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[Football] Advantage rule
- Thread starter Quinney
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Play gets pulled back all the time. If it was the other way round and our shot was saved/missed we be demanding to know where our advantage was. Sometimes it feels unjust, but it happens so often, and when it's our way we don't complain, I don't think we can criticise the ref for that.
nickbrighton
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- Feb 19, 2016
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I thought the same. If the ref plays advantage I always thought that was it. Not play advantage, see if they score, if not award the free kick.
KZNSeagull
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Every time we play they have to rewrite the rules during the game to give the other team a chance.
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This was also commented upon by the NBC commentary crew over here.
Dave Fishwick
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That was a joke. Attwell is the worst of the current Prem refs. They even had a corner if the freekick wasn't given
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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I would like that to be the norm but you can't just randomly decide to let play go that long.
studio150
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The only surprise was with the foul being just outside the area, that Southampton didn't get a penalty.
Agree.
He played advantage, fair enough, and Saints got the advantage: they kept the ball, continued attacking, created an excellent chance and were unlucky not to score it. Advantage used up.
No way should they have been given a second go at scoring. The advantage should only been discounted and a free kick given if continuing play had resulted in us getting the ball or, at best, the chance to score not materialising.
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He played advantage, fair enough, and Saints got the advantage: they kept the ball, continued attacking, created an excellent chance and were unlucky not to score it. Advantage used up.
No way should they have been given a second go at scoring. The advantage should only been discounted and a free kick given if continuing play had resulted in us getting the ball or, at best, the chance to score not materialising.
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I thought they were meant to wait until they saw whether the advantage worked out in terms of the run of the ball etc. Sometimes within a split second a player miscontrols it, it bounces funny or a defender gets a touch. I didn't think it was like rugby where advantage means if you don't score it comes back.
GloryDays
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Yes, this was farcical.
However the free kick should have been a penalty imo. Which makes up for Marchgate in the reverse fixture. Wonder if Ralph agreed with it again?
However the free kick should have been a penalty imo. Which makes up for Marchgate in the reverse fixture. Wonder if Ralph agreed with it again?
East Staffs Gull
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Agreed. Football now seems to be using the Rugby interpretation of advantage. In football it used to be applied in situations such as when a player got fouled in scoring. Now, if a player is fouled play is allowed to continue, but if their team doesn’t benefit from the continuation, play gets pulled back. I preferred the old interpretation.
blue-shifted
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It was applied the way it should be (but rarely is) applied today.
I didn't enjoy watching it though
I didn't enjoy watching it though
bluenitsuj
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Happens all the time and is allowed
Yes, you'd have expected VAR to draw a few lines to 'prove' it was inside, woudn't you.
Richy_Seagull
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Insane that was pulled back, once the advantage had let to a shot from 8 yards out.
Indeed. They got the advantage which led directly to one of the best chances of the match, maybe equal to Groß’.
I know you have to give the advantage to the team who has been fouled against but they were given two chances to score, that’s a little unfair. The direct opposite to us a West Brom.
It depends if you define a player being given an amazing goal scoring chance as an advantage or a goal. The ball went through to a Southampton player, not a Brighton one. The ref interpreted the rule in terms of only a ‘goal’ was enough to be seen as an advantage, not getting an outrageously good chance to score; I think’s that’s wrong.
An incident in the Everton v Burnley game yesterday - Richarlison clearly fouled just outside the penalty area. Ball fell to an Everton player, ref says "play on", but within about a second Burnley won it back. Ref didn't bring the play back - seemed very unfair to me.
CaptainDaveUK
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- Oct 18, 2010
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100% sure this is not how advantage works in football. Yes in rugby but not football. Pretty sure the ref can wait a few seconds to see if there is an advantage and then is supposed to call / indicate that he is playing advantage. They had a clear goal scoring opportunity, no way should that free kick have been given. Although if the free kick had been in the area, guess VAR would have intervened and given a penalty. Ridiculous the way the rules seem to be getting changed and misinterpreted this season.