Russ Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Fair enough. Well fingers crossed Telfer is a confidence player and will hit a run if form at some point under M&M if we continue our unbeaten run.It doesn’t make the highlights but in the second half yesterday Connolly played Telfer through 1 on 1 with the ‘keeper and you could actually see him slow down to avoid any sort of contact with the ‘keeper when really should’ve been burying the chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, bairn88 said: Didn’t know clear and obvious goal scoring opportunities extended to hypothetical situations. Penalty yes, yellow at worst It's always hypothetical when the player gets fouled before he can make contact with the ball no? I'm not even sure if the referee NEEDS to believe Connolly can get his head to the ball, but regardless of that, how much clearer a goalscoring opportunity do you want than a header about 3 yards from the goal with no defender in a position to make an aerial challenge against you? It's a stonewaller and an act of stupidity from the defender. 1 minute ago, Russ said: It doesn’t make the highlights but in the second half yesterday Connolly played Telfer through 1 on 1 with the ‘keeper and you could actually see him slow down to avoid any sort of contact with the ‘keeper when really should’ve been burying the chance. Yeah that's his thing. Taking just a wee bit off the gas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainrod Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 A nice wee programme that would benefit from the services of a proof reader. [emoji4] Your free to apply 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: It's always hypothetical when the player gets fouled before he can make contact with the ball no? I'm not even sure if the referee NEEDS to believe Connolly can get his head to the ball, but regardless of that, how much clearer a goalscoring opportunity do you want than a header about 3 yards from the goal with no defender in a position to make an aerial challenge against you? It's a stonewaller and an act of stupidity from the defender. Yeah that's his thing. Taking just a wee bit off the gas. That’s true, it always is hypothetical. So the ref has to make a judgement call on whether it was a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity? For me a ball going 5 feet over a midget’s head should be deemed not a clear goal scoring opportunity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, bairn88 said: That’s true, it always is hypothetical. So the ref has to make a judgement call on whether it was a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity? For me a ball going 5 feet over a midget’s head should be deemed not a clear goal scoring opportunity Like I said, I am unsure whether the ref needs to be convinced that he could have met the ball. @craigkillie maybe could help us here. If the ref doesnt think Connolly could have reached the ball, he still has to make a judgement on the fact that a foul was committed in the box with no intention of playing the ball, by the last defender. I think it's a blatant red but would be interested to hear what Craig says. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Rocco said: 2 hours ago, bairn88 said: Unless Aidan Connolly has a 5 foot long extendable neck that he can deploy with ease that is an extremely harsh red It's a red all day long. If you take a player down in the box when he is trying to get on the end of a cross then there is no excuse Agreed. The guy just hauls him down, there was zero attempt to play the ball and was a clear goal scoring opportunity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, bairn88 said: That’s true, it always is hypothetical. So the ref has to make a judgement call on whether it was a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity? For me a ball going 5 feet over a midget’s head should be deemed not a clear goal scoring opportunity Could not see the incident from where I was standing but going by the highlights a red seemed harsh, a comeback was unlikely anyway as Falkirk were the better team but going down to ten men killed the game off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Like I said, I am unsure whether the ref needs to be convinced that he could have met the ball. @craigkillie maybe could help us here. If the ref doesnt think Connolly could have reached the ball, he still has to make a judgement on the fact that a foul was committed in the box with no intention of playing the ball, by the last defender. I think it's a blatant red but would be interested to hear what Craig says. Just watching it back now. It's clearly a foul and a penalty to start with. The referee then has to judge two things when deciding if it's a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity: a) is the defender attempting to play the ball and b) if the foul isn't committed then does the attacker have a clear goalscoring opportunity. The answer to a) is obviously no - it's a blatant push in the back. The answer to b) is, in my opinion, yes - the ball is maybe a foot or so above the forward, but if he hasn't been impeded then I'd say he has a decent chance of being able to get on the end of it, and since he's 6 yards out right in front of goal he's obviously got a great chance to score if he does get there. In terms of your second point - if the ref genuinely thought that Connolly couldn't get on the end of the ball, then it can't be a red card regardless of whether the foul is deliberate. However, I reckon there was a chance if he had the opportunity to leap unimpeded by the defender. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, craigkillie said: Just watching it back now. It's clearly a foul and a penalty to start with. The referee then has to judge two things when deciding if it's a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity: a) is the defender attempting to play the ball and b) if the foul isn't committed then does the attacker have a clear goalscoring opportunity. The answer to a) is obviously no - it's a blatant push in the back. The answer to b) is, in my opinion, yes - the ball is maybe a foot or so above the forward, but if he hasn't been impeded then I'd say he has a decent chance of being able to get on the end of it, and since he's 6 yards out right in front of goal he's obviously got a great chance to score if he does get there. In terms of your second point - if the ref genuinely thought that Connolly couldn't get on the end of the ball, then it can't be a red card regardless of whether the foul is deliberate. However, I reckon there was a chance if he had the opportunity to leap unimpeded by the defender. Much obliged. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Just watching it back now. It's clearly a foul and a penalty to start with. The referee then has to judge two things when deciding if it's a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity: a) is the defender attempting to play the ball and b) if the foul isn't committed then does the attacker have a clear goalscoring opportunity. The answer to a) is obviously no - it's a blatant push in the back. The answer to b) is, in my opinion, yes - the ball is maybe a foot or so above the forward, but if he hasn't been impeded then I'd say he has a decent chance of being able to get on the end of it, and since he's 6 yards out right in front of goal he's obviously got a great chance to score if he does get there. In terms of your second point - if the ref genuinely thought that Connolly couldn't get on the end of the ball, then it can't be a red card regardless of whether the foul is deliberate. However, I reckon there was a chance if he had the opportunity to leap unimpeded by the defender. Fair enough, looks good to me. Non HD camera work definitely doesn’t help the ability to tell whether the ball was reachable or not. Can you ref our next game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge of allan bairn Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 the peterhead players body language after the challenge suggests even he felt it was a penalty and sending off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BairnBrainBrian Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Stainrod said: Your free to apply They don't trust outsiders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
As Easterly as it gets! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 12/01/2020 at 18:31, BairnBrainBrian said: They don't trust outsiders. Not sure about that? It's your choice. Or is it you're choice? Yours, Confused. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyself Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I meant to say, the half time pie was up there with the best I've had. Much better than the shite we get at TFS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BairnBrainBrian Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, As Easterly as it gets! said: Not sure about that? It's your choice. Or is it you're choice? Yours, Confused. You should offer to help them out! What caught my eye were the numerous mistakes in the Falkirk article. Here is a wee example: "they had spent only six season's out with the top division..." The apostrophe should not be there and, since we are proud of our Scottish heritage, 'out with' should be written as one word. There are also a few errors that a spellchecker wouldn't have picked up, such as 'by hen they were well...' and 'they were denied promotion when the won...'. The common mistake of using '1990's' instead of '1990s' appears a few times too. I know it shouldn't annoy me as much as it does, but there is the possibility that the author might appreciate these things being pointed out. Equally, the author might think I am a total dick, which is not outwith the realms of possibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, BairnBrainBrian said: The common mistake of using '1990's' instead of '1990s' appears a few times too. . Is this a parody 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BairnBrainBrian Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, bairn88 said: Is this a parody What makes you think that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Ooooft. Thought he was wasted on the wing against us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
As Easterly as it gets! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, NewBornBairn said: Ooooft. Thought he was wasted on the wing against us TBH he's been poor all season, regardless of where on the pitch he has played. It's an odd situation, but I would reckon another club will have offered him a few bob. It's his last chance at a biggish signing on fee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, NewBornBairn said: Ooooft. Thought he was wasted on the wing against us You think Queen’s Park have offered him £700 a week for a part time contract ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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