‘Corrupt sham’, ‘Disgraceful’, ‘Clueless’ – Many WBA fans outraged by Matheus Pereira update

Tue 8 December 2020 19:30, UK

West Brom have been unsuccessful with an appeal of Matheus Pereira’s red card in the 5-1 defeat against Crystal Palace.

Express and Star journalist Joseph Masi shared the news on Tuesday, with the panel deciding against rescinding or lowering the punishment handed to the Brazilian.

Pereira will now miss games against Newcastle, Manchester City and Aston Villa as the Baggies enter the busy Christmas period.

The incident wasn’t as bad as made out, and although Pereira kicked out at Patrick van Aanholt, he didn’t make much contact.

Ian Wright claimed the decision was “laughable” and that the reaction of the Dutch defender was unnecessary.

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It could have been easy for the FA and dubious panel to reduce the ban to one game, it would have been enough of a punishment to treat Pereira a lesson.

Hopefully, Pereira will see this harsh punishment as a reminder not to rise and react to other players when they try and wind him up in the future.

Many West Brom fans have reacted to the decision, claiming that is a disgrace and a shambles that Pereira’s ban has been upheld.

The majority even claimed that it wouldn’t have surprised them if it would have been extended to five games, given the Baggies luck so far this season.

West Brom News have picked out some of the best reactions below…

Disgraceful decision. Pereira was fouled, put on his back and he did not make any movement or kick out at the opposing player. I think they are judging incident and player on previous.
— Brendan O' Gorman (@irelandseye1) December 8, 2020

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Not surprised, our club not big enough shame it’s not consistent across the board though, lots of the so called bigger clubs should have players missing but don’t get punished 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
— kris forgham (@krisforgham) December 8, 2020

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https://twitter.com/thelukewoz/status/1336331020602241024

Awful decision. Must be all West Brom haters in the panel. Small club, never any support from authorities.
— Jos Sligter (@JosSligter) December 8, 2020

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What an absolute joke. 3 games for that! Didn't even warrant a yellow.
Why are they blindly carrying on with this VAR/ref nonsense, backing it to the hilt. They're making themselves look even more clueless 🤬
— Holly Clifton (@HolWBA) December 8, 2020

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What idiots make these decisions because they clearly don’t know anything about football 😡
— The Albion Way (@TheAlbion_Way) December 8, 2020

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OMG REALLY? Imagine my absolute complete and utter astonishment, not sure how I'm ever gonna get over the shock 😴
— Sarah 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@sarah_WBAx) December 8, 2020

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