To be fair running over a keeper and then taking a dive on a yellow isn't clever at all

x2, WIlliams wouldn't have given him a yellow if he knew he already had one though :lol:

Terror threat increased to extreme

Until i see another angle i thought he got it perfectly right. Other than forgetting he was already on a yellow. But realistically every foul should be judge on their own and not on whether he has already got a yellow or not. If another angle shows that there was no contact then williams stuffed it. Otherwise all good.

Williams is just doing it to give us an easier final...

He definitely didn't know about it :lol: walked away and then showed the tomato about 30 seconds later

By suspending a guy for the semi final?

Big comments from Rudes and Aloisi regarding Williams here in the half time show, juicy! :d

just seen the replay looked like he didnt touch the keeper, keeper overeacts and pushes him. 90% of players around the world will go down if pushed like that by an opponent. williams could have used his head a bit more there. no way was it a simple case of keeper good, forward bad, like williams seems to have portrayed it

Dunno how Aloisi can accuse Williams of having a grudge against Queiroz, given Williams clearly didn't even know he was sending the Iranian guy off.

The first yellow was dodgy, don't disagree with the second though. He went down and clutched his face with not-quite-Rivaldo level theatrics. Seemed a yellow to me.

The guy gets a nudge in the chest and goes down holding his face. That's why he was booked. 100% the right decision.

He accidentally did a good job. :lol:

at least get it right, it was a push, a nudge is something completely different. so the player who gets pushed is in the wrong not the one who pushed. sound logic

Edited by spfc: 23/1/2015 06:41:03 PM

Never said the keeper wasn't in the wrong, he should have been booked as well, but that doesn't make simulation ok.

I assume you'd be 100% ok with an opposition player in a match against Australia getting a slight push in the chest and going down holding his face and getting absolutely no punishment for it?

agree

If Iraq win this, the post match interview with Quieroz will be akin to watching a hungry puma being dropped in a chicken coop.

Could almost set off a fucking war. At least will have a decent price on his head.

why is williams even refing in the qtr, i know we are host. By gosh he is an embarrassment.

Didnt he ref a world cup 1/4? Or round of 16?

I seem to remember him doing a decent job there. Maybe he was star struck and forgot what he was doing...

1-1. Shock of the tournament if Iraq get up.

a) whats this got to do with australia?
b) why do you think pushing opponents is ok under the rules of football?

He was refereeing in the Argentina vs Switzerland match i think in the round of 16.

Cmon Iraq


The outrage from those Iranians on Facebook will be glorious if they lose

I hope Iraq win purely for the Iraq fan who was sitting in front of me at the Brisbane game. The poor guy was sitting directly behind a Japanese supporter who was literally standing and jumping the entire game yelling nippon.

Edited by socceroofan4life: 23/1/2015 06:54:38 PM

2007 is repeating

Williams made this match a lot more interesting due to his stupid call.

Hang on let me get this straight. You agreed with me when I said the push wasn't right and should have been booked and now you ask why I think pushing is ok?

Why do you think simulation is ok under the rules of football?

We're not that awful

but now you think slight push is ok, nah whatever, back to the game, nice chat

Iranian fans not happy with Dejagah getting subbed at all haha

now williams ignored a clear second yellow offense for iraq's ahmed ibrahim