Beach balls, balloons and Alan Wiley

[Paladin]

The footballing world now knows that when there is interference from an outside agent, such as a beach ball, the correct decision is to restart play with a drop ball from the point of interference. Where were Poll, Winter et al on 27 Jan 2008, when Alan Wiley made exactly the same mistake? Strangely silent. (It has nothing to do with the direction of the ball by the way).

Should Alan Wiley be retrospectively charged and demoted to the Championship for a game? I think so.

Also, how many professional footballers and managers were unaware of that particular clause in the laws of the game? Steve Bruce for one, by his own admission. Rafa also, judging by his lack of protestation. This law is drilled into trainee referees on day 1 of referees school. It is a sad indictment on our game that our top managers (and Steve Bruce) do not know the laws of their own profession.

 

[Miami Weiss]

I'd like to see a drop ball in the penalty box, lol.

 

[bluemonday]

The footballing world now knows that when there is interference from an outside agent, such as a beach ball, the correct decision is to restart play with a drop ball from the point of interference. Where were Poll, Winter et al on 27 Jan 2008, when Alan Wiley made exactly the same mistake? Strangely silent. (It has nothing to do with the direction of the ball by the way).

Should Alan Wiley be retrospectively charged and demoted to the Championship for a game? I think so.

Also, how many professional footballers and managers were unaware of that particular clause in the laws of the game? Steve Bruce for one, by his own admission. Rafa also, judging by his lack of protestation. This law is drilled into trainee referees on day 1 of referees school. It is a sad indictment on our game that our top managers (and Steve Bruce) do not know the laws of their own profession.

How does offside work then?

 

[Schalker]

Much more important is who threw the ball on the pitch.
Rumour here in Germany say it was Gary Neville in disguise.

Poor kid

 

[The Pink Panther]

Much more important is who threw the ball on the pitch.
Rumour here in Germany say it was Gary Neville in disguise.

Poor kid

The rumour over here is that we've approached Liverpool with a £30M bid for the beachball

I think that ours was a worse decision , as the ref could clearly see that there were baloons everywhere and he should have had them cleared away.

 

[wickerblue]

I'd like to see a drop kick in the penalty box with three points if you get Wiley over the bar.

 

[KenTheLandlord]

The footballing world now knows that when there is interference from an outside agent, such as a beach ball, the correct decision is to restart play with a drop ball from the point of interference. Where were Poll, Winter et al on 27 Jan 2008, when Alan Wiley made exactly the same mistake? Strangely silent. (It has nothing to do with the direction of the ball by the way).

Should Alan Wiley be retrospectively charged and demoted to the Championship for a game? I think so.

Also, how many professional footballers and managers were unaware of that particular clause in the laws of the game? Steve Bruce for one, by his own admission. Rafa also, judging by his lack of protestation. This law is drilled into trainee referees on day 1 of referees school. It is a sad indictment on our game that our top managers (and Steve Bruce) do not know the laws of their own profession.

don't coaches have to do part of the refs course as part of the qualification. I had to. Or has it changed since Bruce may or may not have done a coaching course.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I'd like to see a drop ball in the penalty box, lol.

I'd like to see a proper drop ball, anywhere. Back in the fifties, sixties, players used to kick out at anything, even before the ref had let go of the ball. Christians and lions had nowt on that spectacle.

 

[northstander]

as far as i'm concerned, every man and his dog laughed their tits off when micheal ball kicked a balloon and shef utd scored, ref wasn't demoted then so why the outcry now something similar has happened to the scousers, they had plenty of time to kick ball out even deflate it so they've only got themselves to blame.

 

[hgblue]

Beach Balls, Balloons and Alan Wiley. Spot The Difference?