Other games (2024/25)

[Aiston]

Ah the old no added time sympathy from the ref

 

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Stifler said:

No stoppage time like?

Like a kids game when one team is massively ahead.

[LionOfGosforth]

The officiating seems to get worse year on year. Just watched the Coventry keeper barge into a couple of players at a corner, fall over and gets a FK.

[LionOfGosforth]

And as if to emphasise the point about shit officiating being costly, Wednesday just scrambled an equalizer. Lamps

[Teslact]

2 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

The officiating seems to get worse year on year. Just watched the Coventry keeper barge into a couple of players at a corner, fall over and gets a FK.

I rewound Coventry's "second" goal about 5 times, and still couldn't see how the Wednesday keeper was impeded except by his own player. What did the ref really disallow it for?

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Teslact
about not after

[LionOfGosforth]

Just now, Teslact said:

I rewound Coventry's "second" goal after 5 times, and still couldn't see how the Wednesday keeper was impeded except by his own player. What did the ref really disallow it for?

 

Yeah he wasn't impeded, not even slightly. If anything, it was a foul by him, he was just weak and fell over. Keepers get beyond ridiculous protection nowadays. They didn't really say what the FK was for, embarrassing stuff.

[nemtizz]

Proper stinky weekend of football.

[Groundhog63]

Just had a gander at the BBC football page featuring the City v Salford game. 

Nice photo of a delirious Jack Grealish hugging James McAtee. They look well chuffed with themselves. 

Either celebrating Grealish's penalty to make it 4 zip or one of McAtee's to make it 5, 7 or 8.

Classy

[54]

Just seen the full time Man City score, normally i'd think it was grim, but given it's against the BTEC Man United it's pretty hilarious.

[alexf]

3 hours ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Yeah he wasn't impeded, not even slightly. If anything, it was a foul by him, he was just weak and fell over. Keepers get beyond ridiculous protection nowadays. They didn't really say what the FK was for, embarrassing stuff.

Nowadays? When have they not?  always been like that in my lifetime anyways.

[LionOfGosforth]

2 hours ago, alexf said:

Nowadays? When have they not?  always been like that in my lifetime anyways.

 

I take it you never saw John Charles put the keeper in the net with the ball and it was a goal every time? Not that i'm advocating a return to those days but giving FKs when there isn't even remotely a foul and no questions asked basically can take a fucking hike like.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by LionOfGosforth

[madras]

36 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

I take it you never saw John Charles put the keeper in the net with the ball and it was a goal every time? Not that i'm advocating a return to those days but giving FKs when there isn't even remotely a foul and no questions asked basically can take a fucking hike like.

 

 

 

Not even that far back. 70s and 80s keepers could be challenged on crosses basically as just another player. If the keeper dropped the ball undee pressuer it wasnt an automatic free kick because there was contact.

[LionOfGosforth]

2 minutes ago, madras said:

Not even that far back. 70s and 80s keepers could be challenged on crosses basically as just another player. If the keeper dropped the ball undee pressuer it wasnt an automatic free kick because there was contact.

 

Yep for sure, he was just the first that came to mind. Also, good example of this, watch Andy Gray score in the 84 cup final against Watford. I'd wager there's no chance that's given today, even though there's no discernible foul and it's just a strong CF getting to the ball.