Weststander
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Jese was a Jessie. Where was the sniper hiding who took out the screaming cheat?
Agreed.Anyway, they ballsed it up. Thats the main thing
It isn't, because *usually* the penalty is scored, so it doesn't really matter.
However, in this instance, Dunk stopped a certain goal being scored on the rebound. No WAY would he have got there in time to do that, had he not encroached before the pen was struck. A rule is a rule, and had that gone against us up the other end, I'd have gone apeshit. You've got 2 officials standing there who are supposed to be watching out for that, and both failed (thankfully). Its not even in open play. Easy decision. Absolutely piss-poor officiating. Their rank incompetence saved us (albeit it shouldn't have been a pen in the first place).
My son is a qualified ref and I asked him about this.
Apparently they are told that if players from BOTH teams encroach then not to give anything.
He said that if the Stoke player had not encroached as well the penalty would have been retaken but because both Dunk and a Stoke player encroached no retake was the correct decision.
The 'goal' shouldn't be allowed if it's the attacking team encroaching, shirley. I'm pretty sure there were Stoke bodies in the box on Saturday, as well as Brighton.
My son is a qualified ref and I asked him about this.
Apparently they are told that if players from BOTH teams encroach then not to give anything.
He said that if the Stoke player had not encroached as well the penalty would have been retaken but because both Dunk and a Stoke player encroached no retake was the correct decision.
What about Ryan being off his line which clearly helped with the save? So many things wrong with that penalty we're lucky lady luck was on our side. Could be a real help come the end of the season.
This is a good powerpoint. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/8.%20law%2014_559.pdf Easy to follow Yes/No and what happens. Both encroach - kick retaken.
Lady luck ? Should never have been a penalty in the first place.........very soft.
It isn't, because *usually* the penalty is scored, so it doesn't really matter.
However, in this instance, Dunk stopped a certain goal being scored on the rebound. No WAY would he have got there in time to do that, had he not encroached before the pen was struck. A rule is a rule, and had that gone against us up the other end, I'd have gone apeshit. You've got 2 officials standing there who are supposed to be watching out for that, and both failed (thankfully). Its not even in open play. Easy decision. Absolutely piss-poor officiating. Their rank incompetence saved us (albeit it shouldn't have been a pen in the first place).
If only a Stoke player had encroached and Stoke had scored l wonder if the ref would have been brave enough to have ordered a retake? Wasn't there a case with Palace last season when one of their players encroached before the penalty was scored and the ref ruled out the goal and gave the opposition a free kick. He got the rule wrong, as he should have ordered a retake under current rules, but in my opinion there is sense in that logic. If the defending team encroaches and it's saved then retake it. If the attacking team encroaches and they score then it's a free kick the other way! That should stop any encroachment!
The piss-poor officiating was giving the penalty in the first place! Don't really give a shit about what happened beyond that, as justice was eventually served. You wouldn't be going apeshit if you never should've been given the penalty, surely? You'd be feeling very cheeky.
Yeah I acknowledged it was a soft pen anyway, but it was compounded by the ref not following the rules for the penalty itself. Luckily it meant we got away with it so I'm certainly not complaining, as you could say that it evened itself out there thanks to their rank incompetence.
Anyone remember the trip to Stoke in 2004/5 when we lost 2-0 to 2 Stoke penalties in about 3 minutes?
I'm sure I remember an ABSOLUTELY BLATANT handball straight after that should really have been a 3rd Stoke penalty in 5 minutes, but the ref didn't give it? I remember being convinced his thought process must have been something like "I just can't give the same team 3 penaltes in quick succession"... even though he clearly should have.
It is possible I'm completely imagining this though......
No we didn't get away with anything! Sorry to be pedantic but I don't understand why you keep skipping the bit where a penalty shouldn't have ever been rewarded, so anything beyond that becomes pretty meaningless, in terms of the realms of "fairness" and "should'ves/shouldn't'ves".
I'll stop now, apologies.
Re: the encroaching. Literally every penalty for the last 20 years would need to be retaken. I guess it's one of those where we'd have a couple of weeks of outright anarchy then hopefully it would settle down, if they did choose to apply the rules.
Not so sure of that. If the penalty is scored directly, then it doesn't make any odds if players from either team have encroached as it hasn't affected the outcome.
Shirley the encroachment issue only really becomes relevant if the penalty is saved or hits a post and stays in play. If an attacker who encroached scores the rebound, then the goal should be disallowed and a goal kick given. If a defender who encroached gets to the ball first, or successfully stops a goal, then the penalty should be retaken.
You are correct. I did a brain fart in my haste to form an opinion.