I've absolutely no love for the vacant, big game disappearing, pen stat padding fella, but I saw the incident and can't believe all the fuss.He did what every single other player in the league would do if somebody hits them in the face. What is the big deal?
I object to the idea that it's the standard response to being touched in the face. It's what you expect from sly cnuts known for trying to cheat... so I guess it's exactly what you'd expect from Kane.Most players absolutely would do it - we see it every single week. If you honestly think 'most players' don't then I'm not sure what game you have been watching in the last decade.
Yes! That was also in my mind when I started this thread. First time I’ve ever seen a footballer feign serious injury after being hit on the leg by a football. Can’t find a clip anywhere. Pity. One of the strangest bits of cheating you’ll see.There was an instance in a recent Spurs-West Ham game where Antonio and Kane were going for a loose ball. Antonio slid in to get the ball and his boot studs were prodding the ball into Kane’s shins and Kane went down like he’d be kneecapped by a shotgun after 3 full seconds of it. Antonio got carded for it too.
I was amazed how there was zero coverage of that.
I remember Rivaldo doing similar that was hilarious.Yes! That was also in my mind when I started this thread. First time I’ve ever seen a footballer feign serious injury after being hit on the leg by a football.
Rivaldo, surely?Yes! That was also in my mind when I started this thread. First time I’ve ever seen a footballer feign serious injury after being hit on the leg by a football. Can’t find a clip anywhere. Pity. One of the strangest bits of cheating you’ll see.
I remember Rivaldo doing similar that was hilarious.
I thought he was hit on the midriff? Outrageous cheating all the same, obviously. Which he’s paid a big reputational price for. For a lot of fans that’s mainly how he’s remembered.Rivaldo, surely?
Top[ of the thigh I think but yeah. You're right because he was a brilliant player. With a difficult personalityI thought he was hit on the midriff? Outrageous cheating all the same, obviously. Which he’s paid a big reputational price for. For a lot of fans that’s mainly how he’s remembered.
Going back a bit but Vidic didn't even flinch when Drogba slapped him in 2008.
Take your pick from this melée. Fred and Hughes the two players most obviously getting hands in their face. Neither of them resort to the cheating we saw from Kane last night. The fact that Casemiro still got sent off also prove you don’t need to make a massive fuss about slight contact to the head/neck in order for a player to get sent off.
Yup. An appropriate response. And red card still handed out. And this was pre-VAR. More evidence that Kane’s shithousery was as unnecessary as it was embarrassing.Going back a bit but Vidic didn't even flinch when Drogba slapped him in 2008.
Bit racist, no?Sir Harold of Kane was assaulted last night and if you think otherwise you are probably Irish .
Thankfully, I never made that thread.Is everything alright, @Pogue Mahone? Between this and your “Why isn’t football rugby?” thread it’s all going a bit Kimbo Slice.
That does undermine my point somewhat, to be fair.Thankfully, I never made that thread.
Although kudos to your mind reading skills!That does undermine my point somewhat, to be fair.
20 years ago I think that was true.I’ve obviously got a blind spot as a United fan, who is fond of a player that is constantly incredibly dramatic but with Bruno it feels like it’s at least partially his personality. He’s a massive drama queen, always flapping his arms and pulling faces. So making a meal out of every foul feels like a natural extension of his personality. Plus he’s a product of a football culture where those antics are less likely to be criticised.
With Kane it all feels much more cold blooded and cynical. Not hint of emotion until he’s pretending a waft of a hand by his face was like being slammed with a baseball bat so he can make sure an opposition player gets sent off. England’s captain displaying values that are the exact opposite of what his football culture is supposed to be all about.
You can't unfortunately. You can't prove it didn't really hurt. We know it didn't but you can't prove it.There really needs to be retrospective punishment for players pretending things hurt when they didn't. The antics of fernandes, kane etc is absolutely disgraceful and ruins the games image.
Oh yeah, it's an absolutely great and very clever idea to subjectively interpret whether another human being is hurting or not. Just let the referee or VAR decide whether a challenge hurts.There really needs to be retrospective punishment for players pretending things hurt when they didn't. The antics of fernandes, kane etc is absolutely disgraceful and ruins the games image.
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Of kid glovesThere was a whole thing about his backing into players recently. It was everywhere.
I don't think he embellishes more than any other player but he's probably held to a higher standard than others.
Of course not. He's English and he doesn't play for United, so there's no money to be made from outrage-clicks if they were to talk about it.Has anyone ever come across any mention of this in the media?
Oh yeah, it's an absolutely great and very clever idea to subjectively interpret whether another human being is hurting or not. Just let the referee or VAR decide whether a challenge hurts.
Think there's a little more at stake in a Premier League game than there is in a wetherspoons game. When there's millions of pounds at stake in the top 4 race, people are more willing to engage in the dark arts. Humans are naturally going to behave differently depending on what's at stake. I might exaggerate certain things in a job interview because there's a huge pay rise at stake, but if I talked about myself in the same way in the pub with my mates then I'd be ridiculed.you can be english and roll around and feign injury to get a penalty but under no circumstance do you go down under that kind of contact to the face. imagine doing that in a wetherspoons game on a friday night? you’d be thrown in with the nonces.
Can't stand this bloke, I wish someone would uppercut this cnut 57 times until he was unconscious as well.Darren Farley gets it spot on here:
Cannot stand this bloke. Incredibly unfunny.Darren Farley gets it spot on here: