Barclays Premier League Season 2009/2010

[JoeC]

I wonder if Ngog's blatant dive will get him and Liverpool as much bad press as Arshavin's Eduardo's (I didn't type Arshavin, honest) did earlier this year. Why do I doubt that it will ^_^ Liverpool were lucky to get a point really, and I'd be worried if I supported them.

Edited November 9, 2009 by JoeC

[Subject Delta]

Are you referring to Eduardo's dive against Celtic in the CL? If so, in my opinion N'Gog's dive was just as bad if not worse and he fully deserves to be punished for it. And you are right, I am worried our form is a real cause for concern at the moment :(

[JoeC]

O_o Why did I type Arshavin? My bad :p

[Rappy Veteran]

what happened to this thread! I go away for 2 hours and its like handbags at dawn :p :rofl:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

what happened to this thread! I go away for 2 hours and its like handbags at dawn :p :rofl:

They were answering my plea :shiftyninja:

[Subject Delta]

what happened to this thread! I go away for 2 hours and its like handbags at dawn :p :rofl:

Not to worry, the Ignore button should have solved that problem. As we have 2 Chelsea fans that seem to be on this forum for the sole reason of flaming Liverpool fans and causing trouble, it's the only way forward :p at least most of the members that post in this thread like to talk about Football :p

[Martyn]

Liverpool were lucky to get a point really, and I'd be worried if I supported them.

You clearly didn't watch the match or/and you know nothing about football :)

[Subject Delta]

You clearly didn't watch the match or/and you know nothing about football :)

I think the comment is about the way the draw was earnt to be fair, and he has a point the penalty was pretty soft. Although the game was dominated, and we where probably good value for the point, in the long term the current difficulty in securing results is pretty concerning.

[JoeC]

@Frank: Spot on. I'm not saying Liverpool weren't the better side (you were playing Birmingham, let's be fair :p) and I'm not saying you wouldn't have scored some other way, all I'm saying is the second goal which gave you the point was a bit ... well, it's a damn good argument for video replays xD

[Martyn]

@Frank: Spot on. I'm not saying Liverpool weren't the better side (you were playing Birmingham, let's be fair :p) and I'm not saying you wouldn't have scored some other way, all I'm saying is the second goal which gave you the point was a bit ... well, it's a damn good argument for video replays xD

Fair enough then, I interpreted you wrongly. Sorry.

We did dominate though. I think we ended up with 78% possession and 600 odd completed passes to Birmingham's low 100 odd. Crazy.

[Subject Delta]

Fair enough then, I interpreted you wrongly. Sorry.

We did dominate though. I think we ended up with 78% possession and 600 odd completed passes to Birmingham's low 100 odd. Crazy.

Just backs up my argument about lack of effective firepower, converting dominance into results. Injuries, and ownership by 2 morons that are intent on having a ride at the expense of LFC the overriding issues here

[gregb0b]

FYI my own mother supports Chelsea,

Don't I recall you saying that a true fan supports the club of his/her family? Hmmmmm. It's good to see another Chelsea fan here, and fyi I have never once said that I don't think Drogba dives. Every team has them, but because Chelsea are actually good it is put on a pedestal. He earns his paycheck, that's all I can say.

[JoeC]

Can't everyone just, y'know, get along a little? :p A mod's taken his time to clean the thread up, wouldn't it be nice to have a BPL thread that's about the BPL, and not just a reality TV show of Greg vs Frank/Martyn? :p

I'm not trying to get anyone hacked off, but it's been less than a day and I can see where the thread is headed if you just pick up where you left off ;)

[gregb0b]

I'm not flaming anyone, I was talking constructively and only speaking truths.

[Valerus]

Diving really needs to get ironed out. That was ridiculous.

[rajputwarrior]

holy dive batman... taking a point like that is embarrassing, whether we deserved the point or not...

football is just starting to get embarrassing to watch.

[Kralik]

Every team has them, but because Chelsea are actually good it is put on a pedestal. He earns his paycheck, that's all I can say.

God knows how hard I tried to stay out of this.. but here we go :pinch:

Every team has them, but because Chelsea are actually good (at diving) it is put on a pedestal. Oh so that's what he gets paid for.. diving.. wow, I tht he's a striker but he actually gets paid for playing "diveball" instead of football?

[Martyn]

Can't everyone just, y'know, get along a little? :p A mod's taken his time to clean the thread up, wouldn't it be nice to have a BPL thread that's about the BPL, and not just a reality TV show of Greg vs Frank/Martyn? :p

I'm not trying to get anyone hacked off, but it's been less than a day and I can see where the thread is headed if you just pick up where you left off ;)

I'll have you know I wasn't involved in any of the debate that saw the thread cleaned last time :p

[leesmithg]

I think I saw a ''dive of the century'' on BBC sports news this morning.

The referee was looking straight at the situation and he must be blind or a scouser as that was a dive not a penalty.

I think Ngog will get a ban and the referee should be moved to Sunday league referee'ing.

[Subject Delta]

The old argument:

Bring in video replays

Lost count of how many times I have said that :rofl:

[Kralik]

The old argument:

Bring in video replays

Lost count of how many times I have said that :rofl:

Agree to that 100%

I can't understand why not? FIFA's/UEFA's arguments against this seem nothing more than nonsense to me frankly.. Can't the FA implement it in the local leagues/ cup matches on their own?

[leesmithg]

They won't bring in video refs as they say it will slow down the game too much.

Well, I don't want Football to end up like Rugby Union or League.

[Farstrider]

The problem is that most sport centres around peoples livelihoods and bad decisions can dramatically alter teams or players careers . There are times in rugby when video referees decisions can take too long but as a rule it seems to work pretty well.

I would be 100% in favour of using this technology in football. Offside rulings and in the penalty area are the two I would target.

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BTW Rappy, did you see the stories about Ashton announcing his retirement soon?