Dude if you slow down Wastons movement and you watch you will see that he did not move his arm forward towards the ball, he tried to move it out of the way. There is no F way that that was a penalty and on top of it in a one to one tie game. Ball to hand read the fine print in the rule. There is no ifs or buts. Ref fu-ked up.
As you know it's Amercan way. Two more games to play TV rights and folks to pay. MLS American All the way. Ref in MLS's pocket one must say. DeVos should move down and stay.
And I wish Camilo comes this way. Both Baba and Robbo did a good job for this city. With right moves in off season it could get better.
If Camillo or guy like him comes back I can see our crauds reach twenty seven thousand a game.
this no place for logic, can't you see we're mourning?Base- this is my point...ref doesn't have the benefit we do, to slow down and have a good look. He had a split second, and you KNOW we have all been in that situation, both on the deffensive side of the ball and the attacking end. As defenders, we hate those calls...always dubious, always a grey area. As an attacker, we scream blue bloody murder if the ref DOESN'T make the call.
So, point being, he didn't really fcuk this up. He called it as he saw it, and even in slow mo, it is inconclusive as to intent. To me, looks like he's caught off guard and didn't get his arm outta the way. Ball to hand? I don't know...there is an onus of responsibility on the player to keep his hands and arms out of the way if he can help it, and he didn't quite do that.
Tactically Inept has the situation bang on: this is one case for instant reply. When a play is alread called dead, the manager can call for his one replay, and at that point the clock stops to allow the replay crew to review. It'll be innovative, because it will surely be against FIFA laws, as the cloack will actually have to stop, which is never done in Football. This would give the MLS the power to make that discretionary call and overrule the ref, if they see validation. Even then, can of worms...it will never be 100% unbiased. That said, I agree, it needs to be done to improve the game overall.
As far as Geiger goes, his opinion is his opinion. When I saw it at full speed, my opinion was Waston didn't do enough to get out of the way, and he knew it after. Same w/ Mauro Rosalles, check out his reaction. He knew Waston was guilty.
Base- this is my point...ref doesn't have the benefit we do, to slow down and have a good look. He had a split second, and you KNOW we have all been in that situation, both on the deffensive side of the ball and the attacking end. As defenders, we hate those calls...always dubious, always a grey area. As an attacker, we scream blue bloody murder if the ref DOESN'T make the call.
So, point being, he didn't really fcuk this up. He called it as he saw it, and even in slow mo, it is inconclusive as to intent. To me, looks like he's caught off guard and didn't get his arm outta the way. Ball to hand? I don't know...there is an onus of responsibility on the player to keep his hands and arms out of the way if he can help it, and he didn't quite do that.
Tactically Inept has the situation bang on: this is one case for instant reply. When a play is alread called dead, the manager can call for his one replay, and at that point the clock stops to allow the replay crew to review. It'll be innovative, because it will surely be against FIFA laws, as the cloack will actually have to stop, which is never done in Football. This would give the MLS the power to make that discretionary call and overrule the ref, if they see validation. Even then, can of worms...it will never be 100% unbiased. That said, I agree, it needs to be done to improve the game overall.
As far as Geiger goes, his opinion is his opinion. When I saw it at full speed, my opinion was Waston didn't do enough to get out of the way, and he knew it after. Same w/ Mauro Rosalles, check out his reaction. He knew Waston was guilty.