hughy
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How is this allowed when you're not even allowed to use slightly different coloured sock tape?
What's Grinding Your Gears - Football Edition
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BorjeSpurs
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I’ve seen an increase of players who are faking head injury to stop play and momentum. They know that the referee has to stop play and are using it to their advantage.
I think it’s one thing to simulate or exaggerating an injury, but to fake a serious head injury is something different entirely.
In the 90th minute Mepham in Bournemouth goes down after winning a defensive header against Kane. The cross was not hard, Kane did not collide with his head and he didn’t hit the ground afterwards. He literally made a defensive header which a centre half like himself would have made thousands of times in his career.
He stays on the ground, the team doctor comes on and he has waisted some time and momentum for Spurs and gets to get on the pitch 2 seconds after the ball is dropped to Lucas.
This time, karma had its say and we had our winner about a minute later.
I think it’s one thing to simulate or exaggerating an injury, but to fake a serious head injury is something different entirely.
In the 90th minute Mepham in Bournemouth goes down after winning a defensive header against Kane. The cross was not hard, Kane did not collide with his head and he didn’t hit the ground afterwards. He literally made a defensive header which a centre half like himself would have made thousands of times in his career.
He stays on the ground, the team doctor comes on and he has waisted some time and momentum for Spurs and gets to get on the pitch 2 seconds after the ball is dropped to Lucas.
This time, karma had its say and we had our winner about a minute later.
Tucker
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Should be mandatory that any hint of a head injury means time off the pitch getting properly checked. Would stop this kind of play acting dead.
Proper time keeping would also help, though it wouldn’t stop people doing it to disrupt the flow of the game.
taidgh
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Should they matter? The purpose is to get the ball back into play, as long as it's with two hands, I don't really mind.
Marty
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The average ball in play time in the PL is only 55 minutes. It's pathetic that IFAB focuses so much on doing silly tweaks to the offside and handball laws that people don't have time to understand before they change it again, instead of tackling the real elephant in football's room.
It should be so easy to do something about it, and they are completely blind to it.
Dov67
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They dont even need to change the rules as they stand. Our useless referees need to have the balls to enforce the rules now.
Time wasting goes on because goalies know that they wont get booked for persistent time wasting until beyond the 80th minute. After being booked they will carry on as before because they know the chances of getting a second yellow are virtually non-existent.
Wick3d
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Sure, but why have a rule then? ?
punkisback
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No look passes or goals. When done properly ie a such as a reverse pass actually is useful as it distracts defenders. Nowadays players like Firmino and Diaz do the No look pass or shot but the head movement/ no look movement always happens after they have actually made the shot and their body language telegraphs it. Looks silly and does nothing.
Sure, but why have a rule then? ?
The law says two feet on the ground, over the head, facing the field when the throw is made. If you watch any debatable throw in slow motion, any offense almost always occurs after the throw is made.
GMI
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Can’t disagree with any of this…..
www.theguardian.com
The commentators have taken over but it’s time to let football do the talking | Jonathan Liew
Televised football commentary has gone only one way with more chatter and voices but perhaps less is more
www.theguardian.com
Marty
Audere est farce
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The best commentators are always the ones who know when to shut up. There sadly aren't enough of them around.Can’t disagree with any of this…..
The commentators have taken over but it’s time to let football do the talking | Jonathan Liew
Televised football commentary has gone only one way with more chatter and voices but perhaps less is more
Tucker
Shitehawk
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It’s the constant stream of largely meaningless stats and factoids that get me. That second paragraph of the article nails it. “Here comes Denzil Dumfries, who’s never tasted Jam!”
I don’t mind the likes of Peter Drury getting emotional and over excited about the game, I want them to be passionate. What I don’t like is Martin Tyler’s laconic style that makes him sound disinterested in the actual game, and more interested in telling us about how Spurs have never beaten West Ham on a full moon in August, or that if Manchester United score the next goal they’ll be three away from scoring their 342nd goal in premier league history, while in a third strip, at home, on a weeknight.
I don’t mind the likes of Peter Drury getting emotional and over excited about the game, I want them to be passionate. What I don’t like is Martin Tyler’s laconic style that makes him sound disinterested in the actual game, and more interested in telling us about how Spurs have never beaten West Ham on a full moon in August, or that if Manchester United score the next goal they’ll be three away from scoring their 342nd goal in premier league history, while in a third strip, at home, on a weeknight.
spursfan1991
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I am getting bored of people still crying over the Qatar world cup and bringing up the same issues every time the tournament is mentioned. It will be nice if there was some focus on football now.
This tournament was announced over 10 years ago and yes it should never have been awarded to them but it was and here we are. People, authorities and media have had plenty of time to boycott the event and still can if they really cared.
Sport should be kept away from politics or social issues.
This tournament was announced over 10 years ago and yes it should never have been awarded to them but it was and here we are. People, authorities and media have had plenty of time to boycott the event and still can if they really cared.
Sport should be kept away from politics or social issues.
Spurslove
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Good point. It could be stopped completely of course, if the referee stopped his watch every time a substitution was made*, or an injury occurred. I think all those players who fake injuries would very soon pack it in if that happened.
* I hate the idea of managers of winning teams making a number of substitutions a few minutes before the end for no other reason apart from wasting what little time may be left, so the ref stopping the watch every time that happened would soon put a stop to it.
FibreOpticJesus
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Not sure it would. I think the whole idea is to disrupt the game. Maybe if two minutes per sub was added. But even then it probably wouldn’t stop it.
I think I read somewhere that the worst game for ball in play was the barcodes when we played them recently.
spursgirls
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Fans booing all the time. I know it's the only way to show they are unhappy with the way they are playing, but now Conte has hinted that if the fans aren't behind the players, he might walk and if they drive him away, it would be ridiculous. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
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