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Fade and Die said:
Done it once, got a retrospective ban. Didn’t do it again. Maybe if that happened to Sallah he would stop this nonsense
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Let's face facts, it's not only Salah and Liverpool that have players that dive. I'm sure that a compilation like that could be made for every club in the country, not just the Premier League clubs. Even in League Two every club has players that "go down easily", "look to initiate contact" or blatantly dive. Why single out Salah. Without even thinking for more than 5 minutes I could've come up with a list of 20+ players to make a similar compilation of.
 
Fade and Die said:
Done it once, got a retrospective ban. Didn’t do it again. Maybe if that happened to Sallah he would stop this nonsense ?
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As already mentioned every single team has players that dive , pretty much any player will go down easily given half the chance if they know it will gain them an advantage- been happening for decades and will continue to happen , they had a chance to stamp it out. The media and some fans will always focus on other teams players and mainly foreign players without even looking inwards - Kane , Sterling are two of the worst in the league but they don’t get called just like I doubt you would call out your own players if they dived and got a penalty - you would cheer them result and then point fingers at others instead.

Salah and Mane should stay on their feet but they won’t change just like all the others until every player stops and until the refs always give the correct fouls
 
We’ve just had the 3rd anniversary since the last PL player was retrospectively banned for diving.

Therefore it’s safe to say it’s either sorted or doesn’t exist.:rolleyes:
 
Liverpoolphil said:
As already mentioned every single team has players that dive , pretty much any player will go down easily given half the chance if they know it will gain them an advantage- been happening for decades and will continue to happen , they had a chance to stamp it out. The media and some fans will always focus on other teams players and mainly foreign players without even looking inwards - Kane , Sterling are two of the worst in the league but they don’t get called just like I doubt you would call out your own players if they dived and got a penalty - you would cheer them result and then point fingers at others instead.

Salah and Mane should stay on their feet but they won’t change just like all the others until every player stops and until the refs always give the correct fouls
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Why do you say this? Apart from Sallah I would say Grealish, Kane, delli Alli and Rashford are some of the worst culprits.
 
I see that Millwall and my own team aren't going to face any further action from the FA for fans booing players taking the knee before the game. While I disagree with anyone that boos while players take the knee I don't see how the FA could have come to any other decision, or why it needed an investigation in the first place. If you allow the freedom of speech/expression for players to take the knee you also have to allow the freedom of speech/expression of those that are opposed to it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55365369
 
Fade and Die said:
Why do you say this? Apart from Sallah I would say Grealish, Kane, delli Alli and Rashford are some of the worst culprits.
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That’s the exact point - they are some of the worst yet Salah , Richarlinson , Mane etc as well as other foreign players are the ones highlighted by media and fans as being diversz
 
ColchesterFC said:
I see that Millwall and my own team aren't going to face any further action from the FA for fans booing players taking the knee before the game. While I disagree with anyone that boos while players take the knee I don't see how the FA could have come to any other decision, or why it needed an investigation in the first place. If you allow the freedom of speech/expression for players to take the knee you also have to allow the freedom of speech/expression of those that are opposed to it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55365369
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Surely it depends on why they are booing?

If it was purely against the gesture then I can sort of see what you’re saying.

But if they are booing the reason behind the knee then I disagree, we go mad in this Country when English players face racial abuse abroad and imo the FA have once again shown how weak they are.
 
pauldj42 said:
Surely it depends on why they are booing?

If it was purely against the gesture then I can sort of see what you’re saying.

But if they are booing the reason behind the knee then I disagree, we go mad in this Country when English players face racial abuse abroad and imo the FA have once again shown how weak they are.
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Don't get me wrong, if they are booing the reason behind taking the knee then any club, including Colchester, deserve to have the book thrown at them. If they are booing the politics behind the BLM movement then to me that's different. The difficulty is in proving why that minority were booing. I do think that now the FA have made a statement saying that players taking the knee is to promote equality and not in favour of the BLM movement that it makes things clearer. I fully support players choosing to take the knee if that's what they want to do. Personally I don't think they should because of the link to the political side of BLM, but if they choose to use that to promote equality then I won't object to it and would certainly never boo them for doing it. To be fair, our chairman has come out and made a statement that any fan booing players taking the knee is not welcome at the club and he will refund the ticket cost of any fan who is not happy with the players doing it.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Don't get me wrong, if they are booing the reason behind taking the knee then any club, including Colchester, deserve to have the book thrown at them. If they are booing the politics behind the BLM movement then to me that's different. The difficulty is in proving why that minority were booing. I do think that now the FA have made a statement saying that players taking the knee is to promote equality and not in favour of the BLM movement that it makes things clearer. I fully support players choosing to take the knee if that's what they want to do. Personally I don't think they should because of the link to the political side of BLM, but if they choose to use that to promote equality then I won't object to it and would certainly never boo them for doing it. To be fair, our chairman has come out and made a statement that any fan booing players taking the knee is not welcome at the club and he will refund the ticket cost of any fan who is not happy with the players doing it.
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Totally get what you’re saying, but the FA in the past have gone after players who made social media posts on various subjects when they were 14/15 and punished them, age or inexperience ignored, so to make a stance after there has been booing is closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
 
Red men 3 up but the score line does NOT represent the game! If I were a palace fan, I’d definitely feel hard done by!

Taki definitely offside for that free kick at the end, surely? Probably a good job Trent didn’t score!
 
I know I'm thinking of a fantasy football view but what is the point of bringing Salah on? Really defeats his argument for 5 subs

He needs a rest yes so on bench

Has a rest

4-0 up why not bring on orgi ? Not giving him a rest really ..
 
pauljames87 said:
I know I'm thinking of a fantasy football view but what is the point of bringing Salah on? Really defeats his argument for 5 subs

He needs a rest yes so on bench

Has a rest

4-0 up why not bring on orgi ? Not giving him a rest really ..
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Probably an agreement Mane gets an hour and he has half an hour. That’s what they’ve been doing so far where possible.

Why not origi? Mainly because he’s not very good!

Jones on instead of Ox when he needs minutes? That is a bit odd though.
 
pauljames87 said:
I know I'm thinking of a fantasy football view but what is the point of bringing Salah on? Really defeats his argument for 5 subs

He needs a rest yes so on bench

Has a rest

4-0 up why not bring on orgi ? Not giving him a rest really ..
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They quoted this morning that liverpool used no subs at all in the week. It does tend to undermine the argument.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
They quoted this morning that liverpool used no subs at all in the week. It does tend to undermine the argument.
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His argument is completely flawed .. orgi may be rubbish but at 4-0 up it don't overly matter

If mane needs a rest give him a rest

I saw his no subs in week. That defeats the entire 5 sub argument
 
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