Match Day Thread Reading v Hull City

Yes I saw that - still not convinced it should have stood

 

Another rule that is confusing
I thought it was against the rules to stutter your run up at a penalty but refs seem to allow it now
Havertz penalty on saturday was a blatant example

 

As the late, great Bill Nicholson said when his players complained about an offside decision saying he wasn’t interfering with play - “If he’s not interfering with play what is he doing on the pitch?”

 

should the goalkeeper at the other end stay on the pitch?

 

You can’t stop or pretend to kick it. As long as you keep moving you can stutter the pace of the approach.

 

I thought so too - I remember Eze doing a staggered run up to score a penalty against us for the dramas - but the ref let that go

 

Havertz stopped but it was allowed
I would think stuttering would mean keep moving but changing pace

 

That was Oliver. Supposedly one of the better ones . A joke.

 

Is the west stand upper still closed?
with the spaces around the away fans you would think the rest of the ground would look packed but it doesnt seem to be
there always seems to be plenty of empty seats in the west stand near the dug outs

 

They talk about the arm being within the silhouette of the body as to whether its handball in those situations nowadays. And if you have had chance to move it out of the way.

 

This. 100%.
I'd love for it to happen. Can't understand why it hasn't happened. What goes on makes a total mockery of such as 'respect', anti-abuse, etc campaigns.

 

by trying to be more logical it gets more and more complicated

 

I wouldn't say it was complex. Just that it requires a degree of interpretation and we're not going to ever remove that from refereeing entirely. VAR or no VAR.

 

It obviously should have been a pen, but watching live I didn’t notice/didn’t recall until just watching back the highlights, no other city player appealed and Malcolm’s appeal was only a half hearted ‘trying it on’ type appeal. If it was that clear and blatant our whole team would have been going nuts at the time.

We got away with one in similar fashion against Burnsley midweek.

The worst decision the ref made was at the end blowing up for Carroll on the floor, and then failing to book him after it was clear he was abusing the rules.

 

Can we see the goals scored stats?

 

According to FotMob we’re 7th and Who Scored has us in 20th.