Oscar for Robinson penalty dive

[NS Herald]

I can't believe Tranmere have TWO photos on their gallery of the rotund twat looking for a pen yesterday. I couldn't work out whether he had been shot or was auditioning for Dancing on Ice

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[Box of Frogs]

Looks like a great tackle by John Terry to me.

 

[B.W.]

Agreed... never a pen... their best player but should have been booked for simulation...

 

[Lady Whistledown]

That ludicrous dive was one of many mildly amusing incidents in yesterday's game.

The giant, egg-sized lump on El Abd's head after a first half collision, being one, and the press photographer annoying Tranmere by knocking the ball away just when they wanted to take a quick throw-in, being another.

El Abd looked like one of those Tom & Jerry cartoons for a while, I was waiting for him to head the ball and the lump to go CLANGGGGG and appear out of the back of his head instead.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Oh, and (I'm surprised nobody has raised this yet) the massive, glove-hurling STROP Fran Sandaza threw when he realised Barnes & Noone were going on and he wouldn't get a run out.

Was this not visible to anyone outside E Block? It was Balotelli-esque in its petulance.

 

[HP Seagull]

One of those is a decent shot of Sparrow's challenge that, on seeing live, I thought he was a little lucky to get away with only a free-kick. Fair play to their player for not making anything out of it.

 

[Lush]

Oh, and (I'm surprised nobody has raised this yet) the massive, glove-hurling STROP Fran Sandaza threw when he realised Barnes & Noone were going on and he wouldn't get a run out.

Was this not visible to anyone outside E Block? It was Balotelli-esque in its petulance.

He had a point to be honest. When it was clear we needed to make a SERIOUS change, I wasn't sure what Barnes was going to bring to the party, apart from over-commitment and a risk of getting sent off within minutes. Still it all worked out OK in the end. In Gus we trust etc.

 

[fire&skill]

Handball!

 

[Acker79]

On the radio they seriously seemed to suggest we got away with one. I know to me it looked like Painter got in front of him and he just fell down.

 

[NMH]

Handball!

SERIOUSLY funny photo!
Swan Lake, or Adam giving their bloke an extra lift?

 

[NMH]

I can't believe Tranmere have TWO photos on their gallery of the rotund twat looking for a pen yesterday. I couldn't work out whether he had been shot or was auditioning for Dancing on Ice

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Les Parry blamed the pen for their loss, stating it changed the game. Well, of course if you come trying to murder a game dead by defending a 1 point draw then get a goal against, it DOES kinda force you to actually compete - turn up and play in an actual football match.

It's stunning to know that managers still work hard to make *nothing* happen in the greatest entertaining sports profession known.
And they almost always get what they deserve out of it - nothing.
When will they ever learn, eh?