Sterling and the hate he gets

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Did lineker dive for his two penalties against Cameroon? He was a hero after earning these two.





It's clearly a subjective topic, with the answer usually aligned to if you like them or not.

For me Sterling was our hero, he didnt even dive! He won us that game, stopped it going to penalties. Without him we were floundering, even Grealish. Sterling was the difference between failing yet another semi final.

But he's a villain - Mainly due to these fuckers putting cats amongst pigeons for clicks and popularity

Fucking England B international Sutton is a twat

 

[birch villa]

got told constantly last night that sterling was shit and the Gordon Ramsey ov Trafford should be on

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Kane was made MOTM last night. He wasn't Raz was. He had a fantastic game. There will be different points of view on the penalty decision but any player in the box, getting knocked twice, would go down. Name one that wouldn't.

He wasn’t wrong to do down. All
Players would. He would not have been given that playing for us, that’s for sure!

For me the ref should be at least 90% sure to give a pen. I actually think VAR should be used to overrule pens when they are not given and should have been. They could have looked at that after the event and given it if it was clear.

They rarely overrule refs who give them due to this clear and obvious error malarkey and I’m convinced they don’t want to make the refs look stupid. Fortunately for us we were the beneficiaries but Denmark probably felt very hard done to.

 

[WallyA]

Kane was made MOTM last night. He wasn't Raz was. He had a fantastic game. There will be different points of view on the penalty decision but any player in the box, getting knocked twice, would go down. Name one that wouldn't.

They won't put alot of thought into the MOTM.

They see Kane's pre-assist to Saka for first goal and the penalty goal, so technically he had a hand in both of England's goals and say well that's more than anybody else so he wins it.

He was fairly invisible outside those moments, I'll give him credit for the first goal, it was a good pass. But scoring a rebound penalty is nothing special.

Walker and Sterling did more than Kane to earn it.

 

[1961_vintage]

Kane was made MOTM last night. He wasn't Raz was. He had a fantastic game.

Kane was in a queue behind Shaw, Magliar, Kyle and Raheem. Bizarre decision.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

So so many players go down easily. Kane was being praised for buying free kicks last night. Going back earlier little Micky Owen dived in a World Cup game against Argentina. Not a word.

the coverage Raz gets is due to bias and racism - conscious or not

 

[Dirty Harry]

I think Raheem is overrated at times on here, but the shit the lad has to put up with, even now, is fuckin deplorable, and I'll always back the lad 100% over that, it's actually starting to remind me of the treatment Sonny Liston got way back, he's been cast as 'the villain', and no matter what he does, it seems that will always be his lingering legacy, and it's such a shame because as a person I think he's a really good lad, and has shown such great strength of character, class and respect, many times to those who really don't deserve it.

Keep smiling Raheem !

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

But scoring a rebound penalty is nothing special.

Agreed, but it is a sales pitch for City. Because we can't even get the rebound to bloody score from.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I’ve been as vocal as anyone about Sterling’s lack of technical quality, his lack of ball control, first touch, finishing, running down blind alleys, etc, etc, etc.

That said, STERLING DID NOT DIVE!

Anyone who has played the game understands what “drawing contact” means in the modern game. You’d be called a “soft bastard” and worse in days gone by, but today he drew contact BY DRIVING BETWEEN PLAYERS.

The choice of BOTH Danes was to try to stop him. The first challenge was from his right and caught him on the right side of his right leg. The second challenge was from the left and was a body block at about hip height. By then, Sterling was going to ground because he had drawn contact.

From there, it’s a matter of how the game is being refereed. I think the Ref took a beat and decided there was ENOUGH CONTACT for him to blow.

From there, I was surprised VAR didn’t send him to the monitor. However, they usually don’t if VAR SEES WHAT THE REF TELLS THEM HE SAW!

The total and complete hypocrisy of those that are now calling Sterling a diver…many of them English pundits and ex-players…are the worst offenders! Are these the same players who never claimed a corner when they knew it was a goal kick, or a throw-in to them when it was definitely for the opposition, or held their face as if hit when merely “touched” or “brushed” not hit? The same players who also went down easily under contact to get themselves out of a pickle?

Seriously, it is delusional for these pricks to NOW be stealing a living on TV by being complete hypocrites on THE key moment in the game.

Was it a ”soft” penalty, in that it was not clearly a trip, push or other obvious direct free kick offence?
Absolutely!

Was it the current definition of “a dive”?
Absolutely not!

 

[the blue panther]

No I dont think so

Absolutely - he was 'hit' from both sides, so why stay up?
Importantly, you can see from that replay that he STILL had the ball under control and if number 24 hadn't come in to finish off the job, he'd have got to the ball. (Irrelevant whether he would have produced anything thereafter.)
It was a nailed on penalty - as the ref decided instantly, and VAR didn't see fit to overturn it.
Also, earlier today, someone wrote on Blue Moon that when the first tackle went in, Sterling's right leg didn't move, but, it clearly does.
For me, it's not even a soft penalty - it's clear cut....As it was for the referee!
He was fouled twice, so fuckoff all you doubters!
We won 2-1, btw :-)