Fulham (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Sky Blue Thinking]

I would like them to explain how they managed to give the Raggy Bastards a penalty in the FA Cup Final, no way on this earth was that a handball.

Or how they gave Casimero a free kick not a red card for lunging at Akanji.

 

[The perfect fumble]

The foody blue.....

 

[yeah whatever !!]

BLUE MOON YOU SAW ME STANDING ALONE !

 

[Tolmie scores]

Don't play the first half system again lol... Switched to what we'd been playing so far this season and were far superior 2nd half

Tbf if we conceded like that justbefore HT away
.would have knocked tge stuffing out us..it did change the gane that VAR fk up..glad it did of course but worth reminding myself when we next get fked over by it...VAR is shite... nothing good has come from it, i mean aside from utd's 'winner ' yesterday HA HA...GET IN

 

[domalino]

Clean sweep.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Actually a player off the pitch does play an oppent on side as per the laws of the game.

.... If he leaves the pitch without permission, no?

 

[halfcenturyup]

You've made a decision? And what have you decided?

You two arguing again? :)

I agree with you that, with the way the law is interpreted, Akanji wasn't offside. But it's a stupid interpretation that someone in an offside position doesn't affect the goalkeeper's ability to play the ball if the player in the offside position jumps over the damn thing. The presence of the attacker surely affects the ability of the goalkeeper to make a save. At the very least, he has to delay it.

Law is fine, interpretation isn't. All imho.

 

[Paladin]

You two arguing again? :)

I agree with you that, with the way the law is interpreted, Akanji wasn't offside. But it's a stupid interpretation that someone in an offside position doesn't affect the goalkeeper's ability to play the ball if the player in the offside position jumps over the damn thing. The presence of the attacker surely affects the ability of the goalkeeper to make a save. At the very least, he has to delay it.

Law is fine, interpretation isn't. All imho.

Haha. I'm not one to argue, so apologies to @Alan Harper's Tash for adopting an aggressive tone.

I agree with you. On this occasion, and on reflection, one can make a very strong case that the keeper delayed his action until after the ball had passed Akanji, and therefore Akanji did interfere with an opponent, so was offside.

It's still a debatable point though, and the referee and VAR are justified in saying they don't think Akanji's actions impacted the goalkeeper's decision making.

It's also very difficult to frame the law to cover every eventuality, and I think the existing law is pretty good.

A more debatable comparison is the contact on Rashford last week which resulted in a penalty, and the heavier contact on Havertz yesterday, which resulted in a penalty decision being overturned. Personally, I'm not bothered which way these decisions go, so long as there is consistency across all teams.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

The foody blue.....

Always feel hungry after watching old mutton…can’t think why.
Really enjoy his vlogs to be fair.

 

[Corky]

The foody blue.....

Exodus after the Penalty