by bulldogproud2 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:00 pm
by RB » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:01 pm
by Wedgie » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:52 pm
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by mighty hounds » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:11 pm
Wedgie wrote:If you jump to avoid contact you jump upwards, you don't dive on your face. No contact was made. I would have sent off the AU player for diving but full marks to the ref for at least getting it right even though it should have been a red for bringing the game into disrepute instead of a yellow. Best refereeing I've seen in the A League ever.
by whufc » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:20 pm
Wedgie wrote:If you jump to avoid contact you jump upwards, you don't dive on your face. No contact was made. I would have sent off the AU player for diving but full marks to the ref for at least getting it right even though it should have been a red for bringing the game into disrepute instead of a yellow. Best refereeing I've seen in the A League ever.
by whufc » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:21 pm
RB wrote:whufc wrote:bulldogproud2 wrote:RB wrote:So the A-League and the J-League (Japan) have a referee exchange program, where a couple of our referees go up there are do a match and a couple of theirs come down here.
Tonight Adelaide are playing the Wanderers in one of the biggest matches of the season in Round 24 (out of 27) - the winner will go top.
For some reason, the FFA decided to allocate a Japanese ref to this match, of all matches.
Ten minutes in, Kamau is through on goal with all the defenders a mile away. Reddy (WSW's GK) comes off his line and takes Kamau out, who tried in vain to jump over Reddy. It was a clear goal-scoring opportunity and the clearest foul you'll ever see, but the ref books Kamau for a dive.
Clearest send-off you'll see. Speechless.
Agree completely. A definite red card situation, as the vast majority of the experts seem to agree upon. Even the Sydney papers call it 'the worst yellow-card ever'! Kamau made contact with the ball and was left with two choices: either to try to jump over and out of the way of Liam Reddy (an instinctual action, which he ended up doing) or to run straight into Liam Reddy, resulting in possible injury to both.
He didn't jump out the way
He dove horizontally and upper body first into the ground
Strangest way I have ever seen someone try to avoid a tackle
Watch it at normal speed, and tell me where you would have jumped if the son of a second-rower was coming at you recklessly like that.
by bulldogproud2 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:05 pm
by Grahaml » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:09 pm
by bulldogproud2 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:30 pm
Grahaml wrote:Looked like a massive dive to me as well. Played for quite some time and never once did I feel the need to swan dive to avoid a tackle. Always far more effective to hurdle the leg.
by Wedgie » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:38 pm
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by whufc » Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:03 am
bulldogproud2 wrote:Okay, we will agree to disagree.
What you seem to be saying though is that if Kamau jumped instead of 'dived', you would have given Reddy the red card?
So, it all boils down to a 'technique' of avoiding a collision. In a split second, after having made contact with the ball, with a large man running straight at me, with his leg extended to trip me up, I will miraculously decide to do a high jump rather than a dive..... as we all know that I have time to pre-meditate the way I am going to ensure I don't have my feet taken out from under me.
I will agree with all the 'experts' on Fox Sports, newspapers (both SA and interstate), radio etc. who all said it was an incident that should have been a red card to Reddy.
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Cheers
by whufc » Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:06 am
Wedgie wrote:Lol, a foul against Reddy for not touching anyone and forcing a guy to dive. Now I've heard it all. Perhaps they should have called fouls against the crowd while we're at it for inciting the dive. FFS. I wouldn't disagree with Donald Trump getting a red for his part in it, it would make as much sense as calling a foul against Reddy.
by Jase » Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:12 am
whufc wrote:Wedgie wrote:Lol, a foul against Reddy for not touching anyone and forcing a guy to dive. Now I've heard it all. Perhaps they should have called fouls against the crowd while we're at it for inciting the dive. FFS. I wouldn't disagree with Donald Trump getting a red for his part in it, it would make as much sense as calling a foul against Reddy.
From this we have essentially learned that a player can not tackle another because literally every single tackle has the potential to hurt someone
We have also learnt players can dive anytime another player comes within a couple of metres of them as its a legit attempt at avoiding a tackle lol
by RB » Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:18 am
whufc wrote:Wedgie wrote:Lol, a foul against Reddy for not touching anyone and forcing a guy to dive. Now I've heard it all. Perhaps they should have called fouls against the crowd while we're at it for inciting the dive. FFS. I wouldn't disagree with Donald Trump getting a red for his part in it, it would make as much sense as calling a foul against Reddy.
From this we have essentially learned that a player can not tackle another because literally every single tackle has the potential to hurt someone
by whufc » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:03 am
by RB » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:32 am
by Dogwatcher » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:39 am
whufc wrote:Wedgie wrote:Lol, a foul against Reddy for not touching anyone and forcing a guy to dive. Now I've heard it all. Perhaps they should have called fouls against the crowd while we're at it for inciting the dive. FFS. I wouldn't disagree with Donald Trump getting a red for his part in it, it would make as much sense as calling a foul against Reddy.
From this we have essentially learned that a player can not tackle another because literally every single tackle has the potential to hurt someone
by bennymacca » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:51 am
by Jim05 » Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:18 pm
by RB » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:25 pm
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