The 2010/2011 Bundesliga after Matchday 11

In today’s little chat about the Bundesliga ahead of matchday 12, the following points will be addressed: Firstly, the current table situation will be examined a little, the arrangement of which certainly surprises us all and which thus also provides plenty of excitement, but which could nevertheless gradually correct itself in the direction of “normal”.…

The Bundesliga in computer simulation

Now, on 2 November 2010, the 1st Football Bundesliga is well underway again, after the 10th round played in the meantime, and continues to captivate the fan week after week. There are, as always, a number of much and hotly debated issues. There are a few false starts and a few positive surprises to observe.…

Time play

1) In generalTime play in general is a most annoying matter, as the reader can certainly confirm. First of all, it is necessary to describe a few observations and, as usual, to get to the bottom of the matter – even if it is a psychological one. First of all, it is almost a certainty…

What is a punishment?

This section here is intended to be a preliminary consideration of a fundamental nature, dealing with the question of a real “punishment”, the purpose of which is to actually banish certain breaches of the rules from annoying everyday football by making the punishment more severe… In order to break a child of a certain, undesirable…

The advantage rule

1) A few preliminary considerations In principle, of course, it is not only a good idea to decide on advantage in certain situations, but it is in itself a matter of course. You only have to imagine this simple situation, where an attacker nevertheless remains in a favourable attacking situation after a clearly recognisable foul…

Goalkeeper hand

Aliens in football? Goalkeeper tees Überhupt In this chapter, a new risk is taken: something is postulated without actually knowing the background, or more concretely, one could also say without knowing the rule text. The risk is to put oneself in the shoes of an alien, or even just a football alien, and to try…

Goalkeeper protection

One rule states that the goalkeeper is given special protection in the five-metre area, so that if he is even touched, tackled, jumped on, pushed away or whatever – i.e. a number of attacks that would not otherwise be punished outside this area – he is awarded a free kick. Of course, such a rule…

Striker’s foul

If you like, of course, enough has already been said about this problem in the text. Nevertheless, perhaps it is worthwhile to have a little extra section just to deal with this idea. Striker’s foul is actually always. If the referee looks for any alibi to stop the game, it was a striker’s foul. Even…