Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
What? You’re no Arsenal fan!
We all see things differently on this one but I thought it was a silly challenge from Monreal. Vardy doesn't have to get out of his way as Henry said.
Oh....Merts was ok in that game too.
If we'd have lost 0-1, then it was cheating pure and simple, and shouldn't have been given.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I think we have the toughest run in, though the Cunts is very difficult too. If we are going to do it we're going to have to do it the hard way.
Leicester's run in looks quite routine though their last 3 games could be quite brutal, can see them being right in contention and then collapsing at the final hurdle.
At the moment the team that is worrying me the most is the Cunts, they look pretty relentless at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised to see them go to places like West Ham, Liverpool and Chelsea and pick up wins.
As MO said it's still very wide open.
Not sure if everyone would be saying that if we were on the receiving end and didn't get the decision.
He's English. English players don't try to con refs for pens.
Or go over the ball into someone else's leg with any sort of malicious intent.
They're just not those type of players.
I agree, I think the likes of Walcott & Welbeck can play a big part in our away games, think we're going to need to play it smart at places like United, Spurs & West Ham are counter them. We need pace for these type of games.
Who would know? Last time we did it was 2003 and the whole world exploded. To this day, despite the hundreds of similar and far worse incidents including Rooney's career long antics, Pires is held up as the poster boy for that one isolated, never to be repeated incident.
Paul Hayward on Vardy:
Paul Hayward on Pires:With Leicester leading through a Jamie Vardy penalty, Arsenal’s manager was having doubts.
The Daily Mirror called him "The best French diver since Jacques Cousteau" and Arsenal's Robert Pires really can't complain after adding a new dimension to football's increasingly popular art of simulation.
Cheating in the penalty area is now a highly-evolved science. Not content with merely falling over, players are now going one step further and kicking opponents to create the contact to "justify" the subsequent tumble. At Highbury on Saturday, Pires dashed into the Portsmouth box and flicked his right foot at the stationary leg of Dejan Stefanovic, thus creating the illusion of a foul, which Alan Wiley, the referee, bought hook, line and sinker.
In the courts, they call this entrapment. I call it despicable. If you think about it, one devious impulse determined the outcome of a multi-million pound event. More importantly, it deprived 38,000 spectators of the right to watch a 90-minute slice of sport. Instead they witnessed an elaborate exercise in manipulation. A lie.
The people who hold the power to eradicate synchronised cheating - players and managers - increasingly count only the gains. Top of the list of losses is faith in the game. Pires is not the first, of course. Diving has a long, dark history. The difference now is that it has become part of the culture, the mindset, striker's arsenal, if you'll forgive the pun.
Here is a list of the people and things that Pires damaged by his actions:
1) Portsmouth, who were deprived of all three points by the resulting penalty and so had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
If they are relegated by a single point, they will know who to thank, though Harry Redknapp, their manager, surrendered the sympathy vote when he confessed he wouldn't object if one of his own players conned a referee.
2) Stefanovic, who scrupulously withdrew his right leg as Pires advanced but still finished up with a yellow card.
3) Wiley, a good referee who will be docked 10 points by the assessor and will be thought of from now on as naive.
4) Pires himself. I'll close my ears if I ever hear this former Footballer of the Year emote about how much he loves the beautiful game.
Before the letters start coming, yes, Manchester United's Ruud van Nistlerooy can be equally Machiavellian. And Arsenal are plainly not alone. Two seasons ago, referees declared war on simulation but were accused of besmirching the integrity of players. They ought to be given a fresh mandate to resume the original campaign.
Wiley's error was to award a penalty to Pires when there was obvious room for doubt. Thanks to Pires and Co, overwhelming proof of guilt on the part of the defender should be required from now on.
Finally, wouldn't it be party time if managers took any diver to one side and told him: "Son, this will destroy the public's trust in the game that gives us our living. I don't want us to win or draw by cheating. There should be honour between us. In future you go down only if you're fouled."
Jacques Cousteau had to hold his breath, but don't hold yours.
Für eure Sicherheit
Completely wrong logic there. Its Monreal who does not have to get out of Vardys way. After winning the dubious pen, Mahrez thought he would try the same trick and this time the Ref who probably saw the replay at HT was not buying it. Even crap refs dont like to be conned.What? You’re no Arsenal fan!
We all see things differently on this one but I thought it was a silly challenge from Monreal. Vardy doesn't have to get out of his way as Henry said.
Oh....Merts was ok in that game too.
Make 2mrw better than 2day
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/vi...alty-at-wigan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8MB5iuyms
It happens. Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes we don't. It's on the FA and governing bodies to bring in technology to cut it out.
Again, we'll see examples of our players doing this and still take the penalty or be pissed if we don't get one. I've got no time for the victim stuff, blaming Vardy or line after line of what the rules state. It's on the governing body to sort this out. It's only with the benefit of a replay and slow motion can people come up with half of this stuff.
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