The_Guardsman wrote:
1927 wrote:
The_Guardsman wrote:
Yes happy Birthday you greasey diving bastard!! I remember what you did to us you cowardly swine! Can't beat England fairly so you have to fall on your arse!
Apparently Owen, Gerrard and others have dived in the past, sorry to be the bearer of such sad news, who you going to support now?
Yep l saw Owen dive it was bloody disapointing. Did'nt see Gerrard dive though. The difference is they only did it once. That creature has done it a couple of times.
I for one belive they should clamp down hard on people who dive regardless if they are English, Spanish or Welsh! Send the buggers off the pitch! Bring in a forth official!
Ya dead right Owen and Gerrard have only done it once but once is enough. It gets replayed from 5 angles, say x5 times. 500,000 kids watch that and say 10% try it in their next match, whats that 50,000 kids? (my maths and english are awful). I fully agree ban them, do what rugby league did and on Monday get a panel of ex pro's, maybe refs even and watch each Prem match and analise it for cheating, then act on the players, that'll stop it all. Diving, faking injury to get others punished, surrounding the ref, blah de blah.
You have to be careful as often players genuinely slip and the ref makes the mistake by awarding a foul when the defender clearly didnt touch him. You will never see the fallen player approach the ref and tell him he made a mistake, "Ref, I slipped" - its just not gong to happen.
In Cricket regardless of level, if you nicked it to the Wickey, you would walk, everyone hears the noise, some will see the ball deviate, the batsman may feel it. Now regardless of level you don't walk, I play at a very "Villagey" level and I hate umpiring due to decisions when the players could help me.
I do a lot with kids hockey and my policy is I pick my kids on who players the fairest and listens the hardest in training rather than picking the superstars of the team.