ENCROACHING at free kicks.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7776602.stm

Referees will mark a temporary white line 9.15 metres (10 yards) from the ball, which defenders cannot cross. The spray will disappear 30 seconds later.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7776602.stm

Referees will mark a temporary white line 9.15 metres (10 yards) from the ball, which defenders cannot cross. The spray will disappear 30 seconds later.

Fowler could have had some fun with that:

white.line.fever
Salmon072008-12-11 20:15:23

Salmon swim upstream

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I can just see Ginger Eejit at Wakefield Park trotting around with a tin of white emulsion and a brush..

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Thats....just...weird...

Surely referees can see if someone creeps up anyways?

Allegedly

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

they may see it but don't do alot about it! this makes sure everyone can clearly see if players move early or aren't the 10 yards back.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Jag wrote:

I can just see Ginger Eejit at Wakefield Park trotting around with a tin of white emulsion and a brush..

And that's just for the sunblock.

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Saw this being done in Brazil a few months ago. Don't really think it makes much difference.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Just to save a enw thread, did anyway else notice the phoenix's freekick last night, which had a Perth player sliding into the ball before he had even kicked it? And the ref ignored it completely? Never seen someone charge so far forwards.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Michael wrote:

I remember siitting on the couch thinking 'that's got to be a booking'. There was another one like that in the Roar games last night.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Does that mean people could tag and then it would disappear? So they wouldnt get stabbed?

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Genious ^^

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

From the Guardian website....

Aerosols in Argentina

The Clausura kicks off again at the weekend, where the "big news" is the introduction of an aerosol spray which referees will use to stop players encroaching from the wall at free kicks. The Guide initially pictured mace being fired into the faces of cheating defenders ï¿½ and we wouldn't necessarily be aghast at the use of such a system ï¿½ but it seems the cans contain a much more harmless substance: a quickly-vanishing spray to mark the wall's correction position on the pitch.

Actually, now we come to think about it, we give it two months tops before some lippy player gets it straight between the eyes.

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