One Good Thing To See In Euro 2008....

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:47 am

No players swarming all round the Referee when he makes a decision!!!! :grin:

Even after last nights 50/50 penalty Decesion the Players just took his decision....(fair enough I know someone got booked for having a word etc)....but in the Games I've seen there hasn't been any disgraceful scenes!!!! :grin:

Just remembered....the likes of Rooney, Ferdinand, Terry etc etc aren't over there are they....silly me?!?! confised

yloop · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:51 am

One thing I have noticed is that only Howard Webb has had the bottle to give a penalty for shirt pulling/jostling in the box. All of the foreign referee's have either let it go or made the free kicks/corners be retaken. The only way they'll learn is if you let them do it then give the penalty.

Not liking the amount of diving and playacting going on though, saw a quote this week somewhere (might have even been on here) when a rugby referee sent off a player for dissent and told him "this is NOT football, off!"

the refs need to get tougher refred

Boshpoolie · **Joined:** Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:03 pm **Posts:** 82

I havent saw the penalty decision, but if it is for shirt pulling/jostling im pleased Howard Webb gave it.

At the start of the tournament the referees were coached on a few different areas, one of them was to be alot more harsh against defenders who pull shirts/jostle in the box.

However what is in this mornings papers? That Webb has come under fire for giving the penatly. If he is one of the few with the balls to do what is actually asked of him, wtf ?!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:23 am

Boshpoolie wrote:

I havent saw the penalty decision, but if it is for shirt pulling/jostling im pleased Howard Webb gave it.

Shirt pulling?? He practically undressed the guy!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:55 pm

it was definete penalty but most Refs wouldn't have gave it under them circumstances so I applaud the English referee!!!! clappp

i can't understand why an English ref is there like....I thought only Refs from competing nations are there at Tournaments!!!! confised

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:10 pm

His name is really Heinrich Webber and he'll be in charge of the final, Portugal v Germany and guess who'll win on penalties?? :evil:

I still can't bring meself to say 'penalty shoot out,' 'cos we all know where that sort of so-cher speak will take us...... :roll:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:19 pm

Here's a video (2nd one down) of the penner incident followed by a close up of the shirt pull.

http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/e ... -12-2.html

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:33 pm

It was a penalty - even Lawro, who is pretty shit, explained it perfectly: "if you don't want a penalty given against you, you shouldn't be pulling shirts in the first place."

NortonJohn · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:17 pm **Posts:** 213

To be fair, UEFA have come out and said that it was definate pen and questioned what all the fuss was about!!!

One Good Thing To See In Euro 2008....

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