This is my first attempt at blogging from a smartphone, so it'll be brief and riddled with errors (probably) but here are 5 quick questionable that arise from yesterday's game.
1 - Does the professional foul rule need to be changed when a penalty is awarded? It seemed a bit ridiculous that the game ender after 10 minutes yesterday after the gentlest of tugs on Theo's shirt. A penalty and red card just seems a bit much for such offences. If it's outside the box, or a Suarez™ handball, maybe a red is needed, but i think decisions like that are unfair, and lead to boring matches. I actually felt for Wolves until Karl Henry came into the picture.
2 - Has Theo had a good season? 11 goals suggests yes, but poor elements in his all- round play means a positive answer can only be equivocal.
3 - Has Yossi done enough for a new deal? I say get him on a rolling one year deal.
4 - Who should be our first choice left back? Santos or Gibbs? I have to go with Santos. He's a Brazilian lateral. He actually plays the joga bonita. He's ace, which isn't to say Gibbs hasn't been impressive this year.
5 - In marks out of 10, how hilarious is spurs' collapse. (N.B. 11 is an acceptable answer).
What do you think? Have at it.
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I think that rule is fair enough in cases where someone has intentionally denied a goalscoring opportunity, but Bassong clearly didn't do that. It was an unfortunate coming together, because theo had to slow down to control the ball and Bassong couldn't slow down instantaneously. It was an unfortunate foul, but nonetheless a penalty.
If the guy purposefully grabbed theo and chucked him to the ground because he knew theo might score, the red card is fair enough - it's like handling the ball on the line to stop a goal - but in this case, a penalty was enough.
So I don't think the rule needs to be discarded, but it should be modified to allow for unintentional fouls. It's ok to concede an unfortunate penalty, but red cards should only be for intentional cheating or violence.
I think that rule is fair enough in cases where someone has intentionally denied a goalscoring opportunity, but Bassong clearly didn't do that. It was an unfortunate coming together, because theo had to slow down to control the ball and Bassong couldn't slow down instantaneously. It was an unfortunate foul, but nonetheless a penalty.
If the guy purposefully grabbed theo and chucked him to the ground because he knew theo might score, the red card is fair enough - it's like handling the ball on the line to stop a goal - but in this case, a penalty was enough.
So I don't think the rule needs to be discarded, but it should be modified to allow for unintentional fouls. It's ok to concede an unfortunate penalty, but red cards should only be for intentional cheating or violence.
In response to your 5th question I submit,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOxINqEJIdQ&feature=player_embedded
I always thought that it would make a game interesting to show the card after the penalty is taken, depending on things like the time of the foul during the match and how violent.
If the player misses the penalty, it's a red card, if he scores its a yellow.
This rule would make games more interesting as early sending offs spoil games.
Not only does the Wolves game come to mind, what would have happened if Jens Lehmann was shows a yellow card in the CHampions League Final (granted it wasnt a penalty, but eh, lets make a rule for that as well!)
Max
Santos is too easy on the ball and in the process tends to give away most ball that go unnoticed either because they go out of the field of play or mysteriouly land on an arsenal players foot. I'm just saying that we need a L.B with a cool head on his shoulder and not one that attacks 80% of the time thus forgeting his defensive duties and such leads to him being caught out of position countless times. ( he maybe a good backup perhaps?)
I havnt been convinced by Santos at all - he makes way too many mistakes and looks more like a builder. Reminds me of Oleg Luzney - the ukranian defender we had a few years back. Gibbs any day.
The rules seem way too soft regarding penalties and ruin games. Our game was bad but the Man Utd game was just out of order the other day. Young was offside, and he dived - unbelievable!
Santos is a woeful defender!!
he spends half the game on the floor after diving into tackles (and generally missing)..
granted he gives an option going forward but he is a liability at the back..
In every game he looks capable of gifting the opposition a goal
Actually if you look at the stats you notice santos is the top 5 in our team winning the one to one defending. Yeah he is slower the Gibbs, but before he got injured he look sharper...
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