Originally posted by DJS:
<strong>Mellor's tackle was stupid and born out of frustration - but it didnt really warrant a straight red IMO, especially not in the context of the tournement.
Gerrard lost it a bit with the verbals, but again, the ref bottled it by sending him off.
Players always get a bit mouthy and to send someone off in a friendly tournement for something so petty just smacked of attention-seeking from the ref.
You couldnt imagine the likes of Collina doing that - i imagine he would've probably just walked away and let Gerrard talk bollocks.
As for the blind eye turned to the blatent provokation by Hakan Sukur and Hakan Unsal - pathetic, from what seemed to be a novice ref.
Regarding the suspensions - Mellor will be suspended as his was a straight red for what is deemed 'violent conduct'.
Gerrard however was dismissed for dissent and even then, it was a 2nd yellow.
So he wont face a suspension.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So the general conclusion is, that it was everyones fault but yours?.
Sounds about right.
Somethings never change.