Celtic player sent off for diving

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g88ner wrote:It's utter bollocks, really... and certainly not about justice. If the media and Arsenal had kicked up a similar fuss when Rooney dived against us, or Babel, maybe UEFA would have looked at it, but as we didn't and as the press chose to turn a blind eye, it's Eduardo who gets punished and not crunts like Robben, Van Nistelrooy, Gerrard, Drogba, Ronaldo or any of the other serial divers.
Liverpool and Man Utd are immune from media criticism. Liverpool, because they know negative articles about them = massive dip in sales. Man U, because the biggest media companies have a business interest in them.
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Torres flung himself to the ground yetserday after Knight clean tackled him, the commentators swore blind that it was no dive because he didn't appeal for a pen.

What bollox, the media have their darlings and they are immune to it.
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I look forward to what Gordon Smith has to say! :lol:
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any1 got a link for this. seen the goal, but dont give a crap bout goals in the gpl, sorry spl. just wanna shut up all the celtic fans that have been giving me plenty since wednesday nite.
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Kiki wrote:I look forward to what Gordon Smith has to say! :lol:
Incredibly,the Scottish media are glossing over this at the moment

I knew there was an unbalanced amount of Celtic fans in Scottish journalism but they really are brushing this under the carpet so far

Tony Mowbray has claimed the referee only penalised McGeady becuase of midweek
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DERRY GOONER wrote:any1 got a link for this. seen the goal, but dont give a crap bout goals in the gpl, sorry spl. just wanna shut up all the celtic fans that have been giving me plenty since wednesday nite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUGldPFRCW0
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g88ner wrote:UEFA have no inention to look at every dive, or ban every cheat...

Taylor said...

"this is about the image of football.

"We only look at matters of a serious nature that the referee did not see. The regulations allow for this type of action but they are only used sparingly.

"It's all about the severity of the alleged deception. This is nothing new.

In other words, don't expect Ashley Young or McGeady to be banned, or anyone else other than Eduardo for that matter :roll: because this type of action will only be used sparingly when UEFA deem it to reflect badly on the image of football.

So, this has been a trial by media, and even though Eduardo's dive was nothing new, the attention caused by the media and the Scottish FA has brought it to UEFA's attention.

It's utter bollocks, really... and certainly not about justice. If the media and Arsenal had kicked up a similar fuss when Rooney dived against us, or Babel, maybe UEFA would have looked at it, but as we didn't and as the press chose to turn a blind eye, it's Eduardo who gets punished and not crunts like Robben, Van Nistelrooy, Gerrard, Drogba, Ronaldo or any of the other serial divers.

:roll:
Spot on fella, you just saved me having to collect all my drunken thoughts and turn them into a sensible post :wink: :lol:
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wabbit wrote:
Kiki wrote:I look forward to what Gordon Smith has to say! :lol:
Incredibly,the Scottish media are glossing over this at the moment

I knew there was an unbalanced amount of Celtic fans in Scottish journalism but they really are brushing this under the carpet so far

Tony Mowbray has claimed the referee only penalised McGeady becuase of midweek
To be fair to Mowbray he didnt make a big issue of the midweek peno.
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Post by Exiled-Gooner »

Maybe a link for that youtube clip should be sent to SPL (mickey mouse football),Celtic and UEFA and ask for a reply and also a apology from the spl and Celtic for what there implied is that there so squeaky clean.
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Mc geady will get a ban for the second yellow, however another celtic player Killen also dived, but was not punished. I am going to write to SFA and demand that he is banned. Fucking Jock Bastards
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Post by djhdjh »

Our lawyers are going to perform a miracle and make UEFA look even more stupid than they already do over this charge. Not that their kangaroo court won't ban Eduardo anyway...
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