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More often than not great players don’t go on become great managers, it seem that its often the really average midfielder or defender who rises to the top of the management game, its almost as if they knew what they wanted to do as a player but couldn’t do it with their feet but were able to put it into words for others. There are of course exceptions and increasingly now days you don’t get a second look if you didn’t make it as a player.
So we come to Roy Keane whose pedigree as a player can’t be argued about. Having just been appointed manager of Sunderland everyone has begun to wonder what sort of a manager he will make.
Keane has as good as admitted that he will need to be a bit more subtle. For good reason too, the fact is that you just can’t shout at your squad for the entire season as the shock value losses its effect and players end up ignoring the person doing the shouting. So it looks like Keane will have to mellow a little.
I have to admit that I have no idea how this one is going to go but feel that he will that to it like a duck to water or after a positive start, crash and burn.
I hope for the Sunderland fans it works out as surely they suffered enough last season.
Tuesday, June 10th 2008 at 10:01 am
On the Holland goal against Italy.
Panucci was off the pitch. I believe it probably woulod have been acceptable to have been called off side. Panucci clearly couldn’t be considered ‘in play’
The referee could be obliged to stop play because it appeared to be a head injury. On the other hand the ball was in the net within 3 seconds so this argument couldn’t be levelled.
On the other hand, players always and including this case, hold their heads and turn out to be fine.
The referee though, was probably correct because if it were to be called off side, then it would set a precedent of players walking off the back of the pitch when caught out of position; as Panucci was.
It was Panucci’s, Buffon’s and Italy’s fault that Panucci was off the pitch, not Holland’s!
Unfortunately, players have to treated like children occasionally because of their propensity for cheating, and ‘interpretation’ of the laws.
The referee made, in my opinion, the ‘wrong’ decision, but for the right reasons, if that is possible.
Whatever the argument and counter-argument it shows conclusiovely that the rules of the game are far too simple to cover every eventuality and these grey areas will always arise.
I am all for the simplicity of legislation, but the modern legislative world probably would find it harder to tolerate and may expect a law to cover all eventualities. In football this probably isn’t possible.
Greg Cotier