The Football.....

[Lovacott]

Is that so?
Those nasty people writing the rules made poor ickle Sterling fall over.

I take it you are one of those people who really don't like football?

 

[Edwardoka]

Like I say, this tournament, I'm torn, because Gareth Southgate comes across as a really genuine, humble, lovely guy. A true leader, and I would be happy for him to finally be able to kill the demons he's carried from that penalty. The team also doesn't seem to have as many of the primadonna peanuts I have traditionally associated with them.

Forza Italia!

Ciao bella
Edoardo

 

[Lovacott]

I'm not sure why Sterling is always picked out, but it leaves a nasty taste.

In that video, he's shaping to shoot and catches his foot on the ground. It's not a dive.

 

[downesy]

Most people moaning about the diving, are probably the same ones who think "hand of God" was ace and rushed out to buy an Argentine football shirt🤷‍♂️

 

[vickster]

Maybe Scottish players never dive as they never actually have the ball? 🤷‍♂️

 

[Edwardoka]

Most people moaning about the diving, are probably the same ones who think "hand of God" was ace and rushed out to buy an Argentine football shirt🤷‍♂️

Maradona is dead and Peter Shilton is an RWNJ... maybe time to move on? Crazy notion, I know.

 

[jowwy]

Maybe Scottish players never dive as they never actually have the ball? 🤷‍♂️

Says the england fan who doesnt know who terry butcher is…….

 

[Mike_P]

Maybe Frank Lampard should have dived against Germany, the ref might have given the goal then.

 

[cookiemonster]

Them were the days. Jack Charlton having a ciggie break during training 1970.

 

[downesy]

Always remember Cruyff having a ciggie on the subs bench

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

In that video, he's shaping to shoot and catches his foot on the ground. It's not a dive.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I'm not sure why Sterling is always picked out, but it leaves a nasty taste.

Funny I how I highlighted Sterling, Kane and Grealish all cheating but it's Sterling you pick up on.

 

[Stephenite]

Every now and then it just hits me:-

England are in the final!
For the first time ever in my 53 years.

 

[Scaleyback]

"There was contact, it was not a dive."


We hear this a lot now " there was contact so . . . " (not just here but from the commentators and pundits.) That phrase seems to justify players 'hitting the deck' as if being swatted by Kung Fu Panda. Most referees seem incapable of knowing the difference between players being 'chopped off at the knees' or touched in error by an out of control 5gram force. This is a contact sport for goodness sake, or it used to be ?
Anyone noticed how if any players get 'touched' on their face, or let's be truthful, they feel a draught from a nearby passing limb, they clasp both hands to their face, drop like a stone and roll around screaming ? Must keep their 'pretty boy' looks inviolate, eh ?
Sadly as modern players fitness and stamina has improved greatly their pain tolerance and their appreciation of what constitutes fair play has decreased exponentially. Frankly the 'beautiful game' has in many instances become an embarrassing watch.
Rant over.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Always remember Cruyff having a ciggie on the subs bench

40 a day,if i remember rightly.