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How is it not a foul when the defender clips his knee and has an arm infront of him holding him back?4 out of his 5 YCs have been for Simulation............And here is a dead-on recap (IMO)
Aston Villa at the Lane: Not fouled, Dive as clear as day (awful)
Fulham at Craven Cottage: Fouled but went down theatrically (Zebra making an example of Bale)
Lpool at the Lane: Fouled pretty hard and Zebra basically conned by Agger getting into bale's face after the obvious foul
Yesterday at the S of Lights: A foul anywhere on the pitch but the box. Bale does go down quite easy to sell it (Atkinson had YC already to go by the time bale hit the ground). No Foul, No YC......a simple play-on would suffice
Overall, 3 of the 4 YCs are a utter farce..........But bale simply needs to recognize he is a marked man now and he needs to clean up his tactics when going down--> Try to stay on your feet and make it less theatrical.
But i will admit............Suarez has cleaned up his act from last year for the most part and clearly has gotten similar treatment from the Zebras. So its obviously working So, in the end, I'm all for no diving in the Prem and bale is currently clearly taking the bullet for the greater good
4 out of his 5 YCs have been for Simulation............And here is a dead-on recap (IMO)
Aston Villa at the Lane: Not fouled, Dive as clear as day (awful)
How is it not a foul when the defender clips his knee and has an arm infront of him holding him back?
He didn't get a yellow card against Villa at The Lane.
As I said in another thread he only tends to get a yellow card when he actually appeals for a foul, i.e. turning around to look at the ref with his hands out after he dives. Against Villa he knew he had been done by Guzan and there was no contact so just continued to slide and pick himself back up.
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Erik_Edman , your post does hit the nail on the head. He does dive and he clarifies his reasons for doing so. Whether he simulates the fouls and cheats is another matter entirely. It is possible to both be fouled and dive, which is what I believe happens in most cases. Refs think he is simulating the foul, and therefore don't even take the foul into consideration.
When Bale looks around for the foul, he tends to be booked. I have a feeling he will continue to be booked whether he is fouled or not.
what goes on in the box during corners is a disgrace and should be clamped down on tbh... this is where consistency comes into play... if it's a foul outside the box, then sure as hell it's a foul inside the box.Its in the box.........there was minimal contact.......So for me, no PK
Ever catch a Corner Kick ? if that's a PK, then we would have one every single damn CK.
what goes on in the box during corners is a disgrace and should be clamped down on tbh... this is where consistency comes into play... if it's a foul outside the box, then sure as hell it's a foul inside the box.
The location of the foul should have no say in the matter of giving a foul or not, a foul is a foul simple as that. The rules of the game say nothing about what constitutes a foul inside or outside the box, they just say what is and what isn't a foul.
Hey man......You are def correct. No YC vs Aston Villa. Which game did he get one of four for simulation ?