Cluj: cheated by Ballack... how is this acceptable?
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From: Manx Gunner on 9 Dec 2008 15:28 Ballack runs past a Cluj defender... NO CONTACT AT ALL... literally none. Zero. Let's be clear here... this was a BLATANT DIVE. Yellow card for the Cluj man, free kick to Chelsea, resulting in a goal. SCUM. Play like that should be sanctioned. UEFA should review the tape and give Ballack a red card after the fact and a fine, to boot. Cheating needs to be stamped out of the game once and for all. If severe, even "unfair" punishments to those who engage in are required, so be it.
From: MH on 9 Dec 2008 16:47 Manx Gunner wrote: > Ballack runs past a Cluj defender... NO CONTACT AT ALL... literally > none. Zero. Let's be clear here... this was a BLATANT DIVE. > > Yellow card for the Cluj man, free kick to Chelsea, resulting in a goal. > > SCUM. > > Play like that should be sanctioned. UEFA should review the tape and > give Ballack a red card after the fact and a fine, to boot. Cheating > needs to be stamped out of the game once and for all. If severe, even > "unfair" punishments to those who engage in are required, so be it. > OK, but what did you think of the free kick Eboue won in the CL final vs. Barcelona a couple of years back ? >
From: Alkamista on 9 Dec 2008 17:26 On Dec 9, 3:47 pm, MH <nos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote: > Manx Gunner wrote: > > Ballack runs past a Cluj defender... NO CONTACT AT ALL... literally > > none. Zero. Let's be clear here... this was a BLATANT DIVE. > > > Yellow card for the Cluj man, free kick to Chelsea, resulting in a goal.. > > > SCUM. > > > Play like that should be sanctioned. UEFA should review the tape and > > give Ballack a red card after the fact and a fine, to boot. Cheating > > needs to be stamped out of the game once and for all. If severe, even > > "unfair" punishments to those who engage in are required, so be it. > > OK, but what did you think of the free kick Eboue won in the CL final > vs. Barcelona a couple of years back ? Be careful MH, you might short-circuit his brain.
From: Manx Gunner on 9 Dec 2008 17:35 On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:47:50 -0700, MH wrote... > > Ballack runs past a Cluj defender... NO CONTACT AT ALL... literally > > none. Zero. Let's be clear here... this was a BLATANT DIVE. > > > > Yellow card for the Cluj man, free kick to Chelsea, resulting in a goal. > > > > SCUM. > > > > Play like that should be sanctioned. UEFA should review the tape and > > give Ballack a red card after the fact and a fine, to boot. Cheating > > needs to be stamped out of the game once and for all. If severe, even > > "unfair" punishments to those who engage in are required, so be it. > OK, but what did you think of the free kick Eboue won in the CL final > vs. Barcelona a couple of years back ? Someone always tries to pull the above BS as if it washes anything away about the issue at hand. It's intellectually dishonest, you know. As far as diving is concerned, I would be delighted if conclusive video proof of diving began resulting in minimum 5-game suspensions for those caught doing it (going down with NO contact), with lesser suspensions for those who appear to have gone down easy. As for Eboue, if you happened to catch 'You're On Sky Sports' last night, you've already heard my opinion of him. Here's what I wrote: "Gents, 1st thank you for an enjoyable program. 2nd of course the Arsenal fans give Eboue a hard time. We hold our football to a higher standard than most fans in Europe and that includes the players. Eboue is a cheat in-line with Cristiano Ronaldo and we want him to shapen up or ship out. His behavior makes him unworthy of the Arsenal kit... it really is that simple."
From: Google Beta User on 9 Dec 2008 17:35
On Dec 9, 4:47 pm, MH <nos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote: > OK, but what did you think of the free kick Eboue won in the CL final > vs. Barcelona a couple of years back ? That is why I stay away from watching games as a referee, and concentrating on the football. 1. Impossible for the ref to get EVERYTHING. 2. Much more fun to talk about the football, than about which whistle was or wasn't blown. 3. Invariably, the calls will the way of your team sometimes, or one of your players will "dive" or something. FWIW, as far your question, apparently Arsenal fans have no love lost for Eboue anyway. |