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Old 05-07-2014, 07:40
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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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Old 05-07-2014, 08:15
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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.
It's going to be used in the Champions League next season.
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Old 05-07-2014, 08:41
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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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Old 05-07-2014, 10:39
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Prima donna

unless we're talking about the early days of a pop diva
'pre-Madonna?'

Are you for real?
Gift that keeps on giving. (Not like footballers who should give their moneys to Afghan parents or something)
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Old 05-07-2014, 11:37
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Gift that keeps on giving. (Not like footballers who should give their moneys to Afghan parents or something)
What are you about?
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Old 05-07-2014, 12:24
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I'm about good value at great prices? Weird question.
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Old 05-07-2014, 13:02
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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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Old 05-07-2014, 14:06
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Brilliant!
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Old 05-07-2014, 14:44
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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.
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.

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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Old 05-07-2014, 15:52
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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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Old 05-07-2014, 16:03
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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..
Nonsense! I have watched every game and I haven't seen the wall moving at all.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:06
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Nonsense! I have watched every game and I haven't seen the wall moving at all.
I also have watched every game, and have yet to see one where this didn't happen.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:27
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Rearringing the letters Tourista should give the word churlish.
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Old 05-07-2014, 17:30
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I also have watched every game, and have yet to see one where this didn't happen.
You are seeing things!
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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Old 05-07-2014, 18:10
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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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Old 05-07-2014, 18:51
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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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Old 06-07-2014, 11:20
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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.
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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Old 06-07-2014, 11:22
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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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Old 06-07-2014, 11:25
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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?
I am joking, essentially.
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Old 06-07-2014, 11:26
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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.
You were saying, about making the referees job more difficult?
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Old 06-07-2014, 11:34
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You were saying, about making the referees job more difficult?
Just tell them to put the damn thing inside the arc. 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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Old 06-07-2014, 11:41
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Is that the same arc you want to get rid of?
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Old 06-07-2014, 11:43
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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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Old 06-07-2014, 11:49
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Is that the same arc you want to get rid of?
No, I want to see it kept but actually be used properly. I said flippantly that it gets ignored so often they might as well get rid of it or it might as well not be there.
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Old 06-07-2014, 11:54
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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.
It's happened in loads of penalty shootouts. Jerzy Dudek was a mile off his line for the penalties he saved in 2005 CL final shootout, for example, but nobody ever mentioned it. The attitude of commentators is as apathetic as the attitude of refs towards it. Normally a replay will shown of goalie basically on the six yard line whilst saving a penalty, and they'll just say "oh, he was a bit off his line, there" and have a laugh and giggle to each about it, as if the keeper is just being a bit "cheeky". Er, no, he is BREAKING THE RULES!
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