Pearce ban overturned

[Ian Royal]

if you grab a shirt lightly and the man waits half a second before pretending to be tripped? is that still a foul?

Yes. Because the player has been impeeded. The dive happens because refs give virtually nothing unless you go to ground. The fact is Pearce tugged his shirt when Afobe had beaten him. Penalty, end of. Whether its always given, often given or rarely given doesn't stop it being a foul.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

if you grab a shirt lightly and the man waits half a second before pretending to be tripped? is that still a foul?

Yes. Because the player has been impeeded. The dive happens because refs give virtually nothing unless you go to ground. The fact is Pearce tugged his shirt when Afobe had beaten him. Penalty, end of. Whether its always given, often given or rarely given doesn't stop it being a foul.

A tug of the shirt is only a foul if it impedes the player. I'm pretty sure the rules don't say you're not allowed to touch someone

This "there was contact so I had every right to go down" mentality that is given by the 'pundits' on MotD and by fans across the country is just utter crap

[melonhead]

if you grab a shirt lightly and the man waits half a second before pretending to be tripped? is that still a foul?

Yes. Because the player has been impeeded. The dive happens because refs give virtually nothing unless you go to ground. The fact is Pearce tugged his shirt when Afobe had beaten him. Penalty, end of. Whether its always given, often given or rarely given doesn't stop it being a foul.

tug didnt affect him at all. hence why he then felt the need to go down like hed been tripped

[RoyalBlue]

I can confirm that following the upheld appeal which followed my swipe at Adkins for excuse-making, I will be serving a 1 match ban for the QPR match and will not be attending within 60 miles of Loftus Road.

I'd heard that Nigel Adkins was very keen that you do visit Loftus Road on Sunday, in order that you can drop off his new car.

[Crotts]

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Can we swap shirts now please ? !!

[melonhead]

meh. looks worse in a static pic

[Gordons Cumming]

From Pearce's comments it seems he's not arguing that it was a foul and penalty.

"The manager could see on the video evidence what happened and it was clear I wasn't the last man, so I'm pleased he decided to appeal. It's rare that the FA go against the referee so I thank them."

[Ian Royal]

if you grab a shirt lightly and the man waits half a second before pretending to be tripped? is that still a foul?

Yes. Because the player has been impeeded. The dive happens because refs give virtually nothing unless you go to ground. The fact is Pearce tugged his shirt when Afobe had beaten him. Penalty, end of. Whether its always given, often given or rarely given doesn't stop it being a foul.

A tug of the shirt is only a foul if it impedes the player. I'm pretty sure the rules don't say you're not allowed to touch someone

This "there was contact so I had every right to go down" mentality that is given by the 'pundits' on MotD and by fans across the country is just utter crap

I've never agreed with that mentality. Nor did I say touching involves a foul. Pearce pulled his shirt as he was trying to run away from him. That's impeded him accelerating. It's minimal, but why the oxf*rd are you pulling a shirt in the first place? That's right, because it gives you an advantage and its clearly fouling.

There would be much less diving, if refs didn't make players have to do it to get a decision by almost never giving a foul unless they hit the dirt.

[melonhead]

From Pearce's comments it seems he's not arguing that it was a foul and penalty.

"The manager could see on the video evidence what happened and it was clear I wasn't the last man, so I'm pleased he decided to appeal. It's rare that the FA go against the referee so I thank them."

s what i said at the time, so im glad he agrees.


still reckon the foul is much softer than i first thought from the north stand.
and the blokes still dived

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Still a stupid pen to give away, and am a bit gutted as was looking forward to seeing Hector get a run out (though Günter would probably have been there)

[Loyal royal 247]

It's a big disappointment that it was overturned because he is awful

[sandman]

No, he's not. One of the best defenders in the league and best of all he's a product of our academy set up.

People just want to hate on him because he did what any professional would and should do and looked at his options rather than just signing the first bit of paper that RFC shoved in his face.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Loyal royal 247 wrote: It's a big disappointment that it was overturned because he is awful

You have a short memory.... Pearce won Player of the Season for Reading in the 2011–12 which was the season we won the Championship.

[Wycombe Royal]

People seem to think he is rubbish because he is slow. Well there are many top defenders in the world who have the same pace as Pearce, but like Pearce, they make up for that lack of pace in other areas of their game.

Occasionally he gets shown up by a quick player and he struggles against them, but if he didn't he would be playing regularly in the Prem and not for Reading.

[Royal Ginger]

He's not having a very good season,and certainly doesn't seem to be playing as well as two seasons ago. Probably because he doesn't have Jem and Legs in front of him who really shouldn't be underestimated as a defensive midfield pairing.

We've all thought quite highly of Pearce at times, but there's a couple of issues creeping into his game. He isn't too slow in a straight line, he just really seems to struggle to turn round very quickly and he's got the issues with the ball at his feet that we've all seen. His heading used to be excellent, but he's started to get his hands/arms all over whoever he's jumping with.

He's not bad, but he's hardly in the form of his life. At the moment Gorkss is making him look second best by quite a way.

[NewCorkSeth]

Most teams in the championship would kill for a CB of Pearce, Morro or Gorkks quality.

[Ian Royal]

Cracking player. I don't think his pace is particularly a problem, although obviously he could be faster. His major weakness is that he's not got a lot of poise. He's a bit clumsy, sort of lumbering and too easily caught off balance.

You don't notice it too much because he's great when he's set and he's got a pretty good footballing brain on him so he usually is well prepared.

His problems are when attackers surprise him and so take him off balance. And there's that awkward ball where its dropping and it's not ideal to attack it in the air or let it bounce and come on to you. It's in the uncertainty zone. That's when he really struggles.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Two goals in three games for Pearce plus a very solid performance against a top six side (QPR)in the Championship.