Ian Wright " it's ok to cheat..." a disgrace

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Ian Wright was a player many fans could relate to; entering the game late, he had terrific skills, scored some dream goals and even though he played for Palace I could never hate him. In fact when he moved to Arsenal he was one of my favourite players. But last night when he said it's ok for players to dive commenting on Gerrard's "penalty" that made me very angry. I'm sorry it is not ok for players to dive: that is CHEATING and is dragging the game down. And his pitiful justification that because others do it we should follow suit made me sick. Shame on BBC sport, Lineker, Hansen et al who didn't even bother to challenge him over this. Lazy, clubby, sports journalism at its worst.

 

[sully]

I totally agree and was shocked at his comments.

Dropped him down a fair way on my "gentleman footballer" table, and I was surprised that Lineker let him get away with it.

 

[Commander]

Agree, except I didn't think Gerrard dived.

 

[chez]

I dunno, everyone else cheats and include it as part of the game. Now I would love a game where nobody dived/cheated but it isnt going to happen, so I say we should do it ourselves or we go into every game with a big disadvantage.

 

[5 past Kuipers]

Great player, but he belongs in the stands, watching like any other England fan, not in the summarisers' box.

 

[dougdeep]

Agree, except I didn't think Gerrard dived.

No contact was made when he started to go over. I hate cheating.

 

[Napper]

basically he is like us and a supporter, i think he was more of less saying of we cheat its ok but if other teams its wrong

I whole heartedly agree and hope we cheat our way to the World cup final

 

[Gritt23]

He certainly went down very easily.

I always find it amusing when some people make out it's only the foreign players who dive, or when Arsenal were in Europe, it was always their foreign opponents.

Let's face it, we have some of the worst divers around. Contact or not Gerrard had already decided he was hitting the deck. Joe Cole is dreadful, so is Ashley Cole at times, and Beckham throws himself parallel whenever anyone comes near him.

Diving is a disgrace, and we are as guilty as anyone.

 

[3gulls]

What do you expect from that Palarse scum? He probably thinks that everyone does it, 'cos that is how he learned to play at Scumhurst.

 

[Del Boy]

Agree, except I didn't think Gerrard dived.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Worst pundit ever.

And if Gerrard didn't dive then I'm a monkey's uncle. He went down like he'd been shot, he had the facial expression down to a T and everything!

Why dive in a friendly?

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

What do you expect from that Palarse scum? He probably thinks that everyone does it, 'cos that is how he learned to play at Scumhurst.

It took longer than i thought!

 

[Les Biehn]

He's a thick twat.

 

[Everest]

A think twat?

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

He's a think twat.

A think twat? Is that like an intelligent twat?

 

[Les Biehn]

A think twat?

Obviously not as 'think' as me though

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

Obviously not as 'think' as me though

 

[Pavilionaire]

The penalty incident was one of those where it's impossible to tell on the telly whether there was slight contact. When it happened live I certainly thought it was a stonewall penalty.

However I have to agree with the comments above re Ian Wright. He is a disgrace to the BBC and an ignorant arse. He should know lots of kids are watching, so to condone cheating sets a very poor example.

I also find his "Yeah man!" and "You know what I mean?" at the end of every sentence extremely irksome.

He's only on our screens for 2 reasons, and both of those are bad:

1. To appeal to the chav viewer element and
2. Quota.

 

[Les Biehn]

Whose worse Ian Wright or Garth Crooks.

 

[Pavilionaire]

At least Crooks has a brain.