Disappointing Stevie Lad

[Craig_H]

So you think it was enough to overpower him and he COULDNT have stayed on his feet then?

[Johnny]

So you think it was enough to overpower him and he COULDNT have stayed on his feet then?

No but it was a needless foul after SG alerted the Ref under his nose,the defender was stupid.

[Craig_H]

So you agree then that the contact wasnt enough to take him off his feet.

Yet he went down anyway...

[JRC]

Perhaps he coulsd have stayed on his feet, but - if the penalty hd not then been given - the defender would have gained an advantage from Foul Play, assuming Stevie had been unable to make the run he was trying to.

I DON'T KNOW how eassy or not it would have been fro Stevie to stay upright, but I DO KNOW that the defender indulged in illegal contact, under the eyes of the Ref, after being warned. Furthermore, the defender had Crouch's shirt off his back as he went in for the loose ball, so there was a penalty there as well, anyway.

(FWIW, in the away game, Stevie did try to stay on his feet after jumping over a wild challenge, but lost his balance anyway, and still got pilloried for diving)

[Craig_H]

(FWIW, in the away game, Stevie did try to stay on his feet after jumping over a wild challenge, but lost his balance anyway, and still got pilloried for diving)

If you mean the Bolton game, it was at home, and Gerrard appealed for the pen.

[Red_Polo]

If you mean the Bolton game, it was at home, and Gerrard appealed for the pen.

He means the first league game of the season, and if you want to keep your second thread on this can we talk only of last night's penalty incident here please? I can't believe you persuaded me not to merge them, what a mess

[JRC]

No, Sheffield United away - the pen was correctly given, but it has become part of the Gerrard Diving legend, although he clearly tried to carry on after hurdling the tackle, even getting a shot in as he lost his balance.

[Craig_H]

He means the first league game of the season, and if you want to keep your second thread on this can we talk only of last night's penalty incident here please? I can't believe you persuaded me not to merge them, what a mess

Stevie appealed for the one at Bramall Lane too

[Craig_H]

No, Sheffield United away - the pen was correctly given, but it has become part of the Gerrard Diving legend, although he clearly tried to carry on after hurdling the tackle, even getting a shot in as he lost his balance.

No way was that one a pen mate. Given for 'intent'

So Rob Styles is a mind-reader now...

[JRC]

Because it was a penalty?

[Craig_H]

Because it was a penalty?

There was NO contact!!

Even the ref said he gave it, not for contact, but for intent!

So he must've known what the defender was intending...

[Johnny]

So you agree then that the contact wasnt enough to take him off his feet.

Yet he went down anyway...

[Red_Polo]

Stevie appealed for the one at Bramall Lane too

Right, threads merged

[Johnny]

Right, threads merged

WooHoo!!!!

[Craig_H]

Cheers queeny, you held on longer than i expected, but you've finally conceded the argument. Just as i was about to get bored and give up too. Nice one