siot_ber12 said:
Absolutely the best.
The game stats say it all.
YNWA!
And welcome back StevieG . We all love you .

Heidstra said:
Charlie Adam should be ashamed of himself.

Heidstra said:


Sure there was some minimal contact, but certainly not enough to take Charlie or any other footballer down. You'd don't get to decide when you fall and when you stay up, that's ridiculous. Either the tackle impedes you or it doesn't -'choosing' to go down is called diving. And since when did falling down become a perquisite for calling a foul? If Charlie could have remained up, he needs to at least attempt to do that instead of hooking his boots in the dirt two feet behind Rio. Had he stayed up, and it been deemed a foul, the ref would play an appropriate advantage or called it back if the scoring chance was less ideal than before the contact. Selling it should never be a player's intent.

I'm not going to endorse your "balance" opinion. This is partly because it's silly to claim Downing's was the only shirt pulled all game, that the frustrated Aguero boot to Evra's legs didn't hurt (not to mention the constant racial slurs he uttered at Evra all game, which warranted far more then just a sending off), and that this was even close to a penalty call (not to mention the same thing happening in the Liverpool end). Mostly, it's because none of these things are even relevant to Charlie's dive. Even if all of these were true, does that give a player the right to undermine the rules of the game? Fairness isn't about balancing calls, it's about getting as many as you can correctly. As a player, it's your job to endorse the rules and beat the other team, not the referee. Instead of trying to beat United, Charlie aimed to beat the Ref. For me, that is shameful.

Edited by Heidstra 16-10-2011 06:20