Surely it should be a drop ball to Rangers when we were in possession and the Kilmarnock player banged into the referee while attempting to chase down Diomande? (Think it was him)
Killie player must touch it first before it becomes live.Well if its an uncontested drop ball to Killie and our players charge in and take the ball it's going to be called back?
We thought it should have been our uncontested ball not killie.I thought I was going crackers. All the replies stating the ball goes to the team in possession but no-one mentioning that we had possession!
That's where the confusion stemmed from. We couldn't work out why they were getting an uncontested drop ball so we kept contesting it presuming it must be a contested drop ball if we weren't just given the ball back.
Diomande was in possession the Killie player ran into the ref trying to get it off him. It should have been our drop ball, at the very least a proper 50/50 drop ball with two players kicking each other trying to win it.Had no clue why fans or the players were getting annoyed. Yes it was given to Killie, but was their drop ball, so not sure why our players were jumping in.
YesWas it the same ref today that done it about 5 times a few weeks ago?
Yes and it's probably the most broken rule in football. I think it's getting changed next year.Another rules question, totally unrelated to drop balls.
Is it still the case that the keeper has six seconds to release the ball once he has picked it up?
If so the Killie keeper must have contravened this rule every time he picked up the ball.
I counted seventeen seconds on one occasion
Ball is in play as soon as it touches the ground - opponents have to be 4m away until that point but as soon as it hits the ground they can challenge for it.Killie player must touch it first before it becomes live.
Another rules question, totally unrelated to drop balls.
Is it still the case that the keeper has six seconds to release the ball once he has picked it up?
If so the Killie keeper must have contravened this rule every time he picked up the ball.
I counted seventeen seconds on one occasion
Our players weren't daft at all. The ref set up on both occasions for a contested drop ball. He didn't usher our players away.No it’s not, I said in another post that if the ref calls a drop ball because the ball hit him or he blocked a player then he stops the game and restarts it with a uncontested drop ball to the team he decides were in possession
It happens every week and our players were daft to try and win it
It essentially is but without the advantage of the ball being static and the defence having to stand back. If you have the ball and the game is stopped or interrupted then it's an unwritten rule that you get the ball back as a drop.So the team that the ref decides were in possession get the ball placed in front of them and the other team need to get back to let them take it. Sounds very similar to a free kick.
There hasn’t been contested drop balls since 2019. It’s actually ridiculous that our players don’t know the rules.I’m still very confused about what happened with that today. As far as I can tell the ref wanted to give Killie a free kick without it being a free kick.
You don’t see it because there is no such thing as a contested drop ball anymore. It was stopped 5 years ago.Very, very rarely you see a contested drop ball these days. Especially as play was stopped due to either the player or the ball hitting the Referee.
You don’t see it because there is no such thing as a contested drop ball anymore. It was stopped 5 years ago.
This my last try . There can be contested drop balls but teams agree not to contest like before.You don’t see it because there is no such thing as a contested drop ball anymore. It was stopped 5 years ago.
Contested drop balls haven’t been a thing since 2019This my last try . There can be contested drop balls but teams agree not to contest like before.
Today’s drop balls were for a ref infringement and he DECIDES who gets possession UNCONTESTED!!!!!!!
For the cantwell one i think it was more after the ref dropped it at the killie players feet he stood for a few seconds not doing anything. How long do you give them to touch the ball before ur allowed to challenge them?It was the fact it happened twice that did it for me. Surely after the first one he tells everyone what the situation was if its to be uncontested.
Worked for zaire in 78So if a team has free kick and don’t take after a while the opponent can just kick the ball ?
3 mins to go and you're one nil upSo if a team has free kick and don’t take after a while the opponent can just kick the ball ?
We were in possession of the ball when he ran into himWhat if we were in possession when he blocked the opponent going for it? 50/50 drop ball no?
But our players weren’t 4m away were they?
Had no clue why fans or the players were getting annoyed. Yes it was given to Killie, but was their drop ball, so not sure why our players were jumping in.
There hasn’t been contested drop balls since 2019. It’s actually ridiculous that our players don’t know the rules.
Because we had the ball, not Kilmarnock.
The killie player was clearly the last player to touch the ball before play was stopped.We were in possession of the ball when he ran into him
Hard to judge precisely from the TV picture but Cantwell looked very close to 4m away as the ball was dropped, although by letter of the law has to stay 4m until the ball is 'in play', i.e. when it touches the ground. He's still about 2m away, but then 2m is nothing when you consider FKs and throw ins are subject to yard stealing and angle changing all the time.But our players weren’t 4m away were they?
When does he give a contested one though?This my last try . There can be contested drop balls but teams agree not to contest like before.
Today’s drop balls were for a ref infringement and he DECIDES who gets possession UNCONTESTED!!!!!!!
It’s not an unwritten rule now.It essentially is but without the advantage of the ball being static and the defence having to stand back. If you have the ball and the game is stopped or interrupted then it's an unwritten rule that you get the ball back as a drop.
Absolute nonsense, you need to learn the rules, he declares it possession to KIlmarnock, no Rangers player can touch it until a Kilmarnock player touches it.The ref shouldn't have dropped the ball if they weren't, it was his fault not the players for rightly going for the ball once it's in play, it was on the incompetent ref.
Rangers were also in possession of the ball and he decided to give it to Kille.
Any drop he doesnt award possession to a team can be contested. Normally teams agree not to contest and give the team allow the opposition to take possession then kick it back to the other team.When does he give a contested one though?
They would have to change the rules for that to happen
More drop balls like this please
Teams don't agree anything. There is no such thing as a contested drop ball now. It was stopped in 2019 which is why I find it mental that our players don't know that.Any drop he doesnt award possession to a team can be contested. Normally teams agree not to contest and give the team allow the opposition to take possession then kick it back to the other team.
Have you all been in outer space for the last 20 years?
Never because there is no contested drop balls anymore. I can't believe people still don't know thisWhen does he give a contested one though?
Thank you, didn’t know that part.Ball is in play as soon as it touches the ground - opponents have to be 4m away until that point but as soon as it hits the ground they can challenge for it.
No drop balls can be contested now. It has been that way for about 5 years now.Any drop he doesnt award possession to a team can be contested. Normally teams agree not to contest and give the team allow the opposition to take possession then kick it back to the other team.
Have you all been in outer space for the last 20 years?
Exactly! That would save having to do it three times.To be fair he should be making sure they are 4m away before he drops it. You have to assume that if he drops the ball, he is happy that they are back the required distance?
Never because there is no contested drop balls anymore. I can't believe people still don't know this
You both seem very confident hahaAny drop he doesnt award possession to a team can be contested. Normally teams agree not to contest and give the team allow the opposition to take possession then kick it back to the other team.
Have you all been in outer space for the last 20 years?
Then what’s the point of a drop ballNo it’s not, I said in another post that if the ref calls a drop ball because the ball hit him or he blocked a player then he stops the game and restarts it with a uncontested drop ball to the team he decides were in possession
It happens every week and our players were daft to try and win it
I watch a shit load of football and couldn't for the life of me tell you want was going on at the game. Even those around me didn't know why there was a drop ball in the first place. Apparently neither did our players.Always wonder how much football some of our fans actually watch.
Like the people questioning why other fans would put Sterling back into the midfield. If people didn't watch the games he played in the midfield then they missed the best period of our season.Always wonder how much football some of our fans actually watch.
I don't think they were daft to try for as the opposition player was taking some time to move for the ball.No it’s not, I said in another post that if the ref calls a drop ball because the ball hit him or he blocked a player then he stops the game and restarts it with a uncontested drop ball to the team he decides were in possession
It happens every week and our players were daft to try and win it
That’s simply not true. I don’t know why you keep repeating this.Any drop he doesnt award possession to a team can be contested. Normally teams agree not to contest and give the team allow the opposition to take possession then kick it back to the other team.
Have you all been in outer space for the last 20 years?
It literally takes 2 mins to Google itYou both seem very confident haha