michael
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« on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:11:29 » |
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As confirmed by UEFA.
It is a bloody shame because I have him in my fantasy football team.
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:15:17 » |
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I think it's funny. I mean everyone knows, and official bodies commenting on it only makes them look more incompetent than the English FA, because they can't do anything. Or can they? Not that I care of course, because him cheating is funny. As i said earlier.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:16:23 » |
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Yes, but so is most top flight players.
How many dodgy penalties did Ronaldo get for Man Yoo over the years ?
Yet UEFA/FIFA actually promote cheating with their ‘double whammy’ rule for professional fouls, where you can get a penalty AND an opposition player sent off at the same time.
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:17:37 » |
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I think it's funny. I mean everyone knows, and official bodies commenting on it only makes them look more incompetent than the English FA, because they can't do anything. Or can they? Not that I care of course, because him cheating is funny. As i said earlier.
Not half as funny as Bloodgate...now revealing the true nature of the "corinthian" egg chasers. |
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michael
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:17:45 » |
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Yeah but Ronaldo isn't a cheat, according to UEFA.
Neither is Steven Gerrard.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 14:29:16 » |
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simon cox dived like that every week for us
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 14:41:07 » |
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i agree with that cox was diving but he found the net more time than he did
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 14:53:13 » |
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i agree with that cox was diving but he found the net more time than he did
what? |
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 15:03:10 » |
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If the authorities decide to punish players that dive then fine, but they seem to be applying the rules at random - why has Eduardo been singled out? What about all the other players that do it and get away with it?
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 17:47:53 » |
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It's odd that UEFA have punished Eduardo for this because if it happened at the Emirates diving probably occurred in the match between Debrecen and Levski Sofia too would they actively investigate that too?
Diving is annoying (accept when they're hilariously bad like Morten Gamst Pedersen's effort last season) and they're right to punish within reason but if they opt punish one they have to punish all.
Good luck with that.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 17:51:23 » |
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It's odd that UEFA have punished Eduardo for this because if it happened at the Emirates diving probably occurred in the match between Debrecen and Levski Sofia too would they actively investigate that too?
I agree. I thought about this and wondered if we'd see wide scale action on this, but I'd imagine it'll just be a case of UEFA making a few examples of people. If the Premier league adopt such a policy, it would only be teams like Stoke and Hull that get punished and made examples of. And let's face it, it would change the game if harsh stances were adopted in countries like Spain. |
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 17:59:05 » |
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i think it's a good move in theory
bad timing- should not be introduced a few games into the season though.
the sensible action would be for UEFA to say to the clubs and players- next season we'll punish you so you might want to think again about diving
retrospective action is a dangerous route and will only make the game a bit more farcical that it currently is
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 20:13:04 » |
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a good example of retrospective reffing would be to ban Razvan Rats for a few games for stamping on Yaya Toure's nadgers!
Platini's there, i expect him to inform Rats himself!
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 20:21:38 » |
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Wenger is such a cunt, it's an obvious dive, he knows it's a dive but he still comes out with his usual shite.
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, August 28, 2009, 20:25:50 » |
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i love wenger
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