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SinghDude said:
Look again.

Looks more like Young making contact.

Defender actually pulled out of the tackle.
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I watched the whole thing on MotD again. The defender definitely catches him - twice - but the way Young went down was appalling.
 
Randhir said:
I watched the whole thing on MotD again. The defender definitely catches him - twice - but the way Young went down was appalling.
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He is the league's leading penalty winner. (No jokes, saw the stats lying around somewhere, will see if I can dig them up again)
 
hawker said:
He is the league's leading penalty winner. (No jokes, saw the stats lying around somewhere, will see if I can dig them up again)
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Yeah, for the last two seasons though, not for just this season I think.
 
The problem I've got with "winning penalties" is players that drag their legs to force contact. If you plant a wooden pole in the penalty area and players comes running along, dabs the ball to the left of the pole, sticks his leg out to trip himself up on the pole and goes down. Is that a penalty?

If there is contact then its a penalty. I don't understand that. If the defender doesn't put a foot in ie makes an actual challenge on the attacking player how can he foul him.

Not really interested in a lengthy debate about the Young incident, just thought I'd add my 2 cents on penalties in general.
 
RexxGrim said:
The problem I've got with "winning penalties" is players that drag their legs to force contact. If you plant a wooden pole in the penalty area and players comes running along, dabs the ball to the left of the pole, sticks his leg out to trip himself up on the pole and goes down. Is that a penalty?

If there is contact then its a penalty. I don't understand that. If the defender doesn't put a foot in ie makes an actual challenge on the attacking player how can he foul him.

Not really interested in a lengthy debate about the Young incident, just thought I'd add my 2 cents on penalties in general.
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Check this out.
 
Randhir said:
Check this out.
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Haven't watched all of it, but will check it out later. It's clear that a lot of players look for that contact to "win" penalties. It's not a right or wrong situation for me. Part of football sure, just not a part that I like very much.
 
Randhir said:
Yeah that's pretty much what he says in it.
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Dive plain and simple, the defender stood his ground (didn't stick a foot out) and young falls over him, but then again look at Barca vs AC match, a mere touch or foot and the player rolls over and penalty...
 
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