Kicking the ball out for an injured player.

[Khalekan]

It's sportsmanship and if the player/s want to not participate...be prepared to get on the recieving end of some unsavoury retaliation imo.

And as @degsy mentioned, Di Canio could've easily not bothered and slotted into an empty net when Gerrard dislocated his knee. He didn't. Was his choice.

Di Canio wasn’t favourite to score there.



He caught a high ball with players around him, blocking his route to goal in a game with nowt at stake.

It wasn’t like he stopped playing and refused to score with the goal at his mercy.

A nice gesture to be sure.....but really over exaggerated in its magnanimity.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Isn’t the ridiculous fair play handshake ceremony at the start enough faux sportsmanship? Play to the whistle.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

It’s a courteous thing to do, so kudos to players that kick it out, but they shouldn’t feel compelled at all. How often do players have a serious advantage and they kick it out for a player that broke a nail or something very trivial? Play to the whistle.

 

[kenada_blue]

Di Canio wasn’t favourite to score there.



He caught a high ball with players around him, blocking his route to goal in a game with nowt at stake.

It wasn’t like he stopped playing and refused to score with the goal at his mercy.

A nice gesture to be sure.....but really over exaggerated in its magnanimity.

No. But it's an open goal for someone in the last few minutes of a game where West Ham needed points. I'm pretty sure had he or someone else scored there wouldve been outrage. Also Redknapp and Stuart Pearce even admitted they were fuming with him after the game.

End of the day, it's a matter of a decision by the team or players not by us. But don't be upset at the kick off that occurs if it's not reciprocated

 

[kenada_blue]

Isn’t the ridiculous fair play handshake ceremony at the start enough faux sportsmanship? Play to the whistle.

Start and end too.

Balls to it all.

 

[gonetomorrow]

May be we should just allow the medics onto the pitch mid-match like they do in rugby. Could lead to some interesting situations.

 

[Khalekan]

No. But it's an open goal for someone in the last few minutes of a game where West Ham needed points. I'm pretty sure had he or someone else scored there wouldve been outrage. Also Redknapp and Stuart Pearce even admitted they were fuming with him after the game.

End of the day, it's a matter of a decision by the team or players not by us. But don't be upset at the kick off that occurs if it's not reciprocated

No one would have had any justification to have been outraged.

I would be outraged if any Everton player spurned an open goal just because an opposition player was down injured.

In fact, I was at Arsenal a few years ago when Baines put the ball out when Arteta went down in the centre circle and thousands of us shouted “what the heck are you doing”.

The situation is nuts and needs taken out of the player’s hands.

FIFA make a statement clearly stating there is no onus, moral or otherwise, on a player to boot the ball out of play.

Apart from owt else, it is a practice which is wide open to gamesmanship.

It is the ref’s job to stop play.....so play to the whistle.

 

[Khalekan]

May be we should just allow the medics onto the pitch mid-match like they do in rugby. Could lead to some interesting situations.

Good point.

And maybe some of the older chaps could confirm this.

I am almost certain that is what used to happen.....if a player went down play carried on as the trainer worked on him.

 

[kenada_blue]

No one would have had any justification to have been outraged.

I would be outraged if any Everton player spurned an open goal just because an opposition player was down injured.

In fact, I was at Arsenal a few years ago when Baines put the ball out when Arteta went down in the centre circle and thousands of us shouted “what the heck are you doing”.

The situation is nuts and needs taken out of the player’s hands.

FIFA make a statement clearly stating there is no onus, moral or otherwise, on a player to boot the ball out of play.

Apart from owt else, it is a practice which is wide open to gamesmanship.

It is the ref’s job to stop play.....so play to the whistle.

The players would be outraged as that's how they want to play the game. We don't have a say to be honest.

Of course there's no FIFA directive and the players do play to the whistle as the ref has no control over it.

To stop it is for the club's to tell them players not to do it

 

[gonetomorrow]

Good point.

And maybe some of the older chaps could confirm this.

I am almost certain that is what used to happen.....if a player went down play carried on as the trainer worked on him.

As an older chap myself I have to say I don't remember that but in the 60s the players didn't go down so often.

Apart from Bestie of course.

 

[Khalekan]

The players would be outraged as that's how they want to play the game. We don't have a say to be honest.

Of course there's no FIFA directive and the players do play to the whistle as the ref has no control over it.

To stop it is for the club's to tell them players not to do it

Not every player wants to play the game like that.....as was clearly demonstrated in the Leeds game when first, several of their players carried on and scored a goal.....and secondly when the Leeds centre half refused to follow the manager’s diktat and tried to stop Villa scoring from the kick off

 

[Baines' left foot]

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#respect

 

[kenada_blue]

Not every player wants to play the game like that.....as was clearly demonstrated in the Leeds game when first, several of their players carried on and scored a goal.....and secondly when the Leeds centre half refused to follow the manager’s diktat and tried to stop Villa scoring from the kick off

Because their playoff/promotion charge was on the line.

Again, the manager could've not done anything but he made a decision about it. So it's still nothing for us as fans to want stomping out of the game because it's not our decision to make

 

[toffeejack]

I personally think FIFA should make a statement outlawing the practice.

That will remove any ambiguity.

Just play to the whistle....that was the first thing our games master told us when we played for our primary school teams.

But no, they like to keep everything about the game as vague as possible. I'm a big fan of stopping the clock. More often than not now, a player is "injured" because they're trying to time waste. If you bring in clock stopping, you'll see a massive decrease in players pretending to be injured as it'll be pointless.

 

[Eggs]

Good point.

And maybe some of the older chaps could confirm this.

I am almost certain that is what used to happen.....if a player went down play carried on as the trainer worked on him.

...can’t remember that, perhaps @Methuselah can shed some light on that.