I agree the diving and play acting and 'win at any cost' attitude is there to a certain degree with all teams... but certain teams are far more prevalent at it and seem to get rewarded for it far more often.I agree, all the scrutiny on the City penalty, but the scourge of diving/playacting is there to see with all teams.
The "do anything to win" attitude.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury you have been asked to decide if the game is corrupt.
I ask you to look at exhibit 'a' the penalty awarded/given to the rags yesterday.
I now rest my case.
I accept his hands were round his neck but he did not throw him to the floor as pr37 intimated.Why would a defender put his arm around a neck ?
Not something that is coached.
Use the backside or shoulder and a penalty will not be given.
Shame as Norwhich the better team.
I accept his hands were round his neck but he did not throw him to the floor as pr37 intimated.
The other point is the rags get all these decisions whereas we have to be run over by a tank.
No mention of "the Slab's holding and pulling on yet another opposition player.Why would a defender put his arm around a neck ?
Not something that is coached.
Use the backside or shoulder and a penalty will not be given.
Shame as Norwhich the better team.
Not English football, but the fact a match-fixing referee (Felix Zwayer), is allowed to referee the biggest match in the Bundesliga is extremely suspicious and concerning. Bayern run a closed shop.
2005 German football match-fixing scandal
Raids in German scandal
Referee Suspected in German Match-Fixing
You didn’t think that was a pen?Ladies and gentlemen of the jury you have been asked to decide if the game is corrupt.
I ask you to look at exhibit 'a' the penalty awarded/given to the rags yesterday.
I now rest my case.
I have answered this already but....You didn’t think that was a pen?
Course it wasn’tYou didn’t think that was a pen?
Indeed they are reffed differently. Maguire gets away with some of the most foul challenges yer'd see on a football pitch. Were Dias, Laporte, Stones or Ake indulge in such rough-house tackling/manhandling there's an instant pen and a red card.I have answered this already but....
The way pr37 went down was not caused by the defender, I accept his hands were on his neck but that was so exaggerated especially when pr37 realised he was never going to get the ball
Second, Maguire is never punished for far worse and we are routinely thrown to the floor with nothing given. They are refereed entirely differently, not even Salah would have got that decision.
Grown man saying pr37. He fouled him. There’s always an argument if players exaggerate it, like Salah and he is a diving **** but it can be a foul along with a player making the most of it. I agree they are the kind of pens we probably wouldn’t get but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a pen. It was more of a pen than salahs yesterday where minimal contact nearly made him perform a backflip. Yes we hate united, don’t let it ever make you look stupid though. Everyone in the studio said defo pen and that’s Dublin with ties to Norwich and an ex Liverpool man in Jamie Redknapp. I suppose they are in on it too though.I have answered this already but....
The way pr37 went down was not caused by the defender, I accept his hands were on his neck but that was so exaggerated especially when pr37 realised he was never going to get the ball
Second, Maguire is never punished for far worse and we are routinely thrown to the floor with nothing given. They are refereed entirely differently, not even Salah would have got that decision.
Not sure any of them have given a pen away and sent off have they?Indeed they are reffed differently. Maguire gets away with some of the most foul challenges yer'd see on a football pitch. Were Dias, Laporte, Stones or Ake indulge in such rough-house tackling/manhandling there's an instant pen and a red card.
Laporte got sent off for wrestiling Zaha during the Palace game, but they don't emulate Slabhead's roughhouse approach that goes unpunished. Or have I forgotten one? Seem to think he got a couple of yellows a match or two back! Mind, that ref won't be turning up at The Swamp any time soon - Old Mother Riley will see to that!Not sure any of them have given a pen away and sent off have they?