Tony Pulis is planning to send a DVD compilation of bad tackles to the FA to highlight a perceived inconsistency in how Stoke are judged.
Potters defender Robert Huth was dismissed in the 1-0 home defeat to Sunderland last weekend and begins a three-match ban against Fulham on Saturday after the FA rejected the club's appeal.
Pulis insists the centre-back was harshly dealt with for his challenge on David Meyler, a tackle Pulis insists was less serious than many he has witnessed.
"We'll have to get on with the fact that we are without Huthy for three matches which is very disappointing," Pulis told the club's official website.
"But it is the inconsistency of the situation that makes it so frustrating from our point of view.
"We've watched a number of challenges from that weekend and we'll be studying this weekend's games.
"There seems to be different decisions made for different teams and different players, and I feel that we need some clarity. That is why we will be putting together a DVD.
"We are going to put a compilation of incidents together over the next few days.
"We will do it very professionally, in a proper manner, and then we'll send it off to the FA.
"We have to clear up what is a sending-off and what isn't, because we are watching games at times and we are getting different decisions being made for different teams and different players, but similar incidents.
"Our big thing is the inconsistency of it all and how we can clear it up.
"There is no point being just negative with it - you have to be a little bit constructive with it as well.
"We are disappointed that it (Huth's red card) has not been rescinded, but we have to get on with it."
Pulis last weekend suggested that the reaction of Black Cats midfielder Meyler - who he claimed was not touched by Huth in the tackle, yet rolled around on the floor as if hurt - had contributed to the dismissal.
The Potters boss referred to play-acting on the pitch as a "disease" that needs remedying and used the same terminology again today.
"I have watched a lot of Spanish football of late - the big games involving Barcelona and Real Madrid," said Pulis, whose team take on Spanish side Valencia in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie next week.
"The players put enormous pressure on referees by going down and, really, pretending that they are injured when they are not to get people booked, and running after referees with their hand up hoping to get a yellow card (for the opposition).
"We can't allow that to come in in this country, and I think we have got to stop it now.
"We have to be brave enough to stand up and say that if people are going to fall over or dive in the penalty box when they have not been touched, the FA should look at them.
"We only have to ban them once or twice and that will stop it all, and then that disease will be out of this game."























© 2012 - 365 Media Group
Comments
Add Comment: