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[quote=Anonymous][quote=SoccerRef][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing I've wondered about: why do a few referees seem so hesitant to call fouls? Are they concerned about the potential reaction of spectators? Are they reluctant to have to run to the spot where the foul occurs (many of our refs seem to prefer to stand near the middle of the field)? Is it a pain in the neck to have to stop play and oversee the logistics of the free kick? I could understand that, but it's frustrating when fouls aren't called because young players, especially, begin to learn bad habits, such as jabbing opponents in the side with their elbows rather than making a proper slide tackle with their feet. [b]I find that the defensive fundamentals aren't learned as quickly when the rules aren't enforced game after game.[/b] Thanks for your perspective.[/quote]

do you think they are calling fouls in favelas and roughest barrios?

the US has never produced defenders as good as argentina and brazil. it has nothing to do with how youth games are called or not called.

on the other side, letting the rough stuff go really forces attackers to learn how to not get discouraged and not sulk after getting that first kicking from the fullback - especially nippy wide players.

coaches DEFINITElY take note of who shirks the physical stuff and who doesn't.

amking a proper slide tackle should be the last resort for a defender - a top defender doesn't need to leave his feet as he is already read the situation and is positioned appropriately along with the rest of the side in their proper supportive positions. [/quote]

That's bullshit. [/quote]

Clearly. Let's not feed the troll...[/quote]

ok pierluigi collina and lets see the pp must be carlo ancelotti - with all that cutting footballing insight - which part of the assessment was wrong?

it certainly wasn't the last part about slide tackling being the last resort. go spend time at youth training sessions with celta vigo, osasuna, mallorca, and a few other la liga teams - or if you aren't involved at that level, read this from xabi alonso (who announced his retirement today unfortunately)

: [quote]One of the Premier League's most successful imports, Xabi Alonso, perhaps gave the most damning testimony as to why England can't crack it at international level. [b]"I don't think tackling is a quality,"[/b] he said. "At Liverpool I used to read the matchday programme and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team. They'd ask: age, heroes, strong points, etc. He'd reply: 'Shooting and tackling'. [b]I can't get into my head that football development would educate tackling as a quality, something to learn, to teach, a characteristic of your play. How can that be a way of seeing the game? I just don't understand football in those terms. Tackling is a [last] resort and you will need it, but it isn't a quality to aspire to, a definition.[/b]"
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and it definitely wasn't about elite coaches assessing a players capacity to take physical punishment (from a psychological perspective) - once again if you've attended high level sessions of youth teams attached to pro level sides, you would know this.

And obvious the first statement about american defenders vs south american defenders is true.

lets use an example of what i just mentioned about attacker psychology. landon donovan vs christian pulisic. both roughly the same size but psychologically donovan was easier to bully, especially when he was younger. pulisic isn't mentally weak and even if a big full back 10 years his senior aggressively fouls him repeatedly, he will not shirk out of the game and hide from the ball.

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