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Why do refs never blow up for this,example when a player has the ball he pushes the opposition player away places his hand in his face or lashes out at them.it happens in every match I think it should be cracked down on, if it was the defender doing what the attacking player does it would be a free without question. meath4sam (Meath) - Posts: 69 - 20/04/2014 12:38:44 1577570 Link 0 |
I've seen a free given against the man with the ball recently, when he proved to have superior upper body strength in comparison to the man tackling him. GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 20/04/2014 12:44:24 1577573 Link 0 |
MDMA used to always very obviously hand players off when going by them. Referees then started to call him regularily on it 2010/2011 and he had to stop it. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13693 - 20/04/2014 12:51:41 1577579 Link 0 |
This is my big pet peeve in the game at the moment. Barging, hand-offs and over-carrying. If there is an art to defending I just don't see how it's possible with the way games are being officiated right now. doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 21/04/2014 11:47:46 1577946 Link 0 |
Yes its definitely an issue but unfortunately it is not caught by refs to the point where teams encourage and even train the use of the other hand to be an advantage. crossfieldball (Galway) - Posts: 650 - 22/04/2014 17:19:17 1578640 Link 0 |
I have to agree with you Doublehop about the steps. I think it's time they tackled this rule big time. 4 steps has become 7 steps without fail. It is totally unfair on defenders but just because the steps are short and fast it goes unpunished. Even change the rule to 6 steps which should be about 2 seconds max at speed, and stick to the rule. mucker2b (Cork) - Posts: 8 - 22/04/2014 19:57:28 1578737 Link 0 |
My god every complaint on here comes back to a Dublin player or about Dublin I don't think I can take much more of this. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 22/04/2014 20:49:28 1578755 Link 0 |
Taking too many steps is a huge issue. valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1890 - 23/04/2014 09:52:20 1578817 Link 0 |
Another foul is where a player grabs another player, gives a short tug back and then releases, this happened a number of times in the Cavan v Dubs match. The ref never blows for it! fifty (Mayo) - Posts: 108 - 23/04/2014 11:15:26 1578887 Link 0 |
Problem with steps is that Refs don't count 1,2,3,4 1,2,3, 1,2, 1,2,3 etc when a player moves with ball in hand. You can try as I did as a beginner ref but you just can't keep doing it in your head so you adopt the policy "if the ball has been in his hand longer than it would take to move 4 steps blow" or "if it looks like he's taken more than 4 blow". crossfieldball (Galway) - Posts: 650 - 23/04/2014 15:49:49 1579127 Link 0 |
You get in hurling also and particularly so with the Clare players. Davy's tactics are based on speed of movement. In order for his players to build up a head of steam they need to take extra steps. They are moving so fast that refs haven't copped on to it YET! westisthebest (Galway) - Posts: 444 - 23/04/2014 18:09:43 1579217 Link 0 |
I also think the screen or pick as in basketball has crept into the game too. Refs dont see it often as they are following the player with the ball and it usually happens to a defender chasing him. Dubfan Abroad (Dublin) - Posts: 282 - 23/04/2014 18:35:41 1579224 Link 0 |