[video=youtube;G4yML7tI1qo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4yML7tI1qo&feature=player_embedded#![/video] My opinion is that the keeper was wrong to try and stop it... what do you guys think?
Not sure. He either wasn't thinking straight or he was just trying to make it look real. It does open up the debate though. I've never understood the concept of kicking the ball out to allow the physio on. If the referee thinks the injury is serious enough he would stop the game. Why does the ball going out of play make any difference? Sometimes it becomes farcical when everyone knows a player isn't really hurt and yet still the opposition is pressured into kicking the ball out.
I don't really get it. Did the ref say to the team in red, let the yellows score to even things up? Why did one of the reds half-heartedly try and tackle him, put on a little run and then the keeper have a good go at keeping it out. Was a good finish in the end.
Wasn't the goalscorer in reds fault the keeper just didn't judge the bounce, don't know why people had a go at him. I assume the 'keeper was frustrated at losing the clean sheet and clean sheet bonus. Surely a way of just ruling out the original goal would have been better?
If you look at the video description, the score was 3-2 before this incident anyway, so the keeper had already lost his clean sheet bonus. The game was a relegation scrap between bottom and second from bottom, meaning both teams needed the points hence the anger. I don't think the referee made the players do anything, I think it was sportsmanship from them, which is why some players played on and some didn't. The "kick the ball out of play" is a bit of a farce due to players faking. I think that teams should carry on until the ref stops play, and all players should be made aware of this. It should be up to the fourth official/referee to judge if it is worth stopping play. If play continued then players would be less inclined to fake injuries. Or am I being to cynical?
Kicking the ball out is just a sporting gesture, it's (somewhat ironically given our reputation for fairplay) only in the English league that this convention has kind of stopped. Letting the other team score in this scenario was probably an easier decision to make given they had a two goal lead at that point! If it was going to be an equaliser then there might have been a few more dissenters.
Looked to me as if that ball had a wicked bounce as it hit a divot or something. The strangest thing was that the goalie on the other side might have saved the reply and that would have really started something!
I think the pitch was slightly wet, because it accelerated off the turf, instead of having forward spin imparted to it as it gripped the surface. A lot of this twaddle [and I do think the whole kicking-the-ball-out-of-play is utter rubbish] is that players who are genuinely injured normally have to leave the field of play to be treated by the physio. This means that the side with the injured player are effectively penalised when the injury has probably come from a bad foul caused by a player from the opposition. Years ago, I can't remember when the change came in, the game was stopped, the player was treated on the pitch, and the game resumed. No side was at any disadvantage. I can't see why this rule was ever changed. If someone mentions that TV coverage dictated the change, I'll vomit [because sadly, I'm 99% sure it's the case anyway].
I can tell you why the rule was changed. It was because too many players were feigning injury and it was felt that the game was being held up for too long. When it was first introduced the players were made to go off on a stretcher. The theory being that if you are so injured that you need to come off then surely you would need a stretcher. The whole point was to try and embarrass the players into not feigning the injury.
I think it's to stop people pretending to be injured to waste time or whatever, as they then have to spend a few minutes on the sideline.
I reckon that during the whole debate when the red's keeper came over to talk to the original red player who " accidently " scored he must have said it wasn't your fault lets get on with it, thats why he tried to save it. Either that or it was a man utd/city type of title decider and the goalie thought " nah f**k em " !!!
