Emi Martinez

[Rico]

The jostling, blocking and holding that goes on in the penalty area at corners has become a joke. If any of these challenges happened outside of the box it would quite rightly be called as a foul, so why is it still allowed in the penalty area? To be able to catch a ball as it's entering the six yard box, the keeper needs to be able to get some momentum by taking a few steps before jumping. If an opposition player blocks the keeper then surely that is obstruction?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

From the comments I've read over here, only in England are you allowed to assault the goalkeeper. People are shocked at the level of aggression directed at the keepers. Certainly not something you could do in UEFA competition games or most leagues in Europe.

[Crown Hill]

The jostling, blocking and holding that goes on in the penalty area at corners has become a joke. If any of these challenges happened outside of the box it would quite rightly be called as a foul, so why is it still allowed in the penalty area? To be able to catch a ball as it's entering the six yard box, the keeper needs to be able to get some momentum by taking a few steps before jumping. If an opposition player blocks the keeper then surely that is obstruction?

Obstruction seems to have disappeared out of the game. I don’t know why. It would deal with all this nonsense on corners and the supposed “shielding” the ball out of play which is no such thing.

[eamonn]

From the comments I've read over here, only in England are you allowed to assault the goalkeeper. People are shocked at the level of aggression directed at the keepers. Certainly not something you could do in UEFA competition games or most leagues in Europe.

Emery said this in his post-match.

[mrfuse]

The jostling, blocking and holding that goes on in the penalty area at corners has become a joke. If any of these challenges happened outside of the box it would quite rightly be called as a foul, so why is it still allowed in the penalty area? To be able to catch a ball as it's entering the six yard box, the keeper needs to be able to get some momentum by taking a few steps before jumping. If an opposition player blocks the keeper then surely that is obstruction?

I agree the amount of holding is getting ridiculous, but players can’t be penalised for obstruction. They don’t have to move out of the way — it’s up to our defence to protect the keeper where possible, and ultimately it’s the keeper’s decision whether to punch if catching isn’t an option.

[Somniloquism]

The ruling this season is that refs are to not stop the pushing and shoving at corners/wide freekicks/ long throws whilst the ball is out of play. So most teams do it up to the kick which means keepers are out of position or still trying to get space when the ball is in play whilst the fouling player has done all he needs to do. Previously they used to stop the kick and tell the attacking player to move away from the keeper.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

From the comments I've read over here, only in England are you allowed to assault the goalkeeper. People are shocked at the level of aggression directed at the keepers. Certainly not something you could do in UEFA competition games or most leagues in Europe.

Emery said this in his post-match.

I like this Emery fella. Talks sense.

[eye digress]

From the comments I've read over here, only in England are you allowed to assault the goalkeeper. People are shocked at the level of aggression directed at the keepers. Certainly not something you could do in UEFA competition games or most leagues in Europe.

Emery said this in his post-match.

I like this Emery fella. Talks sense.

Yeah, I was thinking, did we see this kind of nonsense in the Euros, last WC, Chumps' League?