ChicagoBlue
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City: Ruining fouling since 2008.
It is literally sad to see people, including Pellegrini this weekend, whining about tactical fouling, as if it is a new phenomenon. It is nothing new. City didn’t invent it, nor do we do it more than other teams.
What is happening is that City are getting so much positive press that the red (and other) sycophants have been forced to try to find SOMETHING...ANYTHING...with which to denigrate what we are accomplishing on the field.
We don’t have a Chopper Harris or a Norman bite yer legs Hunter, but apparently we have suddenly invented the innocuous, stop you getting past me, foul that needs to be eradicated from football....as opposed to the legbreaker, foot up against the player kicking the ball (Wembley TAA against Silva, for example), scything tackle from behind, the elbow in the face when heading the ball, and everyone’s favorite...rolling around on the field as if shot by a sniper until the foul and yellow card are given, then the magic sponge cures everything, the player gets up, walks around wincing and limping for a few seconds, then the ball comes to him and he is back to being a gazelle!!!
This will become a “thing,” with ex-players who want to be seen more in TV extolling how City are masters of this dark art and it should be taken care of. Fernandinho has already been singled out as the Jedi Master of the Tactical Foul (capitalized, because it has now become a serious matter ;-) ), with Rodri clearly having been schooled in it by a Pep in pre-season.
Getting sick of the rolling agenda from some quarters. If you can beat em, besmirch em!!!
It is literally sad to see people, including Pellegrini this weekend, whining about tactical fouling, as if it is a new phenomenon. It is nothing new. City didn’t invent it, nor do we do it more than other teams.
What is happening is that City are getting so much positive press that the red (and other) sycophants have been forced to try to find SOMETHING...ANYTHING...with which to denigrate what we are accomplishing on the field.
We don’t have a Chopper Harris or a Norman bite yer legs Hunter, but apparently we have suddenly invented the innocuous, stop you getting past me, foul that needs to be eradicated from football....as opposed to the legbreaker, foot up against the player kicking the ball (Wembley TAA against Silva, for example), scything tackle from behind, the elbow in the face when heading the ball, and everyone’s favorite...rolling around on the field as if shot by a sniper until the foul and yellow card are given, then the magic sponge cures everything, the player gets up, walks around wincing and limping for a few seconds, then the ball comes to him and he is back to being a gazelle!!!
This will become a “thing,” with ex-players who want to be seen more in TV extolling how City are masters of this dark art and it should be taken care of. Fernandinho has already been singled out as the Jedi Master of the Tactical Foul (capitalized, because it has now become a serious matter ;-) ), with Rodri clearly having been schooled in it by a Pep in pre-season.
Getting sick of the rolling agenda from some quarters. If you can beat em, besmirch em!!!