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Solid Air 2 said:
since Sa was deliberately barged just prior to the header i would argue he did interfere with the goalkeepers ability to prepare for the header .
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Every corner has players of both sides barging into each other so I don't think it realistic to call such minor contact as a foul. Unless the GK is made a special case.
Changing the Laws so it is offside to enter the six yard box before the ball would be a creative way of preventing this whole issue.
 
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PowerSpurs said:
Every corner has players of both sides barging into each other so I don't think it realistic to call such minor contact as a foul. Unless the GK is made a special case.
Changing the Laws so it is offside to enter the six yard box before the ball would be a creative way of preventing this whole issue.
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i've thought that for some time .

GK have always been treated as special case
 
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KingHotspur said:
Wolves complaint is that they had a goal similar ruled offside because although the player wasn’t blocking the line of sight, he was close enough to the keeper to be interfering.

The issue again is consistency.

Personally I think it was the correct decision to allow the goal but I’m sure we will see another similar situation this season where the goal is ruled out.
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He mentioned Wolves vs West Ham, so I'm going to assume it's the one at the end of this match:
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The Wolves player, Chirewa, is standing right in front of the keeper and is directly in line with both him and the header when it happens.
I don't think that Fabianksi would get anywhere near it anyway, but he can't see the ball at all because of an offside Wolves player.
Annoying, but it's correct and I'm not even sure what any argument is against it, to be honest.
 
PowerSpurs said:
He was very close to the keeper before the ball was headed but he can't be given offside at that point. When the ball was headed he had moved well out of the line of sight of the keeper and didn't do any of the things specified in the offside law
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What you say is correct, but he was blocking off the keeper as the corner was taken and so the keeper was stopped from being in the right position. He may have been off his line and able to intercept the ball. So I agree no one was offside but borderline foul I think.
 
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Solid Air 2 said:
GK have always been treated as special case
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...until someone decided that they wouldn't be anymore...and that somebody is...

I'm ****ed if i know. I don't recall there being a change in the law, just referees not giving decisions as they had done for decades.

If it was decided by the powers that be, for ****'s sake "Why?" I don't recall the outcry for a blight on the game to be righted, nor do I recall an ever mounting controvery to be sorted out.

After they've pissed about with the longstanding understanding about obstructing/impeding the 'keeper, there's a ****ing huge problem. It's just someone ****ing about with no good reason. It wasn't broken...so leave it alone.

If referees want to do something about the melee at corner kicks, start consistently punishing defenders for holding and shirt pulling, but they won't.
 
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SpursDisciple said:
What you say is correct, but he was blocking off the keeper as the corner was taken and so the keeper was stopped from being in the right position. He may have been off his line and able to intercept the ball. So I agree no one was offside but borderline foul I think.
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Today I was teaching yr 6 kids with a colleague who's an arsenal fan.
Did a quiz with them ... drew a football pitch, marked down the size of the pitch and put an x on it.
I explained that an arsenal player got sent off at this point and asked
" if the Arsenal play was here and was sent off 3 minutes after the tackle....how long did i laugh for?"
<laugh>
 
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Forest win at home for the first time since April 2nd and Nuno is currently serving his touchline ban. Their owner is also banned.
Palace have started terribly and we've got to go there next. Will Glasner still be the manager? Will we do our usual and help him out if he is?
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Forest win at home for the first time since April 2nd and Nuno is currently serving his touchline ban. Their owner is also banned.
Palace have started terribly and we've got to go there next. Will Glasner still be the manager? Will we do our usual and help him out if he is?
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Just watched the game, first time i have seen Palace this season and can't believe how **** they are. It shocked me.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Forest win at home for the first time since April 2nd and Nuno is currently serving his touchline ban. Their owner is also banned.
Palace have started terribly and we've got to go there next. Will Glasner still be the manager? Will we do our usual and help him out if he is?
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Quite a few (including some on here) were predicting them to have a really strong season, but it seems to be unravelling there. Losing Olise was obviously a big blow and their decision to sell Andersen to a direct rival appears ill-advised, to say the least. I was impressed when they brought in Sarr and Kamada but it just isn't clicking.

My professional diagnosis is that allowing Eze to make a free transfer to Spurs will kick-start their season.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Forest win at home for the first time since April 2nd and Nuno is currently serving his touchline ban. Their owner is also banned.
Palace have started terribly and we've got to go there next. Will Glasner still be the manager? Will we do our usual and help him out if he is?
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No worries, Dr Tottenham will see you Sunday
 
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Diego said:
Just watched the game, first time i have seen Palace this season and can't believe how **** they are. It shocked me.
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I haven't seen a lot of them, but they weren't very convincing to me, either. The team balance looked well off, too.
Nketiah did virtually nothing, but I couldn't really blame him. Very little creativity and quality. No idea how Wharton lost his place.
 
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London Premier League club results this weekend:
W: Tottenham.
D:
L: Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Fulham, Brentford, Crystal Palace.

I think we might be the only team in the football league from London that won, rather bizarrely.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Forest win at home for the first time since April 2nd and Nuno is currently serving his touchline ban. Their owner is also banned.
Palace have started terribly and we've got to go there next. Will Glasner still be the manager? Will we do our usual and help him out if he is?
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Yes the owner was banned and the manager was banned. The captain was also banned.
 
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