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I'd say surf and bald refs are correct. Defender plays the ball and offense jumps on him.
If you are fit enough (and prepared to actually run), keeping up with play makes calls like this very easy, certainly for someone who understands the game and what a 'foul' actually constitutes.
This one is very easy from the angle of the camera; it may have been slightly more difficult from the referees' position but if he was up with play, it is a very easy call IMO.
Great tackle; no foul by either player, game continues.
Don't be offended if you thought otherwise but anyone who genuinely thinks it is a foul by EITHER player, does not understand what a foul is. Hence, this is a good example of why we have problems every weekend with referees, coaches, parents and players asking for fouls when they don't really understand what they are actually asking for.
If you are fit enough (and prepared to actually run), keeping up with play makes calls like this very easy, certainly for someone who understands the game and what a 'foul' actually constitutes.
This one is very easy from the angle of the camera; it may have been slightly more difficult from the referees' position but if he was up with play, it is a very easy call IMO.
Great tackle; no foul by either player, game continues.
Don't be offended if you thought otherwise but anyone who genuinely thinks it is a foul by EITHER player, does not understand what a foul is. Hence, this is a good example of why we have problems every weekend with referees, coaches, parents and players asking for fouls when they don't really understand what they are actually asking for.
Hence, this is a good example of why we have problems every weekend with referees, coaches, parents and players asking for fouls when they don't really understand what they are actually asking for.
i disagree. i understand that point of view, but i think it's incorrect.That is hilarious. A coach or parent who is a former player but has never been a ref knows more about what a foul actually is than a ref who has never played the game. You can read all the books, take all of the courses, put all of the certificates you want in frames, if a ref is not a former or current player they will have a difficult time understanding the game, player body control, fouls etc.
That is hilarious. A coach or parent who is a former player but has never been a ref knows more about what a foul actually is than a ref who has never played the game. You can read all the books, take all of the courses, put all of the certificates you want in frames, if a ref is not a former or current player they will have a difficult time understanding player body control, fouls etc.
I disagree as well. Someone can be taught if willing to learn. A doctor does not have to break their legs to know how to fix it...
Too much La Liga and the World Cup is still fairly fresh.let me pose this question...... if players know fouls better than referees that were never players, how is it that players are so incredulous when they commit an OBVIOUS foul? everyone, including the coaches, the parents, even that players grandma, knows it's a blatant foul, but the player insists they "got the ball".....
I can't.I can see why in the moment a Ref could call a foul there, . . .
I don't. You don't need video replays for obvious things.You don't think that in real time, without the benefit of video replay, that a referee on a youth soccer game would call this a foul?
Oh brother!I say foul. Defender lunged and took the player down. Just because it was an accident doesn't mean there wasn't a foul.
And just because it's in the penalty area and therefore is a PK - does not mean that a ref shouldn't make the call. A foul is a foul. Whether it's a midfield or in the attacking or defending third.
Yellow card - maybe. Part of the criteria for a yellow are reckless and dangerous. It was a bit of a reckless challenge.
What accident are you talking about?I say foul. Defender lunged and took the player down. Just because it was an accident doesn't mean there wasn't a foul.
And just because it's in the penalty area and therefore is a PK - does not mean that a ref shouldn't make the call. A foul is a foul. Whether it's a midfield or in the attacking or defending third.
Yellow card - maybe. Part of the criteria for a yellow are reckless and dangerous. It was a bit of a reckless challenge.
Even if he failed to keep up with the play, what's the problem if he took a good angle to see?Where is the ref? He failed to keep up with the play. Unlikely to get the call right and even more unlikely to be able to sell whatever call he makes.
No foul. Play on.