The Footie Thread

[IanM]

He is taking a lot of experience to 5th tier

6th

 

[PaulMdj]

I thought after 10 minutes Boro were in for a difficult night, just the opposite now, Birmingham have gone to pieces.

 

[Neilds]

Count the fouls!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I'm at 3 penalties just based on the photo

 

[Arthur Wedge]

It was quite amusing - Talksport talking about what Slot said about him not being a fan of the current brand of football in the prem and who do Talksport get on the phone



Tony Pulis

 

[AmandaJR]

I'm at 3 penalties just based on the photo

Yep. 3 players not looking at the ball and arms wrapped around an attacker.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Yep. 3 players not looking at the ball and arms wrapped around an attacker.

And people keep telling me the refs can’t see this. Crap like “ 6 of one and half a dozen etc “ gets spouted in defence of them.

Motson would go permanent soprano if he were commentating.

 

[Orikoru]

I remember after Leicester won the league there was a bit of a crackdown on pushing and pulling at set pieces - probably because Leicester winning the league upset the authorities as one of their precious 'big' teams didn't win it, and thus Leicester had to be stopped. But the following couple of years after that there were a lot more free kicks given. I guess it's fallen by the wayside and they need another crackdown again.

 

[anotherdouble]

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Count the fouls!

This is the 3rd still I have seen of this game at a Chelsea corner. In each picture Rice is just acting as a blocker. Back to the ball in every picture and arms totally wrapped sround the player. I think Arteta has taken previous accusations of Arsenal being to soft to heart.

 

[anotherdouble]

Am I also the only one who thinks the attackers should just step on the defenders toes.

 

[Neilds]

Am I also the only one who thinks the attackers should just step on the defenders toes.

They should do a Vinnie Jones and grab them where it hurts

 

[Swango1980]

I remember after Leicester won the league there was a bit of a crackdown on pushing and pulling at set pieces - probably because Leicester winning the league upset the authorities as one of their precious 'big' teams didn't win it, and thus Leicester had to be stopped. But the following couple of years after that there were a lot more free kicks given. I guess it's fallen by the wayside and they need another crackdown again.

I'd have thought that Leicester winning the Premier League was one of the greatest things to happen for the authorities, in that it was one of the greatest stories on PL history?

At any rate, is that how Leicester were deemed to have won the PL? All I remember is great moments and play from the likes of Vardy and Mahrez.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I remember after Leicester won the league there was a bit of a crackdown on pushing and pulling at set pieces - probably because Leicester winning the league upset the authorities as one of their precious 'big' teams didn't win it, and thus Leicester had to be stopped. But the following couple of years after that there were a lot more free kicks given. I guess it's fallen by the wayside and they need another crackdown again.

I don’t think they changed any rules based on Leicester winning the title and they didn’t win the title based on set pieces

 

[Orikoru]

I'd have thought that Leicester winning the Premier League was one of the greatest things to happen for the authorities, in that it was one of the greatest stories on PL history?

At any rate, is that how Leicester were deemed to have won the PL? All I remember is great moments and play from the likes of Vardy and Mahrez.

Of course those two and Kanté were class, mostly on counter attacks. But they also had Huth and Morgan, a couple of units and beasts at set pieces at both ends of the field.

 

[PaulMdj]

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None, it’s a still image and can’t be relied on, both teams were grabbing, shoving each other.

 

[Orikoru]

I don’t think they changed any rules based on Leicester winning the title and they didn’t win the title based on set pieces

I didn't say they changed any rules, I said they started cracking down on fouls at set pieces.

See here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdr264exg18o



Edit: Here as article published at the time:

We explain the 'grappling' law which has caused controversy in the Premier League

Referees have been in the headlines in the opening weeks of the Premier League season after enforcing - and then failing to consistently enforce - laws around grappling in the penalty area.

www.skysports.com

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I didn't say they changed any rules, I said they started cracking down on fouls at set pieces.

See here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdr264exg18o
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Edit: Here as article published at the time:

We explain the 'grappling' law which has caused controversy in the Premier League

Referees have been in the headlines in the opening weeks of the Premier League season after enforcing - and then failing to consistently enforce - laws around grappling in the penalty area.

www.skysports.com

But I don’t think that was in any correlation to Leicester winning a title and the authorities not happy with them winning

 

[Orikoru]

But I don’t think that was in any correlation to Leicester winning a title and the authorities not happy with them winning

Leicester noticeably struggled the season afterwards with fouls being given against Huth and Morgan particularly. Obviously the authorities didn't come and say it was to punish Leicester. But there were some parallels with the current season, when a team does especially well with set pieces and gets to the top of the league, people don't like it and want to knock them down. (Granted, if they are committing fouls that they're getting away with I think a crackdown is warranted.)

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Leicester noticeably struggled the season afterwards with fouls being given against Huth and Morgan particularly. Obviously the authorities didn't come and say it was to punish Leicester. But there were some parallels with the current season, when a team does especially well with set pieces and gets to the top of the league, people don't like it and want to knock them down. (Granted, if they are committing fouls that they're getting away with I think a crackdown is warranted.)

Leicester struggled due to players leaving the club that were key to them winning

They had a one off season where everything aligned

We always see “crackdowns” over the decades - there was a crack down of people constantly shouting at the ref - a few red cards but nothing changed


Couple seasons ago they had a crackdown of pulling shirts on box etc

These “crackdowns” achieve little because they don’t continue it

Every set piece now is just a melee and free for all

 

[Neilds]

None, it’s a still image and can’t be relied on, both teams were grabbing, shoving each other.

Oh dear! You really don't think that 3 of the Arsenal players are holding the Chelsea players? You can clearly see that one actually has his hands linked around the attacker, preventing him from moving.