Werner Pichler wrote:
On 30.12.2024 10:36, Blueshirt wrote:
anders t wrote:
Quoting Blueshirt in rec.sport.soccer:
Goal-keepers get too much protection.
So, when Man United starts bullying keepers on corners,
then you'll be quite.
The refs give all goalkeepers too much protection... the
slightest touch and they call a foul. Football isn't a
non-contact sport.
On the other hand, it used to be that keepers could get away
with murder when punching out crosses especially inside their
six-yard-box, which has thankfully been reduced a lot by
changed refereeing standards and VAR.
All I want to see is consistency... one day day a shove in the
box can be penalised and on another day a similar shove could be
let go. Different referees seem to have different thresholds,
VAR has not really corrected that. It has helped, but it often
depends on what referee is doing the VAR.
Goalkeepers have always been given way too much protection at
corners from referees... they are not made of paper or going to
break from a nudge here or there when a ball is played in!
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