Honesty and Integrity is listed after Cheating ( and diving ).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46129571.
Sterling isn't the first player who has been accused of diving. He won't be the last! Sterling is not being accused of diving in the above incident (( although he may have developed a 'technique' in which the referee was fooled into thinking that a foul was committed ) (( referees don't need to be fooled - they can do that for themselves judging by the standard at Priestfield )).
To be fair to Sterling - ( on this occasion ), - he hasn't asked the referee for a penalty -- but he hasn't been honest and told the ref that the defender had not tripped him. People may say that it is not the responsibility of players to tell the referee what decision to make ( not that they would listen ).
People, including players like Sterling, could say that there are many occasions when the referee fails to award obvious penalties, and may feel justified to accept any penalty such as in this instance.
I have often accused the officials of cheating. I have been unable to accept that they are so blind or incompetent, as to fail to see incidents - not unnoticed by thousands of other people inside the ground - many of whom are 50+ yards away. Maybe the officials are not cheating - just poor at their jobs --- I find it amazing that so many officials are simply and only poor in ability ! I could be even more transparent in my cynicism - and suggest that some referees have become so disenchanted by diving and other tactics (cheating ), to achieve a penalty, that they deliberately refuse to award a 'quota' of genuine ones - as a form of 'payback' for the times when a player has cheated his way to a penalty.
The word 'HATE' has featured in my posts this week. It's ironic that the letters that make up this word are to be found in the word 'CHEAT' ! For the benefit of WaldoGills ( and others ), if there is one thing that I truly HATE - it is CHEATING. This extends to ANYONE, ( including Gills' players ), who cheat on the pitch. Cheating is the one thing that I cannot condone -- and removes so much of the pleasure that I derive from watching football.
If a person is prepared to cheat, there is little hope of honesty and integrity. If a person cheats, they cannot be trusted. I suspect that a person who cheats may find it difficult to trust honest people - maybe thinking that everyone else is just as dishonest ! -- but-- they probably don't give this much thought - because they would be too consumed in thoughts for themselves !
I could continue with my philosophy (it's my mood of the week ), - but I will just say that ; " I hate cheating" -- that is the honest truth - it's a pity that Sterling had no integrity about himself and told the referee that it wasn't a foul.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46129571.
Sterling isn't the first player who has been accused of diving. He won't be the last! Sterling is not being accused of diving in the above incident (( although he may have developed a 'technique' in which the referee was fooled into thinking that a foul was committed ) (( referees don't need to be fooled - they can do that for themselves judging by the standard at Priestfield )).
To be fair to Sterling - ( on this occasion ), - he hasn't asked the referee for a penalty -- but he hasn't been honest and told the ref that the defender had not tripped him. People may say that it is not the responsibility of players to tell the referee what decision to make ( not that they would listen ).
People, including players like Sterling, could say that there are many occasions when the referee fails to award obvious penalties, and may feel justified to accept any penalty such as in this instance.
I have often accused the officials of cheating. I have been unable to accept that they are so blind or incompetent, as to fail to see incidents - not unnoticed by thousands of other people inside the ground - many of whom are 50+ yards away. Maybe the officials are not cheating - just poor at their jobs --- I find it amazing that so many officials are simply and only poor in ability ! I could be even more transparent in my cynicism - and suggest that some referees have become so disenchanted by diving and other tactics (cheating ), to achieve a penalty, that they deliberately refuse to award a 'quota' of genuine ones - as a form of 'payback' for the times when a player has cheated his way to a penalty.
The word 'HATE' has featured in my posts this week. It's ironic that the letters that make up this word are to be found in the word 'CHEAT' ! For the benefit of WaldoGills ( and others ), if there is one thing that I truly HATE - it is CHEATING. This extends to ANYONE, ( including Gills' players ), who cheat on the pitch. Cheating is the one thing that I cannot condone -- and removes so much of the pleasure that I derive from watching football.
If a person is prepared to cheat, there is little hope of honesty and integrity. If a person cheats, they cannot be trusted. I suspect that a person who cheats may find it difficult to trust honest people - maybe thinking that everyone else is just as dishonest ! -- but-- they probably don't give this much thought - because they would be too consumed in thoughts for themselves !
I could continue with my philosophy (it's my mood of the week ), - but I will just say that ; " I hate cheating" -- that is the honest truth - it's a pity that Sterling had no integrity about himself and told the referee that it wasn't a foul.
