We all bitch about the standard of refereeing.... Let's test ourselves.
Stolen from guardian, they do one a week, answers posted up a few days after the questions are posed.
By all means go to their website and join in the discussions, but I thought it might be interesting to see what some of our resident experts think.
I'm saying blow the whistle for half time, handball, and goal.
I also go for - blow the whistle for half time, handball, and goal.
Agree. The last one is a harsh call but the right one
1- wait until floodlights are fixed, then finish first half
2- handball (but wouldn't be surprised if its a goal)
3 - goal
Love this article.
1 - Blow for half time but made sure the second half is of equal length. Can't have one half 42mins and the other 45mins
2 - Not sure if a handball as used you see players hitting the ball it with their chest/shoulder. Given where it is, I'll say it's no goal and a free kick for unsporting behaviour due to the ball not being playable (same thing as if the player is on the ground)
3 - goal, poor bastard.
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1. Whatever is in Manchester Uniteds best interests.
2. Whatever is in Manchester Uniteds best interests.
3. Whatever is in Manchester Uniteds best interests.
thisOriginally Posted by plague
I wonder what answers ADP will come up withWe all bitch about the standard of refereeing.... Let's test ourselves.
Stolen from guardian, they do one a week, answers posted up a few days after the questions are posed.
By all means go to their website and join in the discussions, but I thought it might be interesting to see what some of our resident experts think.
I'm saying blow the whistle for half time, handball, and goal.
1) I would say wait and finish half when lights come on. (Though if you were to call half time at that point, Thomas477 I dare say would be right in shortening the second half to the same amount of time as the first).
2) No goal, not sure how you can call it hand ball, though it is cheating. (Though personal opinion is that is some f'wit does it in the game, than kicks to the ball (head) would be perfectly acceptable).
3) Goal.
1- wait till 45 minutes has gone add on the +3 minutes stopped on to the added time(say +1min normal added) +4mins added time. Keep the clock running until lights come on 53+mins mark, play until the 57+mins for the 4 mins added then call half time.
2-Goal any defender worth there salt would head it from the wingers shoulder. Although its against the ethics of the game its still within the rules.
3 - Plain and simple GOAL
1) Wait for lights to be fixed. Play remaining time of 1st Half.
2) Goal, upwards of the elbow or thereabouts isn't handball (I think?). Mind you, he'd be doing well if a defender didn't simply give him a legal shoulder to knock him off balance.
3) Goal, unfortunate incident but still a goal.
1. i believe this happened with united a couple of years ago at fulham and they just restarted the match once the lights came on.
2. goal (some skill though, and terrible defending)
3. tough luck goal.
I don't reckon 2 can ever be deemed a goal. He's controlling the ball in manner that makes impossible to tackle him without risking injury to himself or others, therefore unsporting conduct.
It's like lying on the ball, or a keeper putting it up his shirt and running the length of the field. (Which would be funny)
1. Whatever suits ADP.I wonder what answers ADP will come up with
2. See answer 1.
3. See answer 2, if not sure, see answer 1.
the main issue with holding the ball on your shoulder with your jaw and running is that it's physically impossible
if he were to balance the ball on his shoulder and run then dude should join the circus
Here's the official answers:
Keith Hackett's verdict
1) The stadium manager's idea might sound sensible – an early break, and adding an extra three minutes to the second-half – but you cannot make up policy on the hoof. There are clear guidelines for this because you have a responsibility to the competition to make sure the right amount of time is played in the right format. So take the teams off, wait for the backup generators to kick in, then return and play the remaining three minutes, before blowing for a normal half-time break. Report what happened to the authorities.
2) Clever, but no goal. Caution the player for unsporting behaviour – there is no way an opponent could legally challenge for the ball. Restart with an indirect free-kick at the point where he first managed to balance the ball.
3) Base your decision on the expert medical advice: do not award the goal. Play effectively stopped the moment the keeper had the seizure – a serious medical incident. Make sure the keeper is replaced (the game cannot resume without a player in goal) and restart with a dropped ball – on the six-yard line if he was inside the six-yard box when he collapsed. I would hope the opposition side would not contest the dropped ball.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...aul-trevillion
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So this is legal???
I would say yes. The problem with the ball being stuck in between the chin and shoulder is that you have trapped the ball where others can't play it.
"You are the ref"
Oh really?
*touches breasts*
His dribble? Or da kik in da chest!
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