FA Cup 2019/20

[RawB93]

34 minutes ago, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo said:

Lawrenson at least has a slight streak of humour. Murphy is the football equivalent of Father Paul Stone.

 

[craigkillie]

Keepers in the box!

Yep, a great deal of chuntering on about a correct decision on here.

[Ginaro]

1 hour ago, eez-eh said:

I don’t think it’s difficult to argue that illegally handling the ball while an opposition player is bearing down on you constitutes denying a goal scoring opportunity.

Any time I can remember seeing a foul awarded in that situation it’s been accompanied by a red card.

(it's denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity)

but it was on the line anyway

 

[eez-eh]

4 minutes ago, Ginaro said:

(it's denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity)

but it was on the line anyway

 

Given he was the last player between attacker and the goal it clearly would have been a red had he been adjudged to have been outside the box.

But alas it was inside the box so it doesn’t matter anyway.

[Thistle_do_nicely]

i have to admit i kinda just willed it to be a red card for the keeper just to make the last few minutes interesting, game ended up petering out with injuries, timewasting and """injuries""".

[19QOS19]

Yep, a great deal of chuntering on about a correct decision on here.

Which no one knew if it was the correct decision or not. That's the reason it was being discussed. If BBC had shown a replay there wouldn't have been any discussion about it.

[Steve_Wilkos]

i have to admit i kinda just willed it to be a red card for the keeper just to make the last few minutes interesting, game ended up petering out with injuries, timewasting and """injuries""".

Agreed. The way of modern football, unfortunately.

[D.A.F.C]

2 hours ago, accies1874 said:

Mind when Celtic fans said he wouldn't win any trophies ever again?

Was he linked with rangers?

[paul-r-cfc]

Good pub quiz trivia.

[Bishop Briggs]

Win? Fyvie did not get off Wigan's bench in the 2013 FA Cup Final.

[Barney Rubble]

28 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said:

Win? Fyvie did not get off Wigan's bench in the 2013 FA Cup Final.

To win and to play are two different things.

Fyvie and Gary f***ing Caldwell were both on the Wigan bench in 2013. Shaun Maloney played in the game - and had the assist for the goal.

All three are FA cup winners by virtue of being in the nominated squad on the day.

[accies1874]

To win and to play are two different things.
Fyvie and Gary f***ing Caldwell were both on the Wigan bench in 2013. Shaun Maloney played in the game - and had the assist for the goal.
All three are FA cup winners by virtue of being in the nominated squad on the day.

I'm contractually obliged to mention that two other Scots (well, maybe one and a half) also played in the final.

[printer]

You are an idiot.

Given he was the last player between attacker and the goal it clearly would have been a red had he been adjudged to have been outside the box.
But alas it was inside the box so it doesn’t matter anyway.

[eez-eh]

23 minutes ago, printer said:

You are an idiot.

Great input m8.

A goalkeeper snatching the ball outside of the box when an attacker is bearing down on him, and there’s no one else between them and the goal is almost always a red card.

[parsforlife]

50 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

Great input m8.

A goalkeeper snatching the ball outside of the box when an attacker is bearing down on him, and there’s no one else between them and the goal is almost always a red card.

You have completely made that up.    It’s probably a yellow, and maybe just a free kick.  Had Martinez been outside his box there is no chance he’d have been sent off.  

Its not an obvious goalscoring opportunity of the nearest opponent in 5 yards away from the ball.    Absolutely nobody is watching that ball come through and thinking ‘he’s got a great chance of scoring here’. 

[eez-eh]

4 minutes ago, parsforlife said:

You have completely made that up.    It’s probably a yellow, and maybe just a free kick.  Had Martinez been outside his box there is no chance he’d have been sent off.  

Its not an obvious goalscoring opportunity of the nearest opponent in 5 yards away from the ball.    Absolutely nobody is watching that ball come through and thinking ‘he’s got a great chance of scoring here’. 

The nearest defenders were about 10 yards away from the ball and all the wrong side of the attacker. If the keeper has to let the ball run past him rather than catching it because he’s out the box then it’s him and the attacker chasing it down with no one else between them and the goal. It really isn’t a huge stretch to say that’s a red.

No one thought he had a great chance of scoring because the keeper was able to gather the ball. If the keeper was outside his box (which we now know he wasn’t) and unable to do so then that clearly changes.

[parsforlife]

1 minute ago, eez-eh said:

The nearest defenders were about 10 yards away from the ball and all the wrong side of the attacker. If the keeper has to let the ball run past him rather than catching it because he’s out the box then it’s him and the attacker chasing it down with no one else between them and the goal. It really isn’t a huge stretch to say that’s a red.

No one thought he had a great chance of scoring because the keeper was able to gather the ball. If the keeper was outside his box (which we now know he wasn’t) and unable to do so then that clearly changes.

So even if we take your scenario, 2 players chasing a ball, one has a 5 yard head start but you think the attacker is obviously going to get there first, control the ball comfortably in an area where he’s got a reasonable angle to work with and get a decent strike away with no one being able to get back ?   How can you accurately calculate that?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get a red card for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity when the attacker hadn’t got the ball under control.