Re: Question for umpires

I always base my decisions either on a deliberate foul or a goal stopping
foul - I.E. the last defensive man before the goal line and no chance the
goalkeeper/ other defender may of stopped the shot.

"D MacPherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies. Does a goal-stopping foul distinctly need to be
> deliberate to justify a penalty stroke? It seems that it would not be so,
as
> otherwise a defensive strategy might then be to pack the goal mouth and
hope
> it "accidentally" hits a defender which results in no more than a penalty
> corner.
>
> (I use my soccer background for analogies and I see this as being similar
to
> a defender on the line who makes an unintentional handball which stops the
> goal - "unintentional" meaning the ball hits the hand/arm, rather than
> reaching out to stop the ball. This would be a penalty kick.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don
>
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> "H.Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Agree that it should have been a goal and that the umpire had forgotten
> > that advantage IS a good thing.
> >
> > As for a penalty stroke, not so sure about that. Doesn't say anywhere in
> > the original post that it was a deliberate foul.
> >
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