[Albion] Was it a penalty?

[pb21]

Is making contact definitely a get out of jail card?

 

[beorhthelm]

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Yep. As per when we were all told by Howard Webb that this wasn't a penalty because he touched the ball first.
To be honest it was a clumsy challenge by Lamptey and I can see why it was given but they change the rules according to which team is appealing.

i wonder why we bother watching if the officials can make such shocking errors, then come out with such bollocks to excuse them.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Is this a direct quote from Howard Webb? As the head of the PGMOL, or whatever they’re called, he would know that touching the ball has nothing to do with the decision. If it is a direct quote no wonder refereeing is such a mess.

I may be confusing Webb and Gallagher on Ref Watch but here's what Webb said so judge for yourself. For me that one is a stone cold 100% penalty and I could not believe it wasn't given because Doku touched the ball.

 

[Commander]

Genuinely astonished that this isn’t absolutely unanimous. It’s a stonewall penalty.

The ‘but he played the ball’ brigade clearly don’t know the rules.

NSC would be in absolute uproar if we weren’t given a penalty for that.

 

[Commander]

Is making contact definitely a get out of jail card?

Is making contact definitely a get out of jail card?

Yes apparently you can kick the ball away cleanly and then take out an anti tank missile and blast the attacker to smithereens and say ‘I GOT THE BALL REF’ and fully expect him to wave play on.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Genuinely astonished that this isn’t absolutely unanimous. It’s a stonewall penalty.

The ‘but he played the ball’ brigade clearly don’t know the rules.

NSC would be in absolute uproar if we weren’t given a penalty for that.

This.

 

[briref]

Oh yeah
Ask biased Brighton fans.
Obviously they say no.

Ask the Arsenal they say yes

 

[Sea Cider]

Yeah I know but it's still going to feed a kvetchathon.

I've got alot of time for you usually SB, but you can bore off on this one!

We're allowed to admit we were poor and deserved to lose (universal on here tonight) whilst also debating / complaining about a clearly crap VAR decision (that happened at 0-0 need I remind you)!

 

[pb21]

I may be confusing Webb and Gallagher on Ref Watch but here's what Webb said so judge for yourself. For me that one is a stone cold 100% penalty and I could not believe it wasn't given because Doku touched the ball.

I think he's more saying var was right to not intervene in that case because Doku did make contact, rather than it wasn't a foul in his opinion. But then a similar approach should've been applied today

 

[Sea Cider]

Is making contact definitely a get out of jail card?

Unless a violent challenge, I would say 'yes' in 99% of penalty decisions in recent times

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Is making contact definitely a get out of jail card?

I would say 'no’.

 

[jessiejames]

When did the rules change to how much contact with the ball. TL clearly touches the ball first. Thats called a tackle. If you then make contact with the player so what.

If thats a penalty then football is gone forever. Might as well ban all tackles.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Yeah it was a pen. We’d be completely raging if it wasn’t given at the other end.

It never is and we always are

 

[Commander]

When did the rules change to how much contact with the ball. TL clearly touches the ball first. Thats called a tackle. If you then make contact with the player so what.

If thats a penalty then football is gone forever. Might as well ban all tackles.

I don’t think it’s ever changed has it? That has always been a penalty. If ‘football has gone forever’ then I guess you’ll never be watching it again?

Grow up FFS. It’s a clear penalty and we got battered 3-0 anyway.

 

[jessiejames]

Genuinely astonished that this isn’t absolutely unanimous. It’s a stonewall penalty.

The ‘but he played the ball’ brigade clearly don’t know the rules.

NSC would be in absolute uproar if we weren’t given a penalty for that.

So where in the rules does it say it dont matter about making contact with the ball.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Blatant pen.

If that was against us I'd want a pen. Poor defending, you can't dive in and take the man out like that.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

So where in the rules does it say it dont matter about making contact with the ball.

Where in the rules does it say it’s not a foul if you make contact with the ball?

 

[jessiejames]

I don’t think it’s ever changed has it? That has always been a penalty. If ‘football has gone forever’ then I guess you’ll never be watching it again?

Grow up FFS. It’s a clear penalty and we got battered 3-0 anyway.

Im not talking about the result. The title said was it a penalty. If youmake contact with the ball first that a fair tackle.

 

[Guinness Boy]

It’s a penalty. Silly clumsy tackle from the wrong side with a dangled leg. Gets a touch on the ball initially, but stops Jesus getting the second ball.

Pedro has won almost identical penalties for us this season.

However, the rest of the officiating in the first half was suspect as hell. Offsides missed, simple free kicks to us missed. Very, very poor.

 

[Sheebo]

Thing I don’t get is the Solly March one at Villa few years ago he got off as he touched ball. The rules changed? They confuse me.