Whitey Grandad

Bloody stupid idea. Sit at home on January weekends staring out of the window and twiddling your thumbs. Then have games frozen off in February and March. I can't see how the TV companies could support it. If it went ahead I would cancel my subscriptions and get back to my jigsaws.

No, that would be the referee.

Agreed. When I was refereeing local Sunday games I had more trouble from some ex-professional than I ever did from 'normal' lads. And please don't get me started on parents. They think that abusing the ref is all part of the fun.

Not really. Why concentrate on just the feet? Anyway, I prefer the way offside used to be 50 years ago. Off side and it's an offence. Plain and simple.

He could have gone in the direction that he was being pulled. Suppose he had not been tugged?

"Part of the body has been deemed offside" ??? Er... them's the Laws. If you don't like them then go and play something else. The referees and their assistants are schooled and drilled in every aspect of the Laws. If the supporters don't understand them then it's not the fault of the officials.

It’s not just headers. Most of our shots seem to be at a catchable height too. That’s usually caused by lifting the head at the moment of striking and not focusing on the ball.

Was that the average fee or the fee for an average player? These figures can get skewed by the extreme high prices for a few. Whatever, we all get skewed.

Would you pay that much to buy him?

Tug of war Tennis

But it's not West Ham's stadium, is it?

Build-up boots. There's your answer.

This is why you see a lot of what appears to be short-tugging. The defender watches the ball but also gets a grip on the attacker's shirt so that he can feel which way the player is going to move. Sometimes they forget to let go and give away a foul.

If we do all that then loving MP will follow. Can’t see it myself.

Six of one and a half dozen of the other from what I’ve read. Be thankful he didn’t concede a penalty.

Fair enough. I’ve been away a lot and missed quite a few games this season. So he is still chasing rabbits then.

They are in East London

Get over it. Just one incident in hundreds. Worry more about all the scuffed chances, feeble headers and shots blasted over the bar. Decisions over penalties given or not given for or against would be just as significant and there have been a lot more of those. It’s called football.

That could just as easily have gone in off his unmarked head. No point worrying about one incident in a season that’s full of them.

Exactly this. He has improved. Last season he went chasing after everything instead of sticking to his man. Now he tries to hang on to him but still gets beaten.

For a moment I read that as “grow a pair”

Then he needs to wise up a lot. There are ways to block a run which, whilst not actually illegal, are pushing the laws a stretch. Grabbing hold of a shirt is likely to concede a penalty.

But only for an infinitesimally short period of time. So short that it can be ignored.

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