Daniel: The boy that cried wolf?

Daniel: The boy that cried wolf?

Stop flopping around on the ground like a pig in sh*t and when you do get fouled, you'll actually get the free kick. Does anyone not think that referees are looking for it and are acutely aware of it now??

Yeah Peters been calling well.

Er, idiots, he actually got injured.

Doesn't change the fact he unnecessarily goes to ground way to often.

He did get injured, but most of the time he's 'diving', he is really only making it more difficult on himself as Drquack32 said, the ref will be reluctant to give him free kicks once they've all caught on to his tricks (if they  haven't already).

Dear..... muppet. Did I say anything about him being injured? Did I refer to that anywhere above, cause I must have used an ink that I can't read if you can see it. I was referring to his fondness for falling over and deep love of Wellington grass.

He just has to learn to stay on his feet and forget that gamesmanship crap.

daniel had to be helped off the field by two supporting staff of the phoenix

He dived far less..improvement..well done

he did alright sl*ggers

Exactly. FFS, so much naysaying.

Yeah I think some of you are being extremely harsh!

piss off he wasnt even diving 2day u muppets what bwt wen he got chopped in half and then down the byline he almost got fliped giv him a break

Yeah he was fine today. I think hes finally learnt

He did get the first free kick...

he was much improved in that respect today, and he is getting clogged

Lay off the guy ffs.

i take it ur english... hes a left midfielder who wanders dont think his job is to get stuck in

Does he? How often is "to often" (sic)?

Every time he gets the slightest bump?

its not his style or game to get stuck in he knicks a lot of ball of players like filipe hes involved in those scraps more he is light on his feets and jst glides low centa of gravity also makes it easier for him

He does carry on a bit. He can beat these players with pure skill so I dont know why he has to try and draw the foul. Ricki has some work to do, If Daniel comes through though he will tear the league apart.

Every time?

i thought he had a pretty decent game and he can only get better if he stays stronger on his feet.

He was fouled twice (that I saw) , just outside of the box, and on the goal line - I don't know for sure, but I'd bet he fell over more than twice. He needs to toughen up. It's almost embarrasing watching him leap to the ground. Ricki can get the best out of him if he's not being a princess.

Weve gone through this once already.

Maybe you should learn the definition of what a foul tackle is then.....

DrQuack, Jiz08's post refers to diving, not fouls

coming from a sport (hockey) where diving gets you nothing, it frustrates the heck out of me when footballers dive.  Dan has been thus far the prime source of frustration to me.

Granted maybe I am getting caught up in the words. I'll rephrase my angle.

When you roll around 3 or 4 times to make the foul seem worse than it is, thats gamesmanship. When you dive in order to get the free-kick, thats gamesmanship. Daniel should concentrate more on football rather than gamesmanship.

There is a guy up here in Auckland plays for Bay Olympic in the Northern Premier League. He NEVER goes down in a tackle, in fact he makes more of an effort to stay on his feet and keep playing. I applaud that attitude because thats what football is about, playing positively (I'm referring to the gamesmanship aspect here)

Call me a little delusional and a romantisism for quality footbal but I just have no time for gamesmanship because it detracts from the spectacle. We are quick to scream cheating aussie bastards when their guys go down but when its one of our own, we can't say anything? The season is only 3 games old, I've watched the 2 home games and I haven't seen a difference. Now maybe he was an angel last week, I don't know as I didn't see the game. To say he is diving less than the start of the season, well maybe if we had 7 games we could quantify a difference.

I'll put it like this. When the boy cried wolf for the 3rd time and no-one came, what happened to the sheep?

So do you blame Ricki for not coaching him to stay on his feet? Do you blame Daniel because he is a devious bastard? Do you blame Daniel cause (I'm assuming) he came from better grade of football where gamesmanship is common place? Do you blame the referees because they have a bias against his antics? I can tell you the best way to fix it is just stay on his feet. If he ever gets to that stage where he can play for 90mins and leave the crap out of it, then I'll be the first poster here to eat crow and I have no problems with that what so ever.

I'm not wanting to get at the guy (as much as it comes across like that) because he obviously has ability as a footballer that i nor most of us will never have. Just get him focusing his energies in the right place and thats scoring goals and not being a cheat. Then I can enjoy my game with a win each week rather than having to justify to my workmates that this team in not the knights and they should be respected as a side that plays good football and wins.
DrQuack322007-09-10 10:47:13

 at the futsal show ... daniel was talking to my brazilian mate. he said he is having a very hard time with physical side of the A-league he is trying to improve. so i don't think he is diving. and he did improve last night so fairplay to him........   

Well said DrQuack32

Yeah I think that Daniel's  improving more each game.  It's a different style for him, so it naturally must be hard to 'assimilate' at the rate we expect him to.  I noticed a big change in him last night, and was impressed.  Onwards and upwards, I say.

The A-league is probably the roughest football league that I've seen, so fair enough that he isn't used to it, but that doesn't explain him going down when he gets barely touched, as their is nothing rough about that.

Anyone who plays football should know how easy it is to get knocked over when ur twisting and turning.  Daniel is not the most solid guy out there.