You can't win because you're wrong. Did the defender hit him on the leg without making contact with the ball?
Yes. That's a foul. It was in the box. That's a penalty. Whether Coveny was falling over before that is irrelevant.
I'm in agreement with his version El G. Horse took in the ref hook line and Sinker. Brilliant job it was too!HarryHotspur2008-10-07 17:11:46
Yeah i'm not complaining because we got a point. I just don't like people 'cheating'.
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Contact being made = foul?? When did this new rule come into play?
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Contact is allowed in football, sure. does that mean I can just take you out with a slide and you don't deserve a penalty?
I really think this is futile eh. The ref made his call and come on it's not live Vaugh totally took a dive is it?
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This is my interpretation of it also. I'm not saying Covs wasn't looking for a penalty but he definitely got fouled in the area and that is a penalty.

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This is my interpretation of it also. I'm not saying Covs wasn't looking for a penalty but he definitely got fouled in the area and that is a penalty.
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I was referring to this specific situation.
Leaving aside shoulder-to-shoulders, use of body o shield the ball, etc, in tackle situations incidental contact is allowed, but only if made in the process of clearly winning the ball. The Newcastle defender attempted to dispossess Coveny by hooking his leg accross Coveny trying to get to the ball, and didn't get within three feet of it and made clear contact with Coveny's legs.
That's a foul in any ref's book. It was in the box, so it was a penalty.
Fouls are awarded on the basis of who initiated the contact.
There's no doubt that the Jets defender did this, is there?
Or I'll really start to despair...
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
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am I suddenly back in Italy?? over there a discussion of this kind can go on for years..
An example?
Was it a penalty at the World Cup against the OZ? My answer is always the same
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Of course it would have been. Jag spelled it out for you a page back.
[QUOTE=pao1908] i can't fault the defender with the covs penalty, even though he may well have 'initiated' the contact - not that i agree entirely with that either. i think covs ran across him a bit. the defender can't make himself invisible at the whim of the attacking player. contact is allowed, and is usually legal.
Like I said in an earlier post, what Coveny did before he was fouled was perfectly legal - shoulder to shoulder contact, followed by the shielding of the ball which Coveny was in control of (it was within playing distance of him). Absolutely nothing wrong with that. The defender then lashes out with his leg, striking Coveny accross his legs without getting the ball. As Jag pointed out, this is a foul on perhaps three different counts, and penalty was correctly awarded.
The defender was a muppet, he should have just tried to hold of Coveny with his upper body and track him to prvent a square ball accross the goal, since it appeared that Covs didn't look like he had the strength or pace to beat him. Instead he dumbly flies in with a stupid tackle and gives away the penalty.
If he was a Nix player I'd be seriously pised off and asking for his head right now...el grapadura2008-10-09 08:39:45
Why are 'these decisions' harsh? Every player knows what the punishment is for committing fouls in the penalty area.
That's why you don't do stupid things inside it (or at least try not to...).
Though he may have earned more (I know of the Perth one and this one)
Adelaide at home as well.
Why are 'these decisions' harsh? Every player knows what the punishment is for committing fouls in the penalty area.
That's why you don't do stupid things inside it (or at least try not to...).
Why are 'these decisions' harsh? Every player knows what the punishment is for committing fouls in the penalty area.
That's why you don't do stupid things inside it (or at least try not to...).



Same here.el grapadura2008-10-09 19:28:06
Of courese it would have been a foul anywhere else on the field. The defender hooked around Vaughan's legs and did not connect with the ball, nor was he even in the vicinity of the ball. It was as clear as pie. Penalty every day of the week and twice on Labour Day Monday.
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True... and the comments would probably have been far angrier as well

Yes, he cut across the defender, yes he played for the foul, but he did get fouled.
Dead set penalty
Good one Covs