he clapped,, big whoop..

[ronaldo rulez]

i think that rooney should have just been warned by the reff cus he just had a yellow and you could see he was really stressed and yeh.. he clapped, which he still shouldnt have done, but was under pressure and is still very young, so these things happen..

[gresaa*cr7]

well whats done is done and hopefully he'll learn from his mistakes...

[Lance Knight]

ammm, u do know he sweared at the refree to right

[gresaa*cr7]

what did he sayy?
lol

[Lance Knight]

well they couldnt exactly say it over the tv

[gresaa*cr7]

loooooool...well actually in everygame of football you always see footballers swear..liek when they zoom up you can actually make out what they're saying..its pretty funnny...so i dont blame rooney for swearing..he was frustrated..unless he was saying it directly to the reff... :confused: i dunno..if that was the case then that wasnt a smart move soo yeaa... lol thats how i see it..

[ronaldo rulez]

isnt it weird that in the C.L, they all get reds and in the E.P.L, their all nice
???

[majmun]

new rule this year, and direct swearing at the ref is a yellow. so if he didnt give him a card for the obvious verbal attack and clap, then the ref would have to answer some questions.

[Lance Knight]

loooooool...well actually in everygame of football you always see footballers swear..liek when they zoom up you can actually make out what they're saying..its pretty funnny...so i dont blame rooney for swearing..he was frustrated..unless he was saying it directly to the reff... :confused: i dunno..if that was the case then that wasnt a smart move soo yeaa... lol thats how i see it..
yup he sweared directly at the ref, but the clap was enough to get the second card,
i dont know why we still talking about this cuase not even ManU is appealing this, lol

[Bigpapa42]

It wasn't simply the fact that he clapped at the card, but that he did it directly at the ref. He was quite obviously showing the ref up, and even Ferguson admitted that the clap deserved the card. As for being young and making a mistake, thats true, but the ref isn't going to put that into consideration when a player does something like that. Its unacceptable on a professional pitch, whether your 16 or 36. "He's young" is not a valid excuse for unacceptable behaviour when you are a professional.

[penalty_20]

If you are in the EPL age doesnt matter and yes he deserved the card.

[Bigpapa42]

Just for the record, Ricardo Olivera of Betis was given a red card for a very similar incident to Rooney's. Against Barcelona today, he was shown a yellow for a foul (it looked like equal by both players on the replay) and he responded by clapping at the ref, receiving a second yellow immediately. So don't think that any other player would get away with it either. It was an act deserving of the red.

[penalty_20]

Yesgood post.
I think we all now rooney deserved it even Fergie said he did.