What a strange write up that is, portraying March as though he had made a measured thoughout great tackle and won Brighton the game. Were the reality is March was absolutely shitting it as soon as he made the tackle because he knew that he had fouled him.
Quote from: LukeJames on November 23, 2020, 12:53:39 PMWhat a strange write up that is, portraying March as though he had made a measured thoughout great tackle and won Brighton the game. Were the reality is March was absolutely shitting it as soon as he made the tackle because he knew that he had fouled him. I was absolutely fuming when the pen was disallowed and convinced the ref had cocked up. But the reality is he got a big touch on the ball. Are people saying any contact after / during a tackle should be a foul? If so, that's the end of any tough tackles and sliding challenges etc that fans enjoy so much. I'm not saying Ben Mee type assualts should be allowed, but do we really want to take all contcact out of tackling?
Quote from: chrisw1 on November 23, 2020, 03:15:20 PMQuote from: LukeJames on November 23, 2020, 12:53:39 PMWhat a strange write up that is, portraying March as though he had made a measured thoughout great tackle and won Brighton the game. Were the reality is March was absolutely shitting it as soon as he made the tackle because he knew that he had fouled him. I was absolutely fuming when the pen was disallowed and convinced the ref had cocked up. But the reality is he got a big touch on the ball. Are people saying any contact after / during a tackle should be a foul? If so, that's the end of any tough tackles and sliding challenges etc that fans enjoy so much. I'm not saying Ben Mee type assualts should be allowed, but do we really want to take all contcact out of tackling? I wouldn't say it was a big touch. The ball was bobbling after the 'tackle' and Trez could have very easily ran onto it, if he hadn't been tripped up.
In what world do people think that is not a penalty? I respect one's right to an opinion, but Trez cuts the ball back and the defender gets a touch but then proceeds to hack Trez's shins. Let's allow that the player "defended the ball" (which is dubious), he then impedes Trez's ability to continue to play and chase down the ball by taking him down in the box. By any reasonable standard, that is a penalty. Again, I respect a person's right to view it as a fair play, but it surprises me greatly that anyone does!
I'm with you pelty. I would also question that the direction of the ball changed by 90' - to me it wasn't even half that. What gets me is that in Ladymans article he talks about March deflecting the ball with boot when in reality the only thing his boot connected with us Trez's shin. How can Ladyman and so many others see something didn't happen. Please correct me if I'm wrong but to me there was absolutely no boot to ball contact .
Which is exactly what happened in the Liverpool v Leicester game yesterday evening. Justin tackled Milner, touching the ball and then went through him, foul given and yellow card. The fact it was 40 yards from goal should be no different to if it was 10 yards from goal.
Quote from: pelty on November 23, 2020, 04:07:42 PMIn what world do people think that is not a penalty? I respect one's right to an opinion, but Trez cuts the ball back and the defender gets a touch but then proceeds to hack Trez's shins. Let's allow that the player "defended the ball" (which is dubious), he then impedes Trez's ability to continue to play and chase down the ball by taking him down in the box. By any reasonable standard, that is a penalty. Again, I respect a person's right to view it as a fair play, but it surprises me greatly that anyone does!So by definition you think every tackle with contact is a foul? Every sliding tackle is a foul etc?
Quote from: chrisw1 on November 23, 2020, 03:15:20 PMQuote from: LukeJames on November 23, 2020, 12:53:39 PMWhat a strange write up that is, portraying March as though he had made a measured thoughout great tackle and won Brighton the game. Were the reality is March was absolutely shitting it as soon as he made the tackle because he knew that he had fouled him. I was absolutely fuming when the pen was disallowed and convinced the ref had cocked up. But the reality is he got a big touch on the ball. Are people saying any contact after / during a tackle should be a foul? If so, that's the end of any tough tackles and sliding challenges etc that fans enjoy so much. I'm not saying Ben Mee type assualts should be allowed, but do we really want to take all contcact out of tackling? For me, the acid test is whether that foul would have been given if outside the box: if you review all the fouls awarded during the game you'll find several similar to the March 'tackle'.