tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132592711616787378.post1779430048357509799..comments2017-01-12T02:51:50.989-08:00Comments on Round is the Ball: Victory the loser amid Muscat messPhil Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773197065046189116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132592711616787378.post-27938504692316946752011-01-27T16:53:27.918-08:002011-01-27T16:53:27.918-08:00Unfortunately the penalties are (more or less) dic...Unfortunately the penalties are (more or less) dictated by formulae, so Muscat gets eight weeks. We await his response - surely he won't appeal, but simply announce his retirement, although the prospect of an anti-climactic swansong in the Asian Champions League remains possible. In another sombre postscript Zahra has not avoided surgery.Phil Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08773197065046189116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132592711616787378.post-18136176061015889362011-01-25T20:58:27.627-08:002011-01-25T20:58:27.627-08:00Agree, basically everyone loses. Muscat is a blig...Agree, basically everyone loses. Muscat is a blight on the game. At least we didn't have to put up with the media saying "well, he's just not that kind of a player" because he quite obviously is that kind of a player. <br />Violence like that doesn't belong in football, it breaks the rules, it endangers other players. In fact violence like that doesn't belong in society, full stop. A life ban, community service etc, that's what is needed.Stephen Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085402287390196136noreply@blogger.com