Shepherding the ball out of play.
22 October 2010, 11:27 AM
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Shepherding the ball out of play.
Another of those stupid rules that FIFA seem to condone. The other night I watched Liverpool, and near the end, a Napoli attacker was running for the ball parallel with the Liverpool goalie, Pepe Raina. As they neared the ball, Raina deliberately ran in front of the Napoli player, stopping him getting to the ball, which ran out of play.
Now why isn't that an indirect free kick for obstruction? How can Raina be deemed to be in control of the ball if he's not touched it?
And while I'm on footy, let's get rid of this silly "offside but not interfering with play" rule. As the late, great Brian Clough once said, "If he's not interfering with play, what's he doing on the pitch?"
I regularly see players, often more than one, dragging defenders to mark them while standing offside, allowing the man with the ball a better chance on goal. Rubbish.
Now why isn't that an indirect free kick for obstruction? How can Raina be deemed to be in control of the ball if he's not touched it?
And while I'm on footy, let's get rid of this silly "offside but not interfering with play" rule. As the late, great Brian Clough once said, "If he's not interfering with play, what's he doing on the pitch?"
I regularly see players, often more than one, dragging defenders to mark them while standing offside, allowing the man with the ball a better chance on goal. Rubbish.
22 October 2010, 03:45 PM
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Another of those stupid rules that FIFA seem to condone. The other night I watched Liverpool, and near the end, a Napoli attacker was running for the ball parallel with the Liverpool goalie, Pepe Raina. As they neared the ball, Raina deliberately ran in front of the Napoli player, stopping him getting to the ball, which ran out of play.
Now why isn't that an indirect free kick for obstruction? How can Raina be deemed to be in control of the ball if he's not touched it?
And while I'm on footy, let's get rid of this silly "offside but not interfering with play" rule. As the late, great Brian Clough once said, "If he's not interfering with play, what's he doing on the pitch?"
I regularly see players, often more than one, dragging defenders to mark them while standing offside, allowing the man with the ball a better chance on goal. Rubbish.
Now why isn't that an indirect free kick for obstruction? How can Raina be deemed to be in control of the ball if he's not touched it?
And while I'm on footy, let's get rid of this silly "offside but not interfering with play" rule. As the late, great Brian Clough once said, "If he's not interfering with play, what's he doing on the pitch?"
I regularly see players, often more than one, dragging defenders to mark them while standing offside, allowing the man with the ball a better chance on goal. Rubbish.
Re the offside rule. It's become a joke.
22 October 2010, 03:56 PM
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Lets scrap the offside rule entirely, it would make for a more entertaining game and potentially more goals, and if United need a "Hanger" I'm their man 
22 October 2010, 04:49 PM
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I agree Alcazar, they give (well supposed to) the GK 5 seconds to kick/throw the ball out to speed the game up yet still allow this. Anywhere else on the pitch it's an indirect free kick
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