The game last year sealed it for me. They were absolutely dominant and giving us huge issues. Then they decided to sit back from the start of the next half allowing us to just play our way into the game. He's just too conservative.
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The game last year sealed it for me. They were absolutely dominant and giving us huge issues. Then they decided to sit back from the start of the next half allowing us to just play our way into the game. He's just too conservative.
Fucken hilarious!
“I’m going to keep banging my drum on this issue, I’ve been saying it for years … penalties for handball are fucking stupid. It leads to more totally unjustified highway robbery goals than any other law.
The penalty is so disproportionate to the crime it’s actually absurd.”
I actually think this is a fair point. The Burnley lad was unlucky, not trying to get an advantage. It is really not possible to jump and turn like he did without leaving a dangling elbow. Although, if he had not turned his back, his elbow would have stayed in.
Anyway, I think penalties for that offense are a little harsh, but the rules are very clear. And, I don’t think there is a solution, because it also blocked a promising cross.
The penalty is so disproportionate to the crime it’s actually absurd.”
I actually think this is a fair point. The Burnley lad was unlucky, not trying to get an advantage. It is really not possible to jump and turn like he did without leaving a dangling elbow. Although, if he had not turned his back, his elbow would have stayed in.
Anyway, I think penalties for that offense are a little harsh, but the rules are very clear. And, I don’t think there is a solution, because it also blocked a promising cross.
This. Plus of course if the penalty for handball rule was rescinded then we'd have a plethora of them.
It's not that penalties for handball are harsh, it's that lots of penalties for any offence are harsh just because they result from situations that aren't very dangerous at all. But what's the alternative? Letting refs just decide for themselves which situations warrant penalties or not? Can you imagine the carnage? Defenders just need to not commit offences when there isn't much danger.
Right. Referees can’t decide. It is just that some are soft, but that one was just plain unlucky for Burnley. No solution though.
This an interesting post on there re. Burnley : Before anyone says it's big versus small team, they played the same tactics against Sunderland too.
Anyone see that game? Is this now standard fair for Burnley - I know they had the best defensive record in the Championship last season.
Anyone see that game? Is this now standard fair for Burnley - I know they had the best defensive record in the Championship last season.
Well, it's what got them up, and a tight defence will be at even more of a premium for them now. If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it.
Yes, I go to the pub with Leeds and Sheff Wed fans (not as bad as it sounds) and they were saying it last year. Some examples i can remember...
"Imagine waking up on a Saturday morning and being excited to go and watch that"
"They should advertise the samaritans around the ground"
Yep tactical handballs
lego head just had a lego boner at the very thought of tactical handballs
The complete lack of self-awareness for those despicable, cheating cunts to have the audacity to genuinely believe that the league is against them, and somehow in bed with us, is simply mind-blowing... There are thick cunts, and then there are these insufferable mouth-breathers.
It's not too harsh.. I mean you don't get a card for it, which acknowledges the lack of fault.
You wouldn't think it harsh if it happened in the very first minute (unless you were in a CL Final)
It just feels harsh in the 91st minute after you've spent all game valiantly ( and successfully) parking the bus
Some players have made an extra effort to keep their arms close to their body; Ibou for one seems to have started doing it and that should be applauded.
Whereas those who are still flinging their arms about without a care, they will be punished if the ball hits their arms/hands which are in an unnatural position.
Play within the rules. Simple.
Whereas those who are still flinging their arms about without a care, they will be punished if the ball hits their arms/hands which are in an unnatural position.
Play within the rules. Simple.
I disagree. The defender in a situation like that one is trying to stop an attack by throwing their body in the way - how is that not trying to get an advantage? If they don't want to get an advantage, they should stand still and let the cross go in.
It's good, but Flying Pig United is a lot more inventive. Phil Foden's haircut looking like "a poodle's @rse" - classic. 😀
It wasn't just the best defensive record
It was the best defensive record in Championship of all time. 16 goals conceded the entire season.
In contrast, West Ham have already conceded 11 after 4 games
Sacrificed... I hate to say it, but a name did pop up in my head.
The same one I thought about.
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