Saturday/Wednesday's Euro Qualifier thread

[figos]

Ronaldo's fantastic goal disallowed by the English Referee.

Here

[Liam]

That England game was awful, fucking horrible. Guess it wasn't Sven after all, it was actually the England side! Shock! Lamps neds to be dropped along with Downing. But then who plays? Gerrard is out. So, SWP on the right and then... Bridge on the left? King in the middle holding role? I dunno, but Lamps needs a kicking up the bum.

Not wanting to be a Lampard or Downing apologist, but the whole midfield was pretty poor, but people seem to be giving Gerrard a pass just because he hit the bar. On the whole, we made too few chances, and there was little ball retention in the midfield by all four men.

[The Kraig]

Ronaldo's fantastic goal disallowed by the English Referee.

Here

[Guest muddatrucker]

Looked like a Deco handball to me.

[figos]

But I've never seen you complain when an English referee awards a free kick/penalty to him.

[Liam]

He wins freekicks all the time for his diving, what are you on about?

Oh, and I agree with Mudda, Deco handballed it.

[therockbox]

But I've never seen you complain when an English referee awards a free kick/penalty to him.

I give credit to you because I've never seen that sort of thing happening (Y)

[figos]

Oh come on, He hit the ball with the right side of his chest.

[Liam]

He hit the ball with his shoulder, which is handball.

[figos]

Another Example of Ronaldo's Brilliance

[The Kraig]

I think the comment of 'Sporting are the best gay club in Portugal' pretty much hit the nail on the head. And those awful strips. I'm not sure why, but I seem to have a natural hatred for them. (¬_¬)

And I thought the shoulder was not hand ball, people use their shoulders all the time. They're also used extensively in tricks. The referee could still interpret it as a handball if he didn't see it clearly.

And since we're posting random links to 'brilliance', let's watch some real brilliance (note: Celtic fans may not find it as brilliant): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51IzMuTlpg. It's amazing how he wasn't called up to the German squad more often, but I suppose it just emphasizes how good the Germans were at that point (Euro96 winners).

More random: I actually have a £2 coin commemorating Euro96. This was when a £2 was like 'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!'.

[Liam]

The shoulder is technically a handball. The only time you see it used in tricks is outside of matches.

Handball pretty much just incorporates any part of the arm, which I guess the shoulder falls into.

[Number of the Breast]

Thanks for reminding me how much I miss Albertz, Kraig

[The Kraig]

The shoulder is technically a handball. The only time you see it used in tricks is outside of matches.

Handball pretty much just incorporates any part of the arm, which I guess the shoulder falls into.

[Liam]

The shoulder is technically a handball. The only time you see it used in tricks is outside of matches.

Handball pretty much just incorporates any part of the arm, which I guess the shoulder falls into.

Collarbone's ok though, right?!

Collarbone goes more towards the chest and isn't really anything to do with the physical part of the arm, so yeah, probably.

Shoulder's generally always get done for handball.

I'd need to find the rules somewhere to make sure >_>

EDIT: I also think they tend to be given more for hitting the "front" of the shoulder, rather than on top of it, but meh.

Edited October 10, 2006 by liamwannabe

[The Kraig]

The shoulder is technically a handball. The only time you see it used in tricks is outside of matches.

Handball pretty much just incorporates any part of the arm, which I guess the shoulder falls into.

Collarbone's ok though, right?!

[Liam]

The shoulder is technically a handball. The only time you see it used in tricks is outside of matches.

Handball pretty much just incorporates any part of the arm, which I guess the shoulder falls into.

Collarbone's ok though, right?!

Collarbone goes more towards the chest and isn't really anything to do with the physical part of the arm, so yeah, probably.

Shoulder's generally always get done for handball.

I'd need to find the rules somewhere to make sure >_>

EDIT: I also think they tend to be given more for hitting the "front" of the shoulder, rather than on top of it, but meh.

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesAndRegulat...ALawsOfTheGame/.

Very interesting. I also noticed a lot of pitch-side signs advertising for football refereeing recently. One of you needs to become a referee and end all disputes here. (¬_¬)

Unless I'm reading it wrong, it doesn't specify, it just goes on about "handling" the ball.

Arms should be OK!

[figos]

Real Brilliance - Lois Saha

[therockbox]

Another dire (and that's not even close to describing it) performance from England so far, and I don't see it getting any better in the second half. The fact that there was no added time at the end of the half sums it up, really. Terrible.

[Lineker]

Rioting fans :blink:

Anywho, we're playing shit.