One Reason Why Buddle Hasn't Gotten More Nat Time?

gnk · Oct 27, 2004

Serie Zed said:

Because soccer needs a great big, giant kick in the ass on this point. Refs need to start issuing yellow cards every time a player touches the ball when it's the other team's to play. No more throwing it 20 feet in the air to give it back, no more dribbling it ten feet and then letting it run, no more holding it when you're the keeper. Put it down and leave it alone or get a card. Simple.

It would speed up the game and punish teams whistled for an infraction. Players would whine and raise hell for about a week and then it would never be an issue again.
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Another poster agreed and added shirt-grabbing as a problem that individual federations and/or FIFA should crack down on. I agree with all of the above, and would add that deliberately delaying a re-start (such as a free kick 20 yards in front of the your goal by standing directly in front of the ball) should be an immediate yellow card. The rule states, as well all know, that the opposing team must be 10 yards away on a free kick. While there may be some speculation as to whether or not a player is a complete 10 yards away, there is no such speculation when the player stands directly (i.e., 1 inch) in front of the ball.

fidlerre · Oct 28, 2004

csctn said:

Like I said I have not seen Buddle a whole bunch but I can recall 2 other instances.
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Two? Two? Holy crap, not two? What a punk...

csctn said:

1) After scoring a goal, that was more the product of the assist than Buddle's talent, Buddle proceeded to stiff arm the assist man, who ended up on the ground rubbing his chest, it seemed that his teammate just wanted to celebrate but Buddle wanted to run around like an idiot by himself. A couple of teammates came over to help the poor guy off the ground, they all looked at Buddle like he was an ass and shook their heads as to say "What an idiot."
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Ahh, yes, the ever present "I can read what a person is thinking by looking at a goofy ass grin" line. Did you ever think they all thought it to be kinda amusing and were laughing at him? Nahh, let's just go for the full negative view of the situation...

csctn1 said:

2) Martino is chasing defenders, trying for a turnover, and prompts a long cross field pass between defenders. Martino breaks for the goal because he sees Buddle standing there and thinks Buddle can easily step in front of the defender and intercept the pass. Buddle does not move. The defender can't handle the pass and it squirts away toward Buddle. Buddle does not move. The defender gets a handle on the ball and proceeds go around a stationary Buddle and attack up field. I could tell Martino yelled something at Buddle, and Buddle, not even looking at Martino, waved back at him as if to say "I could care less what you think."
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A forward not playing defense one time? Strike Buddle down...now! He obviously has problems...

numerista · Oct 28, 2004

csctn said:

Buddle proceeded to stiff arm the assist man, who ended up on the ground rubbing his chest ... a couple of teammates came over to help the poor guy off the ground
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... and if this guy needed to be helped off the ground, can you imagine what will happen if Buddle gets an assist from Josh Wolff, John O'Brien, or (suspending disbelief) Claudio Reyna? Will they ever walk again?

Foosinho · Oct 28, 2004

fidlerre said:

Two? Two? Holy crap, not two? What a punk...
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I was expecting the whole "spitting" on Guevara incident.

The reason Buddle hasn't played more is simply because his injury timing has been just about as bad as possible for integrating into the national team. Every time il Bruce has an opportunity to call in new players and experiment a little bit, Buddle has either been injured, or is coming off of a lengthy injury layoff and regaining fitness.

Serie Zed · Oct 28, 2004

gnk said:

would add that deliberately delaying a re-start (such as a free kick 20 yards in front of the your goal by standing directly in front of the ball) should be an immediate yellow card. The rule states, as well all know, that the opposing team must be 10 yards away on a free kick. While there may be some speculation as to whether or not a player is a complete 10 yards away, there is no such speculation when the player stands directly (i.e., 1 inch) in front of the ball.
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I used to love when Marco Etcheverry would drive the ball into these guys from about five feet. I'm not sure he ever actually hit them in the nuts, but he was trying hard.

The best part was that the ref would usually stop play and make the guy who just got drilled move back so Etch could take the free kick again.

Re: Buddle -- Why is it that the obvious answer just won't do on Big Soccer? It's the injury, stupid.

Adam Zebrowski · Oct 28, 2004

buddle could be terrel owens for all I care, just as long as he produces....

if you don't produce, then you're deemed a lunatic, and forgotten...

personally, I don't care all that much about what celebratory antics any player does....

the simple rule is don't get carded due to your lack of maturity..

and that's all a case by case basis..