Why do they do it ?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Why do they do it ?

The officiating from the English officials last night did not help. By the time Taylor tried to stamp his authority on the game it was too late and the ship had sailed.

2nd or 3rd minute the Seville player went down holding his face. If he'd booked him then it would have made the game much better. English officials aren't that good unfortunately. The PL has a couple of new ones and 2 Aussies who are much better that Taylor.

[Tuerto]

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2nd or 3rd minute the Seville player went down holding his face. If he'd booked him then it would have made the game much better. English officials aren't that good unfortunately. The PL has a couple of new ones and 2 Aussies who are much better that Taylor.

Unfortunately, the officials are in a very difficult position. They don't want to be seen to spoil a final, if they start dishing out cards early then it's probably not going to end well, and they'll get slaughtered for it. Not saying it's right though.

[Cyclops]

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Unfortunately, the officials are in a very difficult position. They don't want to be seen to spoil a final, if they start dishing out cards early then it's probably not going to end well, and they'll get slaughtered for it. Not saying it's right though.

Reminds me of the English ref, Jack Taylor who awarded the Netherlands a penalty in the first minute of a World Cup final against Germany. That took some bottle!

There's a story that Taylor was badly cut in the face by a penny thrown from a bank of Luton Town fans at Kenilworth Road. When Eric Morecambe, the comedian and national treasure who also happened to be a Luton director, asked him if he was going to report the incident, the referee said he wasn't, and Morecambe replied: "Good, now can I have my penny back?"

[Cyclops]

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They are a academy team, pay £45 a month to play for them, train twice per week

Do you have a view on injuries suffered by girls playing football.

I've read that because of physiological differences between the sexes, female players may be more prone to certain injuries. The England womens team being a case in point. In the European Championship finals, they played virtually the same team twice a week - but now half the same team are crocked with serious problems.

[Rjk]

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Do you have a view on injuries suffered by girls playing football.

I've read that because of physiological differences between the sexes, female players may be more prone to certain injuries. The England womens team being a case in point. In the European Championship finals, they played virtually the same team twice a week - but now half the same team are crocked with serious problems.

A couple of years ago I did some work in sports medicine

non-contact ACL injuries are 5 or 6 times more likely in female athletes than in male - but it isn't fully understood why yet.

One theory is at certain times in the menstrual cycle the woman's joints become more flexible/less stable due to increased oestrogen- but there needs to be more research into it really.

[blue matt]

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Do you have a view on injuries suffered by girls playing football.

I've read that because of physiological differences between the sexes, female players may be more prone to certain injuries. The England womens team being a case in point. In the European Championship finals, they played virtually the same team twice a week - but now half the same team are crocked with serious problems.

I honestly dont know, way above my pay grade, I just attempt to coach the how to play the game :thumbup:

A couple of years ago I did some work in sports medicine

non-contact ACL injuries are 5 or 6 times more likely in female athletes than in male - but it isn't fully understood why yet.

One theory is at certain times in the menstrual cycle the woman's joints become more flexible/less stable due to increased oestrogen- but there needs to be more research into it really.

I wonder if its also partly due to its a massively common netball injury, girls play lots of netball, I know Bath Uni are doing research on it