Couldn’t think.... part three
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And people say I spend too much time on this forum.
I saw a West Ham fan account on Instagram the other day saying "And people laughed at me when I said Soucek will be our club record scorer one day", and then a lot of people in the comments agreeing that it would, one day, happen. I was sceptical, because, yknow, logic, but it turns out I AM THE FOOL.
Vic Watson is our record scorer with 326 goals, which means Soucek needs to score another 317 goals to best him. If he keeps up his scoring record of one goal every 3.4 games, he will only need to play another 1,078 games for West Ham.
It seems entirely plausible that we will be in the latter stages of European competitions for the foreseeable future, so let's say Soucek plays 50 games per season. That means he only needs to play for another 21 and a half seasons to smash the record. He wouldn't even have turned 50.
What a fool I am.
Premier League to trial concussion subs 👏 from 6th Feb 🤔
Great that it's finally happening, but why wait for another round of fixtures to go by?
When are concussion subs?
Can't remember....
1. Why would they limit it to two? Unlikely, but the third person just has to deal with it?
2. Why are they permanent substitutions? If a key player gets a head knock they need to look at a team aren't going to want to take them off permanently if they can avoid it. I'm surprised this isn't for temporary subs
3. What is that part about the other team getting to make a change too? So if both teams have made their sub, and one teams star centre back has to get subbed off, the opposition can suddenly sub in a target man to bully the 12 year old replacement?!
Maybe someone substituted for concussion can’t play for two weeks.
The other thing rugby does is allows someone who has been tactically substituted (I.e. not forced through injury), to return as the substitute for the head injury victim. This is also a good approach as there are more specialised positions in rugby, but could also be applied as an option in football.
Which says a lot about football in comparison to other sports.
I think you need to refresh your knowledge of the laws. There is no obligation to walk. It's why the fielding team has to appeal to the umpire for a decision. Very surprised you didn't know that, but on second thoughts, of course you did.
The striker is out Caught if a ball delivered by the bowler, not being a No ball, touches his/her bat without having previously been in contact with any fielder, and is subsequently held by a fielder as a fair catch, as described in 33.2 and 33.3, before it touches the ground.
31.1 Umpire not to give batsman out without an appeal
Neither umpire shall give a batsman out, even though he/she may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by a fielder. This shall not debar a batsman who is out under any of the Laws from leaving the wicket without an appeal having been made. Note, however, the provisions of 31.7.
In Premier League cricket, batsmen very rarely walk, but if given out walk off with no fuss - although they may collar you after the match has finished to express disagreement!
In VICC. cricket, the blind guys often appeal so exuberantly you almost doubt the evidence of your own eyes. But after you have umpired a few games you soon realise they can tell the difference in sound between the ball coming off the bat or body of the batsman. They are very competitive and will try it on with less experienced umpires!
If you hit the ball and it is caught then you are out. Doesn't need to be an appeal, you're out. Now if you stand there you are cheating because you were out, The umpire can only give you out if there is an appeal.
The discussion was about cheating and failing to walk is cheating.
I’m not sure of the exact rule, but it is to do with lack of respect. I played a game in the early 80s when someone got sent off for SWEARING at the ref!
It’s probably been watered down now (probably wisely) but does anyone know if something similar still exists?
There are not that many instances I can think of that you could justifiably call it cheating, (and now I'm talking about Test cricket as I don't have as much time to watch all the county cricket games as you may be able to) and the only one that comes to mind is Stuart Broad's in the 2013 Ashes.
Your comment: "So they don't take drugs in cycling and athletics or fail to walk in cricket and so on and so on. Footballers cheat but no more than most sports, its just that it has the biggest coverage and so gets the exposure."
The drug taking aspect is not being debated here, rather it's the cheating by deceiving the officials in order to get a freekick/penalty/opposition yellow or red card.