PL Matchweek 2

[hatterson]

I finished the second half of that Chelsea/Liverpool match and I must say that Werner dived like Mane on that penalty there, disgraceful.

His heel got clipped and it pushed it over into his planted leg. He carried on for another step to attempt a shot.

It was basically the opposite of a dive.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Savant]

lol try harder. His foot got stepped on.

Barely and accidentally. Are you saying he wasn’t milking it with that reaction? Come on.

 

[Evilo]

Barely and accidentally. Are you saying he wasn’t milking it with that reaction? Come on.

It's not a dive when you're fouled.
People need to understand this.

 

[Savant]

So might be a long shot - but do any of you lot have a picture of the original Bale billboard from outside of Penn Station the summer that he was sold? That was a crazy one.

 

[Savant]

It's not a dive when you're fouled.
People need to understand this.

The reaction makes it a dive. Not the foul. He’s trying to influence the official. He wasn’t stomped on.

 

[hatterson]

Barely and accidentally. Are you saying he wasn’t milking it with that reaction? Come on.

The entire weight of the palace player came down on his foot. Sure he probably hammed it up a bit, but that's a lot different than a dive.

 

[Evilo]

The reaction makes it a dive. Not the foul. He’s trying to influence the official. He wasn’t stomped on.

Nope that's embellishment.

 

[Savant]

Nope that's embellishment.

I mean, what’s the difference. If you are embellishing to get a PK or the player carded, that’s a dive in my book. But of you don’t agree, that’s okay too

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I think we've seen enough from Fernandes to see what he's playing at, whether he feels contact or not.

 

[Evilo]

Embellishing : sell a foul when there's a foul, even slight foul.
Dive : fall to the ground in hopes of a foul when there's none.

 

[Savant]

Embellishing : sell a foul when there's a foul, even slight foul.
Dive : fall to the ground in hopes of a foul when there's none.

Isn’t “falling....When there’s none” the same as ‘selling’?

but anyway we don’t have to agree on the definition. This unwritten stuff in like the old adage on pornography. I don’t know how to define it, but I know it when I see it

 

[spintheblackcircle]

It's not a dive when you're fouled.
People need to understand this.

It has the same result, cheating to get an advantage.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

That’s a harsh one...

 

[Blender]

That’s a harsh one...

Yea that's harsh, they were both grappling there.

 

[robertmac43]

Really harsh there...

 

[robertmac43]

Not going to lie, I really do hope Villa go down...

 

[Evilo]

It has the same result, cheating to get an advantage.

Nope.
When you are fouled, you are fouled.
The foul is the cheating.

 

[robertmac43]

Ampadu in 30 minutes into the game.

 

[Blender]

Brilliant pass lead to that penalty.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Nice pass but not a penalty for me

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

f*** yeah! Emi

 

[robertmac43]

Great counter attack leads to a pen for Sheff. Even bigger save from Emi!

 

[Blender]

Wow, massive save.

Nice pass but not a penalty for me

They called far softer ones last season, including ones with blatant dives but because there was slight contact they called it a foul and a penalty. If they didn't call this it would show that they have no standards.

 

[Cassano]

Emi best GK in England