Rotherham match thread

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Oh god, American spellings too. My boxes are getting ticked here.

American spellings?  Oh you mean apologize.

Apologize is the preferred spelling in American and Canadian English, and apologise is preferred in varieties of English from outside North America. This is the case despite the fact that apologize is the original form and was once standard even in British English (and is still used by some British publishers).

If a defender is hanging on to you as you break into the box and you've stayed on your feet, it's the defender's fault if he's stupid enough to keep hold. From the highlights, our defender clearly dragged him back further even after he went into the box. It's not a dive if you're clearly being fouled.

Quoted from Ruuger

American spellings?

Have a look.
I have to read hundreds of assessments at work and it does my head in when supposedly smart people can’t even spell correctly.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Have a look.
I have to read hundreds of assessments at work and it does my head in when supposedly smart people can’t even spell correctly.

I edited my post above, if you would like to look

Quoted from Ruuger

Well we are probably both too old and unfit to fight, so why not

I'm in my prime!!!! Lot of old buggers on here but I am not one of them

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Have a look.
I have to read hundreds of assessments at work and it does my head in when supposedly smart people can’t even spell correctly.

Oh I don't propose to be smart at all.  I am far from that.

Quoted from Hagrid

I'm in my prime!!!! Lot of old buggers on here but I am not one of them

Easy! I’ve add a +1 to my birthday tally today 😂

Quoted from Ruuger

I understand that the law is there, so Hagrid is correct and I apologize to him, however I do think that is a very strange law, for instance, how does a ref work out how far outside the box he should give a free kick or let the foul continue as opposed to letting the player who is being fouled run into the box, then give a pen.  Surely if it's a foul inside the penalty area, then it has to be a foul outside the area!

Playing the advantage is clearly in the laws of the game, their player was ahead of Cass running into the area so the Ref played the advantage, Cass kept on pulling their guy's shirt in the penalty area so the advantage changed to giving a penalty as he was dragged down.

Quoted from Ruuger

So by your reasoning, a player gets grabbed on the halfway line but runs into the penalty area and then falls down, it's a pen?  The foul occurred outside the box, therefore should have been a free kick.  You can't make your own rules up mate.

That's the law, if a foul *starts* outside the box but *continues* inside its a pen

Quoted from Lost in Lincoln

That's the law, if a foul *starts* outside the box but *continues* inside its a pen

I know that is what the law says, and I understand that but to me it's a strange one.  If it's a foul in the penalty area, then it is also a foul outside the penalty area, so in my humble opinion the first foul should be given.  Lets just say that Cass, I think it was him, started pulling the player back 10 yards outside the penalty area, does the ref blow for a foul then or does he let play go on with Cass still hanging onto the guys shoulder?  This then brings up the question, how far outside the box do you blow for a foul, and how close to the box do you let play go on?

Interested to see if anyone has a comment to make.