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Originally Posted by gazzae
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Originally Posted by sherer
the thing is just because there is contact doesn't mean it is a foul. plus football is meant to be a physical game there SHOULD be some contact anyway
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If there is contact with a player before contact with the ball then it is a foul. |
The thing though is that some players only go into a tackle with the intention to win a foul rather than win the ball. They deliberately put their body in a position where their opponent has to make contact with them before the ball. They then roll and thrash about for ages, something that never used to happen years ago when there was far more physical contact in the game. This isn't sportsman like behaviour. I feel that the ref should only award a foul if he thought there was intent and should penalise any player who deliberately plays to win a foul.
Perhaps the FA should recruit some ice hockey refs and introduce sin bins where a player could be sent for several minutes to cool down.