Liverpool vs West Ham - Premier League (20/21 - Game 7)

[Tribute]

They're all divers. Stop being so precious.

Ooooh get you

[BobTheCharmer]

That's not the narrative we're getting. It's only Salah.

**** the narrative. I'm saying they all dive and con refs to get a decision. I don't care where they come from or who they play for.

Punditry bias is a different conservation.

[Cerbie]

That's not the narrative we're getting. It's only Salah.

So no mention of Wilson’s pen today from the pundits on MOTD2 but in the weekend highlights they chose to inset Moyes’ accusation about Salah diving... WTF?!?

[BigChief]

So no mention of Wilson’s pen today from the pundits on MOTD2 but in the weekend highlights they chose to inset Moyes’ accusation about Salah diving... WTF?!?

It's crazy. Pure and simple racism. Football is such an old boys club, now, in 2020 as it has been when I was watching football in 1980.

[rodo]

beyond ****ing ridiculous

[ame]https://twitter.com/BassTunedToRed/status/1323171773844770816[/ame]

[Reece]

Saw that earlier. That is some take on it. It can't be anything other than xenophobia or racism. Recalling Cascarino from the days I used to listen to TalkSport, neither surprise me.

[Buzzo]

Even if it had been a dive, associating it to someone who died is piss poor.

Yep, nothing more than blatant racism, backing up the negative image many already have of the Muslim community. Would we ever see Harry Kane’s name there. Or what about Harry Maguire, disgracing the game by getting locked up for fighting on Holiday.

Not a chance.

[Kenneth]

Unconscious bias I guess. Even the parody of virtue Gary Lineker is culpable.

Takeaway from the weekend: Salah's reaction to being fouled, or this (second one)
[ame]https://twitter.com/Niall_McAteer/status/1322998981065084928[/ame]

[Fosterbloke]

[ame]https://twitter.com/stinhambo/status/1323199440249741312[/ame]

[Shaggy]

beyond ****ing ridiculous

https://twitter.com/BassTunedToRed/s...71773844770816

That's ****ing unbelievable. He's a 'Liverpool fan' too.

[Buzzo]

Didn't Tony Cascarino lie about an Irish blood relative so he could play for Ireland?

[Fosterbloke]

Didn't Tony Cascarino lie about an Irish blood relative so he could play for Ireland?

I think so

[RichC]

That headline was most likely not written by him tbf. I'm sure the article is pure drivel anyway but I bet that headline has done it's job and got loads of clicks and therefore ads sold.

[Shaggy]

I am a Liverpool supporter but I hated to see Mohamed Salah dive to win the penalty against West Ham. In the week when we lost Nobby Stiles, to see a player do what Salah did makes me think that the game as it was played by the England team of 1966 will be gone completely within the next ten years. Imagine showing that generation an example of what they would have considered cheating being rewarded in that way. The culture started to change during my playing career and now when I watch kids football they are all as good at diving as they are at everything else. And when I say good at it, I mean they go down in a way that may deceive a referee into giving a free kick.

That was partly why I never did it — I was no good at it, and I would have looked ridiculous if I’d tried. But my real problem is it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. I honestly feel it is turning people off the game — and before you call me Casasaurus the dinosaur, I know plenty of young people who feel the same way. Yes there was contact between Arthur Masuaku and Salah, but nowhere near enough to knock him off his stride. By comparison, there was greater contact last weekend when Sergio Agüero put his arm around the assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis and tugged her a little — there was more force than when Masuaku caught Salah’s boot.

Yet Massey-Ellis barely flinched and did not make an issue of Agüero’s actions after the game, despite many feeling she was entitled to. The same level of contact would have sent Salah tumbling over.

[wiw]

beyond ****ing ridiculous

https://twitter.com/BassTunedToRed/s...71773844770816

what a terrible article.

There was a tweet a while ago highlighting how many times Grealish was fouled last season (something like 180 - most fouled player?) with Salah (20 ish I think?), which just highlights what a joke the officiating is. Salah gets fouled 20 times a game, let alone in a season. I've no problem with him going down cos he gets **** all otherwise