Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
On another note can some of our refereeing apologists explain exactly how the 3rd goal the bloke who fouled Kruse

How did he not walk ??

Last man
Goal scoring opportunity
Tackle from behind
Common Assault
Etc

Take your pick but how he only got yellow defies belief
Easy. Rule got changed in the last year or two so that for the denying obvious goal scoring chance (aka last man etc), you no longer award a red card and a penalty for the same offence. So if its outside the box and a free kick, still a red. If its a pen then only yellow. Reasoning is that a red card and a pen for one incident is too heavy a punishment given that the penalty is a high chance of a goal. It can still be a red if the foul would have been a red elsewhere on the pitch, so for excessive force or whatever the proper terms are.

Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
Given better quality opposition who also are going to want the ball and dominate the game more they are going to open up a bit more space for us
I wondered this during the Syria game actually and you're probably right. We're not really good enough to be Man City or Barcelona and break down anything in front of us. But blokes like Leckie, Rogic, Mooy, Kruse do ok at club level because they're not facing parked buses, they don't play for "big" clubs (maybe Rogic excepted in the Scottish league). Our pace on the wings will become a more valuable asset, so we may actually look better with less ball.