Tottenham Hotspur vs Sunderland (away) 29/12/2012

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I like Sessegnon, positive, two footed, good eye for goal. Could certainly do worse. Though I do feel he is much more a forward than winger, and I do like the idea of a proper winger to cover Bale and Lennon.
 
jimmyriggle said:
That's one of the worst bits though. They are trying to put him and Suarez in the same category as players who don't dive but have an unfair reputation for it.

Diving or not, you don't see Bale acting like a massive whining cunt at any single decision that goes against him
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This is probably half the problem. If Bale was inclined to remonstrate with the refs and give them a hard time over wrong decisions, they'd probably not inclined to pull him up on it all the time, but being a nice quiet boy from the Valley's, the refs are confident enough to book him every time.

As I said the the S'land match thread, how many players go down in the box looking for a penalty on any given weekend? And how many of them get booked for it?

Answers: Plenty. None.
 
MKYid said:
This is probably half the problem. If Bale was inclined to remonstrate with the refs and give them a hard time over wrong decisions, they'd probably not inclined to pull him up on it all the time, but being a nice quiet boy from the Valley's, the refs are confident enough to book him every time.

As I said the the S'land match thread, how many players go down in the box looking for a penalty on any given weekend? And how many of them get booked for it?

Answers: Plenty. None.
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Again, I must not be seeing the same things everyone is seeing here. Bale complaints to/remonstrates with refs all the time.
 
Nah, he has a whinge but he doesn't go ape shit.

I don't condone players surrounding and berating the ref, but if we did, refs wouldn't be so quick to jump on Bale. I know it's wrong but it's what the top teams do to ensure the ref thinks twice about a decision that will negatively impact their team, and it's why they remain the top teams, because they have a disproportionate amount of contentious decisions go their way.
 
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