The Footie Thread

[putterman60]

Nah, he'd have been on the floor holding his face

love it !!!!

As an Everton fan i`m biased

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miss penalty city win 2-0
score pen Everton go onto wil 2-1 lol

as the great Jimmy Greaves used to say `its a funny old game`

 

[4LEX]

Yes but it’s the way the law is set up.
It’s as if your arm isn’t in your shirt sleeve..
Maybe all football kits need different coloured sleeves than the main body .
Stupid rule.imo.

What if the player has a long sleeve shirt on?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

What if the player has a long sleeve shirt on?

We had this a few weeks back. How many love sleeve shirts do you see now? You mainly see players with long sleeve compression tops under a short sleeve shirt

 

[Rlburnside]

Poland and Sweden refuse to play Russia - https://www.skysports.com/football/...h-russia-in-opposition-to-invasion-of-ukraine

Can see FIFA making a mess of this. Should be a simple decision in the current climate surely?

Perhaps all clubs should refuse to play against Chelsea??

 

[4LEX]

We had this a few weeks back. How many love sleeve shirts do you see now? You mainly see players with long sleeve compression tops under a short sleeve shirt

Not many but how can you have a rule that's reliant on the optional length of a shirt sleeve? What happens if a keeper handles outside the box with their longer sleeves?

In the real world, we don't need the PL or VAR to tell us where the shoulder ends and arm starts. Another example of how badly the game is run and how rules are made up on a whim.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Not many but how can you have a rule that's reliant on the optional length of a shirt sleeve? What happens if a keeper handles outside the box with their longer sleeves?

In the real world, we don't need the PL or VAR to tell us where the shoulder ends and arm starts. Another example of how badly the game is run and how rules are made up on a whim.

It's not dependant on that tho is it...that just is a way of easily defining it in short sleeve shirts.

 

[Blue in Munich]

I didn’t see the first incident. Genuine question…Did the arm stop the ball from going in the goal like the Reece James one?

No it didn't, but that should not affect the decision re handball, I accept it may change the decision regarding any card.

 

[4LEX]

It's not dependant on that tho is it...that just is a way of easily defining it in short sleeve shirts.

Everyone knows where the shoulder ends and the arms starts, the human body hasn't changed in thousands of years. Why is the end of a sleeve now used to determine a decision. Does every team have the same length sleeves? If not the teams with the longer sleeves gain an unfair advantage. That just highlights how stupid it is surely

 

[Liverbirdie]

They managed to get Lukaku in and all those others in by selling players - Chelsea have been self sufficient for a while now and have built up their financial income to ensure they don’t rely on the owners money

They have a lot of players that can be sold to generate funds

If you genuinely believe that I'm shocked.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Everyone knows where the shoulder ends and the arms starts, the human body hasn't changed in thousands of years. Why is the end of a sleeve now used to determine a decision. Does every team have the same length sleeves? If not the teams with the longer sleeves gain an unfair advantage. That just highlights how stupid it is surely

It's done by the armpit line

Is everyone's arm the same length? Would crouch be unfairly treated as his arms were freakishly long.

Sterling has t rex arms does he get an advantage.

 

[Liverbirdie]

There was an incident in the Leeds Spurs game earlier today when a ball driven into a thigh bounced up into an arm inside the area. No penalty.

in the Liverpool Chelsea game, a ball driven at goal came off Reece James' thigh as he tried to block it and bounced into his arm. Penalty and a red card.

Consistent my arse.

I said a few times that that wasnt a penalty, UNTIL I seen the side view which clearly showed that Reece James also brought his hand forward to stop the ball going over the line. In the end he did make an intentional movement towards the ball.

That today was a pen all day long, Ive said it for a few years Tierney is the biggest coward of a ref in the pen. Not the worst, but he's a coward.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

If you genuinely believe that I'm shocked.

He read it on twitter, it must be true?

 

[Blue in Munich]

That today was a pen all day long, Ive said it for a few years Tierney is the biggest coward of a ref in the pen. Not the worst, but he's a coward.

Tierney had absolutely no view of that one today; to give it would have been a best guess.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I said a few times that that wasnt a penalty, UNTIL I seen the side view which clearly showed that Reece James also brought his hand forward to stop the ball going over the line. In the end he did make an intentional movement towards the ball.

That today was a pen all day long, Ive said it for a few years Tierney is the biggest coward of a ref in the pen. Not the worst, but he's a coward.

Manchester based refs shouldnt be reffing manchester based teams. The same goes for all the other cities.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Tierney had absolutely no view of that one today; to give it would have been a best guess.

I dont have an issue with Tierney not giving it, kavannagh on the other hand....

 

[Tashyboy]

It's done by the armpit line

Is everyone's arm the same length? Would crouch be unfairly treated as his arms were freakishly long.

Sterling has t rex arms does he get an advantage.

Pickford does ?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

If you genuinely believe that I'm shocked.

Over the last 5 years their net spend is around £100mil , Abramovich hasn’t “lent” the club money for a while now.

 

[4LEX]

It's done by the armpit line

Is everyone's arm the same length? Would crouch be unfairly treated as his arms were freakishly long.

Sterling has t rex arms does he get an advantage.

I never mentioned arm length, merely questioned why is sleeve length was now the defining point? I'd agree with armpit line.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Tierney had absolutely no view of that one today; to give it would have been a best guess.

I agree on this occasion, but the VAR ref has no such excuse, but Tierney is a coward most weeks.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Over the last 5 years their net spend is around £100mil , Abramovich hasn’t “lent” the club money for a while now.

Come on Phil, wake up and smell the coffee.

Chelsea stockpiled many, many players over the years and were happy to keep them on loan after loan etc, but something changed a few years ago. Many of the sales helped to bring that nett spend down, along with the transfer ban.

There are statistics and then there is "understanding".

No doubt Chelsea's juggernaut spending isnt what it was 5-15 years ago. If they are self sufficient over the next 10 years and are challenging at the top end, fair enough, but the last 5 years is still as a result of what went on before.