View Full Version : Noe slams Chelsea 'divers'
CelticOnFire
17 Jan 2005, 12:28 PM
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=322173&cc=5901
well said
THFC1
17 Jan 2005, 12:45 PM
He was right to say that, they dived so many times especially Robben
nicephoras
17 Jan 2005, 07:41 PM
:rolleyes: Defoe on his own had two worse dives in that game than anything Robben "attempted". I'm just not sure how one dives when there's contact. He wasn't awarded a penalty - what more do you want? A card for diving when there was CLEARLY contact? Sour grapes.
THFC1
17 Jan 2005, 08:08 PM
Its not a case of sour grapes at all. When did Defoe dive, he never got anywhere near the ball in that game. We are angry that the penalty was given as he did dive that turned the game & once you give Chelsea a 1-0 lead then its tough to come back.
nicephoras
17 Jan 2005, 11:02 PM
Its not a case of sour grapes at all. When did Defoe dive, he never got anywhere near the ball in that game. We are angry that the penalty was given as he did dive that turned the game & once you give Chelsea a 1-0 lead then its tough to come back.
As I said on the Chelsea boards, the penalty was a bit soft. I thought when Pamarot manhandled Robben in the box it was a stronger appeal. That was an absolutely ludicrous claim on his part, to say Robben dove. He was pushing him away from the ball when Robben "dove"? Riiiiight.
As for Defoe, he had a very bad dive on the left side of the box and toward the top of the box, albeit just outside it. The announcers immediately picked up on it, and in replays he went down from what could only have been a stiff breeze. Not that the announcers were biased, mind you, since they thought the penalty was soft.
But there WAS contact. I don't see how you can argue there wasn't. Unless King hitting Smertin's ankle just doesn't count?
yasik19
17 Jan 2005, 11:34 PM
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=322173&cc=5901
well said
100 words can't replace one picture
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20050117/capt.sge.cii86.170105224857.photo00.photo.default-345x355.jpg
metropolis2k
18 Jan 2005, 06:27 AM
And that makes you fall over does it? Stay on your own board.
THFC1
18 Jan 2005, 10:40 AM
And that makes you fall over does it? Stay on your own board.
Exactly
CelticOnFire
18 Jan 2005, 03:21 PM
oh my god he can stand up!
This is a travesty! I mean, shirt pulling NEVER happens in the game...Robben or anybody who has that happen to them should just fall, no questions asked!
Rambler
19 Jan 2005, 08:04 AM
Is there still a football club left at Chelsea ?
I thought it was just a Russian billionaires play thing