South Africa -v- France Group A Free State Stadium, 3pm Irish Time Live on RTE 2/ITV1

mike65

The other game is a cracker by the way. So lovely attacking mayhem. They ain't going for a draw.

ctrl-alt-delete

Seems it is for the elbow then!

I thought he had sent Cisse off the way he was reacting,

never a red though,

but as others have said, this karma thing is mad!

Sherifu

Au revoir les enfants

curry-muff

Ah its Gourcuff, that makes more sense :pac:

df1985

what in gods name is going on!?

Heisenberg.

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Frisbee

Ah ok it's Gourcuff.

Slightly more understandable but I don't think it was worthy of a straight red.

pierrot

Seriously dangerous jump, elbow out forward with his full weight behind it. Could have broken the guys jaw.

Gillington

Never a red

titan18

Some of these refs should be banned for life for some of these decision.Disastrous **** in this WC

IvySlayer

I can understand why, very dangerous elbow. Harshhhh sending off.

Guy:Incognito

Bloody card happy refs.

They should just get rid of tackling, jumping and runnign around.

Tie each player to a spot on the pitch and play it like that table football game where each player was on a spring.

TouchingVirus

Full weight? He didn't streamroll the guy he just jumped.

Yellow card, definitely. Red card, no way. Bull**** refereeing tbh

Oat23

France suck balls.
I've got beer.
I've got chicken.

Life is f**king awesome.

DB10

Disgraceful decison. Can't even jump properly anymore.

These World Cup referees are a ****ing disgrace. Thought it was Cisse sent off for a second and I wasn't shocked either because the standard is that bad.

_Bella_

not a red... how many jumps did we see like that in the australia ghana game?

leninbenjamin

Ah, replays are pretty clear, he led with the arm going into your man's head. That's reckless play.

SlickRic

wow.

that is, no joke, the single most ridiculous decision I have seen in a long, long time.

soccer has officially become a farce.

so, let me get this straight, you're now not allowed jump. there was no follow through, anything, with the arm, it merely leaned into his face.

ugh, i give up.

amacachi

That_Guy wrote: »

Oh it's Giorcuff.... Only a yellow to be honest. Bad bad decision.

Only a yellow because of the result as well.

pierrot wrote: »

Seriously dangerous jump, elbow out forward with his full weight behind it. Could have broken the guys jaw.

Aye, they should all have their arms tied to their sides before they go onto the pitch.

The Sparrow

You just can't lead with your elbow like that. Personally, I don't see it as a straight red but I certainly can see the reasoning behind it.

What else can go wrong for France? I wouldn't like to be on the French plane flying home.

Kiwi_knock

At least Evra and Ribery will be happy, they hate Gourcuff

tony1kenobi

pickarooney

I've got a stream with replay on demand of the best bits. Work server is being hammered here.

Savman

SlickRic wrote: »

wow.

that is, no joke, the single most ridiculous decision I have seen in a long, long time.

I know, great innit :D:D:D

amacachi

SlickRic wrote: »

wow.

that is, no joke, the single most ridiculous decision I have seen in a long, long time.

soccer has officially become a farce.

so, let me get this straight, you're now not allowed jump. there was no follow through, anything, with the arm.

ugh, i give up.

He "led with the arm". Because apparently most people don't move their arms when they jump, seems to be how the rules are made.

Mr.Nice Guy

The red was harsh. Wonder if Platini thinks there should be video technology now? :pac:

GLaDOS

Gotta feel sorry for France.




Not.

Free pizza and money on SA :cool:

That_Guy

Yay. Pizza code... Mmmm. Where the hell do I enter it?

The Sparrow

SlickRic wrote: »

that is, no joke, the single most ridiculous decision I have seen in a long, long time.

Did you not see the Kaka sending off? Or Behrami yesterday?

yom 1

Very harsh red card, he played the ball

El Horseboxo

The ref must have got that envelope i sent him. An Post said they lost it.

_Bella_

one question was the player on the ground injured from sa as a result of gourcoff or cisse

DB10

The Sparrow wrote: »

You just can't lead with your elbow like that. Personally, I don't see it as a straight red but I certainly can see the reasoning behind it.

What else can go wrong for France? I wouldn't like to be on the French plane flying home.

He didn't even catch him badly.

This refereeing is a disgrace, for flip sake you can't even jump for a ball anymore. Another game ruined by wanker referees.

pierrot

amacachi wrote: »

Only a yellow because of the result as well.

Aye, they should all have their arms tied to their sides before they go onto the pitch.

Didn't say that, that would be silly, they wouldn't be able to play football.

However driving your forearm forward into the jaw of an opponent is dangerous, no?

df1985

All the pizzas are gone....you have to be very quick

DEVEREUX

Everybody!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU

GavRedKing

Jesus this WC wil lbe remembered for some shocking referee decisions, and we could have seen one of the worse at any WC.

Total joke, regardless of what team you support or hate.

Also there goes any conspiracy theory out the window, very, very unlikely the French will get anything from this now.

curry-muff

SlickRic wrote: »

wow.

that is, no joke, the single most ridiculous decision I have seen in a long, long time.

soccer has officially become a farce.

so, let me get this straight, you're now not allowed jump. there was no follow through, anything, with the arm, it merely leaned into his face.

ugh, i give up.

Ah come on theres using your arms to help you jump and then theres diving forward elbow first with momentum, if I was the defender there Id be very disappointed had the ref not gave him a red. People are getting away with elbows too often recently claiming they were using their 'arms' to jump, its an area where defenders need more protection.

leninbenjamin

amacachi wrote: »

He "led with the arm". Because apparently most people don't move their arms when they jump, seems to be how the rules are made.

He led with the elbow. Big difference in hitting someone in the head with an elbow than hitting them with the flat of the arm. Ask a friendly MMA practitioner for a demonstration if you wish

Savman

Payback yo'

T-b0n3

Just ordered my free pizza. Happy days. Bye bye France!

amacachi

pierrot wrote: »

Didn't say that, that would be silly, they wouldn't be able to play football.

However driving your forearm forward into the jaw of an opponent is dangerous, no?

What else can they do? Forearm or hand? Can't see them wanting hands in the face and forearms are as bad as elbows.

The Sparrow

There is definitely a difference between jumping using your arms for leverage and leading with your forearm or elbow. He lead with his elbow.

Are the people saying it is a terrible decision arguing that it wasn't a foul at all or just that it wasn't a red card foul?

patmac

Anyone who drew France in their sweepstake might get a prize for the team with the worst record!

Peyton Manning

Its 2!

That_Guy

MOAR PIZZA.

Duff

2!!

_Bella_

goal number 2... imagine if sa went through

Glico Man

HAHA...

Kev_ps3

Get the f**k in:D