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Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7320 on: December 22, 2025, 09:51:26 PM »
Ffs Zimbabwe.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7321 on: December 22, 2025, 09:53:50 PM »
I'm not sure but I think Mo Salah has scored.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7322 on: Today at 02:01:20 AM »
He kicked the attackers foot away without getting any connection on the ball. Its a penalty and it would have been 40 years ago as well.
I appreciate that it is a penalty today, but it wouldn’t have been 40-years ago. The kick didn’t make him fall over. He wasn’t in control of the ball, he felt the kick and he took the opportunity to throw himself to the ground.
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Offline FatSam

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7323 on: Today at 02:09:19 AM »
It was a pen all day long.
Yes, under current rules of course it is. My point is that it shouldn’t be. I don’t think that making marginal contact with a player who is facing away from goal and who isn’t in control of the ball, should result in an 85% chance of a goal. It’s just not commensurate. Two teams have played for 90 minutes and the game has been decided by that.
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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7324 on: Today at 07:37:45 AM »
I agree Sam. The players are now coached to exaggerate any contact in the area. The issue is I think we are so far passed what was acceptable 30 years ago it is almost impossible to go back.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7325 on: Today at 08:30:23 AM »
I agree Sam. The players are now coached to exaggerate any contact in the area. The issue is I think we are so far passed what was acceptable 30 years ago it is almost impossible to go back.

Franny Lee says hello from 55 years ago.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7326 on: Today at 09:43:39 AM »
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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #7327 on: Today at 09:52:53 AM »
Nial Quinn was surprisgly adept at making it look like he'd had his legs scythed from minimal contact.

 


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