woody153

Watch the vid, no contact.

Yes I agree. Harry kewell did it way back for us & I've always detested it.

But there was no contact anyway!

That video shows no contact. But lets assume there was contact, on 1 leg, yet in a delayed reaction both feet at same time spring of the floor!

Fact is the brighton player touched the ball first, no pen. How can that be questioned? That's exactly why the ref reversed his decision after viewing it.

Doubt it

Watch it, you can see the brighton player pulled his foot back clear then 'both feet off the ground' dive.

Brighton player doesn't even make contact with him. Clearly no penalty as he touched he ball first. Also a booking for simulation, cheating.

Hello Izzie

You do have a point but.. Howard wilkinson improved the youth development that's always been incredible at leeds. So they won the fa youth cup in 93 & 97. That 97 team had paul robinson, jon woodgate, harry kewell, stephen mcphail.. So in 1998 a lot of these players came in to the first team & excelled along with lucas radebe, jimmy floyd hasselbaink, lee bowyer, alan smith.. Money was rolling in back then. That team got to the eufa cup semi & qualified for the champions league before they went on an absolutely stupid not needed spending spree. Mark viduka & olly dacourt withstanding. David oleary just was aloud to act like a lottery winner, spend spend spend. Stills makes me angry now! So by 2002, forget the total obscene transfer fees, they had a wage bill over 90% of turnover, hence the statement back then that they must qualify for the champions league just to balance the books. Crazy. Since then it made me realise how 2 simple rules would stop this mad over spending. A limit of 60% on wages to turnover. On relegation turnover drops so will players wages, hence an end to parachute payments. Of course if that was a football wide rule then it would be in players contracts.

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