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A-League Mens 25/26 - Elimination Finals

Mr Cleansheets said:
Shirt tug though was definitely a penalty. Start policing it every time and it will rapidly stop.
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The game would go for four hours. It isn't going away anytime soon, holding is now part of the game. Show me a game in any league in the world that it doesn't happen all throughout the game.
 
If it wasnlt given 100% coulve lived with it. But once it's given, I reckon it needs to stand under the laws of the game
 
Sutherlandbear said:
The game would go for four hours. It isn't going away anytime soon, holding is now part of the game. Show me a game in any league in the world that it doesn't happen all throughout the game.
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So if people just started killing each other you'd shrug your shoulders and say: It's part of society now.

Referees have lost control of the game. If they properly policed the laws, then holding and shirt tugs would vanish overnight.

Beyond that, it's the inconsistent application of the laws that pisses me off. Every now and then you do see a penalty for holding or shirt pulls but not often enough to discourage defenders from taking the odds.
 
Mr Cleansheets said:
So if people just started killing each other you'd shrug your shoulders and say: It's part of society now.

Referees have lost control of the game. If they properly policed the laws, then holding and shirt tugs would vanish overnight.

Beyond that, it's the inconsistent application of the laws that pisses me off. Every now and then you do see a penalty for holding or shirt pulls but not often enough to discourage defenders from taking the odds.
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Your first sentence is actually happening all around the world as we speak.
 
tsf said:
All I am saying it wasn't clear and obvious error. Could've gone either way in real time.
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Come on mate. The ref awarded a penalty for contact that wasn't in the box. That is a clear and obvious error in itself not to mention the fact that it wasn't even a foul. Give up on this one.
 
erogenouszone said:
Santos one wasn't a pen. He made the most of it.
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Yellow cards for talking to the ref was reasonably enforced. If the memo goes out that there's zero tolerance then the culture can slowly change.

We need a culture of shirt grabbing and holding is in immediate yellow. I get there are instinctive movements in a challenge where it happens but you see it in Australian rules too where they use the shoulder the nudge the opponent away.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
The game would go for four hours. It isn't going away anytime soon, holding is now part of the game. Show me a game in any league in the world that it doesn't happen all throughout the game.
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It shouldn't be. It's blatant cheating. Clamp down on it with immediate yellows and watch Southern Europe have to learn how to defend again.
 
Also it’s not karma. I had no problem saying jets were robbed. Both horrendous decisions.
 
Lol.

Putting aside the decisions he's a pretty shit ref in general.
 

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