Champions League Games 5/6 March

[GaudinoMotors]

Much prefer the days when the ref and Lino do not have a clue so they’re forced to make a totally guess decision.

Now we've got dodgy officials engineering outcomes for their handlers.

 

[aguero93:20]

You talking indirect free kick?

Possibly. Hockey punishes any contact with the foot in the area but the penalty corner isn't as harsh a sanction as a penalty in football. They could give an indirect free kick for incidents like tonight, a penalty for blatantly deliberate handball and just award a goal for a hand blocking the ball on the line ala Suarez v Ghana in 2010. They could just skip the middle option and either award an indirect free kick or a goal. It would still need to be refereed consistently though which is where the real problem is at the moment.

 

[cleavers]

Well lads....we are not through yet...so we really need to get behind the lads from the very start next week. The first goal is so so important.

Said this last night, we should be beating Schalke obviously, but if they get an early goal who knows, I'll worry about who we get in the next round next next Friday, once I know we're in it.

 

[aguero93:20]

It's going to be fun at free kicks. Everyone will be playing go for the bollocks, because we know what's usually covering them.

I always kept my arms behind my back at free kicks, as did mates. Covering your bollocks was asking to have the piss mercilessly taken out of you. Mind you most of us played hurling as well so we weren't afraid of a football.

 

[ballinio]

Much prefer the days when the ref and Lino do not have a clue so they’re forced to make a totally guess decision.

We’ve been fucked over more than most by referees but VAR is not the answer, we’re already seeing it used very dubiously for & against certain club s, allied with the time it can take it’ll change the game forever for me , next season will be farcical.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

There has to be intention. Now I don't think there is any intention. The rule of thumb is hand to ball is pen, rather
than ball to hand.

Exactly. IMO neither Ota's or that tonight could ever be described as intentional. As a defender what the hell are you meant to do with your arms, take them off ?? I acknowledge it may sometimes be difficult to tell whether there is intent or not, but one defender obviously trying to get his arm out of the way, and another jumping and turning away from the ball with his arm by his side cannot be intentional handball.

 

[Josh_D]

I thought Ota's was more of a pen than that where the lad wasn't even looking. The way it is with VAR they might asweas just say if it touches someomsom hand it's handball. As there was no way that was deliberate but they're being given most of the time now.

The handball rule is being changed for next season, it’s sometning like if it hits your hand outside your silhouette, regardless of if it’s deliberate or not, it’s a pen. Not sure if it’s been confirmed or if it’s across all competitions or not but it just sounds like it hits your hand in the box and it’s a pen.

How the hell does a ref tell the hand is outside a players silhouette? In this instance, what the fuck would be the silhouette?

 

[cleavers]

PSG done over like a kipper , old G14 established club beat nouvreau rich newcomers

That'd be great, but PSG were also an "old G14 established club" not "newcomers".

 

[Mr.Feeny]

Just repeating this.

Yeah. It still needs to be clarified, I feel. Because the rules aren't very clear cut. However, consistency is key. If these are being called all the time,, then that's fine. Defenders will adjust.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Said this last night, we should be beating Schalke obviously, but if they get an early goal who knows, I'll worry about who we get in the next round next next Friday, once I know we're in it.

Spoken like a true City fan who has been through the mill , will we ever forget "typical City" ? , probably not in my life time