Bales comment that if theres contact its not a dive with a sheepish look on his face says it all. I thought football was a contact sort but he obviously doesnt.
Defoes was outragous...it deserved a booking
Bale has dived (like plenty of gooners) but he's been wrongly booked against Liverpool in November, Fulham in December and again today. The refs should only book players if they are certain they've dived and they clearly aren't doing this. How the ref hasn't said he made a mistake and rescinded it is also a joke.The decision today was farcical especially considering the ref allowed defoe to get away with the most blatant dive you'll see.
Another issue re players going down when touched is that when they don't they rarely get a free kick...there was a good example of that today when Lennon was being pulled back and he stayed on his feet so the ref refused to blow his whistle.
Every team has examples of that happening and it simply encourages players to go down.
Sorry, but all three of Bale's were richly deserving of a yellow card, mainly because he doesn't go down right away, he takes a step or two completely in balance and then drops like he has been shot. He is going to get a yellow card every single time for that. Even if you (or he) think he was fouled, diving like that is bloody stupid!
at the thick as **** Utd fans.Only if you don't know the Laws. To be cautioned you have 'to be trying to deceive the referee by pretending to be fouled' Since he was fouled he can't be pretending so the yellow card was wrong.Sorry, but all three of Bale's were richly deserving of a yellow card, mainly because he doesn't go down right away, he takes a step or two completely in balance and then drops like he has been shot. He is going to get a yellow card every single time for that. Even if you (or he) think he was fouled, diving like that is bloody stupid!

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Only if you don't know the Laws. To be cautioned you have 'to be trying to deceive the referee by pretending to be fouled' Since he was fouled he can't be pretending so the yellow card was wrong.

