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Just want to get another word in(hopefully not the last)
1)If I am bending the rules to aid the spirit of the game, YOU are bending the rules by saying both teams must participate. The laws dont say that, you do.
2) If any team protested the decision to drop the ball to the keeper(they havent yet and Ive done it many times) I would first of all expect any league administratio to deny a protest offhand second of all I would defend it effectively much as I have here. ONCE AGAIN this doesnt matter in the big scheme of things. It isnt going to affect the outcome of the game.
3)If you expect the players to do whats right I encourage you to review the tape of the most recent UEFA cup final and the Arsenal game from last year where a goal was scored from a sporting throwin to the keeper. We cant force an outcome but we can do what is available to us within limits.
4. This is such a common practice (dropping the ball to the keeper)I am incredulous that you havent heard of it before.
5. to compare a dropped ball in the penalty area for injury to the defending goalkeeper to injury for an attacker is comparing apples to oranges. We must tailor our decisions to fit the situation. NOBODY calls everything the same way.
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