Recent content by Reducation

What's yer plan?

John Askey. I can hardly believe Hartlepool sacked him.

Because it's hilarious, I often post "Two nil up, nothing can go wrong now" but didn't bother today. Spooky.

Two nil up. Nothing can go wrong now!

That was an embarrassing dive to get the penalty.

This idea that at speed balance is easily lost due to a slight touch and leads to a player hitting the deck involuntarily is utter hogwash. Have a look at George Best or Diego Maradona dribbling past opponents. They were of course hugely under-protected, but the sight of them riding tackles is...

When this thread was active the football authorities had long decided that diving should be part of the game. Last night at Anfield the results of this policy became even more stark, embarrassing and literally ridiculous.

In your mind, if a player "went down easily" did he hit the deck voluntarily or involuntarily?

You are simply using words other than "dive" to agree that he dived. Contact is not relevant.

Looks very much like Martial had decided to hit the deck before Young's attempt at tackling him. Otherwise known as a dive.

It's got to be Neil Warnock. Then again, the players' egos could never handle being led by him.

I suspect what Keegan meant to articulate was that previously, pundits had relevant experience due to having played Premier League/Division One football, whereas none of the women pundits have.

Au contraire: football is a wonderful sport but its main function is to facilitate the world's greatest sports discipline - goalkeeping. Outfield players surely enjoy their football, but at the back of their minds there's an enduring sadness that they'll never be goalkeepers.

I have seen a much broader view of the Mark Hughes scissor-kick versus Spain. I'm pretty I've seen Gordon Banks' save from Pele's header from behind the goal. The problem is that there are many, many posts and rehashes of the same old clips on YouTube. A broader view from one static camera -...