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Lots of these surfacing
Lots of these surfacing
Yea that isn't funny and is poor form from Serge tbh.I think Serge had let himself down here. It’s very easy to say when your own country isn’t at war.
Cote d'Ivoire has had a civil war in Serge's adult lifetime. Now obviously a civil war isn't quite the same as a country being attacked from the outside but he would've had an opportunity to fight for the side he feels is in the right if he had chosen to do so, and he hasn't. Very poor from him to make such a crass comment.I think Serge had let himself down here. It’s very easy to say when your own country isn’t at war.
serge hasn't been talking a big game online about wanting to fight though has he?Cote d'Ivoire has had a civil war in Serge's adult lifetime. Now obviously a civil war isn't quite the same as a country being attacked from the outside but he would've had an opportunity to fight for the side he feels is in the right if he had chosen to do so, and he hasn't. Very poor from him to make such a crass comment.
I hate the idea that any contact in the box is a penalty. In some situations defenders have no option but to stand off because the rules favour attackers so much.This is the problem, far too many people are fooled into thinking that is a penalty.
They see the contact and say for that reason it's a foul, they then say it's tough shit for the defender.
I think this heavily weights in favour of the attacker and why we no longer see great defending
Didn’t see that so can’t comment but don’t think Bellingham usually does that whereas Saka and Arsenal both regularly fall over and cheat.Surprised Saka is getting this abuse and Bellingham isn't, he was diving all over the place last night. Even one to try to win a penalty that was just as bad as Sakas.
Also the tactic from all the real Madrid players who were pushing the city players everytime they released the ball.
Guess it's OK if you're at Madrid.
Didn't they make a thing about this a few years ago to try and remove this kind of cheating under the guise of attacking players 'initiating contact'.Vardy used to wrap his legs around players constantly to buy pens and Saka has been doing this for awhile and getting away with it. Hopefully now it's highlighted we see less of this.
Yes plenty of teams and sportsmen and women win without cheating all the time.Does anyone win anything in this day and age without cheating? It feels like a wider issue in society these days where shame just isn’t a thing anymore.
When I was young cheating, stealing, and thieving and all those nasty things were seen as weak, shameful and cowardly and now it’s ‘well, whatever gets you ahead’ in life and in football.
All the hope of this not coming into the ‘English game’ a decade or so ago has well and truly evaporated and some, as others have pointed out, are now championing it as a winner’s mentality. It’s not, it’s just cheating, however you’d like to frame it.
I understand the ref getting pelters, the fact he even said it wasn’t a pen on pitch after he’d blown to proceed again with play makes it a shocking decision.I hate the idea that any contact in the box is a penalty. In some situations defenders have no option but to stand off because the rules favour attackers so much.
We need VAR to start picking up on this and we need pundits to stop calling players clever and call them out for cheating.