u/Azidamadjida

Had a game tonight where a midfielder played a ball ahead of a forward, so I was gonna be in a 1-on-1 situation, but the ball was played ahead of her enough that I was able to run and slide and kick it away before she got to it. She even said “good save” as she changed directions to run past me.

The ref blew his whistle and said there was no slide tackling in this league, and that by sliding to kick it away (this was also just outside of the box), I “became a field player” and committed a foul by slide tackling. I told him the other player didn’t even have the ball it was open play, but he basically just said whatever, dropped the ball near the spot as I was still brushing myself off, didn’t blow his whistle and just told the guy taking the free kick “balls in”, and of course he kicked it instantly into the goal.

Obviously I blew up at him and earned myself a red card, but I’m still stewing about the reason for the foul being given in the first place. The ref claims that had I dove in headfirst and gone for the ball with my hands (outside of the box), it wouldn’t have been a foul, but it just makes no sense to me.

I’ve been playing for years and have cleared the ball like this numerous times, even in the leagues that say no slide tackling, and only do this when it’s outside the box or far enough from a player that I know I can beat them to it before they get it, but has anyone else had this happen or can clarify why exactly this was a slide tackle when the ball was far enough away from the player?

For added context, this was a 95 degree game in the sun and I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to make a standard 1-on-1 or diving save and was nearly on the verge of passing out at this point, so it was also kind of for personal safety as well as saving the goal

The Riddler should have gotten away - they leaned so hard into the Zodiac aesthetic, they made him one step ahead of Batman the whole time, they compared how him and Batman were seen as on the same side even throughout the whole film….and it should have ended after Carmine gets shot.

Have a little bit of a wrap up storywise, but the whole part where Riddler is caught and interrogated and then inspires copycats to kill the new mayor, all of that should’ve been cut and left things more ambiguous.

It would fix the length of the film, it would cut out how turning the Riddler into an internet vigilante analog undermines the vibe they were going for with him the whole time, and it would give an overarching villain for any other films they did, with this more detective style Batman’s nemesis being an equally intelligent figure who flaunts the law in the name of his own code.

They can still include how this interaction changes how Bruce sees himself through others eyes, but yeah the Riddler should’ve remained a mystery and not been caught at the end

Scarlett Johansson’s shot for shot recreation of Trinity’s intro scene