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StJabbo1 said:
FYI from https://help.fxasports.com/enforcement-of-10-yard-for-free-kick
"Enforcement of 10 Yards for Free Kick
The Laws of the Game (FIFA, USSF, and FXA) require that after a foul is committed, the team committing the foul MUST immediately retreat 10 yards and not attempt to prevent or delay the team that was fouled from restarting play.

The team taking the kick DOES NOT have to ask the opponents to retreat 10 yards on a restart, the opponent is required by the laws of the game to retreat automatically.

If the opponent(s) who committed a foul fail to retreat the 10 yards automatically, and thus delay or prevent the restart of the play, the Laws of the Game REQUIRE the referee to caution the player(s) delaying the restart.

Further Clarification of the 10 Yard Issue: Referees recognize that an opponent, after committing a foul, will seek to regain a tactical advantage by preventing the team that was fouled from restarting play. Referees are taught NOT to interfere with the retaking of a kick by enforcing the 10 yard law if such an action could rob a team of a quick restart. Some teams like to restart very quickly to catch the defense off guard. A referee who interrupts their restart to enforce the 10 yards would thus penalize the team taking the kick.
  • Likewise, although any player on the team taking the restart can request the 10 yards be enforced, most referees are trained to heed the request only from the one or two players setting up to take the restart. Why? Well just imagine a winger 12-14 yards away screaming for 10 yards, but the player taking the kick sees the opportunity for a quick restart to score a goal because the defense and goalie are out of position. The referee, hearing the winger yell for 10 yards, attempts to halt play just as the person taking the rekick takes the kick and scores! Now the referee has to disallow the goal and bring it back to enforce the 10 yards. The kicker is furious, the team is protesting, and suddenly that winger is nowhere to be found or owning up to his requesting 10 yards be enforced. Hence, a smart referee will watch what the player taking the rekick is doing, and will take his cues from that player alone."
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The quotes an American sports site and, on rereading, I noticed the yankification where free kick becomes rekick. ****ing septics bastardising proppa english.
 
Win home games and draw away is enough normally to get you auto spots.

BUT that was a very second rate performance. Watford I can accept because they were decent. But Cov were crap, especially first half.

I'm not bothered about the top two. But we need to make sure that we keep improving, so that by the end of season we can beat anyone. Today was definitely not an improvement. Wasn't a top 6 performance. Shows how vulnerable we are with even just one key player missing.

And f*cking Adarma. Love him, but he needs shooting practise so badly. Never seen someone sky it so often.
 
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Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
Aaaaand Newcastle go out on pens to Chelsea. After conceding a last-minute equaliser.
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Been watching a fair bit of the Toon recently and Trippier is going through a really rough patch at the moment.
I think that’s the 4th goal conceded, in the last 3 games, that he has been directly involved in.
If the Champions League dock us a place as a result of the coefficient rating dropping, as a result of Toon and Utd going out at the group stage, the Carabou cup might have been Toons best chance of making European football next year, although they might hang on to top 6 if they can get their injured players back and keep them fit.
 
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There's nothing wrong with the Champion's League for crying out loud. "Big" teams get to play each other in their own glory league, but they don't screw over their domestic league in the process. If a smaller team gets a good placing, like us or Leicester, they earn the right to enjoy the occasional sojourn in Europe.
 
Saintmagic said:
We might win something if the good teams **** off
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This would be done as well as the domestic leagues. All it would mean is more matches and revenue for bigger clubs, so the gap between the top clubs and everyone else will get bigger.

I think clubs shouldn't be able to have their cake and eat it. Either piss off to this new league or stay in your domestic league. I'd actually really like it if the top clubs and all state-owned clubs left the domestic leagues.
 
RedandWhiteManofKent said:
Be funny if the super league happens and the majority of clubs refuse to take part leaving the Spanish clubs and champions of Latvia, Turkey, Belarus etc.

Some super league that would be.
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Can't wait to see the pomp and fanfare of Real Madrid versus the English representative, Slough Town FC.
 
I wouldn’t care if the big Premier League clubs joined a new European league, so long as it was a total severing of ties with the English leagues.
No having their B teams holding down a place in the Premier League to cream off any residual tv money or taking part in the cup competitions.
And if they ever decide to rejoin the English leagues, then it has to be from the bottom league and work their way up.
**** ‘em
 
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