On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:55:39 GMT and in uk.sport.football.clubs.celtic,
Stevio wrote....
>>>>> evidence, but VoH can hack down a player in full flow and get
>>>>> nothing more than a yellow.
>>>> Its a professional foul.
>>> Let's call a spade a spade. It was cheating.
>> Yep, if you want to generalise it like that. Handling the ball on the
>> line is cheating. Feigning enjury is cheating, sneaking yards on free
>> kicks or throw ins is cheating.
>
> Agreed. So if we're going to condemn diving we need to condemn other
> things too. (Except I still think Cueller should have been let off
> with handling on the line since McManus was allowed to score the week
> before with his arm. I notice how everyone conveniently ignores that!)
Well its obviously acceptable to score with your arm but not to prevent a
gal scoring opportunity with your hand.
>>>> Think your over dramatising it as "hacking" him down.
>>> If that's not hacking someone down then I don't know what is!
>> Fair play to you for admitting you don't know what hacking someone
>> down is. Explains why you said it about JVOH's tackle on Novo. ;-)
>
> Lol explain then what you define "hacking" as?
Taking a wild swipe at a player with no concern for player or actually
getting the ball. JVOH simply knocked Novo over and i believe if there
was any hint of 'hacking' then Novo would have been first to show his
displeasure at it.
>>> According to the Record they won't miss the next OF game. The Record
>>> could be wrong but that's what they say. It's a big plus for us if
>>> they are right as Dailly could fill in for one of them but not sure
>>> who we'd play in there for the other one.
>> It sounds as though there may be a wee bit of fear creeping into your
>> post regarding these players missing out games. Surely your squad can
>> drag themselves across the line? :-P
>
> The Record was wrong. As you say below it's Cueller who misses the
> next OF game from suspension. I would have been slightly worried if
> Weir and Cueller were missing as our alternatives are to play Webster
> (I think he's a good player but is he fit and even if he is he hasn't
> played in a long time), Broadfoot or Papac at centre back, and while
> the latter two have been doing a job at full back, I would have my
> worries about putting them in the centre in such a big game.
AFAIK Webster is being asked for rent for how long he's been injured.
Daniel Prodan is even making jokes about it. ;-P
>> should know the rules regarding disciplinary stuff. It is only
>> Cuellar who is missing the OF game as that is your next League game.
>>
>> An interesting point was that before the OF game Weir didn't have any
>> record, now he's walking a tightrope with 15 points, 3 from a
>> suspension. A bit harsh for the big man i think.
>
> I don't know too much about that, but I believe that his European
> suspension (from yellow cards) included one for a blatant dive by a
> certain Mr Juninho of Lyon a while back!
I probably know even less about it, it was something Peter Martin
mentioned on the radio.
--
sme
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes
longer. ~Edward R. Murrow
