Alan Kelly and Fenerbahce fans

**peterpan** · 15/02/2013, 1:39 PM

Lads if that's not a red card noting is, if that happened you on the street it would be an assault, smashing spot by Alan to be fair to him. Best ref in the league by a mile.

**harpin** · 15/02/2013, 1:47 PM

Originally Posted by peterpan

Lads if that's not a red card noting is, if that happened you on the street it would be an assault, smashing spot by Alan to be fair to him. Best ref in the league by a mile.

Well said Paddy

**peterpan** · 15/02/2013, 2:03 PM

Originally Posted by harpin

Well said Paddy

It's Peter not paddy!!!!!!

**Dermotron** · 15/02/2013, 2:08 PM

Red card for sure.

Fans losing the head with him wouldn't have had the same view of the opening of the video where it looks like a trip and no more. Any of those losing the head after seeing the close up are a bit ott

**Dodge** · 15/02/2013, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by peterpan

Lads if that's not a red card

To be fair, its only one bloke that disagrees with that (and his work colleagues that he doesn't talk to). The rest of us are normal (well normal enough anyway)

**Flawless** · 15/02/2013, 4:09 PM

Stephen Maher sent of for us in identical circumstances last season.. Red all day.. If theres intent its red..

**Notaclue** · 15/02/2013, 6:35 PM

Just watched it and I have to agree it's a certain red. Look at where Kelly is when Meireles when he does thing. He is in the perfect position to spot it and fair play to him for not bottling it, because it happens in the 4th min.

**DannyInvincible** · 15/02/2013, 6:43 PM

Definite red. Meireles knew exactly where the ball was but that's not where he was aiming when he kicked out.

**David BOHie** · 15/02/2013, 8:49 PM

Originally Posted by A face

Just showed it to 4 lads in the office here and said nothing to them .... They all said not a red, a yellow yeah but not a yellow.

Not a red? A definite yellow? but definite not a yellow?

Your friends'd wanna lay off the crack!

**DannyInvincible** · 16/02/2013, 6:39 AM

A player can be shown a red card for any of the following:

Serious foul play
Violent conduct
Using offensive, racist, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
Spitting at an opponent or any other person
Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper inside his/her own penalty area)
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick (known as a professional foul or ""last man" foul)
Receiving a second caution (yellow card) in the same match

As outlined in Law 12 (on page 61) of the Laws of the Game: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afde...t_en_47379.pdf

Meireles was guilty of at least one or both of the first two offences.

**Charlie Darwin** · 05/10/2013, 11:45 AM

Apparently Alan Kelly is switching to the MLS after this weekend's fixtures.

**Dodge** · 05/10/2013, 12:28 PM

He's our until the end of the season apparently.

Then he's off

**razor** · 06/10/2013, 6:41 PM

January, on a 3 year deal.
Not sure if there'll be any fee involved.

**mcgonigle** · 06/10/2013, 7:32 PM

Originally Posted by razor

January, on a 3 year deal.
Not sure if there'll be any fee involved.

After seeing both games today he'll be a big lose.

**gufcfan** · 09/10/2013, 4:27 PM

Originally Posted by mcgonigle

After seeing both games today he'll be a big lose.

Yeah, the FAI will find it hard to replace the income from suspensions he brings in.

**dundalkfc10** · 09/10/2013, 5:29 PM

Originally Posted by gufcfan

Yeah, the FAI will find it hard to replace the income from suspensions he brings in.

How anyone rates any of the Ref's in this League is beyond me

Its not only the major calls (that seem to be given wrongly in at least 2/3 games every week) Its the silly free kicks they give, I cant remember who the ref was but the Dundalk V Limerick game 2 weeks back, for a good 15 mins the ref gave a free kick for every 50/50 header contested in the air (just made up what way to give it when he blew the whistle)

**marinobohs** · 16/10/2013, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

He clearly kicked the guy. Straight red. And by the way, the rules are and should be exactly the same for first and second yellows.

Referees can't win. So many people want different things from them- for example "common sense" i.e. don't apply some rules sometimes and "consistency" i.e. always do the same thing. You can't have both FFS! You hear daft stuff like "it's a derby game, he should have let that go". Again- FFS.

'apply common sense' - don't send off OUR player no matter how bad the offence
'consistency' - Always send off the OPPOSITION player

Hope that clears it up for you Mr A (and any aspiring refs)

Kelly has had his moments over the years and can still come across as believing he is infallible but best ref in LOI by a mile ( the bar is not set high) and will be a loss. Good luck to him in the US.