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Thread: Did Pawlett dive?
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22-12-2011 12:24 PM #1
Did Pawlett dive?
There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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22-12-2011 01:06 PM #2
I'm not so sure he dove, it was more of a coming together and he fell. I dont think he was looking for a penalty, but the clown in black awarded it. Now after seeing it again on tv, they can see the ref got it wrong, and obviously its the player who should be punished not the tosser who awarded the bloody penalty.
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22-12-2011 01:23 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If a pen hadn't been awarded, I very much doubt he would have received a ban for diving, or a yellow card from the ref during the game.
But because Mr Referee gets it wrong, the player is therefore punished.
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22-12-2011 01:45 PM #4
I blame the alternate laws of physics as applied to footballers. If you are running or even walking briskly and someone brushes against you, your legs don't shoot out behind you, your back doesn't arch and you arms don't flail in the air. At worst you fall too your knees and put your hands down to protect yourself. But on a football pitch......? Go figure.
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23-12-2011 04:14 PM #5
Yes, he did dive. Blantently. Never a penalty. Agree the player should be punished and not the ref.
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23-12-2011 04:30 PM #6
If the ref was to come out and say that he gave the pen because he trusts footballers as professionals, then the blame has to lie with the player. That said, a referee of this boy's experience should never have been duped like that.
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23-12-2011 05:55 PM #7
Fair point northern hibee, he should have spotted it. Still, the ref failed us through incompetence, which I can forgive. The sheep intentionally cheate and should be punished.
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23-12-2011 08:50 PM #8
If I was a ref I would hardly ever give a penalty. In this age of maximising profits, players are told by their clubs to go down like flipping Nureyev at the slightest touch.
Only stick-on pens for me.
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23-12-2011 10:28 PM #10
The boy cheated.
Referees are trained in the laws of the game rather than judging actors. It's like doctors deciding singing competitions.
Or netters decyphering my posts.
;-)
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