you cost your team three matches

By: Tucker | November 11th, 2008

The disciplinary panel of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund has handed down Robert Kovač a three-match for his indiscretion against referee Dr. Jochen Drees. The club is formerly appealing the ban with the belief it is too harsh. Unfortunately as much as I hate to see him out for three matches, he needs to be sat for the good of the game and the DFB should not reverse their decision.

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• diana |  November 11th, 2008 at 10:31 am

  
  
  

  Tucker, you are quick! I was just talking about the three-match suspension in the previous entry…

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• Jan |  November 11th, 2008 at 11:06 am

  
  
  

  ” for the good of the game and the DFB should not reverse their decision.”

  Really? I find it very harsh and hope Dortmund get through with their appeal. A fine or at most a one match ban would be enough. It wasn’t like he called the ref a son of a bitch or anything, you can even argue whether it was an insult at all.

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• Tucker |  November 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am

  
  
  

  Diana – I have to visit your blog more often as it looks great.

  Jan – I cannot stand undisciplined play as a player and that is a basic fundamental of what you don’t do. If their is something to say, the gent with the armband says it. I also tried to mention that the translation was a bit deceiving or at least it “cleaned” it up.

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• Porter |  November 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am

  
  
  

  “I cannot stand undisciplined play” – as always spoken like a quality rear-guard. Short and sweet words, with plenty of claret. You don’t insult a ref without knowing it’ll come back at you.

  Kovač’s is a quality veteran who lost his sensibilities for a few minutes and has to answer to his teammates for this.

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• Jan |  November 11th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

  
  
  

  I speak German, so I don’t rely on a potentially cleaned up translation (and I don’t think it’s particularly cleaned up in this case). Giving a three match ban is ridiculous and either the ref’s account of what happened is dramatically different from what Kovac said to the journalists, or the German FA just decided to make an example of Kovac.

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• Tucker |  November 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

  
  
  

  Jan – I think it was cleaned-up in the written form. He obviously used different words than “you wet your pants because you were afraid of the home crowd” – he insulted him in a verbal confrontation and just wouldn’t give it up.

  Of course the DFB made an example of him and next time someone decides to talk to ref like that, he should get an equal suspension or more. I’m also glad they dealt out a tough suspension to Mesut Özil for his lunacy.

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• Jan |  November 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  
  
  

  Well, we can agree on the Özil suspension.

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• Jackson |  November 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

  
  
  

  Well I’m so glad Mesut Özil brought you two together on this – jajaja

  I know what you are saying Porter. I don’t like talk on the pitch myself, other than playing ability but directing it towards a ref must be squashed. It’s tough for Kovač’s because he’s a vet but he should have just known to stop talking. If you did that in a Academy match you wouldn’t see the pitch for twice that time.

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• diana |  November 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am

  
  
  

  Ha ha, Tucker. Thanks for the compliments. I actually have the ‘reputation’ of having long entries on my blog. I know I am guilty of that and even my own sister complained I write too much. She gave up reading my blog after a while.

  I don’t know, I used to study history in school and so I have the tendency to be a little long-winded. Back then it’s ‘debating’ what the question ask of and I have to write it out. Now, rambling what’s on my mind on any football-relating matters. *shrugs* Times has changed since I only wrote a few paragraphs for each entry on my personal diaries like 11 years ago.

  Back to football stuff…

  ‘Well I’m so glad Mesut Özil brought you two together on this’
  Count me in as well.

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• Tucker |  November 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am

  
  
  

  Diana – I understand re the entries. I think it also depends on how you view blogs and the entires. I read most Footy on my mobile so longer posts are impossible. Either way, its all fun for me and I’m glad people don’t mind my look at defending football first. jajaja

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• Angela |  November 17th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

  
  
  

  Tucker: You just keep up the good work here. I don’t always comment, but I’m really enjoying what you’ve put together here on the BVB offside.

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