If it's deemed to have been a frivolous appeal the ban can be increased by one game.
I'd say it's unlikely to happen though.
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Not a chance it will be pulled. I hope he doesn’t get more for appealing. We need him playing.
Maybe not aformal appeal, but they did try to have it overturned on the grounds that the referee was a twat!
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Aberdeen held talks with the governing body in an attempt to have it overturned but FIFA rules only allow a yellow card to be rescinded for cases of mistaken identity or simulation, so Ojo is now banned for Sunday’s clash with Celtic.
I'm glad Christian is not scheduled to appear in front of the Hibs Net judiciary panel otherwise he'd be shot at dawn!
I don't think it will be overturned but I presume our case will centre on him being off balance and also the Ross County player's hands were on his leg so they might say he was trying to shake him off. However it's not as if the guy has a grip on him so I think our case won't be strong enough to prove the ref has made a blatant error. Don't know if the player's character comes into it but violent conduct is totally against Doidge's character.
Reckon there’s an outside chance of this appeal being successful. Yellow card was about right for the “crime”. There were about three more dangerous tackles/flying arms which went unpunished compared to Doidge’’s tangle.
They tend to be very prescriptive hence even in the most extreme cases of unfairness such as the Ojo yellow card they couldn't do the right thing and resind it.
Doidge was sent off for 2 yellows in a game last season so not going in with a blank sheet.
As I said this incident looked like a red card for violent conduct but when you look at all the circumstances it isn't so straight forward, however, as you say the appeal is unlikely to be successful unless a wordsmith argues his case.
Agree with some important points you’re making on this - his standing leg is definitely in an unusually vulnerable position, especially given the immediate proximity and movement of the opponent and i think he feels under a bit threat because of that, particularly after a spell out with an injury. But I think it’s the clear force of the high loose one going into the player that’s going to make the appeal unsuccessful.
But you never know - I stopped trying to second guess the inner workings of the minds of our footballing ‘authorities’ many years ago.
I'm not sure other tackles in the game will be used as a measurement for whether the appeal will be successful or not.
The incident will be judged in its own right, as it should be, and if we take the green specs off it's definitely in red card territory.
I'd be astonished if the appeal is successful.
Appeal will be held tonight so will know either way ahead of tomorrow
Or a few people are able to look at the challenge objectively, like grown ups, and see there’s absolutely no argument against the red card, and therefore just say that rather than pretending otherwise because it’s hibs and a player we like.
It’s worse every time I see the replay.. he’s actually raked his studs down the boy after extending his leg.
If that had been Morelos (or any non hibs player for that matter) we’d be going absolutely radge about it.
It won’t be changed. It shouldn’t have been appealed. It was stupid from Doidge. Time to move on and accept it.
I can’t think that pointing to challenges by other players that should have been reds but weren’t, will help Doidge get off with with a red that was rightly given, but we’ll see.
Personally think there’s absolutely zero chance of getting the red overturned regardless of how we pitch it, and rightly so, but again we will see.
Appeal rejected
Literally no idea why we appealed this tbh