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Spain and Italy have confirmed they will use it as of next season.
It is a matter of time before England does the same. A sponsors dream. |
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The spray isn't new. As has been pointed out elsewhere it's been used in South America for years. I hope it's not being used in the World Cup only because it's being held in South America and that we'll see the spray being introduced here, although I haven't heard anything confirmng that.
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It should be made mandatory. It has made a huge difference in my view.
I can hardly recall a single yellow card resulting at free kicks this tournament. Well done FIFA. |
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Prima donna
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Gift that keeps on giving. (Not like footballers who should give their moneys to Afghan parents or something)
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I'm about good value at great prices? Weird question.
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If they use the spray at Gigg Lane it will just vanish in the sand
![]() Although it could be used pre-match by the groundsman who could put a circle round where Princess has pooped. |
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Brilliant!
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It should be made mandatory. It has made a huge difference in my view.
I can hardly recall a single yellow card resulting at free kicks this tournament. Well done FIFA. Its window dressing pure and simple. FIFA are pulling the wool over the eyes of the gullible by seeming to "do" something, when the real problem is poor refereeing. |
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It has made a huge difference. So they should be congratulated.
It isn't the reason for bashing them over refereeing, which has on the whole been very good. |
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I would hardly think FIFA should be congratulated, seeing as at almost every free kick the players have scuffed out the line and advanced on the ball before the kick was taken..
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Nonsense! I have watched every game and I haven't seen the wall moving at all.
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Rearringing the letters Tourista should give the word churlish.
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I also have watched every game, and have yet to see one where this didn't happen.
Stop it one second. Freekick taken, wall on the line. or this one at 15 seconds Were you watching the one Messi just took? |
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The line is pointless. I've seen the ref draw it and the players just stand where they like. Name an instance where anyone has been punished for encroaching. One player in the group games must have been five yards away when the kick was taken.
Poor refereeing is the problem. And the centre circle should stay. It's the corner quadrant that should go seeing as the ball doesn't need to be placed in it anymore judging by the amount of times the ball is placed barely kissing the imaginary plane of the line at ninety degrees to the pitch. |
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That was in the Ecuador v Switzerland game, where the Swiss rolled the ball sideways allowing the line to be breached.
Stop being ridiculous. |
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I must admit the idea of the ref using his spray to draw a knob or a pair of tits on the pitch was something that didn't occur to me.
With the spray, the centre circle is indeed obsolete. |
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The arc used for corner kicks might as well be abolished because no-one ever takes any notice of it. Players always put the ball outside of the arc for a corner right in front of the linesman who always just ignores it.
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Why get rid of something that is already there and does the job it's supposed to do in order to create more work for the referee?
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The arc used for corner kicks might as well be abolished because no-one ever takes any notice of it. Players always put the ball outside of the arc for a corner right in front of the linesman who always just ignores it.
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You were saying, about making the referees job more difficult?
Players will make the refs jobs as difficult as they can at every opportunity, of course. It's the same as goalkeepers coming off their line for penalties. It's illegal but it's just got to the point where the players know themselves that it happens so often nobody can be arsed to do anything about it any more.
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Is that the same arc you want to get rid of?
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The point about keepers coming off their line at penalties is a fair one though. I thought the Gekas penalty in the Costa Rica shootout was saved by a keeper about 4 yards off his line. Perhaps they should spray the goal line.
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Is that the same arc you want to get rid of?
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The point about keepers coming off their line at penalties is a fair one though. I thought the Gekas penalty in the Costa Rica shootout was saved by a keeper about 4 yards off his line. Perhaps they should spray the goal line.
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Players will make the refs jobs as difficult as they can at every opportunity, of course. It's the same as goalkeepers coming off their line for penalties. It's illegal but it's just got to the point where the players know themselves that it happens so often nobody can be arsed to do anything about it any more.