1st Offence ........Warning 2nd Offence........Publicly Shat on 3rd Offence.........Deported to Glasgow. Should sort them out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25586007 BBC release figures about diving. Most bookings for simulation by club (since August 2008) Tottenham - 13 Chelsea - 12 Manchester United - 12 Arsenal - 8 Liverpool - 8 No surprise the "top 5" are the biggest cheats.
Pulis is a funny individual. I believe he's genuine in being against diving but at the same time he deliberately pressurises referees and ensures his teams get the majority of decisions. If a decision ever goes against a Pulis team the world and his dog always hears about it and how hard done to they are. That isn't accidental.
I don't like the way he begins this blog-post by referring to Suarez's World Cup handball, as that's really a separate issue from diving, but this fella does go on to explore the punishment options quite well... http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/stopping-diving-football-fifa-losing-battle/
He's an enormous ****. I don't understand how so many people can like Bayern with him and Ribery hitting the floor at every opportunity. It was funny seeing Lahm getting **** all for clearly choosing to go down in the belief that in his own box he'd get a soft free kick and Podolski scoring as a result.
They might as well scrap the simulation rule cause refs just don't seem to follow it. Robben was a disgrace.
From where I was sat he just avoided the contact after the ball had gone. He didn't appeal for anything and just got up.
If that's the case then that's very disappointing. He did have a stonewall penalty not given a few minutes later as well, maybe the previous incident was still in the referees mind.
Didn't understand how the push on his back was not given for a pen though. The ref today was dire for both teams.
Yeah the push in his back was a stone waller. Does my head in that 99 times out to 100 that would be a foul if it was a defender being pushed but when it's an attacker it's just ignored.
Lack of consistency if that was outside the box it would be given, the rules don't change in the box.
The referee made the mistake of sending Kompany off (he was clearly fouled before he pulled jelly back) he then balanced it out by denying us a stonewall penalty and refusing to send off a player for a head butt. Terrible refereeing for both teams.
