waste time. I lost all respect for him that day and have had no time for him ever since.

Could it be worse than that?

Re your last paragrath, would be nice, but it wont happen. The officials will make honest mistakes....

I completely agree with Star Sail, what Slats done was wrong, and he's been punished for it, but so to have the club by loosing one of our most influential players for 2 key games weeks after the incident, however the SFA in their ongoing unbelievable wisdom have been silent on the shocking scenes at Castle Grey Skull weeks ago…why? No condemnation, no quick sanctions, all seems very quiet for some reason. What all other 10 clubs in the SPL expect is fairness across the board, but what appears to be, and always happens, is no action until the end of the season against the two clubs involved in what was, the worst case of hooliganism in the UK, not just Scotland, in a decade just incase it effects either of the uglies chances of winning the title and keeping the status quo. I hope I'm wrong but I don’t think I'm far away from what'll happen at the end of the season. In the meantime Id love to see the Mighty Well win our remaining 7 games and set the cat amongst the pigeons. CMYW!!!!

I know there have been retrospective bans given out previously for diving to win penalties and violent conduct but has there ever been one handed out for feigning injury? I genuinely can’t think of any and I’ve seen plenty of incidents where players go down holding their head/face when there’s been zero contact there.

Cant see Slattery resigning now after this. As said every player and official cheats to some exstent. VAR has apparent definitions when they get involved. Whats is the definitions for the compliance officer, who is it? to get involved? Also will he now have a look at Camara sending off incident against Hearts? Or will it be ignored as the sending off was upheld, even although the Hearts guy was at. There are so many issues involving the Glasgow two clubs and officials that keep going unchecked that merit more compliance involvement. The game in this country is being run by clowns with a bowling green club mentality. Which is probably unfair to bowling clubs. Fans ask for consistancy and the authorities invent ways to make things worse. Baffling! Collum and VAR needs to go. They have shown especially with this and recent incidents they are not fit for purpose. Clubs in the top league need to put on their big boy pants and have a serious discussion about VAR and the way the game is being run.

Yes, its a catch all. "A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player, match official or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football." Now if the SFA is going to continue applying that in games we can expect a deluge of such cases. Many every weekend in fact. How about investigating all such cases since the turn of the year or even since the start of the season? Cheating by shirt pulling Cheating by stealing yards at throw ins and free kicks Harassing a referee Cheating by simulation Managers openly wanting their players to dive to win penalties. Cheating by committing off the ball fouls A referee treating players with disrespect The list is endless. How often do you hear pundits in the media saying "he had to take one for the team"? A phrase I detest. You're right Bobby. Mr Slattery will have to be cleaner than clean in future.

This is good

Not sure we are leaping to defense of our player. Most well fans were not pleased With Slattery I think we are all up in arms regarding the OTT response from authorities. Or should I say inconsistent response. there should be a boatload of these retroactive punishments for simulation. I’d expect to see it every week.