The English Football Thread (American, quote)

**right-track** · 01-13-2007, 10:18 AM

http://www.footymedia.com/videos/Soc...eestyle_Soccer

A must see. ^

**Urban Hatemonger** · 01-13-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

http://www.footymedia.com/videos/Soc...eestyle_Soccer

A must see. ^

Call my cynical but I was just dying for someone like Stuart Pearce to come along & take someone`s legs out.

adidasss · 02-21-2007, 02:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keC9GymLpI

What ever happened to fair play aye? I suppose dirty tricks are allowed as long as the English do it, but when the Portuguese do it it's an outrage?

**right-track** · 02-21-2007, 02:41 PM

What do you mean?

adidasss · 02-21-2007, 02:42 PM

I mean it was a dirty trick and the goal should not have been recognized if the judge had any sense. Not to mention that the French were totally robbed because there was no foul.

**Urban Hatemonger** · 02-21-2007, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

I mean it was a dirty trick and the goal should not have been recognized if the judge had any sense.

Why?

The rules of free kicks are pretty simple , the ref asks the player if he wants 10 yards , if he says no he can take the free kick straight away.
One of the things I was taught was if you concede a foul just outside the area you stand over the ball & block any quick free kicks being taken while your goalkeeper sets up a wall & wait for the referee to tell you to go back 10 yards.

You don`t have to wait for the ref to tell you to take a free kick in any other areas of the pitch.

If you give away a foul then the other team gets the advantage , plain & simple.

**right-track** · 02-21-2007, 02:48 PM

Edit: You beat me to it Urb. ^ See Marijan...

*sighs heavily*

If by judge you mean referee, then he did the right thing.
Nowhere in the rules (which you should read by the way) says anything about having to wait for a whistle.
The only time a game is restarted by the whistle is for a retake (Starting the match/2nd half/a penalty/ after a goal is scored). A player can take the free kick at any time he chooses, unless he asks for the wall to be a full 10 yards away. The referee will then tell the kick taker to wait for the whistle while he makes sure the wall is a full 10 yards.

Giggs told the ref to go away and he got on with the game...GOAL.
Cue mardarse Frenchmen spitting out their dummies and throwing their toys around. They should, like you, read the rulebook.

_Spinning_ · 02-21-2007, 02:53 PM

I saw this on the news last night.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with it.
Little girls getting all antsy because they conceded a goal.
Jesus.

adidasss · 02-21-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Why?

The rules of free kicks are pretty simple , the ref asks the player if he wants 10 yards , if he says no he can take the free kick straight away.
One of the things I was taught was if you concede a foul just outside the area you stand over the ball & block any quick free kicks being taken while your goalkeeper sets up a wall & wait for the referee to tell you to go back 10 yards.

You don`t have to wait for the ref to tell you to take a free kick in any other areas of the pitch.

If you give away a foul then the other team gets the advantage , plain & simple.

Ever heard of fair play? It doesn't say the players have to throw the ball out if someone is injured, but they do it anyway because of fair play. That free kick was the equivalent of a surprise punch while the guy is not looking. It's disgraceful, but then again, football is far from being a gentleman's game now is it? Anything is allowed, surprise free kicks as well as faking a foul and getting the other team's player thrown out. What bothers me is the utter hypocrisy of it all. If those players had a shred of dignity they wouldn't have tried winning that way. It's not very honorable...Man. U. was clearly the better team and if not in this game, they would have proven it in the next one.

**right-track** · 02-21-2007, 03:01 PM

I suppose you think it's ungentlemanly to put a goalkeeper in the goals after conceding a penalty too?
The biggest sour face was the keeper, of all the players on the pitch he knew the score. He got caught napping and it embarrassed him.
Maybe next time he won't be foolish enough to stand at his post farting around with his wall, when the ball is active.

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01-13-2007, 10:18 AM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,287	http://www.footymedia.com/videos/Soc...eestyle_Soccer A must see. ^ __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

02-21-2007, 02:39 PM
adidasss deadbeat Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 4,616	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keC9GymLpI What ever happened to fair play aye? I suppose dirty tricks are allowed as long as the English do it, but when the Portuguese do it it's an outrage? __________________

02-21-2007, 02:41 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,287	What do you mean? __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

02-21-2007, 02:42 PM
adidasss deadbeat Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 4,616	I mean it was a dirty trick and the goal should not have been recognized if the judge had any sense. Not to mention that the French were totally robbed because there was no foul. __________________

02-21-2007, 02:48 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,287	Edit: You beat me to it Urb. ^ See Marijan... sighs heavily If by judge you mean referee, then he did the right thing. Nowhere in the rules (which you should read by the way) says anything about having to wait for a whistle. The only time a game is restarted by the whistle is for a retake (Starting the match/2nd half/a penalty/ after a goal is scored). A player can take the free kick at any time he chooses, unless he asks for the wall to be a full 10 yards away. The referee will then tell the kick taker to wait for the whistle while he makes sure the wall is a full 10 yards. Giggs told the ref to go away and he got on with the game...GOAL. Cue mardarse Frenchmen spitting out their dummies and throwing their toys around. They should, like you, read the rulebook. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

02-21-2007, 03:01 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,287	I suppose you think it's ungentlemanly to put a goalkeeper in the goals after conceding a penalty too? The biggest sour face was the keeper, of all the players on the pitch he knew the score. He got caught napping and it embarrassed him. Maybe next time he won't be foolish enough to stand at his post farting around with his wall, when the ball is active. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.