Quote Originally Posted by Leicesterbaggie View Post
When are referees going to penalise holding and pulling players down in the penalty area. Match after match players are rugby tackled to the ground and nothing is given. Outside of the penalty area the most innocuous tackles are punished. It could easily be eradicated if referees had the courage to penalise players. They would soon get the message and stop doing it. It is getting to the stage where a free kick or a corner into the penalty area looks like a rugby scrum.
Agreed! More penalties for this and less for hand ball.