What would you have done?
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What would you have done?
You are moments away from going into a penalty shoot out for a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In the dying seconds the football goes past your goalkeeper and defender and is heading for a goal. You will be knocked out of the World Cup if this ball goes past you.
What would you have done?
What would you have done?
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This puts it all in prospective. I know what you mean Ryan. He has saved his team, and they could (but probably won't) win the whole thing. Would you rather be a cheat? Or a saviour?
I think Thierry Henry has answered that for us.
I would have tried to head it out. You probably won't stop it, but at least you tried and aren't a cheat. This makes Henry's handball look like Wimbledon in comparison to the World Cup.
I think Thierry Henry has answered that for us.
I would have tried to head it out. You probably won't stop it, but at least you tried and aren't a cheat. This makes Henry's handball look like Wimbledon in comparison to the World Cup.
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For the record, I don't think any thinking is involved at all. Everything so happens, for the totally honest players it will be a reflex action to make sure your hands don't go near it, for the slightly greasy players it will be a reflex action to handball it, even if you honestly wouldn't choose to do so if time was paused for you to make the decision. Crazy time for sure. It looked like Suarez was (at least temporarily) pretty upset with what he'd done.
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The overwhelming view is gonna be "cheating bastard" and he should never have done it at all costs. But this was an impulsive split second decision and if I was that player I would have done the same (please Jon don't lynch me). The thing is though, from the replay he could have just headed the ball clear, couldn't he?
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Well stopping the ball going in the goal is probably Suarez's natural reaction, so I would say my response doesn't fit into either category; thus my response is 'Other'.
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Congratulations must go to the referee for spotting it, my initial instinct was "Jaysus, how'd he not score." And then "That guy is a legend." Shortly followed by a foul-mouthed tirade.* And when Gyan missed, I was like a kid whose candy had been taken.
*This didn't happen. I know better. It's only a game.
*This didn't happen. I know better. It's only a game.
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It was definitely clear he could have headed it. But he would have had to have gotten to it first, which was no guarantee - handling it was.Ryan Taylor wrote:The overwhelming view is gonna be "cheating bastard" and he should never have done it at all costs. But this was an impulsive split second decision and if I was that player I would have done the same (please Jon don't lynch me). The thing is though, from the replay he could have just headed the ball clear, couldn't he?
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Yes, but my question is "what would you have done?" and this means in that situation. I don't think anybody in hindsight and with more than a second to think about it would choose to cheat and handball it but Suarez is now a shamed player for denying Ghana and Africa a place in the semi finals. I do feel a bit sorry for him.
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Now the questions; what if the referee hadn't given the penalty? What if Suarez scored the winning penalty?
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Yeah I also wondered how it had not gone in but then presumed there was a handball in there somewhere. I think it was the linesman who spotted it.Eoin Monaghan wrote:Congratulations must go to the referee for spotting it, my initial instinct was "Jaysus, how'd he not score." And then "That guy is a legend." Shortly followed by a foul-mouthed tirade.* And when Gyan missed, I was like a kid whose candy had been taken.
*This didn't happen. I know better. It's only a game.
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There should a fourth option here.
Killed Suarez
Killed Suarez
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Tbh, you're expecting a lot of people to try and genuinely work out how they would react in such an extreme situation.Ryan Taylor wrote:Yes, but my question is "what would you have done?" and this means in that situation. I don't think anybody in hindsight and with more than a second to think about it would choose to cheat and handball it
(heh, that's cool - I mean of people, you are expecting a lot, rather than you are expecting many people)
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Haha, no it's fine! I reckon it's a calculated risk though, even if it does happen in a split second. I don't believe for a moment that Suarez would have done the same thing in the opening minute of the match.Ryan Taylor wrote:The overwhelming view is gonna be "cheating bastard" and he should never have done it at all costs. But this was an impulsive split second decision and if I was that player I would have done the same (please Jon don't lynch me). The thing is though, from the replay he could have just headed the ball clear, couldn't he?
I did actually some proper stats-y sort of research on this, calculating which minute it becomes advantageous to commit the pro foul and take the red card for your team if you believe you're stopping a clear goal. The parameters were something like the current score, the probability of the chance being scored, and whether it was in or outside the box. I obviously can't remember the calculations though. Interesting though.
Also, it's funny how you're calling him a cheat and a disgraced player here, that hadn't really registered like that with me. He got the immediate punishment, which lets him off the hook to a large degree I reckon. Maradona and Henry got the cheat tag because they got away with it.
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No I wasn't calling him it, I was saying that is what majority of the audience will think, apart from Uruguay. If it was an Englishman we would probably be knighting him.Jon Corby wrote: Also, it's funny how you're calling him a cheat and a disgraced player here, that hadn't really registered like that with me. He got the immediate punishment, which lets him off the hook to a large degree I reckon. Maradona and Henry got the cheat tag because they got away with it.
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More or less the same thing happen in the last minute of the Island Games women's final in 2001. It was 4-4 in the last minute, the Faroe Islands player handled on the line, the Aland player missed the penalty, and Faroes won 5-4 in extra time. Am I the only person on this forum who saw it? (Yes, I thought I might be.)
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You wouldn't catch Barney putting his hand in front of the board just as Phil Taylor is about to beat him with a 170 outshot to win the world's best darts prize (or whatever shit it is).
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Yes, I think that's a safe bet!David Roe wrote:More or less the same thing happen in the last minute of the Island Games women's final in 2001. It was 4-4 in the last minute, the Faroe Islands player handled on the line, the Aland player missed the penalty, and Faroes won 5-4 in extra time. Am I the only person on this forum who saw it? (Yes, I thought I might be.)
How is it cheating any more than hacking down a player clean through on goal anyway? Would you be vilifying him for a last-ditch tackle he had no chance of making?
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Fair point Jon. I voted other, I reckon he could have headed it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBrFlDpQudYJon Corby wrote:Yes, I think that's a safe bet!David Roe wrote:More or less the same thing happen in the last minute of the Island Games women's final in 2001. It was 4-4 in the last minute, the Faroe Islands player handled on the line, the Aland player missed the penalty, and Faroes won 5-4 in extra time. Am I the only person on this forum who saw it? (Yes, I thought I might be.)
How is it cheating any more than hacking down a player clean through on goal anyway? Would you be vilifying him for a last-ditch tackle he had no chance of making?
IIRC, Solskjaer was lauded for taking one for the team at the time by MOTD, Sky Sports etc.
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I remember that Vidic, on his début for Man U, hacked downed a player (Vidic was last man back) in the dying minutes after the player had just got past him. Automatic red card, Vidic walks off smirking, gets a hearty handshake from Fergie and the rest of the team.
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Oops, missed an important word out of this post the first time around which changes it quite a bit! As any calculations I'd have done would have likely been bullshit.Jon Corby wrote:I did actually READ some proper stats-y sort of research on this, calculating which minute it becomes advantageous to commit the pro foul and take the red card for your team if you believe you're stopping a clear goal. The parameters were something like the current score, the probability of the chance being scored, and whether it was in or outside the box. I obviously can't remember the calculations though. Interesting though.
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That's a pretty ridiculous parameter to require, isnt it?Jon Corby wrote:the probability of the chance being scored
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Is it? I dunno, I'd need to know what Dmitry thought before I agreed. Anyway, that's not really important - the point is that I read something once.Charlie Reams wrote:That's a pretty ridiculous parameter to require, isnt it?Jon Corby wrote:the probability of the chance being scored
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Can anyone answer this question for me:
Why was everyone supporting Ghana?
Why was everyone supporting Ghana?
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
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I was initially supporting Ghana because they were my team in the Apterous World Cup, but then they were the underdogs instead.Matthew Green wrote:Why was everyone supporting Ghana?
Also racism.
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Cos of this:Matthew Green wrote:Can anyone answer this question for me:
Why was everyone supporting Ghana?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVomN8jlN8w
And because we're all patronising racists.
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I find it weird that by comparison in F1 Nelson Piquet Jnr was basically labelled the biggest cheat ever and is unlikely to drive in F1 again after he engineered a crash (involving just himself) in order to help his team-mate win.james doohan wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBrFlDpQudYJon Corby wrote:Yes, I think that's a safe bet!David Roe wrote:More or less the same thing happen in the last minute of the Island Games women's final in 2001. It was 4-4 in the last minute, the Faroe Islands player handled on the line, the Aland player missed the penalty, and Faroes won 5-4 in extra time. Am I the only person on this forum who saw it? (Yes, I thought I might be.)
How is it cheating any more than hacking down a player clean through on goal anyway? Would you be vilifying him for a last-ditch tackle he had no chance of making?
IIRC, Solskjaer was lauded for taking one for the team at the time by MOTD, Sky Sports etc.
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Many years ago, I remember a football Manager stating on television, that if the opposing team scored a goal which could have been prevented by a foul, he would have given his offending player hell after the match. Since then, I have known that most fouls are deliberate. The opinions expressed here about unthinking spur of the moment fouls are nonsense. These are professional footballers who need to win, not little boys kicking a ball in the street. Alf Ramsey called the Argentine players animals, because they did their best to cripple the English team. It is all part of the game.David O'Donnell wrote:I remember that Vidic, on his début for Man U, hacked downed a player (Vidic was last man back) in the dying minutes after the player had just got past him. Automatic red card, Vidic walks off smirking, gets a hearty handshake from Fergie and the rest of the team.
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I always thought that in certain circumstances the referee can actually award a goal even though the ball has not gone in if it would have been a certain goal stopped by a deliberate foul. That would be the fairest.
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Don't think so mate. I know I'm a bird, and therefore know diddly mcsquat about football (proved by having jubblies and lack of Y chromosome) but the only way to score is if all of the ball crosses all of the line when kicked by someone who wasn't offside. Unless you're Geoff Hurst, or come to that, Frank Lampard.
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Yeah. I remember a 'You Are the Ref' where the ball was stopped by the keeper's water bottle, and play had to be restarted with an indirect free kick (I think... certainly wasn't a case of the ref could just award a goal).Lesley Hines wrote:Don't think so mate. I know I'm a bird, and therefore know diddly mcsquat about football (proved by having jubblies and lack of Y chromosome) but the only way to score is if all of the ball crosses all of the line when kicked by someone who wasn't offside. Unless you're Geoff Hurst, or come to that, Frank Lampard.
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Michael Wallace wrote:Yeah. I remember a 'You Are the Ref' where the ball was stopped by the keeper's water bottle, and play had to be restarted with an indirect free kick (I think... certainly wasn't a case of the ref could just award a goal).
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John Bosley wrote:I always thought that in certain circumstances the referee can actually award a goal even though the ball has not gone in if it would have been a certain goal stopped by a deliberate foul. That would be the fairest.
Well it must be in hockey then!!
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John Bosley wrote:John Bosley wrote:I always thought that in certain circumstances the referee can actually award a goal even though the ball has not gone in if it would have been a certain goal stopped by a deliberate foul. That would be the fairest.
Well it must be in hockey then!!
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I forgot I had posted this picture then tried to remember why I had before realising - "bullhockey". I'm not very compatible with myself.Ryan Taylor wrote:John Bosley wrote:John Bosley wrote:I always thought that in certain circumstances the referee can actually award a goal even though the ball has not gone in if it would have been a certain goal stopped by a deliberate foul. That would be the fairest.
Well it must be in hockey then!!