Off Topic Bill Nicholson Arms

We tend downplay the advantages of living in the North but I am always reminded when I come South, as I did last weekend, of why I moved North.

 

Where is the swan?

 

It’s far too busy down south.

I think I’m more likely to move abroad to ever back to England now.

 

You already have.

 

I hated commuting 350 miles round trip twice a week at 03:00 in the morning and spending all of my spare money on fuel. Now hardly any outgoings. Company car with a fuel card, mortgage paid, no credit cards etc. I save nearly a grand a month and if I pushed it I could probably save 2k.

 

I recall going to London on the train for a day trip about 25 years ago. It was the first time in my adult life I’d been to London for a walkabout with a good mate of mine.

Highlight of the day was when I got back off the train at Huddersfield

Still recall that feeling of inhaling nice fresh country air and then when I saw a human being I didn’t feel like punching him...infact we both said ‘good evening’ to each other

I don’t know why but they were my outstanding memories of that day

 

Question from my grandson, is it against the rules for a player to use another player from his team as a lifter to reach a cross like they do in rugby ? I couldn't answer

 

Is this a sign?

 

Could be ok in the letter of the law, but considered "unsporting" play.

Think of throw-ins.
In the letter of the law, throwing the ball at an opponent
to cause handball in the box. deflection to your team mate etc.
Frequently doing this would soon put players' backs up.

 

Unsporting play ? Hasn't stopped the likes of City continually fouling in opposition half to break up attacks

 

In the letter of the law, the ref can set the tone and punish the fouls.

You could easily gather the stats all season for such fouls,
and compute the average fouls per game F of such type.

The next season, the ref could allow F fouls of such type
(assuming they are not blatantly cynical) in a game, then
give a yellow on the (F + 1)th foul to that player,
irrespective of how worse the preceding fouls were, and so on.

 

It would be a lot simpler to write the Laws of the Game so that the offending side were always worse off following a deliberate foul than before they made it. Then no one would commit such a foul.

 

Nomatter what the laws say, it al would only work if they are consistently enforced, which as we all know has not happened .

 

And the punishments that ensure the offenders are always worse off, are .... ??

 

So going back to my original question, there is no law against it just an interpretation by the ref , we see unsportsmanlike play every week so why not a striker using a 6' 6" teammate for a bit of leverage to reach a cross

 

Well, for a start, the offender should be off the field for at least as long as the victim. And arguably, if the injured player is withdrawn completely and subbed, then so should the fouler.

It is ridiculous that a player treated on the pitch has to go off and wait to return while the game continues with the opposition at an advantage.

Give me time and I'm sure I'll come up with others

 

5ft nothing Lucas Maura can jump higher than anyone in the team ....

 

The Citeh fouls don't have a "victim" .

 

Yes , I think it is...dangerous play and unsporting behaviour I think...sure I remember reading this in one of those "you're the referee" cartoons as a kid

 

There is no specific mention of this in the laws of the game, so it would come down to referees interpretation of the laws surrounding dangerous play and I think that in most cases actually lifting a player would be deemed a foul whereas using a team mates shoulders to assist in reaching the ball would likely be acceptable.