U17's - Have done us proud at Euro 2018

DUBLIN DOC wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: A lot of the argument on this should have died down when Corcoran came out himself and admitted he was in the wrong, I would have thought.     But the whole thing is he done exactly what you see every other keeper do instinctively in a peno situation in much higher profile games also, so why now ? Why him and why not the oppo keeper carded for his infringements

t_rAndy wrote: The 20 seconds of commentary  after the peno miss are very funny on reflection, King's a headcase "Wahay Jimmy saving penos" "Did he come off his line" "I don't care"

pre Madonna wrote: DUBLIN DOC wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: A lot of the argument on this should have died down when Corcoran came out himself and admitted he was in the wrong, I would have thought.     But the whole thing is he done exactly what you see every other keeper do instinctively in a peno situation in much higher profile games also, so why now ? Why him and why not the oppo keeper carded for his infringements He didn't, he made it far more obvious. Sure, other goalkeepers have got away with it in the past, but the fact he gave a warning to the Dutch lad should have made him extra vigilant.

But I am presuming that for every peno awarded in games the ref tells the keeper that he can not come forward but yet you see even worse forward movement from them in cases without any punishment, I am not disputing the rule here or the punishment for infringement but the application or lack of in games as a whole, will be very interesting going forward to see how many refs have the balls in the World Cup to do this against household names and major countries and forward on to the leagues in the new season

That would probably help the attacker, just slip it down either side.

He is allowed to move though,just as long as he stays on the line.

If you think last Monday was difficult to understand and comprehend wait until VAR and RUSSIA this will be absolutely MAD as to my knowledge WC referees are the only ones to really know when and how to use and perhaps I would think maybe even they don't know.

I was at a GAA referee course recently and the whole room was critical of decisions made at the highest level of the game. The co-ordinator of the course said "we can't control what other referee's do, all we can do is referee according to the rules of the game".

Imaging Germany v Spain in a World cup Quarter final, DeGea saves the last spot kick but a retake is ordered and a second yellow is produced. We all know it ain't happening. Rightly or Wrongly.

Gary McKay wrote: Here's a test for yis (apart from LoudandClear) ;   1. Name 3 times (or just one) during a game when you CANNOT be offside whilst standing in an offside position.