a slight touch is not a foul…..
this is not tidily winks and is a contact sport…….
it is if the contact is a foul and this is what pisses me off….
players play the ball poorly then look for contact to fall over and get the penalty which is bollocks.
if the keeper is in your way you go around him and only if he attempts to pull you down is it a foul if he dives go around or over him don't fall over as this is only obstruction at worse and is a indirect free kick not a penalty…..
So much of this is just wrong.
- A slight touch IS a foul if it is not within the rules of the game. You don't even have to make contact - intent is enough.
- If you break the rules whilst playing tiddlywinks you are penalised accordingly. So it is in football.
- I agree players looking for contact is not good and this is where the simulation penalties come in. However there is a difference between trying to deceive the referee into giving a foul when there wasn't one, and exaggerating an existing foul to make sure the ref has seen it.
- If a keeper dives to get the ball and misses, you do not have to jump over him or go around him - it's a careless act by the goalkeeper and results in a penalty (if inside the area). If he deliberately attempts to pull you down then he will also be carded - either yellow or red depending on the situation.