The tactical timeout from Donnarumma

That's just not true though. There has been widespread coverage over Arsenal doing it and complaints around it.

The Leeds manager highlighted it in his press conference, something he had every right to do and the media have commented on his words. This sense that we are being picked on for doing it is entirely in the heads of the posters claiming that is the case. If we adopt a shitty unsporting Arteta tactic then we should expect to be called out on it and cannot complain when that happens.
Farke didn't have an issue with his own team and their ridiculous time wasting though, did he?

I've never seen an Arsenal win credited to their keeper faking injury by the BBC. You don't think that's hysterical?
 
As many have said, it's been going on for years, but that shouldn't make it acceptable.

It's pathetic shithousery that (thanks to TV oversaturation) has even made it a regular 'tactic' in kids' football.

It's ungentlemanly conduct, nothing less. If no head injury is involved, and the referee suspects fakery, they should simply play on exactly as they would for an outfield player.

At the next break in play, the ref should verbally warn the offending goalkeeper and the team captain, and any obvious repetition during the game should result in bookings for both.
 
Now that we've done it, I suspect it'll be outlawed, so that's Arsenal fecked

Murphy had a reasonable suggestion on MOTD. If the keeper needs treatment, an outfield player has to do the 30 seconds off the pitch
Thats just daft,.have a word with yourself mate, listening to Murphy in the first place has put you on the wrong path
 
That's just not true though. There has been widespread coverage over Arsenal doing it and complaints around it.

The Leeds manager highlighted it in his press conference, something he had every right to do and the media have commented on his words. This sense that we are being picked on for doing it is entirely in the heads of the posters claiming that is the case. If we adopt a shitty unsporting Arteta tactic then we should expect to be called out on it and cannot complain when that happens.
I don't remember the same level of vitriol aimed towards Arsenal or any other club when the likes of Martinez and Pickford in particular have done this on regular occasions or a headline article on the BBC which is opened up for the usual fuckwits to comment on for good measure.
Personally I don't like it, but I like it even less when it's been done against us numerous times without any hysteria but is headline news the first time we do something others have been doing for years.
Farke conveniently forgot that one of his own players faked a head injury, yet the media decided not to pick up in that.
 
Exactly. There are two things that we did in the game that I don't think should be allowed. Bernardo backing into their keeper for Gvardiol's goal, and the time-out fake injury. But they are allowed, and other teams (*cough* Arsenal *cough*) have been doing it regularly for ages. It's up to the lawmakers to deal with these things.

But yeah, the rank hypocrisy of it suddenly becoming a big story the second we do it isn't lost on me. It's the latest in a long line though, like 'time-wasting' from goalkeepers or the 'tactical fouls' from Fernandinho. Hell, perhaps we can use it to our advantage. Start taking 30-40 seconds over a long throw and it'll be banned in no time.
You raised the points I was going to highlight.
Bernardo was in on the keeper at most corners - just go back to the rule oh touching the keeper sis a free kick. It will stop this nonsense immediately. Going for a 50 / 50 is fine but deliberately impeding at set pieces should be given as a foul.

If the keeper goes down then again a simple rule that the whole team cannnot go over to the bench for a team talk. The captain can do so but no other player.

You were right about Leeds throw in’s too. As the clock ran up the 90 mins, their throws took longer to take as the player wiped the ball with his shirt. Funny how then when 3-2 down their ball was thrown in very quickly!
 
Especially ridiculous given how much they were time wasting throughout the game. Fuckin inter breeders
What I found funny was they got back to 2-2 and we were rocking if they had gone for the winner there was a good chance they get the 3 points
Instead they revert to their usual time wasting and get beat take that and smoke it Farke
 
That's just not true though. There has been widespread coverage over Arsenal doing it and complaints around it.

The Leeds manager highlighted it in his press conference, something he had every right to do and the media have commented on his words. This sense that we are being picked on for doing it is entirely in the heads of the posters claiming that is the case. If we adopt a shitty unsporting Arteta tactic then we should expect to be called out on it and cannot complain when that happens.
Have a look at the 5th article on the BBC Sports Website.
The "Lawmakers" are apparently looking at changing the rules on a goalie going down, if injured ?
I didn't realise the "Lawmakers" worked on the Sabbath ?
I agree that City should play within the laws.
But, it's an amazing coincidence how this has gained so much publicity, so quickly...
 
I don't remember the same level of vitriol aimed towards Arsenal or any other club when the likes of Martinez and Pickford in particular have done this on regular occasions or a headline article on the BBC which is opened up for the usual fuckwits to comment on for good measure.
Personally I don't like it, but I like it even less when it's been done against us numerous times without any hysteria but is headline news the first time we do something others have been doing for years.
Farke conveniently forgot that one of his own players faked a head injury, yet the media decided not to pick up in that.
I saw far more coverage of Arteta using it than I have about donnarumma in truth.

fact is, we are guilty of it, therefore any criticism aimed our way for using it is entirely justified even if it was massively over-emphasised compared to others.

Considering none of us like it, if more focus is put on it which leads to change to prevent it hapoening in the future then surely that is a good thing anyway?
 
I saw far more coverage of Arteta using it than I have about donnarumma in truth.

fact is, we are guilty of it, therefore any criticism aimed our way for using it is entirely justified even if it was massively over-emphasised compared to others.

Considering none of us like it, if more focus is put on it which leads to change to prevent it hapoening in the future then surely that is a good thing anyway?
I don't remember headline articles in the media on any occasion Arteta's mob have done it, just accepted as the norm and laughed off as "Dark Arts"
First Ramsdale then Raya who never did this during his Brentford days and Martinez are the worst 3 (must be an Arsenal thing) closely followed by Pickford although I've seen a fair few others do this at our place.
Fair enough criticising us for it but personally I find the over the top coverage hilarious as it shows a clear media bias and needs calling out.
I agree it needs stopping, all you have to do is make it a bookable offence for players or coaching staff to speak to each other during an injury "timeout" and it would stop this overnight.
Now we've done it, there might be enough collective outrage to prompt a rule change.
If it happened, it wouldn't be the first time they've changed the rules after we've gained an advantage from a situation.
Ironically we didn't benefit from the "timeout" as Leeds equalised not long after which makes the cry arsing from Farke and the usual media shills even funnier.
 
I'd rather we didn't do it and I'd rather our captain didn't do an embarrassing dive too. It's not on us though, it's on the refs and teams like Arsenal who have written the book on it.

Funny the outrage in the media about it though and on MOTD.
 
Have a look at the 5th article on the BBC Sports Website.
The "Lawmakers" are apparently looking at changing the rules on a goalie going down, if injured ?
I didn't realise the "Lawmakers" worked on the Sabbath ?
I agree that City should play within the laws.
But, it's an amazing coincidence how this has gained so much publicity, so quickly...
Happened in 2021 when Bernardo scored against Villa after Rodri won a tackle from an offside position to set him up and the law was changed.
Coincidence?
 
Funny that other teams have been doing it for years and the first time we do it there's uproar

Not sure I would say it is the first time we've done it. Though I only became a fan in 2009 while watching City lose to the rags 4-3 and was so pissed at the officials that the next week I found myself cheering for City. I remember a big stink about time wasting by either faking or exaggerating an injury was back when Dzeko went down with a shoulder injury and had a standoff with the official - https://metro.co.uk/2014/05/03/edin...lee-probert-during-everton-encounter-4717567/
 
If us doing it means they bring rules in to stop it then good, if it means no one can do it including Arsenal (presumably), if that happens then perhaps we should start blocking opposition goalies as well so that can get banned.
 
Got no problem with it, we have to compete in the prem and if everybody else is doing it then that's what we have to do until the rules (Arse rules ) are changed .
 
Strangely Farke never noticed his own player polishing the ball for a good thirty seconds before each long throw at two a piece. Strangely he could chuck just as far without a shine on it after the third went in.
He'll be sacked soon so he won't have to worry about it for too much longer.
 

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