Feb

21

Richard Keys is an idiot - part 357

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After watching Emmanuel Eboue take a theatrical flop in the penalty box against Milan last night, Richard Keys tried to stoke up his usual post-match controversy by insisting it could have been a penalty. His reasoning for this - which he gave repeatedly - was that “there was contact”.
So what? There’s quite often contact between [...]

Dec

9

Your eyes deceive you; Ronaldo does NOT dive

Filed Under Managers, Premiership, Refs, cheats | 3 Comments

Anyone who watched the penalty given for Man Utd’s fourth goal in their win over Derby might want to remind themselves of this quote from Alex Ferguson, less than a week ago:

“The penalty incident is a result of a perceived idea of the referee that Ronaldo dives, there is no question of that.
“Ronaldo is paying [...]

Oct

3

Dida is absolutely pathetic

Filed Under Champions League, cheats | 13 Comments

Amazing scenes at Celtic Park where the Scottish side beat the European Champions 2-1. Just after Celtic scored a late winner a fan ran on the pitch with his arms out and barely touched AC Milan keeper Dida just at the very top of his chest.
Suitably outraged Dida began to chase after the fan then [...]

Sep

25

Terry thinks he’s above the law

Filed Under Refs, The FA, cheats | 4 Comments

Who ate all the pies makes a good point about John Terry’s behaviour in the United v Chelsea match.
In times past we have criticised teams like Man United and players like Roy Keane for their aggressive approach to referees. Remember Keane’s vein bulging as he screamed at Andy D’Urso? However, they are nothing to Terry [...]

Aug

15

Football manager in apology (kind of) shock!

Filed Under Managers, Premiership, cheats | 4 Comments

After seeing his side lose at the weekend, Fulham’s Lawrie Sanchez accused Arsenal of diving. He’s since seen the same footage as the rest of us, which shows Fulham were lucky not to get another penalty awarded against them earlier in the match, and has issued an apology (kind of) for his accusations:

I have to [...]

Aug

2

Joey Barton charged

Filed Under Animals, Fights, Idiots, Injuries, Violence, cheats | 8 Comments

He’s got some humorous lawyers though. I like this:
Joey strenuously denies the charge and welcomes the opportunity to clear his name in the public forum.
Just a reminder - this is what Barton did to Dabo. During training. In, what you might call, a public forum.

I hope he gets life and made share a cell with [...]

May

17

Does Mourinho ever listen to himself?

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From today’ Sun:
Ronaldo is a big player. But if he wants to be a bigger one, he must be fair with his opponents. The final should be played with happiness. I’ll be disappointed if some players are diving and trying to get the opposition red cards on Saturday.
I know he’s trying to make the ref [...]

Apr

20

Well done Italian FA

Filed Under Serie A, cheats | 2 Comments

It seems that Adriano has been given a two game ban for his shocking dive for Inter against Roma on Wednesday night. I heartily applaud punishments like this and sooner they start doing it in England the better.
Via Who ate all the pies.

Apr

17

Is Leroy Lita right?

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Leroy Lita seems vehement that his three match ban for allegedly headbutting a Charlton player, with a name far too long to type out, was completely unjustified.
He’s accused his opponent of being a cheat and a diver and suggested the FA don’t do anything about diving cheats. Can anyone who saw the incident comment?
It’s just [...]

Mar

21

Alex Ferguson, class personified

Filed Under Managers, Media, cheats | 1 Comment

Now, I think Geoff Shreves from Sky is an enormous twat and to be honest I’d probably tell him to ‘fuck off’ if he came near me as well. However, shouldn’t a top Premiership manager show some restraint when a fairly legitimate question is asked of a player who has, through his own fault and [...]

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