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But it never used to be an issue. Why has it crept in? If Beckles gave away a penalty and then another one next game I would suspect he would be told to stop it. Maybe we should agree to disagree.

All of them. Warn them and then follow it through. I don’t think it’s overly complex. As soon as they start to enforce the rules the fouls will stop. It’s ridiculous that if it’s out of the box you only have to touch a player and if he goes down it’s a foul yet you can get a guy in a headlock in th...

It’s very simple. You penalise the first foul. The rest don’t matter. It would stop very quickly. I don’t agree it’s complicated. It really isn’t.

Top of the JES wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 10:58 am If players are seen holding, pulling or pushing before the corner is taken then sin bin them for 60 seconds and make them sit out the corner. Attacker or defender.

Beckles has gotten away with murder in the play off games.....so far.

Why are we introducing sin bins? It’s a penalty.

OK. Which foul does he penalise? There are likely to be multiple fouls occurring at the same time by players from both sides All of them. Warn them and then follow it through. I don’t think it’s overly complex. As soon as they start to enforce the rules the fouls will stop. It’s ridiculous that if ...

George Courtney will be turning in his grave…

Scratch that he’s still with us!

You imply that is only the defending team who are guilty of all the nonsense that goes on at a corner but the attacking team are often just as bad Sure both sides do it, but if they penalise the defenders it’s a penalty. That’s the deterrent and it will very quickly stop. My point is you don’t need...

Celtient wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 10:21 am Even if its the forward doing the fouling? Seems harsh

I don’t see how you can claim to be defending when you’re not even watching the ball. Rules are there. Enforce them. Just weak refereeing.

The pushing, pulling, blocking off, throwing players to the ground etc at corner kicks has just gotten ridiculous at all levels of the game. Impossible to referee really. I seriously think something radical needs to be done. Maybe limiting the amount of players allowed in the box when the kick is t...

Thought the referee was awful last night, the "tackle" on Clare by Moxon was disgraceful. Mind you Beckles and co will have to cut out the wrestling at corners in the final - VAR is in operation. I know all teams do it but with our luck we will get pinged for it. It amazes me they get awa...

Ten days to get him fit. Him and Brown must be in a similar situation. Hopefully they can both make it. We are a better team with them in it. That said TJ was class when he came on.

Absolute homer. The amount of pushes and pulls that he let them get away with, only to blow up for us, was ridiculous. There was definitely an attempt to undo the wrong of the previous game. But I’ve just watched the highlights back and seen the foul by Moxon on Clare. Holy f*ck. The fact a foul is...

I would like to say I enjoyed that but I am really not sure I did…

Come on Josh!

Bloody hell, this is excruciating.

3am kick off over here in Western Australia. For someone who needs as much beauty sleep as they can get that’s not great.

RW has gone with his best team.

Come on Orient

All eleven back, players on posts. Maybe zonal marking might work better. Maybe…

We played all three centre backs on Saturday and still got done so we have to adjust tactically and keep them out of our box. At each set piece, it was 4 v 4 - REG and Clare got done. Beckles didn't get done. Cooper didn't get done. Correct. My point was we played three central defenders and still ...

----------Keeley REG Cooper Beckles Currie -----Galbraith Clare Agyei Donley Williams -------Kelman Assuming Brown is still out, of course. Cooper has to start because of his aerial presence (at both ends of the pitch) Wouldn’t argue too much against that side, but prefer Galbraith at RB if Brown i...

Currie has to start. We are a much better side with him in it.

The Bluetones

aylesburyos wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 9:20 am The referee of course missed a blatant penalty on CK

Not sure he missed it, just didn’t want to give us another one.