garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
On the flipside. If all holding or blocking was taken out, the game could become a breeding ground for lump it in the box teams.
Is that really what we want?
Is that really what we want?
Corners !!!
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TonyN
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Yes!!! This, I agree with. I HATE this with a passion. Even in local derbies, you NEVER ask for a player to go in the book. EVER! If you do, the skipper would have a word in your ear, and the opposition skipper would go straight through you next time you touched the ball.
Diving and rolling around unnecessarily needs to be stamped out as well. Either by the referees punishing it, or the players and managers doing a big Sam and laughing hysterically at it!
D
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Unbelievable!
We should turn a blind eye to the holding and wrestling as it will help promote skilful football. Really!!
What about the skill in defending i.e. watch your man not the ball, keep goalside of him etc; ?
By all means we want to see flair players but not if it means condoning the likes of Shawcross, Skirtl, Smalling et al.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
its just a thought. if it became too easy to score from set plays then yes, football could easily gravitate towards big bruiser set piece teams doing well.
important words in bold.
why try and play tidy football if there is a good chance you will score a couple if goals from set plays?
I would leave it as it is and ask refs to look out for the obvious infringements. a bit of pushing and shoving never did anyone a bit of harm. back in the day you could put the ball, keeper and all into the net. now you cant breath on the keeper without committing a foul.
Once players get pinged with penalties and cautions it will soon start to change. At the moment players get away with murder both attacking and defending.
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Not since the late '50s has it been legal to shoulder- charge the keeper in the way you describe. If you want to see "pushing and shoving" I would suggest you would be best advised to watch rugby.
Quality defenders rarely if ever find it necessary to resort to such tactics.
In any event it is not that easy for teams to score from set plays if referees apply the rules equitably upon both attackers and defenders. After all "big bruising"" attacking is just as much in breach of the rules.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Big bruisers would be a description of the players. Big tall strong players who could head the ball.
All defenders hold, push, cajole, block, tug, nudge, jostle to various degrees. It happens. some tread the line, others cross it.
Football is a funny game. You can go in for a crunching tackle in midfield and the whistle wont blow. Breath on someone as they glide into the box,they go down you get a penalty. Go near a defender as he shields a ball towards his own corner flag and be will get a free. Wrestle someone to the floor when a corner comes in and no foul given.
