Quote from: Chris Harte on January 03, 2022, 04:31:22 PMQuote from: andyh on January 03, 2022, 03:58:06 PMMany teams will be weakened by the African nations cup with key players lost, on the other hand villa lose Trezeguet and Traore.A good point.Good to see people generally disapproving of Mahmoud's actions yesterday. Overt attempts at cheating are a stain on the game. IIRC it first started to manifest itself in the late-80s as an import from the continent. Now everyone seems to be at it.Franny Lee says Hi.
Quote from: andyh on January 03, 2022, 03:58:06 PMMany teams will be weakened by the African nations cup with key players lost, on the other hand villa lose Trezeguet and Traore.A good point.Good to see people generally disapproving of Mahmoud's actions yesterday. Overt attempts at cheating are a stain on the game. IIRC it first started to manifest itself in the late-80s as an import from the continent. Now everyone seems to be at it.
Many teams will be weakened by the African nations cup with key players lost, on the other hand villa lose Trezeguet and Traore.
Quote from: AV82EC on January 03, 2022, 05:17:12 PMQuote from: Chris Harte on January 03, 2022, 04:31:22 PMQuote from: andyh on January 03, 2022, 03:58:06 PMMany teams will be weakened by the African nations cup with key players lost, on the other hand villa lose Trezeguet and Traore.A good point.Good to see people generally disapproving of Mahmoud's actions yesterday. Overt attempts at cheating are a stain on the game. IIRC it first started to manifest itself in the late-80s as an import from the continent. Now everyone seems to be at it.Franny Lee says Hi.Was Francis Lee a cheat? I only recall him having that scrap at Derby's Baseball Ground in the mud.
Quote from: Chris Harte on January 03, 2022, 08:32:02 PMQuote from: AV82EC on January 03, 2022, 05:17:12 PMQuote from: Chris Harte on January 03, 2022, 04:31:22 PMQuote from: andyh on January 03, 2022, 03:58:06 PMMany teams will be weakened by the African nations cup with key players lost, on the other hand villa lose Trezeguet and Traore.A good point.Good to see people generally disapproving of Mahmoud's actions yesterday. Overt attempts at cheating are a stain on the game. IIRC it first started to manifest itself in the late-80s as an import from the continent. Now everyone seems to be at it.Franny Lee says Hi.Was Francis Lee a cheat? I only recall him having that scrap at Derby's Baseball Ground in the mud.Francis Lee was probably the biggest cheat to ever put on a pair of football boots and by God he had some competition.
Going back to Trez: the dive at the w/end was obvious and embarrassing, but it's worth remembering that he took a two-handed push in the back at Anfield last season, did his best to stay on his feet which the ref took as a cue to not award a blatant penalty.It's been said on here before; if the refs won't do their jobs properly, no wonder the players dive!!
If salah had been in that position it would have been a pen because he would have gone down normally. He's world class at buying pens as well as in other ways. I think it's slightly endearing that we've got a player who's that shit at cheating
Quote from: sickbeggar on January 06, 2022, 12:04:36 PMIf salah had been in that position it would have been a pen because he would have gone down normally. He's world class at buying pens as well as in other ways. I think it's slightly endearing that we've got a player who's that shit at cheating and Fernandes, Kane, Sterling along with many others all across the top leagues in Europe.