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Theres 3 outcomes of the whole simulation debate.
1. Player takes a dive, no contact. Book him. Simple. This needs to be done more.
2. Player legitimately gets fouled. Give the free. Duh.
And this is the troublesome one.
3. Player dives after receiving minimal contact.
This has the argument that the player is trying to trick the referee into believing there was a foul by simulating, exaggerating etc. BUT, can the referee be justified in handing him a Yellow for simulation if there was actual contact. The other side, can the referee ignore the simulation, and ignore the minimal contact as it was not enough to warrant a free kick? This is the grey area imo.
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Originally Posted by plague
Roger that.Quote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
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Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
To me there is no grey area.
Ref start booking people for what they believe is simulation and players no the consequence will be yellow then lets see how much they want to try it on.
You may book a few incorrectly to start with but the diving will soon stop.
Refs just need to stop putting up with it and deal with it
it was so dumb it deserved a straight red, absolute idiocy in a game of such magnitude
So, Player A makes a run past Player B. Player A plants foot, player B plants his foot on Player A's boot. Player A dives.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
What do you do?
Speaking of ben Williams...
https://twitter.com/mcintinhos/statu...31429026770944
Anyone try for; and get tickets this morning ?
Not that I need any, bought mine way back in May
:yay:
All I can imagine is the good Member walking up and down the people lined up for tickets lecturing them on why they should have brought them earlier, yelling 'plastic fans' and all manner of nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
FMD, I pictured this is in head. Best laugh I've had all day, probably week for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Someone has hacked the members account is using reason.......mods ban him until its worked out:yay::whistling:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Or maybe the member has filled his glass a little past half for once and is seeing things a little differently...I doubt it though, more likely a small stroke for him
Use of words is a little grey to get the picture of whats happened here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
Either Player A has been fouled or player A has dived.
Ref to make a decision (HIS INTERPRETATION) and then act accordingly.
If he deems it a foul then a direct free kick to attacking team and assess the severity of the impact and determine if a yellow/red is necessary or not and act accordingly
If he deems no foul and the bloke has dived. Reach into his top pocket find his yellow and march over like a pompous twat and wave it in the face of the Robben impersonator
Its pretty simple really.
It shits me watching games when there is contact and a bloke has made a meal of it and ref waves play on. It is either a foul or a dive.
Act on these things
Anyone looking for tickets apparently The Samurai Blue will be opening a ticket stand on Sunday near the South Gates to Hunter Stadium for the Socceroos Semi Final match on Tuesday. Aisles 1 & 2 will be cash only 3-5 will have eftpos facilities. 12:00pm - 4:00pm.
Trademark breach.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Case Closed/
Send the 6c to the usual address :yay:
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A top Asian football official has backed Australia to host the World Cup after organising the "best ever" Asian Cup with full stadiums and record TV audiences in the region.
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) general secretary Alex Soosay said Australia, which lost out to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, had overcome initial doubts within the body.
At the quarter-final stage, attendances have already soared past Qatar 2011 and TV ratings in China, Japan and South Korea have hit new highs for the tournament.
"I think holding a World Cup in Australia, definitely, they have the mettle, they have the confidence, they have the infrastructure," Soosay said.
"They have everything here to host. I think it will be a remarkable World Cup here if Australia host the World Cup."
Asian backing would be important if Australia does launch another bid for the World Cup following their disappointing campaign for 2022.
Australia attracted only one vote when the 2018 and 2022 hosts were decided in late 2010. The bidding process was later investigated following claims of corruption.
Soosay said the AFC was initially "not very optimistic" about rugby and cricket-mad Australia hosting the Asian Cup when the body first considered it in 2011.
But attendances of more than 465,000, with two stadiums sold-out, and a Twitter reach nudging two billion have put any doubts to rest and set a high bar for future hosts.
"It's truly another World Cup. Six months, seven months ago in Brazil we enjoyed spectacular fan support and today we're seeing Australians in their yellow (shirts) - we're seeing another samba kind of support," Soosay said.
I think holding a World Cup in Australia, definitely, they have the mettle, they have the confidence, they have the infrastructure.
AFC secretary general Alex Soosay
"The fans are enjoying it, that's very encouraging for us. Really it's the best ever Asian Cup and we don't want to lose this momentum. For the next one, how are we going to sustain this?"
Soosay said United Arab Emirates, one of only two remaining bidders alongside Iran, was a strong candidate to hold the 2019 Asian Cup. The eventual hosts will be announced in March.
"They have the facilities, they have the training fields, they have the hotels, they have the infrastructure," he said.
"Everything is ready-made in the UAE."
Soosay said Iran was more "challenging" logistically. But if chosen, UAE would find it difficult to match the stadium atmosphere generated by Australia's patchwork of expat fans.
"Yesterday the majority of the crowd was Chinese, it was almost like Chinatown in Brisbane," he said, referring to Thursday's quarter-final between Australia and China.
He added that momentum was now behind Australia, with the Socceroos in the semi-finals, as football tries to rival the country's leading sports codes.
"In Melbourne yesterday we had football there, and in the other stadium next to the Rectangular Stadium we had the Australian Open tennis," Soosay said.
"We were looking at the fans and we saw more people walking into the Rectangular Stadium than into the tennis arena... football attracts more people and it's a more exciting competition."
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Originally Posted by la bazzle
might as well light the powder keg
Time to face some facts and realities about this.
Last nights results have basically given us the best chance ever to win this comp.
We have a final at home at a ground we rarely lose at. We are playing before a home crowd and their is no one left to fear in the comp
We showed last Saturday we can beat Korea. It was not out night. Play that way again and we beat them 9 times out of 10. Their No 7 is all class but he can be shackled
As for the rest of the teams left UAE may have that bloke who looks like David Luiz and can actually play but there is little to be frightened of with them as a unit. The 120 mins of chasing Nippon around will see them physically spent and the emotional high will be hard to overcome with another performance against a host nation who have had a pretty good run physically in the tourney.
Iraq do have a player who deserves respect in Younis Mahmood who should have played his career at a much higher level than he has but I have seen little to be frightened of.
There are a couple of huge things riding heavily on Ange Timmy and co winning next Tuesday and Saturday nights games
A trip to Russia in 2017 awaits. Russia Germany Sth American/Euro Champion 2016 etc be great preparation for WC 2018 plus I am pretty sure FIFA throw some money FFA's way for participating
Last Thursdays China game got TV viewing figures in the million plus mark. I am pretty sure our semi on Tuesday will also be million plus (shame it ain't the Japs making it a more must see match)
We get to Saturdays final and it is pretty certain to be one of the best viewed events of 2015.
These TV ratings are a huge thing as it will be just the spark to push more money into the HAL in Sponsorship as some of the dimwits in Corporate Australia see the potential of investing in our code not to mention will mean that 7-9-10 etc will be much more interested in competing for TV Contracts for not only Socceroos fixtures but HAL and other football.
This has the potential to be the greatest kick along to the future of this code since that glorious November night in 2005 when Aloisi showed Honda and Kagawa and co how to actually take a ****ing penalty at Stade Australia
A lot is actually riding squarely on the shoulders of Ange Timmy and co. than winning two games of football and a ****ing trophy.
NO PRESSURE BOYS BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE YOU DELIVER
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Originally Posted by plague
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Irak could be kicked out of Asian cup.... Source: TWG