Mind Numbing Decisions Given Or Ignored By A-League Refs

[Wombat]

Look like a penalty but glad it wasn't given. I preferred when if it was accidental then it wasn't a handball.

 

[turbo]

text book perth v methcarther 37th minute

Yep. We didnt have to wait long for a comparable example. Great consistency.

I preferred when if it was accidental then it wasn't a handball.

I dont remember when that was ever completely the case. Accidental is a problem because you can't read minds. Remember that game where Fox had a handball against him and it bounced up and hit his hand for a penalty? No wanderers anywhere near. That was before the recent changes and they supposedly would have stopped that one from being called..

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Yeah.....for most scenarios, the law tinkering of the last few years actually hasn't changed decision making as much as people think.

When the law simply said 'deliberately handles the ball', there was still a list of considerations, including position (ie natural/unnatural position).

Things like arm a little out from the side of the body were always a judgement call and were always a potential foul.

 

[pjennings]

Yep. We didnt have to wait long for a comparable example. Great consistency.


I dont remember when that was ever completely the case. Accidental is a problem because you can't read minds. Remember that game where Fox had a handball against him and it bounced up and hit his hand for a penalty? No wanderers anywhere near. That was before the recent changes and they supposedly would have stopped that one from being called..

I remember. Slater and Harper called for Matty to get a yellow in the middle of the field for what was borderline accidental. They said it was deliberate and a clear yellow. The rule at that stage was accidental nothing, deliberate a foul, yellow maybe if it was stopping an attack rather than controlling the ball

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I remember. Slater and Harper called for Matty to get a yellow in the middle of the field for what was borderline accidental. They said it was deliberate and a clear yellow. The rule at that stage was accidental nothing, deliberate a foul, yellow maybe if it was stopping an attack rather than controlling the ball

Haha, yep. So many people don't understand that 'deliberate'...even the clearly intentional ones....are still not an automatic yellow.

Player on the ground grabs the ball because he has the shits it wasn't a foul, or blatantly slaps the ball down that's going past him? Still only a yellow if it's stopping a promising attack, a failed attempt to stop a goal or an attempt to score a goal.

I remember one game, the ball was high and going out. So, rather than have to turn and chase the ball for 40 metres, he jumped up and grabbed it, but misjudged the line, so caught it on the field. The ball that was going straight out and about a metre in from the line. Easy free kick, nothing else.

You'd be amazed at how incensed the other team was that I didn't book him for it....I mean, FFS.....typical O/35 players

 

[turbo]

You'd be amazed at how incensed the other team was that I didn't book him for it....I mean, FFS.....typical O/35

He took a breather away from the old boys by not having to get the ball. Easy yellow for Unsporting behaviour

 

[true believer]

screaming penalty call in the 56th minute . no replay ! tards score at other end next 30 seconds .
the ffa is so corrupt . i have no doubt it's a pen their doing their best to ignore
now .

62 minute still no reply

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the turning point of the game and no replay .
no matter what it looks like tomorrow .
the ffa and paramount concealed at replay of the pivotal moment of the game .
this looks to be fraud