Don't forget the new fashionable shithousery of when having given away a free kick, picking up the ball and walking 25 yards away with it before reluctantly and belatedly throwing it back for the free to be taken. Ignored for some reason when it should be treated exactly the same as kicking the ball away.I’ve said this so many times now I am sure most are sick of reading it, but cynical/petulant fouls like “rugby” tackles, shirt pulls, and kicking the ball away—which are all generally unambiguous and thus not open to interpretation—should be red card offences, regardless of where they occur on the pitch, so as to reduce their frequency.
They are a blight on the game and need to be stamped out, pardon the pun. It will affect us, of course, as our players will need to adjust to it, but it would more significantly impact many of the less skilled teams like Cardiff, Newcastle, and United much more (as they employ those tactics against the better teams to try to balance the scales, hurting the quality of the matches in the process), for the benefit of football.
It's a shame Kolarov is gone, he was a dead shot at knocking out gobshites with a ball and making it look accidental.I never knew until thursdays game that klopp stands in the centre circle watching the opposition warm up almost like he’s trying to stare you out! If I were pep I’d just tell the lads to laugh like fuck and point at the dickhead and fire balls at his teeth!
I never knew until thursdays game that klopp stands in the centre circle watching the opposition warm up almost like he’s trying to stare you out! If I were pep I’d just tell the lads to laugh like fuck and point at the dickhead and fire balls at his teeth!
Absolutely.Don't forget the new fashionable shithousery of when having given away a free kick, picking up the ball and walking 25 yards away with it before reluctantly and belatedly throwing it back for the free to be taken. Ignored for some reason when it should be treated exactly the same as kicking the ball away.
It's a disgrace it's not acted on by referees, it's even less ambiguous than kicking the ball away, I can truthfully say I've been booked for kicking the ball away when I'd no idea the whistle had gone in a noisy game, that defence is gone if you pick it up.Absolutely.
The number of times a United player did this to us earlier in the season was unbelievable. Once after they gave a way a foul from, if I recall correctly, Shaw rugby tackling Mahrez on the break, no less!
Liverpool did it several times on Thursday, as well. I think Henderson was the biggest offender (which will ironically be what they write in his sentencing notes later in life).
It was, indeed.Was the atmosphere good enough for us to be able to use the phrase ‘a great night under the Etihad lights’?
Their fans have long been alongside the rags for me, no idea how old you are, but if you were at games in the 70/80's you'd know why.I'm starting to detest this club more than united or maybe united are just to insignificant these days to be bothered with, iv'e always wondered why united hate them so much i guess i couldn't see the wood for the trees
The pitch will have been a few centimetres longer than usual next...All this bollocks about the line thickness has been completely shot down on twitter by our head groundsman, who says the technology doesn't even use the line, it uses the bottom of the posts, which are standard size. So the line could have been 2 foot thick and it wouldn't have made a difference !!!
It was, indeed.
The pitch will have been a few centimetres longer than usual next...
I’ve received yellows for kicking the ball away, as well. On a few occasions I knew exactly what I was doing. I would not have even thought of doing it had I known I was going to be summarily sent off, though, which is why I advocate for them being red card offences.It's a disgrace it's not acted on by referees, it's even less ambiguous than kicking the ball away, I can truthfully say I've been booked for kicking the ball away when I'd no idea the whistle had gone in a noisy game, that defence is gone if you pick it up.
Also leathering the ball into row Z when it's clearly gone out for a throw in, corner or goal kick, although that's harder to police.
And at the Etihad, which is just unfair, really.I’m just waiting for them to blame it on the game being played on a Thursday next.
As well as allow them to cut the grass and repaint the white lines with the big paintbrush this time.The game tomorrow will be delayed to allow the ground staff to remove wreaths and floral tributes from behind the goal,
Agree with all the rest but the way to deal with this (and we did it at amateur level) is simply to kick the ball against them and get them booked for deliberately encroaching. It's mandatory so if the ref orders a retake without booking them it's easy to point out.Another thing that frustrates me—even when our players do it—is standing over or in front of a dead ball after your team has given away the foul, in order to delay taking of the free kick. It completely negates any advantage given to the team wronged and even, in most cases, means the foul was entirely the advantage of the team committing it (as it stops a promising action/movement and allows the offending team to get players back in position to defend).
Beat me to it. ;)We'll have to cut the grass, and make the lines the right thickness too ;-)
And at the Etihad, which is just unfair, really.