Originally Posted by rhumble:
“I just think you are talking nonsense to be honest, i think there are stupid rules a yellow card is given when a goal is yellow that sanitises the game for no reason imo”
The flaw in this passion or having fun argument is that for around 100 years, goal celebrations never once involved a shirt coming off. You can't think of too many before Giggs.
Hurst, Greaves, Lineker, Rush, Shearer scored a thousand goals, vital ones that won trophies.
Not only do I not agree with the passion or emotion argument. I'd go further to say a lot of the time is can be a lack of passion.
Emotion is quite evidently Tardelli, Falcao or Socrates running away, veins pumping, colour drained from their face. I'd add Alan Sunderland to that too!
Some of these shirt removals now seem more like a player desperate to show off his abs for the cameras more than emotion.
Whether it deserves a yellow card or not, I don't know. They don't seem to be connected to me, but it can be irritating.