Calcio said:lool i always do it as well. nothing wrong with it. if the ref gave penalty, then surely skretle(spelling) denying a clear goal scoring oppurtunity?
Also the barry sending off was so soft, but talk about getting hope for few seconds and then slapped
kiam06 said:After last nights Mancini 'incident' waving the imaginary card it got me thinking why in this country is it so frowned upon? If a referee is showing a level of inconsistency when making decisions then surely players and managers have the right to highlight this even if that involves the imaginary card.
It seems the imaginary card is seen as worse than diving or claiming for corners and freekicks when they are clearly the other teams way so why is there such a big deal made out of an imaginary card?
I saw Leon Osman trip over his own leg(literally) against Sunderland a couple of weeks ago and then start waving his arms around to claim a penalty, have we heard anything about that? Last night on several occasions Liverpool players surrounded the referee which for me is worse than an imaginary card but it is accepted for some reason?
I think the outlawing of imaginary cards is basically a mechanism put in place to protect referees from being criticised for making errors and for me it should be allowed, the referee should be strong enough to ignore 'fake' claims for cards if not he shouldn't be in the job.
Absolutely agree. Asking the 4th official is very different from waving an imaginary card in the referee's face. I certainly found it immensely frustrating that neither Adam nor Skrtel received any sort of card at all when both could easily have had two yellows or, in Skrtel's case, a straight red. If Yaya's penalty wasn't an OGSO then I don't know what was.Dirty Harry said:As far as I'm concerned Mancini had every right to ask the fourth official why a card wasn't shown to Skrtel, like many people with a language barrier he was simply a bit more animated over his questioning in an effort to get his point across, no big deal for me.
cibaman said:Apparently its a friendly gesture in Italy.
kiam06 said:After last nights Mancini 'incident' waving the imaginary card it got me thinking why in this country is it so frowned upon?
Which is the worse offence? Waving an imaginary card for a couple of seconds or constantly screaming in the face of the 4th official during the game and then questioning the refs fitness/judgement/bias/competence when the match is over?mannymanc said:it seems to be the only thing the rags can talk about ! sad bastards !