Jim Boyle picked the wrong player to name as a diver.
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Don't worry be happy. Charlie Adam will put him in his place again.......soonOriginally posted by clanhuman View Post
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Welsh fella on 5 LIVE just now saying Bale tripped himself up, he's a cheat, ashamed he was..spoilt the win, people want Suarez punished for diving then they have to treat everyone the same...
Next caller agreeing with the last Welsh caller about Bale.
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I've seen a couple of 'so-called pundits' discussing Bale tonight. Cannot believe the placation he gets for cheating.
"If he thinks he feels contact, he's entitled to go down" FFS.
What a load of bolleaux.Com ce, com ca.Comment
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If the contact is not enough to knock you over and is merely contact you can feel and choose to go down - well its still a dive. Falling over willingly is a dive - unless you are a brave British lion.Football without Origi is nothingComment
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That is the issue isn't it, people associate diving as something that have been brought into our game recently by foreigners. But that's not the case, even if you consider that diving in the Premiership only goes back to the era of Klinsmann at Spurs, that was what 1994 which is 18 years ago. If we accept that it has been around that long then basically the whole current generation of Premiership footballers have been brought up with that as part of the culture of the game, it may be something we don't like to talk about but it is there and it is naive and somewhat xenophobic to assume that foreigners are bringing it into the game now. Owen's comments last week basically show that it has been there for a long time the difference is the British are willing to turn a blind eye when it suits them, the holier than thou attitude about it is very arrogant and hypocritical.Originally posted by ChesterDave View PostThe only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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Defenders go down easily when it suits them too.Comment
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And Didi.Originally posted by Vermilion View Post
If we are all only happy when we are really winning in the end, when your race finishes, what life would that be?Comment
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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has responded angrily to comments on diving from FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce.
Northern Irishman Boyce, Britain's representative on FIFA, described Suarez's clear dive against Stoke at Anfield last Sunday as "nothing less than cheating" and said simulation was a "cancer" in the game.
That prompted the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) to write to FIFA defending their player and demanding Boyce be referred to the governing body's Ethics Committee.
And Suarez, who played for his country in Friday night's 3-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Argentina, has now had his say.
In an interview on Argentinian radio, the 25-year-old said: "This guy (Boyce), I've no idea who he is.
"I don't know why he has been talking about me. He certainly can't be well-known and he wants to get publicity.
"Let him carry on talking. My job is to play football and to try to do so in the best way possible.
"What he has said does not affect me. I am not interested in what he has to say.
"It's been important to have the support of the Uruguayan FA and the people."
Suarez has always been a controversial figure, with the diving discussion adding to last season's race row with Patrice Evra, for which he was banned for eight matches.
And he said: "I have lived through a lot in the past year, with people saying things about me, but I have continued playing and proving my job is what happens on the pitch."
The AUF's letter, signed by the organisation's president Sebastian Bauza and general secretary Anibal de Olivera, described Boyce's remarks as "at odds with the principles of world football governing."
It continued: "The code of ethics of FIFA, in its article three, clearly states: 'Officers should be aware of the importance of their role and the obligations and responsibilities that entails'.
"Deliberately ignoring his position and role, Mr Boyce has referred specifically to a football player, encouraging and provoking hostility towards him."
The letter also included a list of six steps the AUF want FIFA to take, including withdrawing their confidence in Boyce, referring him to the ethics committee and expressing their regret to Suarez.
Boyce was talking earlier this week as he called for football associations to take retrospective action against players who dive.
Boyce said: "I have seen several incidents recently, and I watched the latest Suarez incident two or three times, and to me it is nothing less than a form of cheating.
"It is becoming a little bit of a cancer within the game and I believe if it is clear to everyone that it is simulation then that person is trying to cheat and they should be severely punished for that.
"It can be dealt with retrospectively by disciplinary committees, and it is done so in some associations, and I believe that is the correct thing to do."Last edited by magicalbarnes; 13-10-12, 11:17 AM.Comment
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The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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haha Luis: rock:
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Patience when teased often, transforms into rageComment
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His Uruguay got hammered last night vs Argentina.
This was the only decent thing he did last night
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk3BX4vpNU"]Luis Suarez Nutmeg vs Argentina - YouTube[/ame]Member #1 of the Luis Suarez fan clubComment
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