Desperate or right

when I saw Andy Carrol's red card against Swansea I don't think and I doubt any one in football could for see the reverberations it would cause this week. Witnessing it at the time I must admit that I saw the initial tussle but looked away following the ball only to see Flores rolling around, my initial thought was that Carroll had done him off the ball, a friend text me at the time who was at home watching it on TV saying that contact was minimal but the intent was there. Once i had seen it for myself on TV that night I could in a way see how he got the red. obviously Flores reaction is tantamount to cheating yet that was a reaction to Carroll's action, like it or not AC swung his arm and did make contact with Flores, and for that he got sent off, debatable it may be but 1 of the 1st rules of football is the referees decision is final and that rule should be upheld more than any. Referees do make mistakes but so does every player on the pitch because believe or not they are only human. Naturally West Ham appealed against the decision,urging fans, via various online outlets,on the Monday to contact the FA,many were fuelled by the fact is was so obvious that Flores play acting contributed to the red card, yet Howard Webb stood by his decision that the red card was issued not as much for the connection but that AC intended to connect, the panel had no choice to uphold the decision. West Ham's owners though still felt hard done by, and sought unprecedented legal advice, for as the Swansea game proved WHU are far better with AC than without. If West Ham wanted to show everyone that they themselves see us as a one trick pony team then they couldn't have made it clearer, David gold came out fighting, not ruling out legal action calling on the FA to look again at the decision but telling was his admission that if we were mid table we wouldn't be considering the legal challenge also adding that if AC was banned that decision could relegate us, ignoring the fact that Carroll missed the opening 20 games of the season would be nearer the truth, ignoring the fact that the owners signed him knowing he was injured but also failed to properly cover his position. If we are relegated it will not be because AC missed 3 games it will be because of everything that went before his ban. So to then contemplate legal action just proves that it was an act of a desperate regime and one that if had taken place and been successful could of brought anarchy to the game, every red card would be open to the clubs not accepting it and following our lead in a legal challenge. The FA headed off our threat anyway with the promise of arbitration which today agreed with the previous Panel that Howard Webbs reason for sending off AC was a valid one, his 3 match ban stands, but yet the real crime is the actions of Chico Flores go unpunished, ignored by the FA and also the PFA after all his actions were designed to cheat another fellow professional. I dont know the rules on discipline but if ever a player brought the game into disrepute and deserved to be charged with that crime then that was Chico Flores. The clubs owners were desperate, and it showed, it also laid bare the fact that they realise without Ac we are a poor team and for that they only have themselves to blame