Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [26th - 27th December 2018]
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Fight through it don't just fall down. They're men, not little kids.
Why fight through? The rules dictate it’s a foul so you don’t have to?
Some of you chaps need to actually read the rules (doesn’t say ‘play on - it’s a mans game’ btw)
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Even as a pool fan I think it was a soft penalty and bordering on a dive. Doubt it actually changed the outcome of the match though.
I agree it was a dive
It was also a foul prior to Salah flailing, running adjacent to a player and grabbing their arm at all is a foul
Alright. Messi has exceptional balance. He gets hacked, somehow stays on his feet, but misses the chance as his balance has been affected and there's no goal. In the same situation, Lukaku gets hacked and falls over as his balance is abysmal. He gets a penalty and his team score.
How is that fair?
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I think that was a foul on Deulofeu
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Not sure about that but this one was 
That was Terminator style.
That was Terminator style.
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Schumacher would have been proud of that one!
As soon as refs start awarding fouls when a player stays on his feet then I'd have no problem sharing your view. They don't though and forwards have a choice of 'being a man' and penalising themselves or going down and getting the foul they deserve.
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Do you think VAR will boost players honesty when it comes in?
It's not about VAR or honesty - it's about players being given free kicks without having to go down to get them. At the moment, if a player stays on his feet he's given nothing, no matter how badly he's fouled. Refs need to start giving free kicks without players feeling like they have to go down to get them
In these sorts of situations? I doubt it. On field officials still won't give the foul if a player stays on his feet and in most cases the decision won't be an obvious enough error to overturn.
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If Hazard wants to leave Chelsea, where would he go? There’s always talk of RM, but they’re in the doldrums atm.
He's not good enough either.
People can talk Hazard up all they want...last week he scored his first goal in 13 games....he isn't that level.
Steady on there. At least we have a usable stadium and trophies in the cabinet
Get away, when will people look beyond stats, it's ridiculous. If you can't see what he offers beyond goals then you don't know football. He's scored 10 goals in the PL and playing in a positon he doesn't like, not a bad return really.
Also, not good enough for RM when they have the likes of V Junior, Vasquez, Benzema, Asensio playing? lol, he'd be one of their best.
Quality secondary school banter there. Think you'll find Spurs do have trophies even if they are a little dusty, even a couple of European trophies too.