Recent content by Kevrockcity

clearly chelsea are victims here. jesus.

apologies.

fair enough. since intentions are unknowable, this is why we have rules that try to rely on as many objective standards as possible - fouls within areas designated by chalk, etc.

says the guy who loves torture. brilliant.

oh stop.

i know he did, but that doesn't mean that one didn't happen because of the other. threat of immediate injury will cause one to mishandle a touch.

yes, but you are treating the spooning of his touch and almunia's inevitable foul as though they are independent events. they are not. rooney spooned his touch because of the foul. that is why the rule book cares not where the ball is when the foul occurs.

i don't think it's necessary or appropriate to have a philosophical discussion about uncertainty and the human condition to see - quite clearly - that this was and always will be a penalty. as it should be. almunia certainly thought rooney was in goal scoring position. why else would he dive...

absurd. a player should not be expected to keep a ball in an attacking position under threat of immediate injury.

when almunia came diving out, a foul was inevitable. should rooney have tried to control it and put himself under threat of injury by a numpty keeper?

the ball was not within a reasonable distance of rooney because almunia was about to foul him.

if almunia doesn't dive out like a numpty, rooney has more time on the ball and doesn't need to rush his first touch.

but does rooney spoon the ball with a heavy touch if he's not about to be fouled? ie: if there is no almunia, and rooney is simply running onto a ball, does his first touch go out? this is not a matter of rooney demonstrating poor touch that eliminates a scoring chance and then looking for...

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