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The worst thing you have seen in football?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Jag wrote:
My ginger colleague speaks the truth, and the "I was going for the ball" line doesn't cut it either.
 
I love this.  I hear it from parents on the sideline at youth games all the time.
 
He might have been going for the ball pal, but he broke the other kid's leg in three places on his way through, so it's probably a foul and maybe a talking to...

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Another cracker, ref changes the call, ie which team he awarded the free kick. Always get shouts 'Can't change your mind ref - you've already given it!'

Rubbish

LotG

Law 5
Decisions of the Referee
The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play are
final.
The referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect
or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee, provided that
he has not restarted play or terminated the match.

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

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Now that is interesting! I always thought that a refs first decision could  not be reversed... What if a ref receives information from a spectator etc... on the sideline, can they justifiably use that as a reason to change a decision or does it have to come from a line-o only? Indeed, scary to realise I misunderstand some key rules...
 
 
ps how was the movie at Empire on Friday night Ginger? The one we went to was marginal...:)
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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I'd be very surprised if a referee ever changed a decision on the evidence of a spectator, for obvious reasons!! If he has linesmen then he would listen to their advice, but doesn't necessarily have to change a decision based on what the lino says,  but from spectators? Nah.
 
As the Eejit says, as long as play hasn't restarted, or the game ended, the referee can change a decision. Usually happens just after half time when he forgets the teams have changed ends!
Jag2009-08-04 13:47:47

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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Hubminator wrote:
Now that is interesting! I always thought that a refs first decision could  not be reversed... What if a ref receives information from a spectator etc... on the sideline, can they justifiably use that as a reason to change a decision or does it have to come from a line-o only? Indeed, scary to realise I misunderstand some key rules...
 
 
ps how was the movie at Empire on Friday night Ginger? The one we went to was marginal...:)


Pretty good! - missed the first 5 mins due to the crap ticket/concessions queuing system they have there!

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

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I know why you are asking that Hubs ;)

That was the problem in the Wainui game, everyone went nuts, but I knew the ref was well within his rights *sigh*
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Yeah, exactly! :)
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ginger_eejit wrote:


Another reminder here though, on a more general topic,  that the defence 'I got the ball' is not a valid one. If in the opinion of the referee the tackle was careless, then expect a free kick to be given against you, or cards to be shown if worse.
 
And this is where I believe that the controlling body has gotten it wrong.  Back in the day, one of the finest things to see (or do) on the football field was the 'ball and all' tackle.  Fly into a tackle, win the ball and then following through collecting the other player.  The (possibly unwritten - I was never great at knowing the 'actual' rules) rule was if you won the ball first, it was open season on the opposition player.
 
Football had three significant parts - the skill, the mental and the physical - and you needed at least two of them.  If you had skill, you needed to be physical enough to handle yourself, or have the mental capacity to be able to keep getting hammered but continue to get up and keep playing.  Look at someone like Maradonna - took plenty of punishement but continued to want the ball and continue to beat players.  Many good players disappeared in games as they didn't want the ball after an early leveller by some brutish centre back.

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Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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took my dog for a walk last sunday through richard prouse,watched nth welly v porirua u21.porirua coach warmed his team up then took of his tracksuit revealing a refs uniform what followed was the most blatant cheating iv'e ever seen, chalked of a great goal for nth welly claimed it was offside, coaches should not ref their own games at this level
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Frankie Mac wrote:
ginger_eejit wrote:


Another reminder here though, on a more general topic,  that the defence 'I got the ball' is not a valid one. If in the opinion of the referee the tackle was careless, then expect a free kick to be given against you, or cards to be shown if worse.
 
And this is where I believe that the controlling body has gotten it wrong.  Back in the day, one of the finest things to see (or do) on the football field was the 'ball and all' tackle.  Fly into a tackle, win the ball and then following through collecting the other player.  The (possibly unwritten - I was never great at knowing the 'actual' rules) rule was if you won the ball first, it was open season on the opposition player.
 
Football had three significant parts - the skill, the mental and the physical - and you needed at least two of them.  If you had skill, you needed to be physical enough to handle yourself, or have the mental capacity to be able to keep getting hammered but continue to get up and keep playing.  Look at someone like Maradonna - took plenty of punishement but continued to want the ball and continue to beat players.  Many good players disappeared in games as they didn't want the ball after an early leveller by some brutish centre back.


I seem to remember Stuart Pearce, amongst many others, being a fine exponent of the skills you mention, Frankie.

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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Frankie Mac wrote:


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And this is where I believe that the controlling body has gotten it wrong.  Back in the day, one of the finest things to see (or do) on the football field was the 'ball and all' tackle.  Fly into a tackle, win the ball and then following through collecting the other player.  The (possibly unwritten - I was never great at knowing the 'actual' rules) rule was if you won the ball first, it was open season on the opposition player.
 
 
 ahh the good old days
but sadly as professional sports matured over the last few decades, and with the huge pay packets attached, sporting bodies now have safety issues to contend with to preserve their "products" so to speak. 
 i'm sure ACC report to bodies advising of key playing situations where injuries are frequent. I know rugby used to hold a data-base of all reported injuries.
 rugby league got rid of the head-high tackle (yes it used to be legal ), rugby, the rucking and contesting line out laws, and football's "ball and all tackle"is just another form of it. 
 gee i can only imagine the insurance premiums when you're earning $500k a week!!!
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jinky wrote:
took my dog for a walk last sunday through richard prouse,watched nth welly v porirua u21.porirua coach warmed his team up then took of his tracksuit revealing a refs uniform what followed was the most blatant cheating iv'e ever seen, chalked of a great goal for nth welly claimed it was offside, coaches should not ref their own games at this level
 
should i comment?
last time i commented on this ref he was a whisker away from taking me to court over my comments.....
 
its a joke, shows how desprate capital football is.
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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
i wouldnt think they normally get refs for this grade

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
should i post where this ref is appointed this week..... i wont but its way to high......
link
=http://soccer.org.nz/index.php?page=wgtn_appointments
 
find it. lol
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bobboltontawa2 wrote:
should i post where this ref is appointed this week..... i wont but its way to high......
link
=http://soccer.org.nz/index.php?page=wgtn_appointments
 
find it. lol
 
is his first name Poon?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Good to have refs on here
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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Feverish wrote:
bobboltontawa2 wrote:
should i post where this ref is appointed this week..... i wont but its way to high......
link
=http://soccer.org.nz/index.php?page=wgtn_appointments
 
find it. lol
 
is his first name Poon?
 
could i get get a defintion?
 
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