Perth Glory striker Shane Smeltz lashes FFA for banning Jacob Burns over 'nothing' incident Jacob Burns walks onto the pitch with his children before the Mariners clash. PERTH skipper Jacob Burns has no chance of playing against Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday despite Glory owner Tony Sage threatening to take legal action to have the midfielder's two-game ban overturned. Burns was found guilty of violent conduct by the A-League's match review panel for standing on the leg of Central Coast captain John Hutchinson in the Mariners' 2-1 weekend win over the Glory. With the referee not having taken action at the time against Burns, the MRP was able to retrospectively punish Burns. Sage remains livid and on Wednesday discussed the prospect of legal action. In terms of an appeal to Football Federation Australia, the Glory have no grounds because the two-match suspension was the minimum ban for the offence of "Assault on a Player (violent conduct when not challenging for the ball) ." Star Glory striker Shane Smeltz on Wednesday night night jumped to defence of Burns, describing the ban as harsh. "It seems a bit strange going back and punishing him for two weeks," Smeltz said. Hutcho (Hutchinson) came out and said there was nothing in it. It's not like Burnsy stomped on him. He put his foot down, OK it was on him but it's not overly aggressive. Perth post-match press conference. Smeltz said Burns's actions were nothing worse than "knee-high" tackles he had seen recently in the A-League. Western Sydney Wanderers fullback Jerome Polenz has avoided suspension despite some questionable tackles this season. "We've seen in the past few weeks where players have been tackling knee-high and nothing happens from that," Smeltz said. You can't tell me Burnsy leaning on his foot is going to cause any more damage or anything worse than what a knee-high tackle can. Burns's suspension comes at a bad time for the Glory, who will also be without star French defender William Gallas (calf) and fullback Scott Jamieson, who will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his achilles tendon in Perth's loss to the Mariners.