Disappointing Stevie Lad

[Johnny]

I am able to decide for myself too.

But you and i are biased.

Hence, i pointed to someone who's supposedly objective.

Why cant you just accept that i disagree with you? That luke fella might've been onto something....

Great arguement.livvy posted the Video,his hands were most definately not by his side.End off.lock thread.Etc.etc.etc


Sg has dived in the past but WAS fouled today,you don`t think so,so round and round we go.

[livvy145]

Great arguement.livvy posted the Video,his hands were most definately not by his side.End off.lock thread.Etc.etc.etc


Sg has dived in the past but WAS fouled today,you don`t think so,so round and round we go.

Are we talking now?

[Craig_H]

Where did I say that people who didnt think it was a penalty are not Good fans?

I was commenting on the general trend that some posters have of criticizing everything about the club and players. Before the game they are posting that they have a "BAD Feeling" about the game and then once we've smashed the team, they start finding faults on how we won the game. Surely if you support a team you wouldnt nitpick on everything that happens on/off the Field.

Yes I have Liverpool tinted specs and I'm not neutral where LFC is concerned. SFW - I'm just following the Role model that made me love this club so much - Bill Shankly

I'm not saying this to have a go, i'm just being honest...but IMO, if someone can praise the positives, but allegedly not see (or acknowledge) the negatives, that doesnt make their outlook too credible.

I know you dont care what i think, but many dont care what many think. We still express our views.

[Redlife]

If he was going down without any contact like Ronaldo did last week, then I'd be bothered.


But he's not. If players bump, block, or 'embrace' (like today - that was just a daft thing to do :whatever: ) in the penalty box, then they can't be surprised when they get penalized.

[Craig_H]

Great arguement.livvy posted the Video,his hands were most definately not by his side.End off.lock thread.Etc.etc.etc


Sg has dived in the past but WAS fouled today,you don`t think so,so round and round we go.

It's a contact sport mate, it isnt netball...

[Craig_H]

If he was going down without any contact like Ronaldo did last week, then I'd be bothered.


But he's not. If players bump, block, or 'embrace' (like today - that was just a daft thing to do :whatever: ) in the penalty box, then they can't be surprised when they get penalized.

Maybe the no contact thing is the next step. I sincerely hope not.

Having said that, he did it in the bolton game anyway

[El Jefecito]

Basically, I would have been more pissed if he hadn't a gone down. I'd rather a goal than the moral high ground in this instance.

[Johnny]

It's a contact sport mate, it isnt netball...

Yes but there are rules as to how much contact is allowed,no?

[Fiddy]

Ok lets have a witch hunt and burn our skipper at the stake

No one doubts Stevie does, on occasion, go down easily, but comparing him to the likes of Ronaldo & Dogbreath is ridiculous. There's a big difference between going down/making the most of minimal contact and blatant diving like those two regularly engage in, flinging themselves about/holding their faces/acting like they've been shot.

[lfc4ever]

Threads need to be merged, same thing is popping up and my head is sore!

[Redlife]

Ok lets have a witch hunt and burn our skipper at the stake

No one doubts Stevie does, on occasion, go down easily, but comparing him to the likes of Ronaldo & Dogbreath is ridiculous. There's a big difference between going down/making the most of minimal contact and blatant diving like those two regularly engage in, flinging themselves about/holding their faces/acting like they've been shot.

[Fiddy]

Basically, I would have been more pissed if he hadn't a gone down. I'd rather a goal than the moral high ground in this instance.

too right.

another 3 points

[Red_Polo]

It's a contact sport mate, it isnt netball...

You are not allowed to use your arms to pull/push players like he was doing though. I'd say it was an incredibly soft pen, but a pen all the same by the letter of the law. Of course the ref should've shown more common sense, and that's what Warnock was alluding to.

[Craig_H]

Yes but there are rules as to how much contact is allowed,no?

Well yes there is, but do you think it would've been given had gerrard not gone down? I dont.

Furthermore, was that contact sufficient to actually FORCE gerrard onto the floor? No.

He could've stayed up, the contact wasnt fall inducing. He CHOSE to go down though. That contact was minimal.

Not a foul IMO.

[Johnny]

Maybe the no contact thing is the next step. I sincerely hope not.

Having said that, he did it in the bolton game anyway

I thought we were discussing THIS penalty.