that is a dive every day of the week unfortunately.
It's inconsistent refereeing.
Lennon was fouled the same way TWICE in a few minutes by Periera and both times he got the foul and Periera was booked on the second occasion.
But is Barry Bale better than Walcott? If only we had some sort of creative video analysis....
Table could do with an extra column showing goals he scored each game.
Not sure I agree with that Jurgen, if referees are not awarding us penalties for any other reason than, they didn't think it was a penalty, then they are the problem not the player. Referees are there to make decisions based on the discernible facts as they (and their assistants) see them. They are not supposed to second guess themselves or make adjustments because of reputatations or previous transgressions.
The Inter player was nowhere near the ball. I mean, nowhere. Not even close. So whether Bale 'left his leg out there' or not, the Inter player needs to prevent contact, because he is nowhere near the ball. If anyone says he was going 'too fast to stop' yet thinks Bale 'dangled' a leg to 'receive' contact, then sadly we are living on different planets. The ref could choose to just get on with it. As Superted said, why not book the defender too, for 'diving to avoid looking guilty'? It's pathetic really...
It doesn't mean you a bad fan if you admit, even once that Bale dives. I don't know who's more biased about their club, you or Phil Thompson.
Well the players have to look at themselves. They are the ones making it difficult for refs. I can see why refs are hesitant to give a penalty if its borderline the way the players throw themselves to the ground these days.
Bale has gone done easily in the past, it's something we have been seeing less and less as he "rides" challenges more now.
For me, he played the defender last night, there was contact and the defender was no where near the ball, by the rules = penalty
Contact does not equal a foul. There is nothing in FIFA's rules that says contact is a foul, it's are you fouled? Yes or no?
And the fact that he was nowhere the ball is irrelevant, Johnny Evans was nowhere near the ball when he gave Torres the slightest of nicks, Torres was rightly sent off for exaggerating the contact. If I push you in the box with my little finger, is that a foul? That is football not flower arranging.
He clearly dragged his leg against the Inter player, he's not the only one who does it, but we shouldn't bury our heads in the sand and refuse to admit our players ever do anything wrong. The same fans are who defending Bale will go mental if Suarez does the same thing and gets a penalty on Sunday.