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I am not the worlds greatest football supporter, but like many others, I enjoy watching the odd match and enjoy the big matches and tournaments.
Maybe it's my background of playing rugby for many years, but all of this writhing around on the floor in apparent agony at the slightest contact is really driving me mad.
How can you roll around on the floor in agony and be back on your feet the next second. If you're hurt, you're hurt and if you're not, then for the love of God, get up off the floor and get on with playing football you great spoilt girls.
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Ever stubbed your toe? Really really hurts for a bit and then goes away (unless you really have damaged something).
Don't get me wrong, it does go on and it annoys the hell out of me, but there are knocks that don't do much damage but seriously hurt for a bit.
The excessive rolling around and holding the face is just embarassing, though.
Maybe it's my background of playing rugby for many years
Of course you did flower.
Proper sportsman....
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Poncy girl.....
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Case rested.......... 🙄
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Now that is funny ^
Doffs hat at Flash
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I'm not saying that they're not sportsmen, I just get tired of the theatrical displays when the replays show that there was no contact at all.
I'm enjoying the football, I just wish there was more playing the game and less playing the referee.
Of course players get really hurt, I didn't suggest that they don't
Bit of 'magic sponge' and that will be right for the second half.
I wish you hadn't posted that 😕
Thats an apt name there Don............
Welcome to Hoogerland...
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Jens Voigt would play the second half if that happened to him.
Alone.
And he'd win.
That must be an Italian cyclist, diving to the floor like that, the other cyclist barely touched him, big cheating girls blouse!
Football is not the only sport though. There is plenty of this type of behaviour in rugby, basketball and most other professional sports. We might not like it, but when the "game" becomes all about winning then players will do whatever they need to gain an advantage.
Rossi - proper sportsman who has to sit on a machine?
True muggo - like that rugby player who had a fake blood tablet recently to gain advantage. That was really shit.
So much more than 'sitting on a machine' 🙄
Football fans and commentators realise there is a problem with acting, hence the problem is out in the open and discussed openly.
Same as cycling actually opened up about the drugs cheats.
Rugby has turned a total blind eye to the drugs and the cheating in the game, hence some of the simpler fans living in a fantasy world where it doesn't exist, despite it being there to be seen at every game.
Also real sports fan- Le Tour is on it's way 😀
The stock response to any contact is to cup their face. Hit the legs: cup the face, hit to the chest: cup the face, hit the....you get the picture.
they're all nancies
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The stock response to any contact is to cup their face.
That's the one- but it's allright if an England player does it! If it's a German player, send the bugger off.... 😉
Kato- that was a classic, i do remember half the pub shouting at the telly 😆
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quality CaptainFlashheart, post of the month 🙂
The fact is that these players don't give a shit if they are not respected by the public as they know their manager and team mates will congratulate them. They will do whatever is necessary to win. They are no different to the cyclist that dopes or the rugby player that pretends to be injured so they can be subbed for the better kicker to come off the bench.
I gave up being annoyed by it ages ago as its not going to change as the cheats always prosper.