A Midget's Worst Nightmare, he'll eat you like Breakfast - The Almighty Pepe thread

That was what irritated me the most, our players need to stay focused and disciplined. I get the heat of the moment and all that but winning the league for us will come down to concentration. What's more important getting even or winning a trophy?

 

Like I said it's a fine line. Last season we saw Mou undo basically all the good work he did in 2012 by "Mou being Mou" in that same vein a few more episodes like last night, in a big game no less, and Pepe can undo all the "best season of his career" trajectory as well. As has been mentioned we're coming into the business end of the season and we need hhim at his best.

 

Some of this is on the ref not controlling things. Atletico was essentially wiping out our players every time we would pass the ball, and as long as it was after the pass, the ref was letting it go. That's when the embellishment becomes an issue, because you have to embellish to get a call. Diego Costa could have been sent off for that tackle on Diego Lopez when he wiped him out well after he kicked the ball, and the ref didn't even call it. There is a direct correlation to the level of absurdity in diving, and the amount of legitimate fouls a ref let's go.

 

Two players were doing the majority of diving last night for their respective teams, Costa and Pepe. Two players with a history of theatrics no matter how the game is being called. Bottom line, it was ridiculous.

 

That's the problem with comments in general though, people tend to be a bit bipolar... Its either the best ever or complete crap, very little room for nuance and context. could be due to the internet age and info overload i.e. tldr or shorter attention spans... Who knows?

That is one thing I actually like about our forum though, while we do have over the top comments we also have some very good analysis (too many to shout out), context @Alma Merengue and thoughtful discussion as well as some good humor @Chinky24 @anticule . Probably why we get so many other teams fans coming over @Cris 09 , this is a good place to come and joke or discourse on a deeper level about the team or the game in general.

 

Well I'm criticizing his antics. And the only posters saying to sell him or labeling him a disgrace are Demo and Hendrix so if you're letting them irritate you I don't know what to say, you should be familiar with these jokers by now

 

Not sell him, but the club should order him to stop diving, plain and simple. If he doesn't, a fine should be imposed. I don't see whats wrong with such a statement. I praised Pepe numerous times in this thread and I defended him when Madrid fans were bashing him, but its an undisputable fact that behavior like that is disgraceful. Not getting legitimate calls from the ref, or the fact that we played a bunch of dirtbags doesn't justify it in the slightest. Trying to con the ref is pathetic and therefore should only be left to Barca and Diego Costa.

 

Yes, I want it to be a principle at this club that diving is a punishable offense. There is a difference between Ronaldo's foul exaggerations and this type of blatant theatrics however. I know whats going on in Ronaldo's mind when he draws a foul from a contact where he could theoretically stay on his feet, but I have no clue whats going on in Pepe's mind when he pulls off a stunt like this one. Even if he got Godin sent off, I would still be embarrassed. I don't see whats your point.

 

You don't know what is going on in either player's mind, let's be real. Instituting a rule like you're suggesting which is ultimately based on a judgement call is ridiculous and opening an unnecessary can of worms.

 

Then I'd rather punish all such acts internally, than do nothing about it and see incidents like this one slide because they cannot be categorized. You can call it self righteous bullshit but I dont care, its my opinion. We all know there is a huge difference between the average contact exaggeration and the Busquetisms such as this one. Thats why slow motion replays exist, so that stuff like this that the ref can't see in the flurry of a game can be reviewed post game and sanctioned if needed.

Bottomline is diving has been polluting the game for too long without anything being done about it.

 

Yeah, let's defend this person:




He is mentally unstable and will probably end up in prison sooner or later.

 

It baffles me, how someone always brings this up against Pepe. So let me get this straight:
Pepe dives -> Fans dont likey -> Point finger to Getafe match
Pepe fight -> Fans dont likey -> Point finger to Getafe match
Pepe score -> Rivals dont likey -> Point finer to Getafe match
Pepe hattrick & Ballon d'or -> Rivals dont like -> Point finger to getafe match

No matter what pepe does, he always gets reminded of a match that happend 5 years ago. 5 YEARS. He's over it, he's apologized, i dont even think the player that got the rampage is as mad as some butthurt people.
Gtfo here with that primitive mentality.

 

Poor Pepe

 

Hold on, weren't you just criticising Pepe for diving? Now you're complaining that he executed a swift and just sentence on casquero for diving?

If anything, that casquero incident taught Pepe that it's better to dive than to lose your shit and attempt to murder an opponent. He's learnt his lesson judging by the derby.

 

Let it go son

 

Don't be insensitive; his footballing knowledge is greater than all of ours combined.