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Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:14 pm
by Tomous
Drumstick wrote:Tomous wrote:Quality backheel by the new Palace striker though to be fair.
The finish was excellent. I am frustrated at our performance and our blanket refusal to anything other than dance around the edge of their box.
OH REALLY
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:56 pm
by Benzin
BENTEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKERS!!!!!
So undeserved
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:05 pm
by Drumstick
Please can we get rid of Dan Burn.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:40 am
by Buffalo
Benteke...wow, remember him? Nice one.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:33 pm
by Lotus
Return_of_the_STAR wrote:I've noticed the commentators don't even acknowledge diving anymore. It's just part of the game that they 'try to win a penalty' it's not cheating anymore.
It bugged me for years how pundits and co-commentators would always say "he's got every right to go down" just because there was some contact, regardless of whether it was a foul or if the contact would actually bring someone down. It's a contact sport, of course there's going to be contact. Doesn't mean you have to throw yourself to the ground every time.
People like Salah even blatantly dive in the middle of the pitch now.
It won't change until players get yellow cards for attempted cheating, but the PL (or PGMOL, or whoever) don't seem interested in doing that.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:38 pm
by Drumstick
I would be absolutely fine with a mandatory yellow for every simulation, but second yellows would probably need to be double-checked with VAR.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:06 pm
by Tomous
They should just introduce 1 match bans for diving, with a panel dishing them out after the game.
Really think your biggest cheats like Salah and Kane would soon stop if there was the risk of missing games.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:57 pm
by Peter Crisp
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:36 pm
by Return_of_the_STAR
I love these plans and hope it gets built.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:15 am
by darksideby182
Neill Lennon has left Celtic.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:20 am
by Hypes
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:04 am
by Corazon de Leon
darksideby182 wrote:Neill Lennon has left Celtic.
Genuinely surprised by that. I guess losing to Ross County twice in a season was the straw that broke the board’s back.
Re: The Football Thread 2020/21: Everton Pile on the Mersery for Lolerpool
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:41 am
by Photek
I've literally never seen this happen, the lad dives sure but in middle of the pitch? It's Liverpool/Klopp bashing time so ill scratch it down to this.
Personally I think it's brought up in a round about way with phrases like 'he went down way too easy/there wasn't enough contact'. All diving is annoying, even from Liverpool players tbh but the way Harry Kane gets away with it with his famous backing into player heading ball away then jumping to the ground and getting a free kick with not one commentator or pundit mentioning it despite the fact he's done it countless times can be rage inducing.
A perfect example of the Jesus Kane syndrome: