Originally posted by sasquatch672Thanks, SQ. Ukraine vs Swiss game seems much more like soccer should, more free flowing.
You're right Del, it can happen that way. Mainly for three reasons. First, in the Laws Of The Game, LAW IX - Fouls - the book says, "If, in the opinion of the referee..." before each foul. So there are alot of times where people think a foul's been committed, where the referee has judged that the action wasn't actually a foul.
Second, the philos ...[text shortened]... rmance of the referee in this afternoon's match - has already been quietly modified.
Originally posted by ElleEffSeeePlenty.
Have you ever seen a real head-butting?
But a "head-butting" in the rules of football, doesn't have to be hard. It's against the rules and that's that, the ref supposedly has no choice, even if the head-butted player does overdo the antics.
The thing that irritates me most is the inconsistencies of fouls within every game.
The same tackles etc. get fouled and even yellow carded - but when it happens in the box, the ref hesitates, hears the crowd going wild and then lets play continue.
I think more penalties will make the game flow much more...
Originally posted by DelmerI used to switch to radio coverage when a game got too boring to watch on television, that usually spices things up 🙂
LOL! But one wouldn't think so from listening to the soccer announcers. If I didn't know it was soccer I'd think it was WWIII, Armageddon, and the Cubs in the 7th game of the World Series.
Originally posted by sasquatch672At least the team that probably couldn't score if they were allowed to take a penalty without a keeper got eliminated.
Now, Ukraine play Italy to go to the semifinals. So what we have is a team that couldn't score vs. Australia vs. a team that couldn't score against Switzerland. That will be unwatchable.
And Ukraine might greatly benefit from Italys strongest point: their cosmetics. Have you seen some of the Ukranian hairdos? 😲
Originally posted by sasquatch672The problem is the pussy mentallity in the game of soccer. If a rugby player was merely tripped on the field and then proceeded to roll around screaming like a little girl, he'd have the crap beaten out of him by his own team. But, for some reason, it is an accepted tactic in soccer to get penaltys and free kicks. There is only one kick that should be awarded, and that is squarely up the arse of the pussy who is doing the yelling and screaming.
Seems that Sepp Blatter's weighed in on Russian referee Ivanov, saying "he should have received a yellow card". I've never seen anything like what I saw yesterday. Sixteen yellows, four reds, should have been a fifth for Figo. (In fine soccer tradition, Figo is now certain to score the game winner against England on Saturday. Anybody remember Koeman ...[text shortened]... atch led to legitimate yellow cards being rendered meaningless. What do you all say?
If a referee sees someone fall in a soccer game, he doesn't have the luxury of assuming there was a genuine infringement. If he didn't get a good, clear view of the incident, he just has to guess. The whole thing is shambolic.
The simplest way of fixing the issue - immediate red card to any player who screams, crys, rolls around clutching a body part or shows any general woman-like behaviour. If the injury is real, he'll need to go off anyway.