hmmm....then michael ballack should be sent off for playacting....Originally posted by BillyBong:Actually, you're quite right...the entire portugal national team should be applauded for their playacting antics and unsporting conduct.
The one constant in soccer should be fair play. In that sense, i think the actions of Michael Owen in the EPL while playing for liverpool, where he immediately got up after going to ground in the penalty box and waving away the penalty appeals of his teammates is fresh in my mind.
Same goes for Di Canio's 'ball catching' after Everton's GK was already injured and he gamely stopped play deliberately.
Not just Michael Owen. I remembered Fowler was commended for waving penalty appeals in a match against Arsenal. The ref still gave a penalty despite protestations from both Seaman and Fowler. Fowler subsequently missed that penalty and McAteer scored the rebound.Originally posted by BillyBong:Actually, you're quite right...the entire portugal national team should be applauded for their playacting antics and unsporting conduct.
The one constant in soccer should be fair play. In that sense, i think the actions of Michael Owen in the EPL while playing for liverpool, where he immediately got up after going to ground in the penalty box and waving away the penalty appeals of his teammates is fresh in my mind.
Same goes for Di Canio's 'ball catching' after Everton's GK was already injured and he gamely stopped play deliberately.
Oh... the thing is these Real Madrid presidential candidates have not met or spoken to any of the players, they only mentioned their names, in other words... they can be considered as talking nonsense. Where as in chelsea's case, they had witness that A cole had met up with Peter Kenyon & Mourinho to discuss a transfer to chelsea.Originally posted by iceFatboy:do all of your football viewers find it maddening that RM can go around telling press that such and such players are signed??
while Chelsea was fined for talking to cole...
either FIFA co*k up or someone is kissing RM's a$$...
the card looked liek for the little push on the arm, which was extreme. if it was for an intentional stomp thats fair though i didn't look like intentional to me.Originally posted by reyes:i am no man utd fans-- in fact i am arsenal fans.
but to be frank, why blame ronaldo. he should put country before friendship.
he is professional player. he play according to coach instruction. portuagl know rooney is a big threat. thus they are trying to get him sent off. this should be easily identify by the england camp. but what did erikson advice to rooney? i dont think he warn him anything about to come from portugal.
anyway, after replay, it does look like stamp on calvaho balls.
Poor england preparation and stupidity of rooney cause the downfall of england. pushing a opponents during match is behaving like a thug. but rooney is better. he is highly paid thug who grown up in the wrong generation.
nowadays contract doesn't mean much to a player.Originally posted by Manager433:Now then I know Ronaldo is contracted to MU till 2010.![]()
You guys like to criticise Ronaldo partially becoz he's one hot dude.Originally posted by SBS9828X:a weakling, cry when injured... wat else can we say?