Originally Posted by Jokanovic:
“It was a poor game. Any neutral would of turned it off.”
“It was a poor game. Any neutral would of turned it off.”
Juan Mata is a bloody lovely player though, isn't he?
Awesome.
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Originally Posted by Cantona07:
“Juan Mata is a bloody lovely player though, isn't he?
Awesome.”
“Juan Mata is a bloody lovely player though, isn't he?
Awesome.”
He's the difference so many times.
Originally Posted by Cantona07:
“Juan Mata is a bloody lovely player though, isn't he?
Awesome.”
“Juan Mata is a bloody lovely player though, isn't he?
Awesome.”
I don't know who is better, him or Santi at Arsenal, but they would both be very lovely signings!
Originally Posted by ICT User 77:
“Mata is player of the season.
Such an awesome talent.”
“Mata is player of the season.
Such an awesome talent.”
You can certainly see why Benitez wanted him at Liverpool a few years ago!
The behaviour of Luiz was a disgrace there. Lying on the ground pretending to be hurt, whilst laughing. he was hardly touched in the first place either.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The behaviour of Luiz was a disgrace there. Lying on the ground pretending to be hurt, whilst laughing. he was hardly touched in the first place either.”
“The behaviour of Luiz was a disgrace there. Lying on the ground pretending to be hurt, whilst laughing. he was hardly touched in the first place either.”
You just love Chelsea don't ya
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The behaviour of Luiz was a disgrace there. Lying on the ground pretending to be hurt, whilst laughing. he was hardly touched in the first place either.”
“The behaviour of Luiz was a disgrace there. Lying on the ground pretending to be hurt, whilst laughing. he was hardly touched in the first place either.”
Gamesmanship I'd say. I'm no Chelsea lover but if Rafael doesn't kick out he doesn't give Luiz a chance.
The thing that seems to have annoyed people is the laugh, but it's hardly the end of the world. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a big storm in a teacup. We've had too much of that recently.
Definitely a red!
Originally Posted by seellee:
“Gamesmanship I'd say. I'm no Chelsea lover but if Rafael doesn't kick out he doesn't give Luiz a chance.
The thing that seems to have annoyed people is the laugh, but it's hardly the end of the world. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a big storm in a teacup. We've had too much of that recently.
Definitely a red!”
“Gamesmanship I'd say. I'm no Chelsea lover but if Rafael doesn't kick out he doesn't give Luiz a chance.
The thing that seems to have annoyed people is the laugh, but it's hardly the end of the world. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a big storm in a teacup. We've had too much of that recently.
Definitely a red!”
The kick hardly touched him. It was a dive, and the behaviour on the ground was disgusting.
At least Drogba pretended to be hurt when he dived every week.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The kick hardly touched him. It was a dive, and the behaviour on the ground was disgusting.
”
“The kick hardly touched him. It was a dive, and the behaviour on the ground was disgusting.
”
Bit like that ballboy in the Swansea match
Originally Posted by batdude_uk1:
“I don't know who is better, him or Santi at Arsenal, but they would both be very lovely signings!”
“I don't know who is better, him or Santi at Arsenal, but they would both be very lovely signings!
”
Mata is the better player, by a good distance.
Well done on today chaps, I think we're all in agreement that it was an awful game of football, but one team needed to win it and the other didn't, and it showed.
Originally Posted by Daryl Dark:
“Bit like that ballboy in the Swansea match ”
“Bit like that ballboy in the Swansea match
”
You were all ready to condemn him though.
The kick on Luiz was even less than the ballboy got though, and Luiz was elbowing in the first place. It was a disgrace. cant you accept that?
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The kick hardly touched him. It was a dive, and the behaviour on the ground was disgusting.
At least Drogba pretended to be hurt when he dived every week.”
“The kick hardly touched him. It was a dive, and the behaviour on the ground was disgusting.
At least Drogba pretended to be hurt when he dived every week.”
Again. Pretty much every player dives and feigns injury. We are all hypocrites about it. They've had Drogba, you have Bale. Both have dived. Both have feigned injury. If you kick out you get sent off, it doesn't matter if it touched its the intent as people were saying with Suarez.
I can see why Spurs fans would be annoyed though, it puts the pressure on for the final games!
Originally Posted by Jamesp84:
“Mata is the better player, by a good distance.
Well done on today chaps, I think we're all in agreement that it was an awful game of football, but one team needed to win it and the other didn't, and it showed.”
“Mata is the better player, by a good distance.
Well done on today chaps, I think we're all in agreement that it was an awful game of football, but one team needed to win it and the other didn't, and it showed.”
I quite like the both of them, they are very fine players indeed, and both deserve all of the plaudits that they are getting.
Seconded on the second bit of your post, there was ever only going to be one team winning that match, and we were never going to be it.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“You were all ready to condemn him though.
The kick on Luiz was even less than the ballboy got though, and Luiz was elbowing in the first place. It was a disgrace. cant you accept that?”
“You were all ready to condemn him though.
The kick on Luiz was even less than the ballboy got though, and Luiz was elbowing in the first place. It was a disgrace. cant you accept that?”
Not really - I found it quite amusing
All this stuff makes footy more interesting - all this faux outrage is boring as hell.
Originally Posted by seellee:
“Again. Pretty much every player dives and feigns injury. We are all hypocrites about it. They've had Drogba, you have Bale. Both have dived. Both have feigned injury. If you kick out you get sent off, it doesn't matter if it touched its the intent as people were saying with Suarez.
I can see why Spurs fans would be annoyed though, it puts the pressure on for the final games!”
“Again. Pretty much every player dives and feigns injury. We are all hypocrites about it. They've had Drogba, you have Bale. Both have dived. Both have feigned injury. If you kick out you get sent off, it doesn't matter if it touched its the intent as people were saying with Suarez.
I can see why Spurs fans would be annoyed though, it puts the pressure on for the final games!”
The result here doesn't surprise, and I am more annoyed by blatant cheating, without any attempt to at least hide the fact.
Bale gets all manner of stick, and frequently booked, yet several of those bookings were wrong. I have no problem condemning any of our players who get booked for diving, if they have, because I hate it.
This needs stopping, and yet most do defend their own players when they do it, but get excited when it happens against them.
I dont think we'll finish top four unless we beat Chelsea, which on current form we wont.
Originally Posted by Daryl Dark:
“Not really - I found it quite amusing
All this stuff makes footy more interesting - all this faux outrage is boring as hell.”
“Not really - I found it quite amusing
All this stuff makes footy more interesting - all this faux outrage is boring as hell.”
Says it all.
Chelsea are widely condemned as having no class or morals, so this is to be expected.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The result here doesn't surprise, and I am more annoyed by blatant cheating, without any attempt to at least hide the fact.
Bale gets all manner of stick, and frequently booked, yet several of those bookings were wrong. I have no problem condemning any of our players who get booked for diving, if they have, because I hate it.
This needs stopping, and yet most do defend their own players when they do it, but get excited when it happens against them.
I dont think we'll finish top four unless we beat Chelsea, which on current form we wont.”
“The result here doesn't surprise, and I am more annoyed by blatant cheating, without any attempt to at least hide the fact.
Bale gets all manner of stick, and frequently booked, yet several of those bookings were wrong. I have no problem condemning any of our players who get booked for diving, if they have, because I hate it.
This needs stopping, and yet most do defend their own players when they do it, but get excited when it happens against them.
I dont think we'll finish top four unless we beat Chelsea, which on current form we wont.”
Bale does get too much stick I don't think he is diver personally, in terms of Luiz, Rafael kicked out at him, bottom line it's violent conduct and a red regardless of Luiz's reaction afterwards.
Originally Posted by Deep Purple:
“The result here doesn't surprise, and I am more annoyed by blatant cheating, without any attempt to at least hide the fact.
Bale gets all manner of stick, and frequently booked, yet several of those bookings were wrong. I have no problem condemning any of our players who get booked for diving, if they have, because I hate it.
This needs stopping, and yet most do defend their own players when they do it, but get excited when it happens against them.
I dont think we'll finish top four unless we beat Chelsea, which on current form we wont.”
“The result here doesn't surprise, and I am more annoyed by blatant cheating, without any attempt to at least hide the fact.
Bale gets all manner of stick, and frequently booked, yet several of those bookings were wrong. I have no problem condemning any of our players who get booked for diving, if they have, because I hate it.
This needs stopping, and yet most do defend their own players when they do it, but get excited when it happens against them.
I dont think we'll finish top four unless we beat Chelsea, which on current form we wont.”
Diving is part of the game now. Whether you like it or not. Somebody dives or goes down easily in pretty much every match now. The officials don't help matters. The players know unless they go down they don't get. I'm over it and have accepted it.
I don't get all the faux outrage about it. There's too much of that in football at the moment. It's ruining the enjoyment for me, more than people cheating.
It's part of the game because people accept it.
Many dont, and seeing these antics ruin it for me. To say people complaining about cheating ruins the game is ridiculous.
Many dont, and seeing these antics ruin it for me. To say people complaining about cheating ruins the game is ridiculous.
Originally Posted by seellee:
“Diving is part of the game now. Whether you like it or not. Somebody dives or goes down easily in pretty much every match now. The officials don't help matters. The players know unless they go down they don't get. I'm over it and have accepted it.
I don't get all the faux outrage about it. There's too much of that in football at the moment. It's ruining the enjoyment for me, more than people cheating.”
“Diving is part of the game now. Whether you like it or not. Somebody dives or goes down easily in pretty much every match now. The officials don't help matters. The players know unless they go down they don't get. I'm over it and have accepted it.
I don't get all the faux outrage about it. There's too much of that in football at the moment. It's ruining the enjoyment for me, more than people cheating.”
It's the way the world is these days - this Daily Mail type of outrage - it's football, it's a contact sport and s**t happens.
Originally Posted by Daryl Dark:
“Bale does get too much stick I don't think he is diver personally, in terms of Luiz, Rafael kicked out at him, bottom line it's violent conduct and a red regardless of Luiz's reaction afterwards.”
“Bale does get too much stick I don't think he is diver personally, in terms of Luiz, Rafael kicked out at him, bottom line it's violent conduct and a red regardless of Luiz's reaction afterwards.”
If Luiz had not dived, I doubt there would have been a red card. He hardly touched him, and it was retaliation to being elbowed, possibly twice.
It is part of the modern game, and if you are happy with that, all I can say is that we have different ideas of what we want to see.
Don't kick out at people and you don't get a red, fair enough Webb didn't see Luiz barging into Rafael but he also missed a blatant foul on Luiz in a dangerous position earlier in the game.
Refs miss stuff
Refs miss stuff
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