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Finally, a referee - David Gough in Kerry/Tyrone game yesterday - penalised Tyrone for the above infringement. As Seán O Shea was taking a free a Tyrone player ran across in front of him; David Gough brought the ball forward by 13m. Tyrone have been getting away with this for ages. The rule is : "To interfere with a player taking a free kick or sideline kick by jumping up and down, waving hands, or any other physical or verbal interference considered by the referee to be aimed at distracting the player taking the kick. Exception: A player holding his hands upright shall not constitute an interference. PENALTY - Free kick 13m more advantageous than the place of original kick - up to opponents' 13m line. Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 263 - 28/01/2019 12:21:23 2160346 Link
Yeah look, as long as referees are going to be consistent now and penalise all players for this then it is to be welcomed. Think you are being a tad harsh on Tyrone though as they are by no means the only team who may be guilty of it. It has crept in to club and County games over the last number of years and there is hardly a match goes past where you don't see it. But well done to the ref for applying the rule. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 28/01/2019 14:35:03 2160412 Link
Well it never gets said too much, especially round here I'd feel but fair play to David Gough. Its about time somebody penalised Tyrone for this, been getting away with it for years, seemed to be a "do as you like" approach beforehand. Ill tell ya one thing you wont be able to keep the smile off my face for a year if the same thing happens to them in HQ losing by the mimimum in an AI semi WaitingInTheLongGrass (Roscommon) - Posts: 165 - 28/01/2019 14:58:53 2160421 Link
But this is the problem with Gough. He's very inconsistent! How many times did he penalise it? Once? How many times did it happen over the course of the 70+ minutes? cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 28/01/2019 15:02:28 2160423 Link
Replying To WaitingInTheLongGrass: "Well it never gets said too much, especially round here I'd feel but fair play to David Gough. Its about time somebody penalised Tyrone for this, been getting away with it for years, seemed to be a "do as you like" approach beforehand. Ill tell ya one thing you wont be able to keep the smile off my face for a year if the same thing happens to them in HQ losing by the mimimum in an AI semi" So you're honesty telling me a Roscommon player has never done this?? Catch a grip The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 28/01/2019 15:47:27 2160443 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "But this is the problem with Gough. He's very inconsistent! How many times did he penalise it? Once? How many times did it happen over the course of the 70+ minutes?" Completely agree. I've seen Tyrone do this, however every other county does it. Consistent cracking down on this will help but won't happen The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 28/01/2019 15:49:34 2160445 Link
Replying To The_Fridge: "Completely agree. I've seen Tyrone do this, however every other county does it. Consistent cracking down on this will help but won't happen" Only teams that I have seen do it are Tyrone & Donegal, so not sure how you can state every other team??? Please elaborate greysoil (Monaghan) - Posts: 965 - 28/01/2019 16:13:30 2160454 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "Finally, a referee - David Gough in Kerry/Tyrone game yesterday - penalised Tyrone for the above infringement. As Seán O Shea was taking a free a Tyrone player ran across in front of him; David Gough brought the ball forward by 13m. Tyrone have been getting away with this for ages. The rule is : "To interfere with a player taking a free kick or sideline kick by jumping up and down, waving hands, or any other physical or verbal interference considered by the referee to be aimed at distracting the player taking the kick. Exception: A player holding his hands upright shall not constitute an interference. PENALTY - Free kick 13m more advantageous than the place of original kick - up to opponents' 13m line." Tyrone were penalised for this against Dublin last year's championship. This is a bit of a grey area in the rules as the defending team has to have the facility to run across the free takers path (as long as they remain outside the 13m perimeter) as they may be tracking the run of an attacking player. In instance in question, the Tyrone defender waved his arm as he ran across the free takers path which resulted in the free being moved forward. Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 28/01/2019 17:09:22 2160476 Link
Replying To greysoil: "Only teams that I have seen do it are Tyrone & Donegal, so not sure how you can state every other team??? Please elaborate" Have you ever watched or played football???? Most teams do their best to distract the free taker. have you ever heard a keeper roaring post before the free is hit? happens in every single game. Players jump up and down, steal yards to get closer to the free taker etc. Its not just Tyrone or Donegal. take of the blinkers. The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 29/01/2019 10:16:25 2160643 Link
Replying To greysoil: "Only teams that I have seen do it are Tyrone & Donegal, so not sure how you can state every other team??? Please elaborate" A lot of teams do it you just need to keep a closer watch. I am more concerned about the practice of a player lying down and rolling over hoping to get an opponent carded when contact was minimal. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 29/01/2019 11:59:21 2160671 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "But this is the problem with Gough. He's very inconsistent! How many times did he penalise it? Once? How many times did it happen over the course of the 70+ minutes?" If you cant answer your own questions how can you say Gough has a problem with consistency? Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 29/01/2019 16:51:41 2160762 Link
Not another Lee Keegan thread... jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 29/01/2019 16:55:01 2160764 Link
Replying To Ban: "If you cant answer your own questions how can you say Gough has a problem with consistency?" Because I didn't see this particular game, but have seen him pick out very specific infringements once per game before, only to allow it to happen multiple times elsewhere over the 70mins. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 30/01/2019 09:13:12 2160857 Link
Replying To The_Fridge: "So you're honesty telling me a Roscommon player has never done this?? Catch a grip" They interfere with opponent's eyes not freetakers. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12118 - 30/01/2019 10:22:45 2160869 Link