Did anyone see last nights Monday night football on Sky Sports (well done to Wigan and Bobby Brown shoes by the way). Gary Neville was talking about cheats in football. He was showing examples of how players cheated and how hard it had become for ref's. To be fair he included himself, his mate Beckham, Lampard, Messi etc etc. He then went on to show an honest player (team). Guess who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only our own Neil Taylor v Spurs a few weeks back. Well done Neil, I think this attitude must start with the manager. Personally I would rather lose fairly than win by cheating. Think what the football world would think of John Terry if he had told the ref on Sunday that the ball did not cross the line. Instead he ran away celebrating, trying to con the ref. He even had a pop at the Spurs players for protesting to the ref. The result will soon be forgotten but his action would have been remembered forever. There's a banner at Stamford Bridge saying JT - Captain-Hero-Legend. Perhaps they should change it to JT-Cheat-Liar-T**T. Up the JACKS
I think most football fans are impressed with Swansea this season and hope you continue with your stylish brand of football that is a credit to the game and the PL.
What did Taylor do to be singled out for his honesty? I'm not suggesting that he isn't and I agree with the sentiment of this article, but I can't remember anything specific about his performance that day. What did I miss/forget? Swansea do play the game the right way. Good football, no notable divers or cloggers and no ref harassment, either. Bale's recent antics have tarnished our own reputation somewhat, unfortunately. To be fair to Terry, he didn't claim for the goal until after it had already been given. His attempts to make sure that it stayed on the scoreboard after it had been awarded, despite knowing that it wasn't a goal, were deplorable though. Honesty is now discouraged, as it's penalised. Dishonesty is rewarded.
What did Taylor do? There was one point in the first half when you were given a goal kick off a Van der Vaart shot that had clearly deflected off a Swansea player, I don't recall the Swansea defender telling the ref he got it wrong and I wouldn't expect him to. It's up to the referee to get it right and there are times that the players get it wrong, there was a penalty QPR got some months ago when no one really appealed, yet on replays it showed the ref was spot on. Terry said he didn't think it went in because he thought it was cleared when it hit him and I'd rather hew admitted what he thought than pulling a Wenger and pretending he didn't see it. He also didn't appeal, he celebrated when it was given which again I don't blame him for but he was clearly being a totally hypocritical **** when he was shooing Spurs players away from the ref but that again was down to Atkinson being a **** ref. Mata was the only Chelsea player who celebrated before the goal was given so he's the only one you can really blame from Chelsea.
Thanks for your comments on the Swans. If we do lose our manager in the summer I hope he goes to you guys. Taylor was running into the penalty when your right back had his hands all over his shoulders. Just the one incident but Sky used it as a good example of players staying on their feet and not getting penalties. In regards to Bale, he's a Cardiff boy! nuff said.
I know the incident you mean, but it was Gallas rather than Walker. Minimal contact, but very risky and a lot of players would have taken a tumble and put the ref into a difficult position.
Good luck with the rest of the season and look after Caulker for us, we're going to need him next season
Caulker has been useless for us this season. No good in the air, no speed and lazy. You really don't want him back (can we keep him for another season or two)
Exactly! No idea why we bought him, he didn't even get games on loan at Reading. According to his Wikipedia however He is known for his brute strength and ability to injure the strongest players while tackling cleanly. Sign him up
Paul, there seems to be this "rule" in football that if a player gets touched, they have a "right" to go down, i don't know when this started but its the nature of football today and pretty sad that players believe they have a "right" to force their own body to fall to the floor like they have just been shot in the head just because they were touched by an opposition player.
I have a feeling it started with Don Revie, not letting my bias show here, I hope. Ugly Leeds won the league ugly. All those who wish Spurs would play nasty and win something for a change, go on to u tube and watch that lot. That should remind you why you are Spurs.
Click on the pic for larger image. And don't forget Keegan was the nice guy. Keegan & Bremner get it together.
As a fellow 'detester' of all things Leeds from that period, one of the funniest incidents I remember from those days was a midweek (I think) away game at Elland Road. Apart from all the ususal spitting and punching off the ball that the likes of Giles and Bremner got up to, Mick Jones their CF, who was by no means the worst of them, had been getting in Pat Jennings face all the game. Now Pat was the calmest of souls - but not when he laid Jones out cold waiting for a corner to come over!!!! Absolutely priceless - especially as the ref appeared to see the incident clearly and did nothing as I recall....
