GROUP C - France, Australia, Peru, Denmark

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Thought "lawro " would have made a joke about the on off signing of Fekir.
Any other club and he would

 

[Big Fat Sam]

I think if Cahill isn't brought on here then it's pretty obvious he is only going to be used in an absolute emergency. Shame, but you can sort of understand it... we all saw him in his last 2 years at Everton, and that was 6 years ago, haha! Love him though.

 

[RomanReigns]

I honestly don't think the ref saw the slight touch

 

[gonetomorrow]

Red button for 5live commentary. However Dion Dublin is an idiot. But at least ge isn’t lawrenson.

Does anyone seriously call him Lauro?
It's just the BBC at their usual game of trying to appear laddish. Desperate.

 

[McBain]

It was blatant but I don't think it was deliberate, just pure stupidity.

I still can't decide whether the ref got the French penalty correct, I don't know what the rules are regarding follow throughs.

Imo he got it correct originally, he knew the defender got the ball which was a brilliant decision originally. But I see a lot of refs give fouls when a player gets the ball but also takes out the player in the follow through, is that the rule now?

The way I see it, it's a contact sport, if a player gets the ball, everything after that is fair game, it's all accidental so play on.

Thats it in a nutshell.

Any contact on the ball negates any contact on the player after that - within the same motion ofcourse.

 

[ToffeeTim]

OK. I've decided.

We should sign Aaron Mooy.

 

[Connor]

I think if Cahill isn't brought on here then it's pretty obvious he is only going to be used in an absolute emergency. Shame, but you can sort of understand it... we all saw him in his last 2 years at Everton, and that was 6 years ago, haha! Love him though.

Been finished for years. Only there because of his name.

You'd rather have a kid on whose gonna at least be able to run round like a headless chicken.

 

[Connor]

OK. I've decided.

We should sign Aaron Mooy.

No

 

[RomanReigns]

Fekir lol

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Thats it in a nutshell.

Any contact on the ball negates any contact on the player after that - within the same motion ofcourse.

And as long as the initial challenge isn't dangerous.

 

[stipe]

Interesting that there are always as quite as i remember a few players with Croat/Serb origin in Australian team

 

[Marius57]

What would have happened, if Australia had scored in the time between the potential penalty and the var decision?

 

[McBain]

And as long as the initial challenge isn't dangerous.

Yeah from behind or high deffo.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Red card in my opinion.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

The way I see it, it's a contact sport, if a player gets the ball, everything after that is fair game, it's all accidental so play on.

Exactly - and are we now differentiating between 'slight' and 'full' contact when a lawful tackle is made? Let's say the defender got a strong touch on the ball and it went out for a corner instead of a few yards ahead of the attacker, yet Griezmann was still brought down following the touch - is that a penalty?

It surely can't be different if a defender just gets a toe on the ball then takes the attacker down, right?

Isn't that what tackling is all about? Don't we see hundreds of strong tackles every week where a powerful challenge is made, ball won, and opposition player ends on the ground?

Never a penalty in a million years.