Bale dive - have to see the lighter side of football - the pundits

[Working class pride]

What tell me that the reaction would have been a bit different if Bale was not English? Same double standards as the ones we showed when Gary L dived all over the place to beat Cameroon all those years ago.

 

[Blackadder]

He's not English. However, he tried to get Guzan sent off and I think he should be punished accordingly.

 

[gazingdown]

What tell me that the reaction would have been a bit different if Bale was not English?.

LOL thread fail

 

[Napper]

Should be a 3 game ban on this. Stamp down on it. Won't happen though and I agree the pundits laughing about it was pathetic

 

[Working class pride]

point made, from the British Isles then.

 

[Questions]

He is Welsh and one of those diving foreigners that Fergie was on about.
Thank god Ashley Young and Danny Welbecks are above all that.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Bale is a diving cheat! He's as bad as Suarez, drogba, welbeck, Ashley young, Andy Johnson etc!

All dirty disgusting cheats!

 

[Ninja Elephant]

The worst diver in Premier League history?

Controversial, but my vote goes to Steven Gerrard. Well earnt.

 

[W.C.]

The worst diver in Premier League history?

Controversial, but my vote goes to Steven Gerrard. Well earnt.

Shearer should get a mention too. His old, 'back into a defender and then go down on his knees with arms raised' was regularly seen. Classic in the English diving mould in that it didn't look like a johnny foreigner style dive.

 

[trueblue]

Dean Saunders was always pretty convincing.

 

[Finch]

Bale and Young are the 2 worst divers in the premiership imo. Not exactly foreigners.

Edit: Heres the video if you haven't seen it, have to sit through 10-15 seconds of someone pimping their blog. Tottenham - SAPO Vdeos

Best part is Guzan pissing himself laughing running back to his box. He was in danger of being caught out embarassingly and got off thanks to Bales ludicrous dive.

 

[Superphil]

Diving, like Bale or Suarez this weekend, should effect an immedeate worldwide 12 month ban from the game.

 

[The Hon Sec]

Frannie Lee was pretty good at it too (allegedly)

 

[tottenhamseagull]

Embarrasing

 

[swindonseagull]

Bale is a diving cheat! He's as bad as Suarez, drogba, welbeck, Ashley young, Andy Johnson etc!

All dirty disgusting cheats!

and ZAHA

 

[element]

I went to see Rustington play a County League Div. 2 game a few weeks ago, and as a player tried to get into the oppo box, he was awarded a free kick. He then was subjected to some horrendous abuse from the oppo, including having the sexual morals of his mother and sister(s) questioned etc. His crime? He had dived to get the free kick. It made me think that it just doesn't happen in lower level non-league. Just wondering to myself at what level does it become widespread? Conference Sth/Nth, Conference National? Might be when the club are full time? Bad show at any level tbh...

 

[gazingdown]

In support of the OPs point, see the difference is reaction to the Bale dive and the Suarez dive. Both were cheating but Bale's was the "lighter side of football" but Suarez (equally comical ) was blatant cheating and "should be banned" etc.

On the Suarez incident, what's worse, him trying to cheat or Huth blatantly stamping on him? The latter requires a ban surely, it could case injury. I'd say a 1 match ban for Suarez (and Bale for that matter) and a 2 match ban for Huth.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

What tell me that the reaction would have been a bit different if Bale was not English? Same double standards as the ones we showed when Gary L dived all over the place to beat Cameroon all those years ago.

Linker didn't dive in 1990. Both were blatant penalties!

 

[Easy 10]

Linker didn't dive in 1990. Both were blatant penalties!

Correct.

That Cameroon side was excellent, but one thing they could not do was tackle (legally). I think its still the most fantastic foul I have EVER seen, in that opening game vs Argentina, where Caniggia somehow rides out two horrendous tackles, staggers on a few more paces before being almost cut in half by Massing arriving like an express train and completely wiping him out. Massings boot comes off and is sent flying across the pitch by the sheer force of the tackle.

The tackles on Lineker were suicidal, and dug us out of a very, very deep hole that night as they'd played us off the park.

 

[Biscuit]

Correct.

That Cameroon side was excellent, but one thing they could not do was tackle (legally). I think its still the most fantastic foul I have EVER seen, in that opening game vs Argentina, where Caniggia somehow rides out two horrendous tackles, staggers on a few more paces before being almost cut in half by Massing arriving like an express train and completely wiping him out. Massings boot comes off and is sent flying across the pitch by the sheer force of the tackle.

The tackles on Lineker were suicidal, and dug us out of a very, very deep hole that night as they'd played us off the park.

For anybody that'd like to watch it again:

England v Cameroon 3-2 1990 - Full Highlights - YouTube

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