Ref Watch

cheekybids said:
Alan I love your balance but there has green some horrendous attacks on players in that time. In KDBs break out season it was like there had been a bounty placed on him.
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Apologies for not considering a season 7 years ago or so.

Players have never had it so easy when it comes to bad tackles.
 
cheekybids said:
Forgive me not keeping an endless account of bad tackles. It’s not like it was but it’s still a part of the game.

We had quite a lively game in Madrid last season.
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Me neither, but players don’t go round kicking lumps out of each other anymore.

Most “bad” tackles are poorly timed rather than malicious.

KDB probably gets more than most as teams try to stop him creating at all costs, rather than trying to break his legs.

Spurs at home when David Silva’s child was very poorly was an example as was the challenge at Palace. Neither were in the Keane/Haaland league though.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Me neither, but players don’t go round kicking lumps out of each other anymore.

Most “bad” tackles are poorly timed rather than malicious.

KDB probably gets more than most as teams try to stop him creating at all costs, rather than trying to break his legs.

Spurs at home when David Silva’s child was very poorly was an example as was the challenge at Palace. Neither were in the Keane/Haaland league though.
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Those stick in my memory, I disagree about not in the Keane mould. I don’t know how his leg wasn’t broken.

The games changed but red mist still appears, certainly our wingers have been crashed into advertising hoardings a lot. There’s a reason that Sterling twatted Gomez in the England canteen.
 
Paladin said:
There seems to be a lot more leniency this season, or should I say much less inclination to give soft fouls (United's penalty an exception). This is a welcome change and will benefit us a lot.

CL games were already like this, and it's good to see the PL following their lead. This has resulted in fewer interruptions in play, as players like United's Fernandez, with their tendency to claim a foul at the slightest touch, are having their protestations overlooked.
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Definitely. Hard tackles are still punished, it's the ones we can all see it's not a foul and the player goes to ground too easily that are not being given. Football is much better as a result. Ref yesterday was very good.
 
cheekybids said:
Alan I love your balance but there has green some horrendous attacks on players in that time. In KDBs break out season it was like there had been a bounty placed on him.
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Yeah, yer don't need to kick anyone these days - there are much subtler ways of fouling players and making it look just a clumsy tackle, or at the last moment step into their path and turn slightly so that yer shoulder gives their eye socket a bit of a bump.and yer can hold up yer hands and plead self defence.
 
cheekybids said:
Those stick in my memory, I disagree about not in the Keane mould. I don’t know how his leg wasn’t broken.

The games changed but red mist still appears, certainly our wingers have been crashed into advertising hoardings a lot. There’s a reason that Sterling twatted Gomez in the England canteen.
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It’s hard to determine intent, but yeah, bad tackles still happen. Only the person committing the foul knows whether they are trying to “do” their opponent.

Wasn't the Sterling/Gomez bust up to do with Gomez taking the piss about them beating us?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
It’s hard to determine intent, but yeah, bad tackles still happen. Only the person committing the foul knows whether they are trying to “do” their opponent.

Wasn't the Sterling/Gomez bust up to do with Gomez taking the piss about them beating us?
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No he took too many peas ;)

I was under the impression it was for pushing him over the barriers then grand standing. Sterling pulled him up for it the next day but tbh I’ll have only read it here so it could be the peas.
 
Something happened in the Plymouth V Accrington game that I’ve never seen before in my life at any level of the game. Two players went for a 50/50 tackle studs up and the referee sent them both off.

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Didn’t notice him all that much yesterday. Which is a good thing. Wasn't card happy, helped by both sets of players. It was a very genteel encounter, only KWP got carded for the foul on Phil in the run up to the first (?) goal. Good advantage applied.
 
Thought the referee was fine and allowed the game to flow. Does anyone know if the rules have been changed regarding substitutes going off at the nearest touchline?
 
Gabriel said:
Thought the referee was fine and allowed the game to flow. Does anyone know if the rules have been changed regarding substitutes going off at the nearest touchline?
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Our referee was good yesterday.

Subs going off at the nearest point? It is in the Laws this year. I seem to recall it being enforced on us, but Martial took an eternity to cross the field when he was subbed earlier.
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Stephen230 said:
Something happened in the Plymouth V Accrington game that I’ve never seen before in my life at any level of the game. Two players went for a 50/50 tackle studs up and the referee sent them both off.

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Silly call in my eyes, if they're both at it in a 50/50 just book them both and tell them to cop on to themselves.
 
Paladin said:
Our referee was good yesterday.

Subs going off at the nearest point? It is in the Laws this year. I seem to recall it being enforced on us, but Martial took an eternity to cross the field when he was subbed earlier.
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When are return substitutes permitted? Concussion protocol?
 
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