Saturday, September 19, 2009
For teams considering a walk off
This from Vietnam
The coaching staff of First Division club Quang Ngai directed its players to stop playing during a match against Saigon United amid a dispute with referees.
The Quang Ngai team walked off the field and was later removed from the league and relegated to the Second Division. That means that clubs with wins against the team now lose the points acquired from those victories.
It's unfair for teams to lose points because someone else decides on a look at me moment and takes his players off the field. In the above incident Saigon United lost 6 points and got relegated. Hardly their fault.
But kicking teams out seems fair enough. Rules is rules and if they don't like them they can just blooming well go ahead and start their own league.
Walk offs (or near) in the last 12 months. Team in bold walked off.
AFF Cup - Myanmar v Singapore (walked off, came back)
TPL - Chula United v Pattaya United (walked off, came back)
CI - Sriwijaya v Persipura (walked off, never came back)
SL - Tampines v SAF (just threatened)
The coaching staff of First Division club Quang Ngai directed its players to stop playing during a match against Saigon United amid a dispute with referees.
The Quang Ngai team walked off the field and was later removed from the league and relegated to the Second Division. That means that clubs with wins against the team now lose the points acquired from those victories.
It's unfair for teams to lose points because someone else decides on a look at me moment and takes his players off the field. In the above incident Saigon United lost 6 points and got relegated. Hardly their fault.
But kicking teams out seems fair enough. Rules is rules and if they don't like them they can just blooming well go ahead and start their own league.
Walk offs (or near) in the last 12 months. Team in bold walked off.
AFF Cup - Myanmar v Singapore (walked off, came back)
TPL - Chula United v Pattaya United (walked off, came back)
CI - Sriwijaya v Persipura (walked off, never came back)
SL - Tampines v SAF (just threatened)
# posted by Me @ 6:54 AM 
