The Nasri penalty claim

[Judge Roughneck]

Webb called it our way a couple of years ago when Balo scored when arguably he shouldn't have been on the pitch, to be fair.
It looked a nailed on penalty from where I was sat but after seeing it properly , I'd say he could have called either way. It would have given the pundits an excuse for the score line so I'm glad we did it on merit.

 

[Berkovic_blue]

No complaints, if one of ours had made that tackle I'd be livid if it was given as a penalty.

Sandro was very lucky to stay on though for other offences. WTF was Webb doing playing advantage when Aguero was brought down?

 

[grim up north]

If that's a foul I've lost all hope with tackling in the English game.

In the first foto have both his feet left the ground? yes

Is he travelling with momentum. Yes

Is he "in control"? No

A foul, plain and simple,.

Can I ask if you've ever played the game?

Id like to know how you slide tackle whilst running at full pace with one foot on the ground at all times. Can't be done.

He got the ball and managed to scoop it back toward him, knowing full well what he was doing so, yes, he was in control.

Of course he's travelling with momentum, are people supposed to tackle stood still? Theres also the issue that the player with the ball is also travelling with momentum. You kind of need to keep up with him to win the ball back.

Plain and simple, a good old fashioned tackle, fair, and wasn't dangerous. Exactly how tackling should be.

There is your answer

 

[Berkovic_blue]

It's not about it being a good tackle its about Webb not following the modern game rule book.

They're laws not rules and they haven't actually changed recently as far as I'm aware

 

[stonerblue]

thought it was a great tackle but by todays rules it was a foul.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

To me, it's a clear ........50/50!

Webb could have called it either way and it would have been hard to argue with his decision. But, if that was a Komps challenge we would have been praising him until the Mrs. and her mates come home.

This is exactly what it's all about. Bugger fair play handshakes and any notion of objectivity. Samir is chopped in the area it's a pen, Howie! If Javi Garcia upends someone in our area it's a great tackle.

 

[grim up north]

To me, it's a clear ........50/50!

Webb could have called it either way and it would have been hard to argue with his decision. But, if that was a Komps challenge we would have been praising him until the Mrs. and her mates come home.

This is exactly what it's all about. Bugger fair play handshakes and any notion of objectivity. Samir is chopped in the area it's a pen, Howie! If Javi Garcia upends someone in our area it's a great tackle.[

He won't do that, according to the vast majority he cannot play football and is a donkey

 

[MCFC97]

Apologies if this has been done before. I took a quick glance down the board and didn't see it

1st half at 1-0, Nasri is bursting through and about to shoot when I think it was Sandro who comes in from behind and takes the ball and man.

Webb plays on. If he gave it as a foul, then he'd have had to send Sandro off. MOTD also agreed and said it was a perfect tackle.

I agree that Sandro took the ball, but he also took Nasri out in doing so, and it was from behind. Surely if you take the ball, but I doing so go through the man and foul him it's a penalty?

Playing the ball is irrelevant the phrase "playing the ball" was taken out of the laws 3 years ago refs now judge it on the position and the speed of the tackle. In my professional opinion as a referee I think it was a penalty

 

[BigJoe#1]

thought it was a great tackle but by todays rules it was a foul.

This, I can understand what those who are saying it was a strong and fair challenge, however with two feet off the ground coming in from behind and taking the man down with the trailing leg whilst the ball was at his feet suggests to me that in today's climate it was a penalty.

You could lay money on the fact tha had it been one of ours delivering the challenge a penalty would have been given.

How this compares to Wes Browns tackle is an interesting concept... If Brown walks so does Sandro, if Sandro stays on the field, so does brown.

Really all any of us wants is consistency, because too many times we seem to be on the roughens of "justice"

 

[thekippax]

Good tackle for me, one of the few things Webb got right