Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread spoilers [4th April - 8th April 2014]

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:48

Yeah, great spot.

manic111 · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:50

Purdy said:
If he's grabbed his leg after he's touched the ball it's still a pen...

You can't even see from that whether he's grabbed his leg, or whether his hand is simply going past it.

Loki · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:51

Purdy said:
If he's grabbed his leg after he's touched the ball it's still a pen...

Any other part of the pitch, if you get the ball then impede, obstruct or foul, it's still a free kick. Stakes are higher in the box. If he hadn't grabbed his legs then it's not a penalty. hate to say it but it's a pen in my book

Purdy · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:53

Beat the ref and West Ham, job well done

Annaul United can no longer win the league day

squerble · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:53

Thank frig that's over.

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:53

Thank **** for that just about covers it.

Kerplunk · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:56

Anyone know why next weeks fixtures all kick off at odd times?

SAT 12 APR 2014 - PREMIER LEAGUE
Crystal PalacevAston Villa
15:07
FulhamvNorwich
15:07
SouthamptonvCardiff
15:07
StokevNewcastle
15:07
SunderlandvEverton
15:07
West BromvTottenham
15:07
SUN 13 APR 2014 - PREMIER LEAGUE
LiverpoolvMan City
13:37
SwanseavChelsea
16:07

Purdy · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:56

7 minutes delay for Hillsborough

No1newts · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:57

Never thought I would be supporting Liverpool

Well done and glad they won.

Purdy · 6 Apr 2014 at 17:59

manic111 said:
No, it's not. That picture is taken after Adrian had already got the ball. You can't see anything from a single picture, not even which way the ball was moving.

Quite clearly a penalty, brings his arm down on his leg and makes sure he isn't going past him, doesn't matter where the ball is, its a foul

)))))

willems · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:00

never a pen for me. awful ref decisions today and some bad ones yesterday. when will they let technology help the officials??

adrian get the ball

BaZ87 · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:02

Thank Fowler for that.

Not a great performance but credit to West Ham for making it difficult for us. Watching them vs Utd I thought we'd tear them apart on the break but they were so compact in midfield and didn't give us any space to play in the first half. Second half was a much better performance and were fractions away from creating several clear chances.

As for the refs decisions. The first is a stonewall pen and imo should have been a red - West Ham's covering defender's only coming into the picture after Suarez would have shot. West Ham's goal was a joke all round - the foul from Carroll's so blatant that you've got to wonder where the ref was looking to have missed it and for him to then overrule his lino took the ****. Our second pen I thought was harsh at first but watching the replay Adrian clearly grabs Flanangan's leg and the pen was the right call.

G|mp · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:03

I see Gerrard has been practising his smug face

NeedAUsername · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:03

Ugly win

manic111 · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:05

Loki said:
Any other part of the pitch, if you get the ball then impede, obstruct or foul, it's still a free kick. Stakes are higher in the box. If he hadn't grabbed his legs then it's not a penalty. hate to say it but it's a pen in my book

No it's not. If you get the ball then follow through into the player, it's not a foul unless it's dangerous. If you take that part of the game out, you pretty much end slide tackling.

BaZ87 · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:06

willems said:
adrian get the ball

And after he got the ball he's grabbed Flanagan's leg with his other arm.

Purdy · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:06

manic111 said:
No it's not. If you get the ball then follow through into the player, it's not a foul unless it's dangerous. If you take that part of the game out, you pretty much end slide tackling.

So you are telling me, Suarez can attempt to hit the ball past someone, they get a foot to it, Suarez still running past them to collect it and they can grab him and drag him down? Theres a big difference between follow through and purposefully stopping their progress by pulling them down

What the ****?

manic111 · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:08

Purdy said:
So you are telling me, Suarez can attempt to hit the ball past someone, they get a foot to it, Suarez still running past them to collect it and they can grab him and drag him down?

What the ****?

Then you haven't got the ball.

In fairness looking at the replays of the Flanno one, it may have been a pen. The keeper didn't get the ball as far away as I expected. But in general, if you win the ball and then take the player out its a good tackle.

BaZ87 · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:08

manic111 said:
No it's not. If you get the ball then follow through into the player, it's not a foul unless it's dangerous. If you take that part of the game out, you pretty much end slide tackling.

He's not followed through. There's a 2nd movement with his other arm and he's grabbed Flanagan's leg.

No1newts · 6 Apr 2014 at 18:08

Purdy said:
So you are telling me, Suarez can attempt to hit the ball past someone, they get a foot to it, Suarez still running past them to collect it and they can grab him and drag him down? Theres a big difference between follow through and purposefully stopping their progress by pulling them down

What the ****?

They are just clutching at straws. Blatant pen.

Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [4th April - 8th April 2014]

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