mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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And it would be re taken for a rolling ball.........Ref got it 100% right. Veltman takes the free kick and kicks the ball if Rice doesn't get involved.
And it would be re taken for a rolling ball.........Ref got it 100% right. Veltman takes the free kick and kicks the ball if Rice doesn't get involved.
I don’t think anyone thinks this do they? Rice hacked him down with a really poor tackle and he got brilliant revenge on that.Both. Rice broke the rules on a technicality and veltman knew exactly what he was doing. Anyone believing poor innocent Joel was just wanting to take a standard free kick is doing so from behind the thickest of blue and white lenses
As I'm now an expert on the rules I can confirm that dissent is a separate "cautionable offence". Rice was guilty of "delaying the restart of play". Minteh was booked for dissent.That's mine too. In a similar way Minteh got booked, presumably for expressing his thoughts to the referee . . .also dissent.
This is a crazy opinion I have seen spouted by a lot of Arsenal fans as well. If you follow the logic that Rice can not be booked for delaying the free-kick as the ball was not stationary then it is ok for a player who gave away a free kick to simply dribble the ball around for ten minute after the foul. As long as the ball is moving it wouldn't be a legal restart and so they can not be booked for stopping the restart.He literally didn’t. And the ball wasn’t stationary anyway, so Veltman shouldn’t have been taking the free kick until it was. You can’t implement the rule of stopping a free kick when you’re not even implementing the rule on proper free kick procedure.
Some do.I don’t think anyone thinks this do they? Rice hacked him down with a really poor tackle and he got brilliant revenge on that.
It amused me. He didn’t say it to the ref. He said it to rice nice and loud so the ref could hear it. Some arsenal fans saying he should be booked for telling the ref what to do. I think arsenal fans want the refs to be removed from the game and players decide when a ball is in play and ban all conversations between players.Welbeck saying ‘it’s a second yellow’ is class.
Good to know Minteh's English is up to scratchThat's mine too. In a similar way Minteh got booked, presumably for expressing his thoughts to the referee . . .also dissent.
Spot on. The MotD crew seemed to think Arsenal played well when down to 10 men, and would be glad of a point. However, in truth they completely surrendered the initiative and played football that Dyche would have been proud of. I can't imagine Guardiola and City reacting anywhere like Arsenal did. City would continue to stifle the opposition with quality possession football - especially, as you say, with two very inexperienced centre midfielders on our side. Before yesterday I thought Arsenal were a great bet for the title, but now I'm convinced it will be Citeh again (unless, of course, the 115 charges kick in).Arteta played for a point. They parked the bus and hoofed it vs a side with two 20 year olds in centre mid who have started about 15 prem games between them (maybe less?).
The second half lasted 51 minutes. Arsenal completed 49 passes in the second half. They stopped trying to play.Spot on. The MotD crew seemed to think Arsenal played well when down to 10 men, and would be glad of a point. However, in truth they completely surrendered the initiative and played football that Dyche would have been proud of. I can't imagine Guardiola and City reacting anywhere like Arsenal did. City would continue to stifle the opposition with quality possession football - especially, as you say, with two very inexperienced centre midfielders on our side. Before yesterday I thought Arsenal were a great bet for the title, but now I'm convinced it will be Citeh again (unless, of course, the 115 charges kick in).
I think that was Joel's farewell appearance at the Emirates... unless there's a cup gameIt is touch and go, but on balance Rice has to go, and it’s made all the more easier had Joao Pedro been carded in the first half.
That said, the difference between JP and Rice is that the former was preventing play to get started.
That said, the ball was moving so it can be argued that Rice didn’t prevent play starting. And, Veltman did kick Rice. The only reason we as Albion fans know this is because we know Joel and he’s a master of the dark arts. A VAR may not know him so well.
Veltman is not going to get a warm welcome back at the Emirates that’s for sure.
You're right and all these moaning are missing the point. JP kicked a ball that had just gone out of play, it wasn't on the pitch and would not have stopped the restart as a throw. 1. No Arsenal player was close to where the throw was and 2. There's multi-ball. Rice kicked the ball off the pitch and immediately delayed the restart.It is touch and go, but on balance Rice has to go, and it’s made all the more easier had Joao Pedro been carded in the first half.
That said, the difference between JP and Rice is that the former was preventing play to get started.
may I add ... play to the whistle. Pedro did, Rice didn't.The Rice one is straight forward. Ref blows for a free kick, free kick clearly awarded, Rice stops free kick being taken.
The Pedro one is less clear. Ball has gone out of play, but it’s in a grey area of the player trying to keep the ball in, he doesn’t kick the ball away as such, he kicks it straight to Raya. It has gone out by some margin, and Pedro knows that at the point he kicks it so I think he is lucky not to get booked, but can understand it’s not as cut and dry as stopping a free kick that has been given.