Season 23/24 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City v Stoke City | The EFL Championship

[Smurph]

Infuriating that they couldn’t have put a performance like that in for the 19,700 there on BH Monday

I know, would be helpful if the club ran the same sort of incentive for the last remains home games as they did for QPR.

Much better to have a full stadium with discounted tickets than a half empty stadium.

 

[Gors Buster]

I know, would be helpful if the club ran the same sort of incentive for the last remains home games as they did for QPR.

Much better to have a full stadium with discounted tickets than a half empty stadium.

They said they were bringing back the Grassroots scheme to fill the South Corners.
I applied straight away for my under 8s but haven’t heard anything.

 

[K23]

Don’t they have to play each other?

some of them do, yes.

 

[K23]

Felt like he was trying to even out the game at parts in the second half, he knew he dropped another clanger with their disallowed goal.

The standard of the officials right throughout the football pyramid isn't good enough.

he didn't drop a clanger at all, he got it right.

Read this from the laws of the game

Definition of 'possession' by a goalkeeper

"Once the goalkeeper has gained possession (also known as “control”) of the ball, an opponent may not interfere with or block the goalkeeper’s distribution of the ball. For example, players have a right to maintain a position achieved during the normal course of play, but they may not try to block the goalkeeper’s movement while he or she is holding the ball and trying to distribute it. Nor may opposing players do anything to hinder, interfere with, or block a goalkeeper who is throwing or punting the ball back into play. The goalkeeper has already gained possession and is granted up to six seconds to release the ball back into play by other players. A goalkeeper in the act of distributing the ball may not be challenged under these circumstances. (This includes trying to head a ball out of the goalkeeper’s open hand or playing a ball being bounced or tossed into the air by the goalkeeper.) An opponent does not violate the Law, however, if that player takes advantage of a ball clearly released by the goalkeeper directly to him or her, in his or her direction, or deflecting off him or her nonviolently”

In yesterday's case, Rushworth definitely had 'possession' and 'control' of the ball with both hands but it was dislodged from his 'possession' by Ennis's head as he stood up. Yes, it was clearly unintentional but that doesn't matter, any infringement is still an infringement whether intentional or unintentional. In fact, free-kicks are probably awarded more often for unintentional fouls or handballs than for clearly intentional ones with the latter more likely to result in a yellow card.

 

[Smurph]

They said they were bringing back the Grassroots scheme to fill the South Corners.
I applied straight away for my under 8s but haven’t heard anything.

Why am I not surprised