Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Whilst we, as supporters, cheer Lualua whenever he gets the ball. he has to stop the diving and we should show our concern at his attitude. As a club we should not encourage 'cheating'.
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Competence of the officials
- Thread starter BBassic
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seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
The highlighted words are ambiguous , the rule needs to be changed to include the word "whole" ie The whole ball must be placed inside the corner arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I've seen the ball placed on the line with the majority outside the arc.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
The current rules can be intepreted so that you only need a fraction of the ball to be in the corner arc to comply with the regulation.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
But that isn't the word on the FA/FIFA website. The operative word is inside.
No - not when read in conjunction with the rest of the laws.
Touching the line IS 'within' / 'inside', in all aspects of line based decisions. i.e. if the whole of the ball does not cross the line, it is still considered IN the field of play (even though most of it is not). If the keepr handles the ball on the line of his area, then it is NOT an offence - the ball is considered IN the box. etc, etc.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
The argument is that the ball is inside the corner arc albeit fractionally. If you reinstate the original rule of placing the whole ball within the corner arc there is no ambiguity.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
But not for goals ie Watford.
Blues Rock DJ
New member
saw the ref have a word with Oscar as players came out for 2nd half, indicating to Lua Lua to calm down.......
Blues Rock DJ
New member
thought for a while now, that each area in the country should have a pool of officials who partner each other for every match they do. Would imo lead to more continuity from managers/players/spectators.
Maybe this happens already, but in this day and age surely more doable ??
Maybe this happens already, but in this day and age surely more doable ??
Er - yes, Exactly like Watford. The whole if the ball was not across the line, therefore it was still considered IN the field of play.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I was being facetious. It was not IN the goal.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Sky showed the slo mo replay ONCE from the only camera angle proving that the whole of the ball hadn't crossed the line before realising it shot down in flames the comments made by the commentary team before continually using the head on replay
Incorrect goal line decisions are a thing of the past in the top flight now, thanks to a decision change at FIFA. We just need to use technology for a few more things, like other sports do. There would still be incorrect decisions, but they'd be reduced.
The more shocking aspect of that particular incident, was the ref was absolutely NOT going to even give a free kick, until the lino started furiously waving his flag.
Well that's a bit stupid. The ref wants Oscar to tell one of his players to calm down, so the ref tells him after Oscar has finished his meeting with the players.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
The whole thing where players place the ball on the absolute extreme of the corner arc, and sometimes marginally outside, is so ridiculous anyway. They've only got to kick it about 40 yards, its not like they're struggling to make the distance into the box is it ? It is so utterly POINTLESS placing the ball almost outside the arc its actually laughable. What possible difference will stealing a few millimetres make to their corner kick ? When the ball is carefully placed outside the arc they invariably blast it straight into the near-post defender, or hoyke it miles over the whole bloody lot of them anyway. Bravo.
I can only conclude that cheating comes so naturally to footballers, its just second nature. So they'll even do it when its actually pointless and makes no difference. As long as they can get away with it.
symyjym
Banned
Although the ref yesterday was awful, you are right that it really doesn't help our cause when Kaz or anyone else gets a reputation for diving or falling over on minimal contact.