Cheats and Divers..

What has the diving (or not?) in a relagation six-pointer got to do with a player in a top-three side?

Before i even clicked on this Article i knew it would involve a Liverpool player. Laughed as soon as i seen the full article. Caught the second half of Everton on Saturday. Wow awful!!! Someone tell elbows to cut his hair

comment by donga darko (U4186)


posted 40 minutes ago

What has the diving (or not?) in a relagation six-pointer got to do with a player in a top-three side?
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Top three side LOl! and there off!

got to do with a player in a top-three side?

Clutching straws aren't we numb nuts? Your only there due to goal difference. I was quite impressed with Liverpool, until I saw both Utd clubs play, and even you must admit donga,that even though your team has improved, you've fallen further behind the top three. I've never seen Liverpool batter a side of the caliber of Arsenal like Utd did.

Manchester clubs

Well nice to see us get a little bit of luck

Great performance from Howard to secure the points, the rest of the team need to rise to the standards he showed.

I've never seen Liverpool batter a side of the caliber of Arsenal like Utd did.

Well, where do you begin with this one? Firstly, 'Goal difference' was good enough for your lot to almost hold street parties in Denbigh last October when we were 18th and you 20th by the same measure.

Secondly, a team of Arsenal's 'caliber'? Behave! They're not exactly the team that beat you 7-0, though yes, Utd do look impressive; and so do City. Nonetheless, we're playing decent football and have been backed in the transfer market, and, without getting carried away at all, when you look at Chelsea, Spurs and especially Arsenal, I can't see anything there to be frightened about at all. We should be able to compete with the rest.

But in summary, we once, many moons ago, beat a Forest side ten times better than the current Arsenal shambles, and in more recent times I've seen Utd destroy better sides than this (including ourselves and previous Arsenal sides) even if the scoreline wasn't as eye-catching.

Then again, as said, this isn't even about us (or Utd or City, for that matter). You may as well through Barcelona into the equation as well for their diving and 'simulation', though why this should even remotely concern the likes of Blackburn and Everton is like an angler in the river Alt complaining about fishing techniques by super-trawlers in the Pacific.

Well, where do you begin with this one? Firstly, 'Goal difference' was good enough for your lot to almost hold street parties in Denbigh last October when we were 18th and you 20th by the same measure.

Soz, you 17th and us 18th.

Secondly, a team of Arsenal's 'caliber'? Behave! They're not exactly the team that beat you 7-0.

I don't support Everton,I do hate Liverpool though. So what are you basing your optimism on? The draw against Sunderland, a side yet to win, or is it the win against Arsenal? A side annihilated by Utd 8-2 (it took a sending off and a oggy for Liverpool to gain the points). Or is it just based on the Bolton performance? You claim not to fear Chelsea, but I very much doubt they fear you.

So what are you basing your optimism on?

Basing my opinions on the way we are playing, that Sunderland were lucky not to go off four down and a man off at half time and that, even prior to a justified (you're not arguing with that, are you?) sending-off we were well on top of a far stronger Arsenal that played Utd.

Optimism? Yes, but not getting carried away. We're not going to touch Utd (or probably City) this season, but I re-iterate that there's little else out there to be afraid of, and yes, I do appreciate that Chelsea probably feel the same about us.