wc day 9 :: all aboard the Strákarnir Okkar express

[Bone3421 716]

Back to back games where the Swiss get points due to VAR not being used. Shameful.

Missed first game on father's day...what was it

[hayden_horn 11365]

27 minutes ago, TheFlagship said:

The eagle symbol Xhaka and Shaqiri did after scoring represents the Albanian flag..both these guys families fled Albania/Kosovo from the Serbs during the Yugoslav War...Xhakas father was imprisoned for 3 years for protesting. It was personal for those guys.

this is a very cool story, bro. thanks for that.

[DanTheHorn 4966]

Well that just left everything as clear as mud. Was looking for a tie between Serbia and Switzerland.

[Napoleon 8700]

34 minutes ago, Bone3421 said:

If he made PK...not automatic in this CUP

Was most likely a penalty but also there is lots of grabbing on crosses and corners

I dont mind when they swallow the whistle a bit and let them settle it on field

PKs are never automatic, but we saw on the second day (I think) that if you tackle a player in the box, then that is a penalty. It should ALWAYS be a penalty. Why would you (1) Ignore a rule so that (2) there is LESS scoring? You call that shit and it stops happening.

There were TWO missed PKs that England should have been awarded. This is soccer, not rugby. If you want to prevent the other team from scoring, block out better and/or don't allow them to send crosses into the box.

I absolutely mind that they completely ignore the rule when enforcing the rule would make the sport more exciting AND more enjoyable to watch for both avid fans & casual fans alike. The refs that ignore this rule should be fined and/or barred from future games.

There was ONE GUY IN THE BOX and yet no ref saw him even possibly get tackled in a way that VAR should be consulted? I think that they actually awarded a free kick to Switzerland and that VAR review would have taken 1/5 of the time that it took the ref to explain why he didn't think it was a PK. Why would you choose to have NBA level refereeing?

[Bone3421 716]

I understand the gripe but thats all sports...i have seen my teams get screwed multiple times by officials and everyone says it shouldnt come down to one call if your better

Im not saying it wasnt a penalty but i can see why ref might have thought it was just battling for position...doesnt the defender have a right to the space also on the backend that the serbia player kept backing up into

[GabrielsHorn 2186]

1 hour ago, Bone3421 said:

1 hour ago, GabrielsHorn said:

Back to back games where the Swiss get points due to VAR not being used. Shameful.

Missed first game on father's day...what was it

Another hug from the Swiss. Should have been a penalty. 

e: Here's a video of the incident https://streamable.com/fp2fd

Edited June 22, 2018 by GabrielsHorn

[Bone3421 716]

Maybe its me but i didnt see anything that forced him down...legs didnt get tangled and yeah there was some body contact and a little grab but that happens

And looks like brasil player was exaggerating a bit...could have stepped thru and stayed on feet

If you are going to give pk in my opinion and games i have seen it needs to be very clear

[Cameltoe 114]

The Serb was bear-hugged by two Swiss defenders. It's a penalty.

[Bone3421 716]

I have said it was probably a penalty but understand how it was not called....^^^^

We have had 12 pk and we havent finished the 2nd round of matches...trying to find numbers but that seems really high

Like i said up top its the world cup let them play a bit and call the no doubters

[Napoleon 8700]

32 minutes ago, Bone3421 said:

Maybe its me but i didnt see anything that forced him down...legs didnt get tangled and yeah there was some body contact and a little grab but that happens

And looks like brasil player was exaggerating a bit...could have stepped thru and stayed on feet

If you are going to give pk in my opinion and games i have seen it needs to be very clear

I wouldn't have given Jesus a PK for that, but I would warn the defender that if his arms are ever around the opposition in the future, I will blow the whistle no matter where on the field it is AND give him a yellow card.

The Swiss Sandwich today was close to sexual assault.

Edited June 22, 2018 by Napoleon

[Cameltoe 114]

There is no place for grabbing your opponent, hugging him, taking him by the hips, grabbing jersey. All that is dirty, illegal play and should be called.

[Bone3421 716]

In principle sure but there is so much little cheap grabs and flops it just wouldnt work really

We have also complained about floppers and that still goes all the time

[Deej 76923]

I'm neutral on the Swiss no-calls.

[Bone3421 716]

And best i can find is that 2006 was most cautioned tournament and had 28 send offs .... Still cant find PK not in shoot outs

[skipperj 377]

7 minutes ago, Cameltoe said:

There is no place for grabbing your opponent, hugging him, taking him by the hips, grabbing jersey. All that is dirty, illegal play and should be called.

#metoo rears it's head in soccer.

[Bone3421 716]

Ok i found it...most pk in one tournament is 18

2018 is already at 12 at a little over halfway thru second round of group play....like i said before lets see the best players in the world play a little and call the ones that deserve it

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

The Swiss sandwich was most definitely a penalty.

[Napoleon 8700]

30 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

The Swiss sandwich was most definitely a penalty.

[elfenix 34332]

4 hours ago, Bone3421 said:

I dont mind when they swallow the whistle a bit and let them settle it on field

that's bullshit.  happens in the NFL and NBA playoffs every year and (i imagine) the WC final every 4 years.  you play an entire regular season (or grueling qualifying process) with the rules as the rules, but then you get to the playoffs and suddenly the rules change to allow cheating.  why the fuck should that happen?  "well, the better team blah blah ..." better team under what rule set?  

[Firemans4Horn 18123]

Seems like there are a lot of people that watch soccer every 4 years that through the benefit of video replay (and VAR) want every niggle in the box and every inch offsides call to be immediately rectified via technology;

and there is another camp that says the ref needs to make the call on the field and unless it is absolutely egregious let the game go on. I find myself in camp 2. And I’ve found some of the VAR awarded penalties to be very weak. 

[Bone3421 716]

Thats sports...no calls are better than lots of calls imo

Keep control of the game and call what needs to be called

[Napoleon 8700]

2 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Seems like there are a lot of people that watch soccer every 4 years that through the benefit of video replay (and VAR) want every niggle in the box and every inch offsides call to be immediately rectified via technology;

and there is another camp that says the ref needs to make the call on the field and unless it is absolutely egregious let the game go on. I find myself in camp 2. And I’ve found some of the VAR awarded penalties to be very weak. 

There are also people who watch soccer several times a week for years and see a two many tackle of a striker trying to head a cross into the goal and think:

"Holy fucking shit! We now have VAR! If you're too fucking retarded to see the tackle in the first place, at least consult the video review so that an obvious foul to prevent the score was made and figure out which tackling player deserves the red card."

After watching European matches in the afternoon and South American matches in the evenings and then having the TV on all day Saturdays & Sundays for about 10+ months out of the year for most of my 7+ years in Argentina, I fall into the "USE THE FUCKING TECHNOLOGY YOU BLIND PIECE OF SHIT!" camp.