Is football becoming a non contact sport?
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:30 am
Although the unfortunate James McCarthy and before him Seamus Coleman may not agree, could it be argued that football is becoming more and more a non contact sport?
The "goal" scored by Zohore yesterday was a good example of this. Absolutely no way was that a foul by Big Ken - it was a fair, shoulder to shoulder challenge for a 50/50 ball where one player was just stronger than the other and won the ball cleanly, but as soon as the referee saw the weaker player fall over, he gave the "foul".
With apologies to Steve Zodiak,the ref continued this fussy approach throughout the whole game, mainly whenever a gust of wind blew over a Wednesday player but occasionally with one of our players also.
It seemed that whenever a physical challenge was made the free kick went to the player who fell over first!
The "goal" scored by Zohore yesterday was a good example of this. Absolutely no way was that a foul by Big Ken - it was a fair, shoulder to shoulder challenge for a 50/50 ball where one player was just stronger than the other and won the ball cleanly, but as soon as the referee saw the weaker player fall over, he gave the "foul".
With apologies to Steve Zodiak,the ref continued this fussy approach throughout the whole game, mainly whenever a gust of wind blew over a Wednesday player but occasionally with one of our players also.
It seemed that whenever a physical challenge was made the free kick went to the player who fell over first!