More penalties awarded for holding in the box this season*

[Pingu the Penguin]

Ok the United keeper was weak but Arsenal players impeded him from getting to the ball. It looks like against them teams will need to put a protective shield of players round the goalkeeper to stop all he physical rough stuff.

He was fouled. As ederson was last year. You can argue he should be stronger but it doesn’t change the fact he was deliberately impeded. Rice putting his arm up is the signal for the fouling to start

 

[Crooked_rain]

Premier League referees to place greater emphasis on holding in penalty area

Greater emphasis will be placed on sustained and impactful holding at set-pieces.

www.irishnews.com

*Erling Haaland exemption.

Haaland is a victim of his own strength. He clearly gets held and dragged down but refs use his psychicality as an excuse not to call it a foul, implying he probably wouldn't get manhandled because he's strong, so he must be faking.

The amount of times teams get away with blatant penalties for fouling him is ridiculous.

 

[Saddleworth2]

He was fouled. As ederson was last year. You can argue he should be stronger but it doesn’t change the fact he was deliberately impeded. Rice putting his arm up is the signal for the fouling to start

I think the only answer is the second a goalkeeper is impeded he has to go to ground like he has been shot. That clearly carries its own risk. They clearly are going to continue to get away with it.

 

[citizen_maine]

I think the only answer is the second a goalkeeper is impeded he has to go to ground like he has been shot. That clearly carries its own risk. They clearly are going to continue to get away with it.

We should do exactly what Arsenal are doing. No better way to get the rules changed than for City to benefit from the existing one

 

[bluetonium]

Hmm, let's see if this disappears down the pan by October like so many new initiatives.

Personally I'm fine with putting pressure on the goalie, part of the game, but if a challenge is applied that restricts him from jumping off the ground or pushes him after he has jumped (which is potentially dangerous play) that's a foul. The United one was borderline, but as Joe Hart said there is some need there from the defending team to help protect the goalie, get a body in between him and the Arsenal player. Not going to see a ref blow so quickly for a foul on your own player, so may was well use him as a springboard.


I'd like to see it more applied to the grappling in the box when one player decides he wants to swap shirts mid game, or the arms come out to restrict movement. No reason for arms to be up until your jump, unless you're signalling for the ball to you and that's straight up, not out like a crab.

As for Haaland, he could be cello taped to the goal post by the opposition and the ref would just see it as leveling the playing field. This ignoring of fouls on him at corners because he's got a reputation as strong is not the correct application of the rules.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

I think the only answer is the second a goalkeeper is impeded he has to go to ground like he has been shot. That clearly carries its own risk. They clearly are going to continue to get away with it.

Just referee it properly with common sense would be my answer. The arsenal goal at the etihad last year is the obvious example. 2 players clearly moved positions as the corner was taken with no interest in playing the ball but instead to purely impede eddy. You see it plain as day in the replay and if the ref missed it VAR shouldn’t

 

[Saddleworth2]

Just referee it properly with common sense would be my answer. The arsenal goal at the etihad last year is the obvious example. 2 players clearly moved positions as the corner was taken with no interest in playing the ball but instead to purely impede eddy. You see it plain as day in the replay and if the ref. Pawed it VAR shouldn’t

Yea I agree but thing is, they continue to score like that and the referees are doing nothing about it.

 

[halfcenturyup]

He was fouled. As ederson was last year. You can argue he should be stronger but it doesn’t change the fact he was deliberately impeded. Rice putting his arm up is the signal for the fouling to start

Yes, what they do is wait outside the six yard box then two of them rush the goalkeeper so he can't collect the ball.

They clearly practice it. The placement of the ball just over the keeper and the timing of the rush aren't an accident. The cunts.

Referees are so naïve.

 

[.db.]

Ok the United keeper was weak but Arsenal players impeded him from getting to the ball. It looks like against them teams will need to put a protective shield of players round the goalkeeper to stop all he physical rough stuff.

It’s definitely a foul. At one point Saliba grabs hold of the keeper’s right arm as well as backing into him.



The law states something like ‘a player can’t restrict the keeper at a corner even without making physical contact’. And there was still a lot of contact at the point where the keeper is trying to play the ball.

Arsenal seem to get away with this a great deal.

 

[danielwood5]

It’s definitely a foul. At one point Saliba grabs hold of the keeper’s right arm as well as backing into him.

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The law states something like ‘a player can’t restrict the keeper at a corner even without making physical contact’. And there was still a lot of contact at the point where the keeper is trying to play the ball.

Arsenal seem to get away with this a great deal.

They basically just all foul anybody near them so that there's so much going on the refereee doesnt know where to look.
It's the Donald Trump style of defending, just break everything all at once so that there's so much going on nobody knows where to look or what to concentrate on.