i thought Snodgrass was lucky to stay on the pitch but they didn't even show it or mention it, yet they always seem to with luis, its the selectiveness of what they show and mention that does my head in. he gets hacked to **** all the time yet they don't seem to highlight that, yet the minute he goes down theatrically its massively over highlighted. should highlight all bad tackles and theatrics in games, not be selective because of who the player is.
I agree with you MITO and I made a thread on it yesterday just after the game. I appreciate it was a bad challenge, but Suarez had acted like he took a bullet through his foot, for him then to jump up and sprint at full speed, that's not to say he wasn't hurt but he definitely exaggerated - I also appreciate that if the players don't act then they more often than not don't get the decision, but, in regards to Suarez there is a whole bad side to his game regardless of the incident yesterday. If I were to choose to have him with or without it, I know what I'd choose - and to me it doesn't matter whether he's a red or not.
Yeah and they can stop laughing about the "magic sponge" too. Faking injury, hobbing to the sideline then screaming at the ref to let you sprint back on is the same thing except you also waste everyone's time. Play didn't even stop for the Suarez incident.
Spot on, that ****ing hurt, and he seen we had the ball and got on with it, here we have a player who was hurt getting up and doing something, apparently some prefer to see him stay down even though he was getting nothing? I'd rather he did what he did. Not stayed down, sometimes you just cant ****ing win
Oh come on! He didn't drag himself back off the ground to then hobble with one leg in to Norwich penalty area did he? He dropped to the floor screaming in pain, rolled around holding his leg, trying to influence the referee, he then jumped back on to his feet and sprinted in full speed in to Norwich's area! This is Luis Suarez we're talking about lads, he was trying to con the referee.
Even though i am now sober i still stand by what i said yesterday. - yes he is a drama queen -No i don't like it and wish he would stop -The tackle yesterday was red card material and will have hurt - you are being harsh in this case.
Con the ref? surely the amount of injury to a player(apart from open fractures etc) is almost irrelevant to the offence ie flying in studs up high up the shin.
[video=youtube;URzKQc4s7Wc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URzKQc4s7Wc[/video] The video is very damning, the tackle wasn't even that bad.
It was embarrassing and the sooner this sort of thing is out the game the better. Sadly it happens every week in all prem games. It pisses me off when commentators just laugh about it or say "he had every right to go down" or "he is a clever player" no it is cheating. Hopefully the will just ban players on retrospect to kick it out. Who says cheats never prosper? They do in football.
Ban players for what? I agree players should be banned for diving, but in this instance it wasn't a dive. He clearly got caught and I don't think you can go around banning players for being fouled then getting up again
the daily star reported on it... at least we got ours in first. the rule is clear... "simulation" = yellow card. exaggeration is not actually really in the rules. it is part of the rule to feign excessive injury but if there is contact it seems refs are powerless. imo there was a foul, the ref neither gave it nor waved advantage as suarez hammed it up. the reaction afterwards proved in the refs mind he was right. i think i'd have a wee bit more support had we needed a pen and the ref refused to give it after seeing that muck. go down honestly, don't exaggerate, go down and don't feign injury and you'll get more imo over time.
There isn't a player on the pitch that isn't a cheat in the professional game, every hand that goes up for a throw or corner even though the player KNOWS it come off him last, every defender that collapses when he feels a hand on him and he's facing his own goal, every "Ohhh **** off ref" after you've kicked someone up in the air or dragged them back, every goalkeeper taking 40 seconds to take a goal kick when the under dog is leading - it exists everywhere but is only highlighted for attackers.
Problem is MITO, that in recent weeks we've seen that if you don't go down and exaggerate things, ref's won't give you the foul.
I agree. Some is worse or at least perceived to be worse then others. They need to be less tolerant of that behaviour. Sadly it is less about the sport and more about the money now so it is unlikely to ever stop. I don't have such a problem with appealing for a throw, although I take your point. But respect towards the ref is a must, and in that I'd include not making there job harder through simulation. Tbh I don't know how players do it, I would be embarrassed if I behaved like that.
