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Daniel: The boy that cried wolf?

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
loyalgunner wrote:

bushcrab wrote:
 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........   


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.

League One, Two and below.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
He could be a good player, but with all his histrionics, sports people are going to get p.... off  with him [& management for allowing such behaviour] sooner rather than later, which does NOTHING for the game et al
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Wolfben wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
bushcrab wrote:
�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........   
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.

League One, Two and below.


Haven't seen much of those league's so I'll take your word for it.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ah rubbish keep on diving!

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
na its not int he spirit of the game
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

all european teams and south american teams do it...get up to speed of how the game is being played or dont complain

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
jiz08, you seem to take great delight in telling people what they need to do before they can comment,
 
however, it may have escaped your notice that this isn't Sth America or Europe
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
jiz08 wrote:

all european teams and south american teams do it...get up to speed of how the game is being played or dont complain



No jiz, it's you who is out of touch.  Most of the worlds leading football journalists are ranting and highlighting that it is a blight on the game and demanding FIFA fix it.  The game is changing to the point where those doing it are complete pariah's.

Before you insult others how about gaining a clue yourself.


Baiter2007-09-10 22:08:17


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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
And just because it happens in Europe or South America doesn't make it right. I still hate it when people dive in those leagues.

(Like when Sol Campbell conceded a penalty for Arsenal against Manchester United when he supposedly 'fouled' Rooney a few years back, if anything Rooney should have been carded).
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

i think a lot of it comes down to the ref...the harder they are on divers, the riskier it becomes to do it. It's good to see refs give yellows quite consistently. It would be hard if you were about to lose the game but had a chance to gain a penalty NOT to dive. But i agree it's fricken annoying and some players are just pathetic at it
I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
loyalgunner wrote:

Wolfben wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
bushcrab wrote:
 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........   
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.

League One, Two and below.


Haven't seen much of those league's so I'll take your word for it.
Not pretty at the best of times.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Cosimo wrote:

i think a lot of it comes down to the ref...the harder they are on divers, the riskier it becomes to do it. It's good to see refs give yellows quite consistently. It would be hard if you were about to lose the game but had a chance to gain a penalty NOT to dive. But i agree it's fricken annoying and some players are just pathetic at it

And when referee's do punish it, we get accused of nit picking, or destroying the game with needless cards. That was a couple of the comments I saw from the first game when Shields carded Daniel for that very thing!!!!!!
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Dr quack, cheers for your reply on page two, I'm pretty much persuaded by what you said,
 
I'd love it if he stayed on his feet a bit more, perhaps my earlier replies (and just possibly your initial post) where all a little hyped up because we were all a bit revved up following the game on sunday.
 
Whilst I'm a bit more thoughtful in this post, I can't promise not to respond one way when we get a free kick and a completely differnet way when we get one given against us, I am no saint .
 
Have a good un, Ed
 
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