Liverpool vs Stoke Post match thread

[Chazza]

Huth has to get done for the stamp.

Not that it will help us.

[baitman]

Thought it was on the right, but you know, I might be wrong.

Any Ajax fans on here?

and can i ask if they played 3 or 4 at the back? a midfield 3 seems a little thin

[Liverpel]

More comments from Pulis:

Stoke boss Tony Pulis condemned a blatant dive by the Uruguayan striker towards the end of the 0-0 Premier League draw as "very, very disappointing".

The Stoke manager has previously called on the Football Association to ban players guilty of simulation, while Suarez himself has been accused by some of going down too easily.

Pulis said: "You have got Suarez falling over in the box second half which was really, really disappointing.

"I think that should be highlighted, as I have said before."

Pulis continued his criticism of the Uruguayan to BBC Sport: "I thought Suarez again today...I've been on about people falling over and the one incident in the second half...it's an embarrassment being a professional footballer (and doing that).

"He's a fantastic player, he's got great ability and he is the one player we were frightened to death of today, but doing things like that...

"Retrospective decisions are made on a Monday by the FA and they should be looking at this. Give him three games and he will stop falling over.

"What happens is that he puts pressure on the referee and every time he goes down you've got 40,000 Liverpool fans getting after the ref and I don't think that's right.

"I don't know how many times he has fallen over but the one in the penalty box is just an embarrassment and how he has not been booked I just don't know.

"I am concerned about the simulation and putting pressure on the ref. It's a tough enough job as it is. For professional footballers to be doing that is just not right and the PFA should start talking about it."

Pulis contrasted Suarez's dive with Glen Johnson's reaction to a strong Stoke challenge.

He added: "There was a challenge in the first half in front of us, Jon Walters and Glen Johnson both went up for a header, it was a proper old-fashioned challenge.

"Glen Johnson did absolutely fantastic, just bounced back up on got with the game, it was a proper, proper challenge.

"I went over to him and said 'well done, brilliant' - not only did he play exceptionally well but his behaviour was fabulous."

[Vermilion]

Oh piss off Pulis! Your team are a bunch of ****in angels!?

crap!

ediT: don't give me retrobleedinspective either! ha! if retrospective was enforced you'd be without half a team most weeks! jesus wept1

Just another DBF mouth piece pushing the party line, did Pulis comment on scum players diving all over the shop, no?! surprised? No!

Tosser!

[ChesterDave]

As someone mentioned earlier his attitude was different when Crouch was scoring against Citeh using his hand

"I haven't seen it, but if Peter's got away with it then brilliant,"

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11701/8081516/Stoke-boss-Tony-Pulis-was-happy-to-get-some-luck-against-Manchester-City

And the **** challenge he refers to might have been old fashioned but it wasn't proper, it was utter garbage

[Vermilion]

Blokes a prick, a DBF stooge.

I hate seeing the prick standing there talking like he's the great protector of the game!

[MrsB]

To be fair, this is highly annoying:

[kingfunk]

Absolutely shocking dive. 0.2

[Reece]

He's an idiot for doing that. Just when he/we were starting to get some sympathy.


I get so angry watching Stoke. Do their fans genuinely enjoy watching that ale-house rugby-esque ****e every week? Christ on toast. They literally made no effort to win that game. You'd think that they'd have thought we were there for the taking after our patchy start, and a relatively young team. But all they seemed concerned about was stopping us playing by whatever means (usually illegal ones). Cunts.

[gentingfrmhell]

joe cole. again.

[RoadEnd]

Although Tony Pulis may have a point, perhaps he should look at his own player's conduct first before he publically criticises another club's players.

Huth's stamp might be a start plus the cynical challenge by Dean Whitehead on Raheem Sterling near the end of the game that the pundit on my stream suggested was a "yellow card taken for the team"

[Fredo]

Stoke City fans with their 'swing lo' chants. Flmao

[Alex]

Football player in diving shocker. It's part of the game, and people need to accept it now. Unless there is a clamp down on diving, then let it go on.

However, if player A is vilified for it, but player B gets nothing said it makes me angry. Pulis needs to shut the **** up, but.....if it was Rodgers calling for a Stoke player to be banned retrospectively we would all be praising him for fighting for the club. So, swings and roundabouts really. However, Stoke are such a bunch of ****house cunts that he annoys me.

I'm always shocked to remember him and Rafa are such friends.

[malg]

The good thing with stoke,we know one day they will go down the route of Bolton and will eventually get relegated. They are a bunch of animals lead by an animal.

[BigChief]

Metro leading back page with Pulis demanding a three match ban for Suarez. I'm fine with that provided all dives are posthumously treated the same. Say going back to start of season or maybe last season.

A YouTube of all Stoke simulations would be great to send viral too. And Huth should get no less than double anything Luis gets as stamping is worse than diving.