Well funny enough, plenty of Rugby players manage to keep running when they get tagged but then you don't get penalties for falling over there
Yeah but Rugby is gay.
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Yeah but Rugby is gay.
Errr how could Fellaini's goal have been chalked off?
Did i miss something
Push. Would have been extremely soft.
That's fine, but that is how the rule has been applied, almost invariably, for the last few years. In light of that it's not a mistake.
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I don't know, jump?
It annoys me when people say it's either a foul or a dive as that's ********, but Rooney had every opportunity not to fall over. He didn't even stumble. He just crumbled like his knee had given away.
He did a great job in conning the referee as there were no theatrics or excessives, but it was never, ever a penalty.
As for the interfering with play, as I see by being where he was, he forces the goalkeeper to position himself to try and cover the goal for when Rooney taps back across. The fact he then doesn't has still influenced the play in my opinion, as without him there, the keeper would be three foot further right and possibly get a hand on the ball.
Rules seem to be interpreted as touching it though, in which case he didn't, can't really debate that.
Rules seem to be interpreted as touching it though, in which case he didn't, can't really debate that.
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Is obvious. Like ive said for ages, 442 just suits our players and style. To pretend otherwise is to show ignorance.
Keeper is adamant that Rooney is offside as soon as the ball goes past him. He knew Rooney was offside and didn't get across to save it. Its a tricky one but the keeper should have gone for the ball regardless.
The right decision was to go for the ball regardless of Rooney. You can't wait to move if the result of your inaction is that the original effort goes in on its own.
The right decision was to go for the ball regardless of Rooney. You can't wait to move if the result of your inaction is that the original effort goes in on its own.
It is, but tell me the last time you saw offside given against a player who didn't touch the ball. The ref doesn't even blow any more until a player touches it.
I don't think it's correct, but it's how the rules are being applied. All I'm saying is that this was not a refereeing mistake but deliberate coherence with recent refereeing.
I'll have to watch the replay again but assuming he was sprinting, I'm not sure how he'd jump? Granted he didn't have to do a theatrical dive but then, as per my previous post, he'd be silly not to.
You're expecting the keeper to make the judgement as soon as the ball is hit that this guy in my peripheral vision is offside? Please. He shouldn't be forced into making that decision, the fact he is, is interference in itself as he is coming into play
Pretty sure Nemtizz posted one just above and it wasn't that long ago and it wasn't even interference
Phil Neville: "He had to get out the way or he'd have snapped his leg."
Yeah I'm not so sure.
In theory you'd expect Arsenal to win, but have you seen Arsenal play against us? Dire stuff.
Yeah I'm not so sure.
Arsenal next. That is going to be very tough
In theory you'd expect Arsenal to win, but have you seen Arsenal play against us? Dire stuff.