I was sat in the Famous Five last night and had a clear view of the penalty incident on Holt. For me it was as stoney a stonewall penalty as I'd ever seen - also preventing a clear goal scoring opportunity meaning the Brondby defender should have been sent of. And yet the guy behind me was of the opinion that it was a dive!
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15-07-2016 10:37 AM #1
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Stonewaller???
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15-07-2016 10:44 AM #5
It was either a dive or a penalty.
Somehow the ref seemed to decide it was neither, one of a few strange decisions.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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15-07-2016 10:45 AM #6
From my seat in Sect38 looked like a stonewaller, but you don't get replays when you sit in the stands. Would like to see a replay of the incident and the offside goal too. Officials last night were terrible
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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15-07-2016 10:49 AM #7
It was a dive and a penalty.
There was enough contact to put Holt off but he made a meal of it.
I reckon he could have brushed it off and put the ball away - he'd shown a lovely touch to get into the position in the first place.
The referee was probably put off by the theatrics and didn't see enough of the contact to give the penalty.
I actually though there was another one in the second half when Cummings was just inside but leaving the box on the right hand side. The defender gave him a very heavy nudge and I'd have liked to have seen him go down and give the ref something else to think about. Instead he kept on his feet and the incident passed without any real comment.
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15-07-2016 10:49 AM #8
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Sitting in the east straight away I said dive
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15-07-2016 10:57 AM #9
Depends what you mean by a dive. There looked to be contact which Holt was expecting and duly crashed to the turf.
It's a dilemma in the modern game. You don't get penalties if you don't go down and you don't know how much the contact is going to put you off so the less risky option is to go down for the pen. It's not going to change unless/until refs are brave enough to start giving pens to players who try to stay on their feet. Ideally they should play advantage and if the striker stays up but doesn't score, bring it back to a pen.
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15-07-2016 11:00 AM #10
From my seat in FF upper behind goal looked a stonewaller to me. Holt was clean through on keeper in control of the ball, had no reason to dive, if challenge hadn't come in would have scorted. Then to cap it all, no penalty award , defender not even spoken to never mind carded. It was either a penalty or a dive, IF ref considered it a dive-why no booking ? The ref and his linesmen were terrible all game. REALLY TERRIBLE. At one point there were so many hand-balls by the Brondby team I thought they had sent the Brondby Basketball Team . We wiz robbed.
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15-07-2016 11:03 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Before, if you went down for the penalty you might get the man sent off so the defending team is punished twice.
Now if you go down you only get the penalty, which you might miss.
If it's anything like a decent chance (as it was last night) I think I'd be staying on my feet, although if it's not much of a chance in the first place you'd probably be as well going down.
It will be interesting to see how the players adapt and whether or not they will re-train their instincts.
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15-07-2016 11:06 AM #12
i've not seen it again yet but looked like he dived and if not would have scored if not to me...
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15-07-2016 11:06 AM #13
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15-07-2016 11:19 AM #14
It was a-la Peter Heatly for me.
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Sir Peter Heatly, CBE, DL (9 June 1924 – 17 September 2015) was a Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
Born in Leith, Heatly was educated at Leith Academy and studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He began his diving career with Portobello Amateur Swimming Club and was self-taught. Heatly dominated diving in Scotland for 21 years, becoming the East of Scotland Champion (1937–39) and Scottish Champion (from 1946 - 1958). Having represented his country around the world, the highlight of Heatly's diving career was winning British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medals for Scotland for 3 metre springboard diving (1954) and 10 metre highboard diving (1950 and 1958). He also won a silver medal in 1950 for 3 metre springboard diving, and a bronze medal in 1954 for 10 metre highboard diving.
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15-07-2016 11:30 AM #15
Just outlined the incompetence of the refs performance. It was either a pen or a booking for a dive.
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15-07-2016 11:54 AM #16
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Fans can easily misinterpret but Refs are supposed to know this.
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15-07-2016 12:01 PM #17
Holt has always been known for going down easily, but not for diving. It seems like there was contact - it's a penalty.
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15-07-2016 12:06 PM #18
Not seen a replay but my initial reaction (from the East section 40) was a dive.
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15-07-2016 12:10 PM #20
I had a perfect view from the West and he clearly went for it and took a dive.
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15-07-2016 12:26 PM #23
Definite contact but Holt made the most of it.
Regardless, I think there was enough contact for it to be a penalty but if not then the referee has to book him.
One mistake in a catalogue of errors from the awful officials last night.
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15-07-2016 12:47 PM #25
Imo looked like a dive.
The most pleasing part of it though was seeing Harris get his head down and run at defenders then take them both out with a nice turn. He then had the composure to find holt
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15-07-2016 12:50 PM #26
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I was sitting upper west and almost in line with it and I thought it was a dive when I seen it, haven't seen replay since tho.
Officials were dreadful last night, whats the situation for the return leg is it the same officials for both ties or not?
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15-07-2016 01:33 PM #30
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Not sure at the game and still not sure after watching it on the highlights. It does look like Holt puts the ball too far past the defender and then his foot is caught. I would say there was a fair chance it was a pen. Saying that their goal could well have been offside. Hard to tell from the freeze frame and the angle of the players bodies. The only sure thing is Cummings was onside. Three decisions all went Bronby's way, nothing new for Hibs unfortunately.
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