The West Ham Thread

[Old Blue 2]

So the Wet Spam 'keeper missing the ball completely and ploughing into the Forest player isn't a foul?



Jeez, I do wonder at the football knowledge of some people on here...

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

So the Wet Spam 'keeper missing the ball completely and ploughing into the Forest player isn't a foul?

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Jeez, I do wonder at the football knowledge of some people on here...

Out of interest mate, had a defender gone to head the ball, missed, and clashed heads with the attacker would that have been a pen?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Out of interest mate, had a defender gone to head the ball, missed, and clashed heads with the attacker would that have been a pen?

If the defender was also a yard or more away from the ball then yes

I'm all for allowing physicality in football but it really should be a foul if you miss the ball by a yard or more and hit an opponent on the head. I think that sort of incident should always be a foul to be honest

 

[Bilko]

Very unlucky,pre VAR that's a 2-0 win.

Absolutely, as it would be in the championship divisions. The disallowed goal is clearly a var official looking for a reason to cancel the goal,was that what VAR is for ?.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

If the defender was also a yard or more away from the ball then yes

I'm all for allowing physicality in football but it really should be a foul if you miss the ball by a yard or more and hit an opponent on the head. I think that sort of incident should always be a foul to be honest

My initial reaction was penalty, but it was far from a clear cut call - we certainly don’t see many, if any others given - so him calling out other posters for knowing nothing about footy because they came down on the other side of the call was what irked me.

 

[Old Blue 2]

Out of interest mate, had a defender gone to head the ball, missed, and clashed heads with the attacker would that have been a pen?

That is not the point. Good attempt at deflection, though. What you (and everyone else) can see is the 'keeper striking the Forest player's head with his hand, and he also piled into him. Missed the ball completely, ergo penalty. It's not difficult to understand...

And to answer your point: if a clash of heads is 50/50, you cannot award a penalty. But your comment is moot, because what you say did not actually happen...

 

[RomanReigns]

So the Wet Spam 'keeper missing the ball completely and ploughing into the Forest player isn't a foul?

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Jeez, I do wonder at the football knowledge of some people on here...

might just start jumping into goalies like a headless chicken at every set piece then

 

[jaycee]

Flat cap sales will plummet if the cheeky, cocknee wide boys get relegated

 

[davids]

That is not the point. Good attempt at deflection, though. What you (and everyone else) can see is the 'keeper striking the Forest player's head with his hand, and he also piled into him. Missed the ball completely, ergo penalty. It's not difficult to understand...

And to answer your point: if a clash of heads is 50/50, you cannot award a penalty. But your comment is moot, because what you say did not actually happen...

So every corner that involves three to five players challenging for the ball in the air which commonly ends up with at least two on the ground should end up with a penalty every time?

 

[DualityNSNO]

So every corner that involves three to five players challenging for the ball in the air which commonly ends up with at least two on the ground should end up with a penalty every time?

Only if the penalty is given to Liverpool, yes.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

That is not the point. Good attempt at deflection, though. What you (and everyone else) can see is the 'keeper striking the Forest player's head with his hand, and he also piled into him. Missed the ball completely, ergo penalty. It's not difficult to understand...

And to answer your point: if a clash of heads is 50/50, you cannot award a penalty. But your comment is moot, because what you say did not actually happen...

What I (and everyone else) can see is opposing players attacking the ball at a set piece, which happens at literally every set piece.

FKs and pens are usually given in those situations if players try to gain an unfair advantage, ie by holding, shirt pulling, etc. I don’t recall a pen ever given because opposing players challenged for a ball and both missed, though happy to be proven wrong as always.

If it’s a pen, fine, but as always with these sorts of things I’ll be expecting at least a pen a game under these rules.

 

[DualityNSNO]

What I (and everyone else) can see is opposing players attacking the ball at a set piece, which happens at literally every set piece.

FKs and pens are usually given in those situations if players try to gain an unfair advantage, ie by holding, shirt pulling, etc. I don’t recall a pen ever given because opposing players challenged for a ball and both missed, though happy to be proven wrong as always.

If it’s a pen, fine, but as always with these sorts of things I’ll be expecting at least a pen a game under these rules.

As a side note - when was the last time you remember a pen given for shirt pulling, even egregious? It's so funny watching a replay of a "foul in attack" and the defender is holding on to a defender like they're lovers, but it's all according to the rules apparently.

 

[davids]

What I (and everyone else) can see is opposing players attacking the ball at a set piece, which happens at literally every set piece.

FKs and pens are usually given in those situations if players try to gain an unfair advantage, ie by holding, shirt pulling, etc. I don’t recall a pen ever given because opposing players challenged for a ball and both missed, though happy to be proven wrong as always.

If it’s a pen, fine, but as always with these sorts of things I’ll be expecting at least a pen a game under these rules.

It was a bizarre decision,how many corners end up going out of play with nobody getting a touch yet a few end up on the ground. Goal keepers get blocked at most corners,wonder how many more of those will be given this season.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

As a side note - when was the last time you remember a pen given for shirt pulling, even egregious? It's so funny watching a replay of a "foul in attack" and the defender is holding on to a defender like they're lovers, but it's all according to the rules apparently.

I can’t bring one to mind at all, but I bet you a tenner it was against us

 

[ToffeeTim]

My initial reaction was penalty, but it was far from a clear cut call - we certainly don’t see many, if any others given - so him calling out other posters for knowing nothing about footy because they came down on the other side of the call was what irked me.

I dont think it happens that often though where a keeper comes off his line, gets nowhere near the ball and hits an attacker on the head.

I have no problem at all with a penalty being given. Its a bad piece of goalkeeping.