Re: Saints up next : Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:21 am  

Think the nearest we have got to putting out a first choice team was against Wires away Then we were without T J ,big Dave, Tupou, + the Chester signings that were supposed in to strengthen the first team .If you look now at what the team is now .You can see why we got problems .

Re: Saints up next : Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:55 pm  

jonh wrote:

If the ball goes backwards it isn’t a knock on.

It’s frustrating though as some refs give them even if they do go backwards. It’s the lack of consistency that causes the confusion.

Lomax has to turn round to recover the ball before passing to Welsby. No way was it a knock on in my opinion….however I’ve seen them given.

Was a knock on. The player was moving forwards when he fumbled the ball and so some of his forward momentum would have taken the ball forwards. The momentum from the pass was bigger and so the ball was bound to land behind him- but he certainly affected the trajectory of that ball. Should never have been given . But it was so, nothing you can do about it now. Jorge out for the season- oh dear. - a player who has a poor injury record and has been out for two years expecting him to stay fit was always a gamble.
Guess luck isn’t on your side.

Re: Saints up next : Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:11 pm  

jools wrote:

Was a knock on. The player was moving forwards when he fumbled the ball and so some of his forward momentum would have taken the ball forwards. The momentum from the pass was bigger and so the ball was bound to land behind him- but he certainly affected the trajectory of that ball. Should never have been given . But it was so, nothing you can do about it now. Jorge out for the season- oh dear. - a player who has a poor injury record and has been out for two years expecting him to stay fit was always a gamble.
Guess luck isn’t on your side.

Ridiculous comment even for you. A broken arm has zero to do with fitness, give your head a shake troll.

Re: Saints up next : Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:06 pm  

jools wrote:

Was a knock on. The player was moving forwards when he fumbled the ball and so some of his forward momentum would have taken the ball forwards. The momentum from the pass was bigger and so the ball was bound to land behind him- but he certainly affected the trajectory of that ball. Should never have been given . But it was so, nothing you can do about it now. Jorge out for the season- oh dear. - a player who has a poor injury record and has been out for two years expecting him to stay fit was always a gamble.
Guess luck isn’t on your side.

It landed on the pitch behind where he touched it, ergo not a knock on.
Knocks on are relative to the field, forward passes are relative to the passer.

Re: Saints up next : Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:24 pm  

Correct call, there was no knock on. You do sometimes see them given but that the same with many rules. Sadly for us the ref got this one right.

Re: Saints up next : Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:42 pm  

jools wrote:

Was a knock on. The player was moving forwards when he fumbled the ball and so some of his forward momentum would have taken the ball forwards. The momentum from the pass was bigger and so the ball was bound to land behind him- but he certainly affected the trajectory of that ball. Should never have been given . But it was so, nothing you can do about it now. Jorge out for the season- oh dear. - a player who has a poor injury record and has been out for two years expecting him to stay fit was always a gamble.
Guess luck isn’t on your side.

Your Yorkshire puddings are burning