[Shadow Demon UK]

Originally Posted by Russ B

Surely what happens on the pitch is the responsibility of the ref? If a fan runs on he can stop the match. So if a player runs out and he shouldn't on the pitch the referee should take action.

So it's up to the referee to go through every single player on the two teamsheets to make sure they are clear to play in the half an hour before kick off when the team sheets are given in? I think the officials have better things to do, like prepare for the match. The club would have been told before the match that he was inelligable, there should be no need for the referee to check that all the players listed are elligable. At the moment it looks like the FA have messed things up and Spurs haven't done anything wrong.

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Originally Posted by punky

I don't think he as suspended. He wasn't on the FA suspended players list immediately prior to the Bolton game. This link said he is clear: http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:...ient=firefox-a

Tottenham are set to hand a debut to midfielder Wilson Palacios, who has gained a work permit and served out the second match of a two-game suspension during the Londoners' win over Stoke.

Which match was served as his first match ban then? He was signed before the Burnley match, so the Stoke game was the only one that would have counted for his ban until you played Bolton. He didn't serve it whilst at Wigan as he played the weekend before against Man City.

It would have been intresting if Bolton had lost the match on Saturday, as i'm sure they would have put in a complaint to the FA about it, but as they won i can't see them bothering.