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****USA V Ghana and Uruguay V South Korea official thread ****
- Thread starter Gerbil
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mcshane in the 79th
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C'mon Ghana
deletebeepbeepbeep
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God bless our homeland Ghana,
And make our nation great and strong.
And make our nation great and strong.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Far too much rolling around and cheating going on, again.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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Fantastic time-wasting 
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.jordanseagull
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Cheat.
Would have loved a goal to have come from that. Well played Donovan.
- Jul 7, 2003
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There has to be a solution to all this relentless faking of injuries by players. It's getting embarrassing.
The Wizard
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Because none of us would time waste in this situation?? 
deletebeepbeepbeep
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Come oooooon the Black Stars.
There is. Play on.
No-ones going to die from a pulled hamstring, so if they are actually injured, waiting for the ball to go out (which will just involve their team getting the ball) won't do them anymore harm.
If the player goes down with a referee, or linesman near them, they can run over and check to see if their not seriously injured.
If the opposition stop politely kicking the ball out, it will happen less. I'm all for fair play, etc. But it's got ridiculous.
Either that or referee's shouldn't allow players straight back on.
There should be a fixed rule, such as if a player needs treatment, they have to stay off for 3 minutes.
Might make players think twice before faking injury, and leaving their team down to 10 men for 3 minutes.
There should be a fixed rule, such as if a player needs treatment, they have to stay off for 3 minutes.
Might make players think twice before faking injury, and leaving their team down to 10 men for 3 minutes.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Because none of us would time waste in this situation??
I appreciate that, but there have been some shocking examples in this World Cup (at all stages of games) of pure, blatant cheating going on. It's getting worse and it's ruining the game for me.
Maybe I'm looking back with rose tinted specs but I'm sure when I first started watching the Albion (mid 80s) a game would rarely get stopped for injury, and even then only when the ref decided it was serious. Likewise players didn't keep putting the ball every time their mate went down. It's a lot of pressure on a ref with much more diving these days but maybe it should be down to him as to whether a game gets stopped as players are blatantly abusing it.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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at big ole US of A losing to a third world country with a less than 30% literacy rate.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Exactly. And it's even worse when they have the temerity to get a strop on with the ref when opponents DON'T put the ball out. When the only "treatment" their teammates needs is a quick rest and a pat on the slightly bruised ankle.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
Early substitution in a game that doesn't have shootouts, in a round without home and away legs, always a dodgy move.
Still, I don't think the US did particularly badly...should have put it away at the beginning of the second half when they had Ghana under the cosh for five minutes at a time.
Still, I don't think the US did particularly badly...should have put it away at the beginning of the second half when they had Ghana under the cosh for five minutes at a time.
- Jul 7, 2003
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On the one hand, that seems harsh on those genuinely injured by a bad tackle, as it hands the advantage to the offending team.
But then again if you actually, genuinely need treatment, three minutes is probably about what it takes anyway.
It's a toughie.