Serie A Thread - 2023/24

[blue whippet]

Anyone watching this Milan v Atalanta game? Don't agree with that penalty decision that has just been made.

 

[blue whippet]

It was a well taken penalty though.

 

[Josh_D]

Plus, they’re better for not having Onana and Lukaku.

It’ll be interesting to see how winning their league really early affects their form.

Exactly.

It will. Napoli have been a shadow this season. However, Inter transformed since the ucl final. They’ve just looked different. Doesn’t seem like it’ll affect them but it’ll be interesting to see if their form is affected.

 

[Josh_D]

Anyone watching this Milan v Atalanta game? Don't agree with that penalty decision that has just been made.

I was going to speak on that.

I’m thinking about it as well. Player was acting as usual (didn’t touch his face). Kicked his arm but it wouldn’t be take a man down. However, you could argue it was high.

Don’t agree with it. Hate it. The whole, hit arm or chest and players hold their face. If I was a ref, I’d card the lot of them. It’s despicable.

 

[blue whippet]

I was going to speak on that.

I’m thinking about it as well. Player was acting as usual (didn’t touch his face). Kicked his arm but it wouldn’t be take a man down. However, you could argue it was high.

Don’t agree with it. Hate it. The whole, hit arm or chest and players hold their face. If I was a ref, I’d card the lot of them. It’s despicable.

Agree with that summary, it was all a bit pathetic really.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I was going to speak on that.

I’m thinking about it as well. Player was acting as usual (didn’t touch his face). Kicked his arm but it wouldn’t be take a man down. However, you could argue it was high.

Don’t agree with it. Hate it. The whole, hit arm or chest and players hold their face. If I was a ref, I’d card the lot of them. It’s despicable.

Wasn’t watching, but had a look on Discovery+.

Is there a definition of where the threshold is for the height of a high boot?

I think this one is high enough to award a penalty, but I’d also suggest that the cheating attacker‘s playacting should overrule that decision and a drop ball given to the keeper and the attacker getting booked.

 

[blue whippet]

I was going to speak on that.

I’m thinking about it as well. Player was acting as usual (didn’t touch his face). Kicked his arm but it wouldn’t be take a man down. However, you could argue it was high.

Don’t agree with it. Hate it. The whole, hit arm or chest and players hold their face. If I was a ref, I’d card the lot of them. It’s despicable.

Leao's goal was good though!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Leao's goal was good though!

Back to the app I go!

 

[Josh_D]

Wasn’t watching, but had a look on Discovery+.

Is there a definition of where the threshold is for the height of a high boot?

I think this one is high enough to award a penalty, but I’d also suggest that the cheating attacker‘s playacting should overrule that decision and a drop ball given to the keeper and the attacker getting booked.

This is something that I’d support. I detest playacting, wholeheartedly, no matter who does it. Trying to con a ref should overrule giving any team an advantage or decision in their favour.

A lot of decisions are subjective. We all don’t see things the same way. I’ve seen people argue on here for years on many decisions. Shows me that even if you had blues on here officiating, they’d also make decisions that fans would get annoyed by.

Another ref may have just told the player to get up and get on with it. Some have a threshold they work by, as some ‘standards’ don’t apply across the board.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Leao's goal was good though!

We could do worse than to show Doku that goal on a loop.

Slight concern that the keeper only seems to have one arm and it was on the wrong side of his body.