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Originally Posted by guccilvr
He didn't get carded for mouthing off. He got carded because that idiot Dowd thought Rooney was throwing the ball at him. If he looks at it on video it's clear that it went to where the kick was supposed to be taken. Wazza didn't mouth off until after the booking and send off.
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The freekick was meant to be taken 50 yards past where Dowd was standing? Because that's where the ball ended up. Unless Dowd made like Pepe Reina and dove hard to his right to get fingertips on it, that's where the ball was always going to end up.
Rooney is lucky - if Dowd had included Rooney's subsequent foul mouthed rant, his tardiness in leaving the pitch and his swing at the corner flag, he could have gotten more punishment, but Dowd let it go.
He deserved to go, as does anyone who behaves in that fashion.