c’mon - when he or anyone else does that in front of the kop this year, they will get roundly abused as a diving cheat - and even if it was accepted that Kane ’should have had one earlier’ - which I don’t agree with - that doesn’t make it right to give Sterling’s - that’s not how refereeing works, its not a cumulative process (except when they’re talking yellow cards, and do that funny thing of pointing at random bits of the pitch saying - you kicked someone there, and there, and there…)
Bringing us back round to Mr Bamford and his “do I have to dive, ref?” Anyway - yay for Kalvin - he did great. > On 14 Jul 2021, at 14:39, Damian Walsh <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice to have football on the list :) > > Sterling was fouled, he didn't dive, he had his leg clipped at speed and he > went nose first into the turf like you'd do at school if one of your mates > clipped your leg running to get into the dinner queue. It was a clear > penalty. But why didn't Kane get one earlier in the same game for being > hacked (rather than clipped) down? > > I watched that match in a bar with no sound on the telly. My impressions > from purely the images was that the Danes were quite a dirty team and that > they had more than one cheat playing for them. Imagine my surprise to read > the English press next day and find out that it was the poor plucky Danes > who were cheated out of the match by the evil English... > > I see that we've made one or two signings. I'm surprised to see that > Harrison's fee is reported at 11M because I'm sure that 20M+ was being > bandied about last year. > > Damian - returning holidaymaker :) > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 11:48 AM Nick <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> >> And if it is a question of ‘doing whatever it takes’ to win, then how is >> that different from Sterling’s ‘penalty? >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
