Matrin Samuel on 'cheat' Ryan Nelsen
Embarrassed? Over, to you, Ryan
Embarrassing? This is what is embarrassing. A centre half who loses his man from a set-piece so spectacularly that he has to grab him around the neck and shoulders, rugby style.
Any goalkeeper who comes chasing from his line as if klaxons have sounded and gives away a needless penalty. A mistimed tackle in the box. It isn't the attackers who are conning people, it is the defenders. They are using wild accusations of simulation to cover their mistakes.
Going down: Nelsen accused Terry of diving in QPR's draw with Chelsea
Take Ryan Nelsen of Queens Park Rangers. He wrestled John Terry to the ground in Saturday's match with Chelsea and then had the cheek to make a leap for the moral high ground. 'If you ask John, he fell down,' said Nelsen. 'He was too embarrassed to say anything.'
And now the crux of the matter. 'Of course, I was holding him.' So if Nelsen was holding Terry, it was a penalty. He's not allowed to hold an opponent. Whether Terry falls easily, or fights to keep his balance with as much determination as a tightrope walker over Niagara Falls is neither here nor there.
Nelsen lost his man, so fouled him, and got away with it. His admission is the embarrassment, not Terry's reaction.
Embarrassed? Over, to you, Ryan
Embarrassing? This is what is embarrassing. A centre half who loses his man from a set-piece so spectacularly that he has to grab him around the neck and shoulders, rugby style.
Any goalkeeper who comes chasing from his line as if klaxons have sounded and gives away a needless penalty. A mistimed tackle in the box. It isn't the attackers who are conning people, it is the defenders. They are using wild accusations of simulation to cover their mistakes.
Going down: Nelsen accused Terry of diving in QPR's draw with Chelsea
Take Ryan Nelsen of Queens Park Rangers. He wrestled John Terry to the ground in Saturday's match with Chelsea and then had the cheek to make a leap for the moral high ground. 'If you ask John, he fell down,' said Nelsen. 'He was too embarrassed to say anything.'
And now the crux of the matter. 'Of course, I was holding him.' So if Nelsen was holding Terry, it was a penalty. He's not allowed to hold an opponent. Whether Terry falls easily, or fights to keep his balance with as much determination as a tightrope walker over Niagara Falls is neither here nor there.
Nelsen lost his man, so fouled him, and got away with it. His admission is the embarrassment, not Terry's reaction.


