Disappointing Stevie Lad

[Ron_Mexico]

i know mex but whaterver..me too hate it when some try to be different & controversial for the sake of it..lets join our broke friend Sean for n the rocks: glass

its annoying aint it? trying with all their might to force the rest of us to see stevie as a cheat when he didnt even dive. **** why am i even still talking about it

cheers sean and reds :whiskey smiley:

[Ron_Mexico]

gives yer addy lads, I'll fed ex coupla pax of pasta to yous

the sad thing is i would love some air mail pasta

[Red Chilli]

Wild Turkey for me

[Red Chilli]

Thought you'd be a Canadian Club man REDS

[sean_lfc]

eheheheh, you're one up on me Ron

Cheers for the offer RS, but I could just beg for 13 pence, that's the price of BetterBuy 500g Spaghetti, save you the hassle

I've found 3p lying around on the floor, 10p left to go Wooo

Hm, I'm just googling 'getting drunk on vinegar' HEY! I've just had an idea, I remember that nutmeg can get you ****ed, I've got loads of that, I also remember that you can die if you take too much...hm, all the possibilities...

[Red Chilli]

Cheers for the offer RS, but I could just beg for 13 pence, that's the price of BetterBuy 500g Spaghetti, save you the hassle

[Ron_Mexico]

Wild Turkey for me

a fine choice chilli, cheers matey

who needs food when you got whiskey

[Red Chilli]

a fine choice chilli, cheers matey

who needs food when you got whiskey

Amen to that

[simey85]

thought stevie went down easy for the first one to be fair although he was being held, the issue of diving is a complex one i.e. if ronaldo done something like that against us next week im sure there would be alot of unhappy people on here though when stevie does it some may turn a blind eye and say its clever play! it just depends which way you look at things!

[Diego]

I don't know what the controversy is about. If it had been in open play in front of the ref then I think most people would have been screaming for a penalty and had he been the last man then a red card too.
Just because it's a corner defenders seem to think they have the right to man-handle forwards.

the controversy is that, gerrard did not try to stay on his feet, he did not try to attack the ball, he did not try get past the defender, but the only thing he tried to do was to get a penalty, and for some people thats the problem, they feel it's not fair play. everyone knows it was a fouls, and that the ref had to give it, but some people think that gerrard sometimes goes down to easilly, and although i am one of them i don't know where i stand on the issue of yesterdays peno...

[Red Chilli]

the controversy is that, gerrard did not try to stay on his feet, he did not try to attack the ball, he did not try get past the defender, but the only thing he tried to do was to get a penalty, and for some people thats the problem, they feel it's not fair play. everyone knows it was a fouls, and that the ref had to give it, but some people think that gerrard sometimes goes down to easilly, and although i am one of them i don't know where i stand on the issue of yesterdays peno...

OK I see what you're saying about trying to stay on his feet, but Stevie couldn't have played for a penalty if the defender hadn't fouled him. If he had attacked the ball but arrived late and headed it over or wide would you then be happy with him? He probably wouldn't have got the penalty because the ref would have "played advantage".
If someone fouls you in the box, you've every right to go down for a penalty in my opinion. The problem isn't with Stevie, the problem is with the fact that defenders get away with fouling at corner kicks too often and then only way to highlight it is to go down when you're fouled.

[sean_lfc]

[Sensible thread hijack]

Update on my whisky, food situation:

I have scoured the whole house and have managed to scrape together the herculean amount of 71 pence, which should enable me to get enough food for 3 days! HipHap Hooray! [/Sensible thread hijack]

[sean_lfc]

[More jack stuff]

I have decided against the 3 day stocking up plan and have bought a loaf of thick white bread for 69 pence. I have already munched 3 dry slices, time for some buttered toast action.

[End of Jack]

[Diego]

OK I see what you're saying about trying to stay on his feet, but Stevie couldn't have played for a penalty if the defender hadn't fouled him. If he had attacked the ball but arrived late and headed it over or wide would you then be happy with him? He probably wouldn't have got the penalty because the ref would have "played advantage".
If someone fouls you in the box, you've every right to go down for a penalty in my opinion. The problem isn't with Stevie, the problem is with the fact that defenders get away with fouling at corner kicks too often and then only way to highlight it is to go down when you're fouled.

i agree with a lot of what you said, and i know it was a penalty, foul inside the box is a peno, no doubt. but imo he deliberaty only went for the penalty, he tried nothing else, but i'm not sure if i have anything against him doing it, but others do and i understand why. but the defender was just stupid and gerrard took advantage of the situation.

[Parm]

Correct me if I'm wrong here but this is the way I saw it...

Gerrard was getting pissed off because the guy was trying to pull him about a bit with his arms, which he isn't allowed to. SG wanted the ref to have words with him, have the free kick taken again if need be, and be allowed to move a bit more freely. Then the dozy sod of a ref awards a penno, which I don't really think anyone including SG could have foreseen

got to agree with you mate, I think Stevie was just trying to point out to the ref that the guy had his arms all around him.