Scots fear Fifa action on Naismith

Lyndon Lloyd , 24 September, 4comments | Jump to most recent

'Disciplinary proceedings' opened over elbow incident

Fifa have confirmed that the have opened disciplinary proceedings against Steven Naismith over the incident against Serbia earlier this month where he appeared to elbow Srdan Mijailovic in a challenge for the ball.

The incident was missed by the Swedish referee but was caught on camera and Scotland fear they could lose the midfielder for three of their World Cup qualifying matches.

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Kane Dennison
1 Posted 25/09/2012 at 01:13:19

Good news for us I guess if he is charged.

Mick Davies
2 Posted 25/09/2012 at 02:09:44

But if you're English, you can racially abuse a fellow pro, fail a drugs test, hold gang bangs in the team hotel, shag your team mates missus, beat up asian students in Leeds city centre, in fact, almost anything is beyond censure. Two English team mates at Newcastle can even punch the shit out of each other on the pitch, but if you're Scottish ala 'Big Dunc, you end up in prison.

Matt Traynor
3 Posted 25/09/2012 at 07:09:50

Or maybe it's taking post-game action, albeit a lot slower than here. I saw the challenge, and it was as definite a red card as you could see. The ref missed it, and retrospective action can be taken.

I do believe that within reason, what happens on the pitch should be dealt with by the football authorities.

Regarding the Leeds incident, the Sunday Mirror caused the collapse of that trial, at a cost of over £3m to the public purse. They should've been fined the costs of that.

John Maxwell
4 Posted 25/09/2012 at 22:24:35

If the evidence is based on tonights performance he wouldn't even play again in the Scottish 3rd division !

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