Because Thai - and I think you misunderstand what simulation means - you say that he simulated and should be booked, you also say it was a foul, but yet somehow it wasnt a red card - and you say that all players will go down to get a pen in the right circumstances i.e. drawing a foul (which IMO isn't what happened here - that's something different to going down when you are being fouled).
Sounds like you need some antipsychotic medication to help with all those voices in your head![]()
Lets us go through this bit by bit...
you say that he simulated and should be booked In said I thought he simulated as he appeared to be going to ground before Ruddy touched him, I did not say he did.
you also say it was a foul From the referees viewpoint it was a foul, and I am being fair to the ref here, he only saw what he saw or what he thought he saw. So on that basis, if that's how it was interpreted then it's a foul and to that end I swallow my pride and accept that decision and have no real issue with it. I have never said anywhere it was not a foul, I have never been stupid to make my statements factual. I have said it did not look like a foul because I think the ref was conned but a foul was given.
but yet somehow it wasnt a red card Again it is open to the ref's interpretation, having decided it was a foul he viewed Ruddy as being the last man and denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. I would argue that even if the keeper had been rounded there was a defender closing in very quickly who quite possibly would have blocked a shot coming from an acute angle, therefor perhaps it did not deny a clear scoring chance and I am not sure Ruddy was the last man for the same reason (remember, a defender does not have to be in direct line with the goal and the striker to be perceived as being able to clear a shot) - which is why I also added it's not my opinion that counts, I am only a mere spectator (when the stream works!)
and you say that all players will go down to get a pen in the right circumstances I did but that does not mean I like it or agree with it.
