General Football 23/24

[Roboklopp]

Well, Terry was mentioned too so should even itself out.

[Norbs]

I thought it had been shown that there was contact? Kitson is a dick in that case for being completely wrong and stoking up trouble

[baitman]

fan arrested over fish dumping stunt

PAOK fan accused of dumping crate of fish on Olympiakos bench

Police in Thessaloniki have arrested a PAOK fan accused of dumping a crate of fish on the visiting Olympiakos bench.
A 34-year-old man covered the bench in several kilograms of anchovies in a stunt that delayed a tense Greek Cup semi-final for more than an hour.
Olympiakos's home ground is in the port of Piraeus, and the club's supporters are nicknamed 'anchovies'.
PAOK won 1-0 on Wednesday but the game was repeatedly halted by brawls on the pitch and three players were sent off.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27072837

[Roboklopp]

What a waste of anchovies. Amazing things.

[Fivex]

You can take a crate of anchovies into the ground, just don't put them anywhere mischievous.

[Trippendicular]

I thought it had been shown that there was contact? Kitson is a dick in that case for being completely wrong and stoking up trouble

There was slight contact, but not enough for Suarez to go rolling around on the ground.

[destinydude]

There was slight contact, but not enough for Suarez to go rolling around on the ground.

Enough contact to do whatever he wants. Those things hurt. Everybody's body is different and they react differently to pain.

[destinydude]

been out all day just seen it on twitter...... too many haters in here

No one hates you, you're far too much entertainment for that!

The day you're banned from here bender is the day the site dies.

We love you Bender, with all our hearts. Don't ever think of going away from here. This place wouldn't be the same without you.

One guy (Craig H) leaving is enough already. We need the peeps to stick around. We make a good family here

[Vermilion]

Enough contact to do whatever he wants. Those things hurt. Everybody's body is different and they react differently to pain.

Sometimes slight contact can hurt far more than some big lug sliding in on you, you know about it and feel it if someone skims your ankle with their toe for instance, catching you right on the bone.

We've often seen the most innocuous looking tackle do real damage to a players career.

[Bender]

We love you Bender, with all our hearts. Don't ever think of going away from here. This place wouldn't be the same without you.

One guy (Craig H) leaving is enough already. We need the peeps to stick around. We make a good family here

ok

[RedReet]

I think the booking for showing an imaginary yellow card is a bit of a joke TBH (not in all cases). I think it happened with Aspas earlier in the season and is quite common with foreign players (and not because they are all cheats as they have you believe), but if they haven’t fully learned the language and can’t communicate with the referee, then it’s natural to try and illustrate it another way. It’s similar to a manager who’s on the touchline and has no other way to communicate to the ref.

Why that is so demonised, yet someone like Rooney can scream ‘**** OFF REF, **** OFF, YOU HAVE TO SEND HIM OFF’ and not even get a warning pisses me off.

I suppose it’s no different to diving which is so heavily frowned upon compared to potential leg breaking challenges, because they are part of the great British game.

[Red_Polo]

Yep, it's ridiculous. It's another example of enforcement based on what produces moral outrage in spectators and journalists ahead of what is actually just and fair for the game.

[BobTheCharmer]

I detest any player waving an imaginery card at the ref, its a cunts trick to try and get another player booked. Wanting to get an opponent into trouble is unsporting. I would ban someone for 3 months. They wouldn't do it again in a hurry.

[john316]

3 months?

What about John Terry then trying to get Chico Flores sent off last Sunday with a quiet chat?

[BobTheCharmer]

3 months?

What about John Terry then trying to get Chico Flores sent off last Sunday with a quiet chat?

If you want to stamp things out the punishment must be hard. I'd have terry shot in the head just because he's terry. Bye John.