Quote Originally Posted by kettering_baggie View Post
The issue I have with penalties is that concerning the way Ronaldo took his; I maintain that it should be disallowed. I know that I bang on about this but the law always used to be that stopping in the run up would invalidate the spot kick. Is that law still in place? If it is, then the match officials are failing badly in their application. If not, when was that particular law changed? I would have loved it if that Ronaldo penalty had been disallowed, although there may have been a subsequent issue with his floods of tears water logging the pitch. The penalty taker already has an advantage over the goalkeeper for a penalty kick, so trying to employ gamesmanship to increase that advantage should be stopped.
Agree about the stuttering run up. I have always preferred Bomber’s style of execution and that of the bloke who used to play for West Ham many moons ago.