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This.
I, for one (and I'm guessing others as well), react negatively to any United player taking a dive or going down easily. Just because others do it doesn't mean we should just quietly accept it. It's cheating, plain and simple, and I really don't like our players doing it. It's bad enough that everyone and their dog thinks United get special favors from the refs and the FA, we don't need our players throwing themselves all over the pitch. Young has been one of our worst offenders on that front, and as such has been given a rough ride for it. It doesn't help that several of his attempts have been really blatant either.
So when the ball goes out and, regardless who it came off, all our players appeal for it are you ashamed?
We have praised his perfomances, but you cant praise diving. Where does it stop? Just because someone else does it doesn't make it right. That is exactly managers have publically slammed him for this before. If this was a Liverpool player doing it, we'd be up in arms. I like to think that we are good enough to win without resorting to this sort of thing.
We all know that Rooney is treated differently, both by the media and the club. But it doesnt make it right, its just true.
Jesus Christ, why so confrontational? I never said I thought less of Young, it's just an aspect of his game I wish we'd see less of. In fact, it's an aspect of the game itself that I'd wish to see less of.
Well said.
Yeah, I'm the same. In all of the many things about modern football/footballers that annoy me, diving is pretty low down the list.
Bit of an older racist term from Keane there as well.
I'm not being confrontational, I just can't believe people are making a massive issue of it. Herrera dived against Palace, no response. Rooney dived in the same game I think, no response. So why do people want to make a massive issue of Ashley Young going down softly?
Exactly. Low level cheating like trying to win set pieces, conning the ref at throw ins and so on, are the least of football's problems. Sticking it to Ashley Young isn't eliminating the kind of unpunished X-rated tackles that have cost us our first XI left back are they?
Thank you for making the point. @drdoityourself the way Gerrard dives, flinging his arms out like a starfish, how is that any less theatrical? It is so obvious and yet its never spoken about because he's "Stevie G". When its Ashley Young though people are acting like he's smote the first born of Egypt.
I missread
Many footballers dive and don't have a reputation for it in the media. Even Messi dives - he gets his goals/assists and moves on. Why should he care about a billion cameras if it makes no difference?The madness of diving is that players cannot get away with it anymore. Even if they do get a penalty or free kick, there are tons of cameras around the place and you will be picked up on it and will get the screw turned on you for it.
It's almost as if footballers aren't the brightest
Jesus, that's way over the top from Keane. I don't like the diving at all and hope he cuts it out, but labelling him a disgrace is just uncalled for.
It's Keane...He still thinks he's a failure at times. Odd man
I heard boos near the end, probably because they thought Young was time wasting when he had that injury scare.
He also gave the ball away after receiving the ball from Herrera and turning to pass back to De Gea, which led to a counter. Most of our players were in advanced positions, so that was a poor decision. Otherwise he's been doing well recently IMO.
Van Gaal didn't have a recognised full back to sub on, so he did the next best thing in order to satisfy his need to sub Darmian off.
McNair was warming up for a bit... I think I genuinely would have lost my shit if he had come on at right back.
Yeah, really should be first choice on the left. Once we made the sub our wide players just didn't get the ball though so that made it hard for him.
