Because someone was late by 14 seconds, its such a travesty if they let it pass that we may as well abolish all the rules in the world?But then deadlines are really meaningless...
Because someone was late by 14 seconds, its such a travesty if they let it pass that we may as well abolish all the rules in the world?But then deadlines are really meaningless...
Exactly, its like when I'm driving the last bus of the night, I always make sure I close the doors at exactly the right time. I don't care if I see you running for the bus and its the last one of the day, you should have been on time for the bus.Rules are rules. You can't break them and expect the authorities to be okay with that
He's 28As I said, common sense. If they left it so late on purpose in order to knock down the price, fair enough but send the player back to his parent club. In this case they were late because the team that bought the previous player were very late with the bid and they had to act in the last seconds of transfer window. And it was still by just a few seconds. You are not setting any precedent at all, you are just applying logic and what other clubs will know is not that you can be the evil ones and break the rules but that there is at least an ounce of sense in the governing bodies.
What you have instead is a talented young player unable to play competitive football for half a season.
Amazing word, thank you!I doubt he's very lachrymose about it these days.
Unfortunately, it's like for everything. School adminission, RFP response, whatever, a deadline is a deadline.Because someone was late by 14 seconds, its such a travesty if they let it pass that we may as well abolish all the rules in the world?
... as opposed to applying rules NOT as they are?Yes! Never use brain or common sense, just apply the rules EXACTLY as they are and let them suffer. People who are late should IMO be killed and there is no difference what they are late for and by how much.
Could have refused to sell drinkwaterAs I said, common sense. If they left it so late on purpose in order to knock down the price, fair enough but send the player back to his parent club. In this case they were late because the team that bought the previous player were very late with the bid and they had to act in the last seconds of transfer window. And it was still by just a few seconds. You are not setting any precedent at all, you are just applying logic and what other clubs will know is not that you can be the evil ones and break the rules but that there is at least an ounce of sense in the governing bodies.
What you have instead is a talented young player unable to play competitive football for half a season.
Agreed.I really don't understand this. Either a transfer has happened or it hasn't. If it's happened then he should play for Leicester and if it hasn't he should be playing for Sporting. How the feck does this end up in a situation where the transfer has happened and yet the player cant play?
Technically clubless players can still be signed. I have no idea whether you can re-sign your own players though.Could they theoretically release him and resign him as a free agent?
No, as opposed to using logical thinking.... as opposed to applying rules NOT as they are?
But then someone else would be allowed to sign a player several days after transfer window closed.A solution would be to authorise a loan to a club abroad. Player gets to play football and Leicester don't get their player for 6 months.
This.Just have Leicester pay a big fine, give the money to charity or youth football and push it through. Leicester pay a price for fecking up so you don't create too dangerous a precedent and the player isn't hurt.
I'm guessing FIFA think they have done?No, as opposed to using logical thinking.
Naturally! If you remove the human component and add in automatic robotic doors with sensors then the bus doors will be closed. It doesn't matter if you were centimetres or hundreds of kilometres awayExactly, its like when I'm driving the last bus of the night, I always make sure I close the doors at exactly the right time. I don't care if I see you running for the bus and its the last one of the day, you should have been on time for the bus.
Whoa easy there champ! It's not a life or death situation. It's a fecking sport. In any case, look at it this way. The rules have been set to facilitate a process. Not to punish people. It's people who disappoint themselves.Yes! Never use brain or common sense, just apply the rules EXACTLY as they are and let them suffer. People who are late should IMO be killed and there is no difference what they are late for and by how much.
Again, humans are not brainless idiots or machines and should be able to apply sense. If they fail to do that it's a big worry. I am very much against turning football into bureaucratic swamp at the expense of actual people who play it but I guess each to their own.Naturally! If you remove the human component and add in automatic robotic doors with sensors then the bus doors will be closed. It doesn't matter if you were centimetres or hundreds of kilometres away
Whoa easy there champ! It's not a life or death situation. It's a fecking sport. In any case, look at it this way. The rules have been set to facilitate a process. Not to punish people. It's people who disappoint themselves.
What's absurd here is A.Silva is in a purgatory of sorts. It's neither his fault, nor Fifa's or whoever is the legislative body here. Sporting's side have already confirmed that the transfer is over with. So it's Leicester's responsibility that they couldn't get the paperwork done within time.
It was because of snow.Didn't Arsenal get the deadline extended by several hours/days in order to push through Arshavin?
More like you play a CL semifinal and batter opposition but lose 2-1 away from home and then keep battering them at home and eventually score a stoppage time winner but then it turns out it was 0.1mm offside because your striker has long hair so the RedCafe rangers come and shout RULES ARE RULES!!!!!!!!! IT DOESNT MATTER IF ITS TEN METERS OR 1 TENTH OF A MILIMETER!!!! so you get knocked out.It's like CL away goal rule, every one knows the rule, but if your team goes out due to away goal you moan about it.
This sounds way too sensible.Just have Leicester pay a big fine, give the money to charity or youth football and push it through. Leicester pay a price for fecking up so you don't create too dangerous a precedent and the player isn't hurt.
Think the player registration to make him eligible to play for the club and the transfer process are 2 independent things.I really don't understand this. Either a transfer has happened or it hasn't. If it's happened then he should play for Leicester and if it hasn't he should be playing for Sporting. How the feck does this end up in a situation where the transfer has happened and yet the player cant play?
It seems a good idea. But what would you say is an apt fine in this case? The fine should be big enough to be a deterrent but it can't be ridiculously high either. So IMO it should not be a fixed amount but a percent of the transfer fee say 20%.Just have Leicester pay a big fine, give the money to charity or youth football and push it through. Leicester pay a price for fecking up so you don't create too dangerous a precedent and the player isn't hurt.
Even a £40m fine wouldn't have deterred the likes of PSG from making the Neymar transfer happen, so you can end up giving the big spending clubs another advantage.It seems a good idea. But what would you say is an apt fine in this case? The fine should be big enough to be a deterrent but it can't be ridiculously high either. So IMO it should not be a fixed amount but a percent of the transfer fee say 20%.
A deadline is a deadline.
a deadline is a deadline
BREXIT MEANS BREXIT.a deadline is a deadline.
I've flipped the bird to plenty of youse self-entitled bastids through the years. Happy I haven't lived in Europe since 2010.Exactly, its like when I'm driving the last bus of the night, I always make sure I close the doors at exactly the right time. I don't care if I see you running for the bus and its the last one of the day, you should have been on time for the bus.
I don't think you can be offside with your hairMore like you play a CL semifinal and batter opposition but lose 2-1 away from home and then keep battering them at home and eventually score a stoppage time winner but then it turns out it was 0.1mm offside because your striker has long hair so the RedCafe rangers come and shout RULES ARE RULES!!!!!!!!! IT DOESNT MATTER IF ITS TEN METERS OR 1 TENTH OF A MILIMETER!!!! so you get knocked out.
Yes this is ridiculous. They tried to get the transfer done, it didn't quite happen, surely he's still a Sporting player?I really don't understand this. Either a transfer has happened or it hasn't. If it's happened then he should play for Leicester and if it hasn't he should be playing for Sporting. How the feck does this end up in a situation where the transfer has happened and yet the player cant play?
Hair can touch the ball so perhaps you can. How do you decide where Fellaini's head ends and hair starts otherwise?I don't think you can be offside with your hair
Exactly, its like when I'm driving the last bus of the night, I always make sure I close the doors at exactly the right time. I don't care if I see you running for the bus and its the last one of the day, you should have been on time for the bus.