So that clear foul on Sergio is the closest thing you can find to him diving? Embarrassing. We could come up with a 5 minute compilation of Hazard dives just from the games he's played against us, to compare the two is beyond delusional
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Match of the Day - 2014/15
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The fact people are outraged about that post is exactly what's wrong with English football. Flair players aren't rewarded or protected enough even if they're honest. Posting an isolated borderline incident does nothing to discredit my opinion.
Players like Hazard & our own Kun are repeatedly kicked all over the pitch because defenders can't stop them. More times than not they'll stay on they're feet.
Ronaldo, Robben, Young, Neymar are players I'd classify as divers.
Hazard is about 5'7 and physically weak. He's not fucking Yaya ffs, it won't take much to bring him down at the pace he plays at.
Players like Hazard & our own Kun are repeatedly kicked all over the pitch because defenders can't stop them. More times than not they'll stay on they're feet.
Ronaldo, Robben, Young, Neymar are players I'd classify as divers.
Hazard is about 5'7 and physically weak. He's not fucking Yaya ffs, it won't take much to bring him down at the pace he plays at.
bluemike
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This is the only time you will see Ashley Young's name among some class players. All diving twats.Chrisdunk said:The fact people are outraged about that post is exactly what's wrong with English football. Flair players aren't rewarded or protected enough even if they're honest. Posting an isolated borderline incident does nothing to discredit my opinion.
Players like Hazard & our own Kun are repeatedly kicked all over the pitch because defenders can't stop them. More times than not they'll stay on they're feet.
Ronaldo, Robben, Young, Neymar are players I'd classify as divers.
Not sure if serious...Chrisdunk said:The fact people are outraged about that post is exactly what's wrong with English football. Flair players aren't rewarded or protected enough even if they're honest. Posting an isolated borderline incident does nothing to discredit my opinion.
Players like Hazard & our own Kun are repeatedly kicked all over the pitch because defenders can't stop them. More times than not they'll stay on they're feet.
Ronaldo, Robben, Young, Neymar are players I'd classify as divers.
Hazard is about 5'7 and physically weak. He's not fucking Yaya ffs, it won't take much to bring him down at the pace he plays at.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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The only person at The Lane yesterday who needed protection was Harry Kane - protection from Cahill kicking him in the back. Has the England international been charged by the FArce yet or has another referee admitted to being incompetent in that he saw the incident but failed to send him off?
BigOscar said:So that clear foul on Sergio is the closest thing you can find to him diving? Embarrassing. We could come up with a 5 minute compilation of Hazard dives just from the games he's played against us, to compare the two is beyond delusional
That clear foul on Hazard is the closest thing you can find to him diving. You might want to try to make that compilation, you'd hardly find any footage.
KentBlue
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Hazard, Oscar, Fabregas etc are quality players, they have no need to dive. The fact that they do so frequently is down to Maureen and his cynical tactics: precisely the same with GPC - win at ANY cost. It's cheating, it's bringing the game into disrepute. But this is what Maureen does with his players, turns them into automatons, machines, mechanical robots with no soul or emotion. And this is exactly how Chelsea play: like a field full of blue-painted Daleks. But instead of 'exterminate, exterminate', it's 'simulate, simulate'!
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Chrisdunk said:The fact people are outraged about that post is exactly what's wrong with English football. Flair players aren't rewarded or protected enough even if they're honest. Posting an isolated borderline incident does nothing to discredit my opinion.
Players like Hazard & our own Kun are repeatedly kicked all over the pitch because defenders can't stop them. More times than not they'll stay on they're feet.
Ronaldo, Robben, Young, Neymar are players I'd classify as divers.
Hazard is about 5'7 and physically weak. He's not fucking Yaya ffs, it won't take much to bring him down at the pace he plays at.
Hazard is not so weak that a breeze puts him on the floor. I don't remember him diving yesterday, but we have seen him execute some pretty pathetic dives in the past. What convinces me that Mourinho encourages diving is the sight of Chelsea players who are most certainly not physically weak collapsing as though they've suffered career ending injuries because repeated, enlarged, slow-motion replays may suggest that "there was some contact". Examples are the Ivanovic incident against WHU after minimal contact, of the kind my 3 month old grandson could shake off! But we all now that Mourinho sees the laws of the game as weapons to exploit to Chelsea's benefit, as in the case of his ludicrous claims that Chelsea should have had a penalty for handball yesterday. Every team has, or has had its divers. City have had Adam Johnson who was not exactl a stranger to the odd dive, and Balotelli resorted to the odd face first collapse. In the present team Jovetic isn't averse. Rumour has it that even OT is home to some pretty accomplished exponents, but even the theatre of dreams isn't the most effect school for scoundrels these days. I wouldn't obviously argue that Steve Gerrard shows iron determination to "stay on his feet", but that has nothing to do with diving. The most obvious and consistent divers as a team, these days, are Chelsea and they spread the responsibility around. And, of course, the one player who never even thinks about diving is Sergio Aguero - the player who trusts to his own ability to win the PL rather than go down for a penalty to win it for them.
Greyco said:BigOscar said:So that clear foul on Sergio is the closest thing you can find to him diving? Embarrassing. We could come up with a 5 minute compilation of Hazard dives just from the games he's played against us, to compare the two is beyond delusional
That clear foul on Hazard is the closest thing you can find to him diving. You might want to try to make that compilation, you'd hardly find any footage.
I assume you're not counting all the times he throws out a 'tactical leg'. He frequently looks for it. Aguero plays to stay on his feet and get a shot off, Hazard is always playing to draw fouls. What's worse is all the pundits and fans who try and justify this by reminding everyone that there was contact. Its a shitty way to play.
citytilllidie
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Cahill assault on Kane. Did that even get a mention on MOTD? Can't remember it being discussed by Lineker et al?