Dive Balls

[rubble-rouser]

Have a look at this tripe.

 

Apparently Gerrard dives at the weekend - the Grauniad piece doesn't even say so, just takes it as read. And according to their readers he's 'the worst English diver there is'. Cole? Mongo? Carrick?

 

I know SG has gone down easily before, but this piece typifie sthat paper's reaction to our current woes - stick the boot in harder. Cunts.

 

I have bought the Guardian for years - one of the only non-facist papers out there but this is just bollocks, although I agree with the geenral point about one-rule for English, one rule for foreign.

 

Does anyone really believe that Gerrard dived on Sunday?

 

Why is diving by English footballers so often overlooked? | Paul Doyle | Football | guardian.co.uk

[aws]

not for the penalty

[PaulMcC]

Rooney dives laods. So does John Terry, Joe cole. Scholes has been at it for years too. Ashley Cole too.

[Guest PurpleNose]

And according to their readers he's 'the worst English diver there is'. Cole? Mongo? Carrick?

 

He probably is.

[harryo63]

divings now part of the game.get used to it

[Hooch]

He does go down a bit more often these days, and I think that can be connected to how shit we've been recently. Desperation perhaps?

[RobbieOR]

Paul Doyle can fuck off to reporting on the Ugandan league the cunt. He hates Liverpool and is a Glendenning wannabe.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Paul Doyle can fuck off to reporting on the Ugandan league the cunt. He hates Liverpool and is a Glendenning wannabe.

 

Its a manc paper. Almost every journo there fucking hates Liverpool.

 

The decent articles are written about other leagues by Lowe, Bandini etc

 

They even signed that cunt from the Mail.

[Stu Monty]

He probably is the worst. I think there are a few players who do it as much as he does, Cole and Rooney are pretty bad for it, but when you add the fact that he's fucking rubbish at it then you just get on big bundle of cringe.

 

I'd rather he stopped it, and I'd rather Aquilani stopped before he even starts (I just know he's going to be terrible for it, I feel it in my blood).

[zigackly]

He does dive too much. Don't think it was on Sunday though, we didn't get the arms going up in the air and the "having a shit" expression.

[ratcatcher]

Stonewall pen on Sunday.

[Byrnie]

The fat granny shagging cunt shrek was booked for diving on Sunday ffs.

Stevie does do it but when it's one of ours its highlighted way more,see Ngog.

[Byrnie]

The fat granny shagging cunt shrek was booked for diving on Saturday ffs.

Stevie does do it but when it's one of ours its highlighted way more,see Ngog.

[col06]

I remember the shite other supporters (mancs in particular) used to say ohhh he dived for your pen in the Champions League Final

[OmarVizquel]

This is one of many "Why don't English players get booked for diving?" articles that I've seen over the years, and won't be the last. It's all bullshit. Yes, Gerrard and Rooney dive all the time, but they hardly do it more than Drogba and Robben. I can distinctly remember all 4 of them getting booked for it. What's the uproar? It's the old "Shit, I need to submit 6 paragraphs of sanctimony in half an hour!!" article.

[Stu Monty]

I remember the shite other supporters (mancs in particular) used to say ohhh he dived for your pen in the Champions League Final

 

He did.

 

He got a tug but he nearly won himself an oscar on top of the penalty.

 

If he doesn't go down the ref probably doesn't give it; that's the shitty mess football has gotten itself into.

[Spy Bee]

I'd rather he stopped it, and I'd rather Aquilani stopped before he even starts (I just know he's going to be terrible for it, I feel it in my blood).

 

Why because he's foreign? You stupid small minded racist idiot! :whistle:

[piscinin]

This is one of many "Why don't English players get booked for diving?" articles that I've seen over the years, and won't be the last. It's all bullshit. Yes, Gerrard and Rooney dive all the time, but they hardly do it more than Drogba and Robben. I can distinctly remember all 4 of them getting booked for it. What's the uproar? It's the old "Shit, I need to submit 6 paragraphs of sanctimony in half an hour!!" article.

 

To be fair the guy is berating the reaction of the parochial media more than anything else.

[Stu Monty]

Why because he's foreign? You stupid small minded racist idiot! :whistle:

 

How dare you! But yeah, he'll almost definitely be a bad bell when it comes to diving, feigning injury, chasing refs and showing imaginary cards; it's just the Italian way. Also, all Italians are really bad racists.

 

And I hate racists.

[Ted]

He did.

 

He got a tug but he nearly won himself an oscar on top of the penalty.

 

If he doesn't go down the ref probably doesn't give it; that's the shitty mess football has gotten itself into.

 

What's the difference between that and, say, Hamman 'winning' all those free kicks which everyone used to buzz off?

[ZonkoVille77]

Everyone fuckin dives these days. Tabloid cunts just love to put the boot into any team feeling the pressure, which just happens to be us at min.

 

The 2 greatest ever cunts to grace a football pitch Drogba and Ronaldo dive more than SG. That's a fact

[harryo63]

they all dive. part of the game now

[col06]

He did.

 

He got a tug but he nearly won himself an oscar on top of the penalty.

 

he was tripped clearly

[Stu Monty]

What's the difference between that and, say, Hamman 'winning' all those free kicks which everyone used to buzz off?

 

Not a lot really.

 

But let's not kid ourselves that Gerrard needs contact to go down, because he doesn't.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

The game is riddled with diving and has been for quite some years. If a defender or goalkeeper hangs a limb out you can see the players deliberately making contact with it to gain a pen instead of trying to continue their run or get a shot off.