Compare how Charlie Davies handled his development with Freddy. We will see if Charlie gets serious playing time in France, but he went to a...
Holden, maybe. Nobody else moved up, lots of them moved down.
Anyone now want to question whether we need Jermaine Jones pairing with Bradley? Ricardo Clark--dumb, dumb, dumb (still more a yellow than a...
Wells will never be a first-rate goalkeeper, but we seem to be stuck with him. He has gotten marginally better (not quite so many outright...
Well, for PV to answer this, wouldn't you have to say which direction the child was flying (what would you do if it was clockwise? what would you...
Or that Torres is more level-headed, and knows there is no percentage in arguing with the ref, especially at that stage of the match.
PVancouver writes(snip)... Unless the AR misses the offside position. if the AR misses the offside call, how is it going to be calculated...
There's a simpler answer. "Persistent infringement" is called against players who harm or disadvantage the opponents. Consistently being offside...
You want the ref, in a split second, like in the Holland match, to be able to figure that out and adjust the call accordingly when there's a shot...
The dummy on the ball does not materially change the situation for the "passback" call. Or do you think it does?
Here we go again. Every now and then, when the planets unalign, we get a debate over whether "deliberate" is the same as "intentional," and...
No at that point. This is, again, pretty obvious, and I don't quite understand what all these "refinements" to the basic case are supposed to be...
Clear that we disagree. Next time you play, and you're an attacker in an onside position ready to shoot, I'll be the defender who suddenly falls...
Well, I took the "challenge." :) Still a foul in my book. Defender makes contact, several times, with the thigh, pushing from behind, and then...
That's easy. Decision to stop play for an injury takes precedence over an offside call. It's hierarchical. So ref evaluates, quickly, if injury...
Wreave, did you look at the defender's feet and the trip, not the above-the-waist stuff?
Re: Andy Gray's Raging Ignorance Continues Netherlands vs. France, and the Bad Coverage in the Studi Andy Gray was an excellent player, and a...
The goal in question, and the logic of the situation, don't require the ref to trade off injury versus "fairness" for the attacker. There's a...
On the sendoff of the keeper, perfectly fine call. And not that he gets to trump the referee, but here's a refreshing point of view from Turkey's...
I trust you restrained yourself from replying to the Polish captain, "Right, if your team scores a goal and you are offside, I'll disallow it." :)
Although those replays taken through that "Axis" thing are great, when they stop play, move the viewing angle around, and highlight players,...
Re: Andy Gray's Raging Ignorance Continues Netherlands vs. France, and the Bad Coverage in the Studi A friend once loaned me Andy Gray's book,...
P, I assume you post stuff like this just to stir up controversy. On the clip, the shirt is pulled at least six inches away from the attacker's...
Here's a clip of the penalty, action starts at about :45-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovxZOPyN7sM Webb had the kick retaken, due to some...
Oh these excitable lawyers! :) The caution in the "deliberate step off the field" case is because it is deliberate cheating, just like...