Uruguay-Holland [Official Thread]

[Hoop Blah]

Van Bommell appears a rather dirty player cynical scummer of a player.

Offside goal now the difference.

Every side needs a bit of steel, and he adds that whilst also being a very good player on the ball too. I like him.

[PEARCEY]

Van Bommell appears a rather dirty player cynical scummer of a player.

Offside goal now the difference.

He got away with a terrible tackle in the first half. Lucky to remain on the pitch.
Holland fortunate to win that.

[AbovetheI]

Fairly good game. Still not overly impressed by the Dutch. What got on Uruguay's tits at the end though?

[paultheroyal]

Fairly good game. Still not overly impressed by the Dutch. What got on Uruguay's tits at the end though?

They lost.

[PEARCEY]

Fairly good game. Still not overly impressed by the Dutch. What got on Uruguay's tits at the end though?

A dodgy goal perchance.

[exileinleeds]

Yeeeeeahaaaaa, now, who do I know who's going to be in Amsterdam at the weekend? Oh wait, that'd be meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Git, can I come?
I could use my e/w winnings from backing Holland to the final @10/1

[Dirk Gently]

Referee Assistand deemed it level, thats good enough for me.

Shame the linos have got a few decisions wrong in this game. That one included.

Like in horse racing and the "view from the other angle" i bet you from referee's assistant side i bet it looks on side, hardly nothing in it at all. Fair decision and tv in my opinion inconclusive on that one.

Just seen the lino's view and it looks level to me - just his foot is offside.

[paultheroyal]

Offside goal now the difference.

LOL

[PEARCEY]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

[Dirk Gently]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Is it any part of the player? - I thought it was where his chest is that counts.

[paultheroyal]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Bottom line is, at the point of the ball release, and eye contact of that very movement of referee's assistant, there is no way he could of given that. As mentioned earlier, camera angles from one side are very deceiving, proven with this goal.

[Baines]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Is it any part of the player? - I thought it was where his chest is that counts.

Any part that could score a goal.

Too close to refer to it as a "dodgy" goal etc though.

[Flyingkiwi]

Fairly good game. Still not overly impressed by the Dutch. What got on Uruguay's tits at the end though?

I think they felt a bit cheated.

Offside goal now the difference.

LOL

^^This

[PEARCEY]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Is it any part of the player? - I thought it was where his chest is that counts.

Yes because he could use his leg which was the part of his body that was off-side to play the ball.

[SLAMMED]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Is it any part of the player? - I thought it was where his chest is that counts.

Any playable part of the body. So basically anything but arms.

[Hoop Blah]

Pretty sure that the guidance is to give any benefit of doubt to the attacking team.

I think the Lino made the right decision and anyone who's run the line during any game played at a decent pace will understand how tight that call would've been.

[PEARCEY]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Bottom line is, at the point of the ball release, and eye contact of that very movement of referee's assistant, there is no way he could of given that. As mentioned earlier, camera angles from one side are very deceiving, proven with this goal.

Sure but you can understand Uruguay's frustration that such a close call went against them.

[Kitsondinho]

Decent game....enjoyed it....shame it wasn't 2-3 a little earlier in the game....would have been even more chaos in the Dutch box!

[handbags_harris]

0-0 in reality though, as we know it's not possible to score goals like GvB's and Forlan's with this terrible ball.

It's really a 0-0 with a couple of good long-range strikes, isn't it? Quite a tame affair.

Nice to see Compo coming up with opinions of his own

[paultheroyal]

^ Re Dirk...so he's off-side then.

Bottom line is, at the point of the ball release, and eye contact of that very movement of referee's assistant, there is no way he could of given that. As mentioned earlier, camera angles from one side are very deceiving, proven with this goal.

Sure but you can understand Uruguay's frustration that such a close call went against them.

Absolutely, especially with what is at stake.