The Confederations Cup Thread/ City Player Watch.

[taconinja]

That was a dive from one of ours.

Nope.

 

[MCFC-alan88]

ffs give it to the guy who came on and made an immediate impact still trying to move it through the middle

It was the same against the Italians.

 

[didactic]

That was a dive from one of ours.

He's hardly one of ours is he. he's never set foot in Manchester yet. Kompany and Zaba haven't drilled it out of him yet, which they will. and so will I from the stands.

Haha fair play on Kompany Zaba needs to talk to his national team mates though. Watch min 2:55 of the video I posted.

 

[bluemathlady]

Jesus comes across as a decent honest bloke. Cant imagine that he was diving like Neymar at Sevilla. He is Jesus ffs :D

 

[Mrmcfc]

fuckin fixed im telling you

I agree probably to fix Brazils reputation before the WC, riots and all.

Arbeloa definitely received a brown envelope pre match.

 

[andrewmswift]

PASS IT TO NAVAS FFS

 

[Blueband Brother]

Every so often he shows flashes of brilliance that almost make his cheating watchable.

Hmm, almost. I'm on the verge of throwing my remote at the tele with every game I see him, but then he'll pull out some mad kind of brilliance.

There was a thread last year during the Euros where I said Neymar is a bigger star than Balotelli and wlli end up being a much better player, and I was "LOL"d at.

Mario could end up being a very good player; Neymar is going to be a superstar. If he can put a stop to the cheating, there's no limits to how good he could be.

He'll get the millions the praise and the sponsorship. If he's as good as they say, and he seems to have the potential to be, he will be fouled, again and again, but 90% of the time, he'll get the free, theatrics or not, he doesn't need to act like the cheat he has been. Why people aren't trying to encourage him to stay on his feet is ridiculous.
I can't stand watching him. He makes a joke of the game. I don't accept that it's part of our game.

My advice to you and others that want to pursue this angle is to stop kiddin yourself and keep it real.

If you don't like him, you don't like him- don't try and rationalize your emotions with ridiculous intimations about diving and how it ruins the game. We all know about it and this trend in a competitive environment of professional sports is the unfortunate reality. Even 6'8 basketball players fall down and role on the ground for something as little as a shoulder contact inorder to get an opportunity to get one more shot, a free throw or even get the opponent kicked out of the game.

This is a dark aspect of sports but don't make if seem like Neymar is the only one that is diving out there and you cant stand him because of that because to be frank that is just weak.

Neymar dives but I assure you as a skeptic myself and someone that have doubts about this player, Neymar has impressed and has shown incredible character in this tournament to step up and deliver under the great heap of pressure and expectations from a great football nation like Brazil.

That is what is going to stick.

 

[taconinja]

That was a dive from one of ours.

He's hardly one of ours is he. he's never set foot in Manchester yet. Kompany and Zaba haven't drilled it out of him yet, which they will. and so will I from the stands.

Haha fair play on Kompany Zaba needs to talk to his national team mates though. Watch min 2:55 of the video I posted.

Wasn't a dive.

 

[LoveCity]

This is where tiki-taka can become infuriating and oh so perverse... 3-0 down and still passing it around patiently with so little urgency, while a winger hugs the touchline waiting.

 

[bluemathlady]

fuckin fixed im telling you

I agree probably to fix Brazils reputation before the WC, riots and all.

Arbeloa definitely received a brown envelope pre match.

Haha

 

[Deleted member 52846]

Navas has been Spain's best player already.

 

[MCFC-alan88]

Navas has touched the ball four times, he's won a penalty and a corner, yet they still try and go down the middle and left.

 

[taconinja]

I agree probably to fix Brazils reputation before the WC, riots and all.

Arbeloa definitely received a brown envelope pre match.

Haha

Nah, he and Pedro just aren't that good.

 

[johnmc]

That Aspulcueta or whatever is pretty poor as well

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

so fast

 

[RandomJ]

It's like the whole Spain team resent Navas because he's direct and makes things happen so they refuse to pass it to him.

 

[SebastianBlue]

fuckin fixed im telling you

I agree probably to fix Brazils reputation before the WC, riots and all.

I have become more and more cynical after gaining insight into even low level business dealings (some of which are not the most ethical) as part of my professional development.

So I have no difficulty believing that something at a large scale can be fixed. I was actually saying to my mate yesterday that I wouldn't be surprised if Spain lose the match in an odd way so that the focus (and pressure) would be taken off the protests.

 

[VinceYoungisaBLUE]

Iniesta having a very rare poor game by his standards. Don't think Mata has played well either, time for cesc and Silva.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

u know uve got a player when he's making it happen when his team is 3-0 down.

 

[Deleted member 52846]

Navas has touched the ball four times, he's won a penalty and a corner, yet they still try and go down the middle and left.

I noticed that against Italy too. It's like the Barça boys don't want to be direct in any way.

Up the left, turn back or inside and pass backwards...up the middle, turn back and pass it backwards...up the left........