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When you are stood in a wall to defend a free kick, the likelyhood is that the ball may strike you (thats the general idea).
That’s not an excuse to turn away and raise your arms…..take it for the team and leave the handling of the ball to Ali Habsi!!!
:angry:Have you got hawk vision or something?
Or did you pay extra for a seat on the edge of the box?
I’ll wait til I’ve seen it back before I shoot myself in the foot…
When you are stood in a wall to defend a free kick, the likelyhood is that the ball may strike you (thats the general idea).
That’s not an excuse to turn away and raise your arms…..take it for the team and leave the handling of the ball to Ali Habsi!!!
:angry:is that what you tell yourself when Richard the bastard got you in the corner of your cell
Who did hand ball it by the way .no blame intended ,most of the time nothing would have been given.James McCarthy was the culprit and it was a stonewall penalty. He lifted his arms above his head and to the side, almost punching the ball away. He wasn’t the only one at fault though. Whoever was stood to the left of him seemed to leap out of the way of the ball. I’m not usually overly critical, but it was a really poorly defended set piece.
Who did hand ball it by the way .no blame intended ,most of the time nothing would have been given.
James McCarthy was the culprit and it was a stonewall penalty. He lifted his arms above his head and to the side, almost punching the ball away. He wasn’t the only one at fault though. Whoever was stood to the left of him seemed to leap out of the way of the ball. I’m not usually overly critical, but it was a really poorly defended set piece.[/quote]
it gets worse, sat in the East stand, I specifically saw the ref gesture with his arms to the wall BEFORE the kick was taken (i.e. what to do / not to do re. defending of free-kick).
you’d think we would be aware of Sunderland’s expertise from free-kicks (Larsson ability re. cross /shot; Gardner’s re. shot (last year!) and yet in the first 16 mins, we’d already conceded 3 (2 to the left, 1 central, resulting in goal – when we ever learn ???
Boyce at fault for calamitous challenge (after Stam slip) resulting in free-kick (to penalty). Cost us a few now ….
Keep shooting ourselves in the foot !
Men against boys for 30 mins in 1st half today (quality of Fletcher, Larsson, Johnson, Gardner against …).
Only positive, Henriquez on the goal-sheet
PL: 10 mins – 1 goal (Mario Bosselli: 3 years – PL – Zero).
Who did hand ball it by the way .no blame intended ,most of the time nothing would have been given.
James McCarthy was the culprit and it was a stonewall penalty. He lifted his arms above his head and to the side, almost punching the ball away. He wasn’t the only one at fault though. Whoever was stood to the left of him seemed to leap out of the way of the ball. I’m not usually overly critical, but it was a really poorly defended set piece.[/quote]
it gets worse, sat in the East stand, I specifically saw the ref gesture with his arms to the wall BEFORE the kick was taken (i.e. what to do / not to do re. defending of free-kick).
you’d think we would be aware of Sunderland’s expertise from free-kicks (Larsson ability re. cross /shot; Gardner’s re. shot (last year!) and yet in the first 16 mins, we’d already conceded 3 (2 to the left, 1 central, resulting in goal – when we ever learn ???
Boyce at fault for calamitous challenge (after Stam slip) resulting in free-kick (to penalty). Cost us a few now ….
Keep shooting ourselves in the foot !
Men against boys for 30 mins in 1st half today (quality of Fletcher, Larsson, Johnson, Gardner against …).
Only positive, Henriquez on the goal-sheet
PL: 10 mins – 1 goal (Mario Bosselli: 3 years – PL – Zero)[/quote]
There is some truth to your point there so no need to go stretching it ;)
I thought it was someone who had there arms high in the air which looked a moment of stupidness rather than trying to protect themselves.
But I shall await for an official analysis by the three wise men on MOTD before I try to consolidate my opinion of individual incidents on here.
When you are stood in a wall to defend a free kick, the likelyhood is that the ball may strike you (thats the general idea).
That’s not an excuse to turn away and raise your arms…..take it for the team and leave the handling of the ball to Ali Habsi!!!
:angry:Having watched it back on motd it did look like he was trying to protect his face the big puff :oops:
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