Anyone see this? The ball was put out of play for by Norwich so a Cardiff player could receive treatment (90 minutes +4), The ball was thrown back to Fer from the throw-in, and instead of giving it to the keeper he taps the ball in to the empty net and walks off! Now, in the end it was ruled out (which I'm not even sure if the ref is allowed to do if it doesn't break any rules) but to top it off, the BBC interviewed him and all he could say was "he wanted to win". Imagine the uproar if Suarez did something like that.
It's not a rule but it was certainly unsporting, good to see the ref show some common sense and disallow it.
Was he entitled to do that though? Rules are rules. Didnt he come up with some nonsense about the whistle not having been blown for the throw in? Odd!
I don't like the referee's decision one bit! Sure its unsporting but that doesn't mean you can arbitrarily chalk goals off that have been scored in regulation. Fair play is sporting play but is in no means "required". What about instances of teams time wasting at the end pretending to have an injury? If they are in possession then the fair play would be to give it back to them but that doesn't happen sometimes. Don't see the referee enforcing fair play in those situations. Fer isn't doing himself any favours but the referee basically lied and said something about the whistle (absolute horseshit) not going off. That's a scary thought - that referees will bend the rules and then lie in their reports to cover their mistakes.
Sometimes rules should not supersede common sense and we see that in every day life. Fair play ref. And not fair play to the player for doing that, it was low and pathetic. And yes if Saurez did that there would be a ****ing **** storm and every fan lying by banging on about how honest they are themselves and how Suarez is a cheat.
Tricky call, but I think the ref prevented a full scale brawl there by the way it seemed to be shaping up, so though technically incorrect it might have been for the best. Spirit of the law as opposed to the letter of the law. Still could be a can of worms, though.
Also,we've seen before the ridiculous situation of similar goals being allowed and then the opposing team being allowed to 'walk' a goal in at the other end. Difficult for the ref but IMO he made the right decision.
I think I remember one like that where they didnt actually mean to score when giving it back so allowed the other team to walk one in
Yeah,I think Arsenal were involved in something like that about ten years ago. Didn't Wenger agree on a replay,FA cup game maybe?
I was surprised to hear he said he had meant to put it in as well. The ref probably shouldn't have ruled it out, however I think he did well and used common sense and had a get out of jail free card by just saying he didn't blow the whistle to start the game. The whole thing seemed strange because when he put it in, he didn't celebrate or anything which seemed to suggest he didn't mean it so could have got away with saying was an accident and a complete miskick or he didn't release the keeper wasn't there etc. Like OP sais, imagine had Suarez don't the exact same thing and said he meant it and he was just trying to win the game...
The ref can't just cancel the goal because it's unfair, Hughton said that they would of let Cardiff score if it was allowed so it was hardly going to be a winning goal. Really poor from the ref.
the only time i've ever seen a ref whistle for a throw in is when someone is taking too long over it. If another player touched the ball then the gao lis legitimate the only way to disallow is if it went in direct from a throw yeah? the hughton comment is a what if type easy thing to say honestly.
Common sense to disallow it, yeah, but the ref is there to follow the rules and none were broken. If they want to unsportingly score a goal, that's their choice and they should be held accountable by the press afterwards. It's not the refs choice to make.
The ref actual waved for play to carry on. Why did the taking the throw give it to Fer? Why didn't he throw it straight to the keeper? No way the ref should have ruled it out as no rules were broken.
It was against Sheff Utd wasn't it? Think it was about fifteen years ago now. Arsenal suggested replaying it but the FA said no. Wasn't quite the same as Arsenal still had work to do to score. I think it was Overmars at fault that time so a player from the Dutch league again too.
