Prey tell us the Laws @Padfoot....... Do I need popcorn????Except that they haven’t......
Prey tell us the Laws @Padfoot....... Do I need popcorn????Except that they haven’t......
Prey tell us the Laws @Padfoot....... Do I need popcorn????
I somewhat understand your point, but expectations are entirely different on the street than on the FOPLets try an experiment.....
Walk up to a Police officer, your boss, a priest, a random person in the street and initiate head to head contact.....then explain it away by saying ‘don’t worry, it’s negligible ‘......
Let me know how that goes for you?
Besides, even on the street, I can't see anyone being convicted of any criminal offence for such behavior. Doubt very much it would even get a response from the police these days. That's the way the world is these days, although i admire the fact that you're irritated by thisLets try an experiment.....
Walk up to a Police officer, your boss, a priest, a random person in the street and initiate head to head contact.....then explain it away by saying ‘don’t worry, it’s negligible ‘......
Let me know how that goes for you?
I somewhat understand your point, but expectations are entirely different on the street than on the FOP
For what it's worth, this offence 'should' warrant a dismissal, but then again football is broken in many respects and it's not the job of an individual referee to fix it
Let's turn this question around - the LOTG specifically dictates that negligible head-to-head contact should not be sanctioned with a red card. So why are you so keen to ignore that word and send this player off when the law does not expect you to do so? It is not within the mandate of an individual referee to go against the LOTG in an effort to "fix" football.But that’s the point.....you would be 100% correct under the LOTG to dismiss for this.....so why not do it?
Why use a tenuous play on words to excuse the behaviour?
The offence does warrant dismissal, the LOTG allow you to dismiss for it......so why are referees finding excuses not to?
It’s not to improve the game, it’s not because it’s ‘part of the game’.....so it must be because those refs either believe that sort of behaviour is acceptable, they are more bothered about their marks/popularity or they simply can’t be arsed to make the difficult decisions.
On this occasion football is broken because referees have allowed it be that way.
Notwithstanding the professional game, I'm in very good (intelligent and experienced) company (on this site) in deeming this a cautionable offenceyou would be 100% correct under the LOTG to dismiss for this.....so why not do it?
We are all humbled by your crusade, but your 100% is not mine. Money spoiled the game btwOn this occasion football is broken because referees have allowed it be that way
Let's turn this question around - the LOTG specifically dictates that negligible head-to-head contact should not be sanctioned with a red card. So why are you so keen to ignore that word and send this player off when the law does not expect you to do so? It is not within the mandate of an individual referee to go against the LOTG in an effort to "fix" football.
It is true that the 'negligible' clause applies specifically to strikes by the hand or armNo, it doesn’t.
Lets try an experiment.....
Walk up to a Police officer, your boss, a priest, a random person in the street and initiate head to head contact.....then explain it away by saying ‘don’t worry, it’s negligible ‘......
Let me know how that goes for you?
What a completely irrelevant point. Tripping a player isn’t a red but do it to any of the above and you’re in trouble.