ChapmansThe Saviour said:Trying to fool a referee into making a decision in your favour will never be acceptable to me but it has become part of the game which is a massive shame.
I get especially pissed off when Rooney was rewarded for that after wathcing Ljungberg be denied a goalscoring opportunity by a blatant shove from Ferdinand which did not even result in a free kick let alone Rio being sent off.
Biscuit said:Ferdinand should have seen red.
On the other point, defenders (esp experienced internationals) shouldnt leave a stray leg. You can't blame the ref for giving it, you cant blame the player for going for it... the blame lies with the defender.
ChapmansThe Saviour said:You can blame an attacker when he didn't touch Campbell though can't you. If there had been genuine contact to make Rooney go down as he did then fair enough but as it happened there was no contact yet Rooney still leapt into the air. The sad thing is that if he had actually attempted to get the ball that he had just knocked past Campbell he would probably have gone down anyway would he not?
Voroshilov said:So where are the replies on this thread telling biscuit to f off to an Arse or Manure board. If that was KTA you would of been all over him. Double standards methinks
Artful Ninga said:Worst thing on that pitch yesterday, Van Nistleroys challenge on Cole, disgraceful could of put him out the game for a while,
Biscuit said:He dived. But it was acceptable becasue the Defender gave him the option to do so.
village said:why are we getting so involved with 22 overpaid tossers?
do we really care about what goes on with the TV football these sides represent?
the real football, passion etc is to be found at withdean, concentrate on that