Zatman Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 31 minutes ago, LondonLax said: I think even in January those teams would not have seen Leicester as an actual threat to the title. sure some people on here last month still expected the bubble to burst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) On 12/04/2016 at 07:59, Genie said: You'd think the likes of Arsenal & Man City etc could have picked up one of Schmeical, Vardy, Mahrez, Drinkwater or even Albrighton if only to destabilize their rival going into the second half of the season. You make it sound so simple like the big clubs can just pick up who they like when they like. There was no way Leicester were going to sell players in January. That may have been the case years ago but the extra tv revenue gives the smaller Premier League clubs more of a chance of competing with the bigger boys. Edited April 14, 2016 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 **** them happy clapping whoppers and **** Vardy. Looks like the type of rat boy, who if he hadn't of made it as a footballer would be an irritating word removed working outside a bar in Tenerife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Very harsh on a man who has worked so hard to get where he is today. Playing part time a few years back and working in factory. Wish our players had this guys attitude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, Kingman said: **** them happy clapping whoppers and **** Vardy. Looks like the type of rat boy, who if he hadn't of made it as a footballer would be an irritating word removed working outside a bar in Tenerife! How dare they clap and cheer! Would rather we had some "rat boys" who would work hard for us. We've got a bunch of millionaires who don't give a crap. Hats off to Leicester and Vardy and I hope they win it. Two fingers up to the Premier League billions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Why didn't they make a film about Gabby Agbonlahor [emoji6] Kevin James can't do the accent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2016 That might be the biggest refereeing decision in living memory. I'm not sure it was a pen, but I'm not sure it was a dive either. HUGE decision which might end up deciding the title race. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2016 I thought it was one of the most blatant dives I've ever seen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Vardy off for diving, has took a while for him to be sent off for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: I thought it was one of the most blatant dives I've ever seen. There was contact with the defender pushing his hip in - Vardy has made a lot of it, but I've seen weaker penalties given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2016 He literally jumped into the air. It was ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I think it was harsh to get a second yellow for it as there was contact. Making a meal of it to make it look worse than it was is what has cost him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 minute ago, villanwesty88 said: Making a meal of it to make it look worse than it was is what has cost him. So diving then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Looked like he threw his legs around the defender and then took a ridiculous tumble to me, not harsh at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: He literally jumped into the air. It was ludicrous. Every player does that, foul or not - the skill for referee's hasn't become about deciding whether the player threw himself onto the floor, it's figuring out whether anything happened before that. There's definitely some contact, it's not a penalty, but I don't think it's a booking either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2016 Amazing how differently people see things I suppose. For me that's a blatant dive, rightly punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: So diving then? I think it is diving when there is no contact at all. There was contact and it knocked him off balance so he was going down. Once he was going down he made it look worse. I don't know, it's not an out an out dive if that makes sense? Edited April 17, 2016 by villanwesty88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: So diving then? In practical terms, yes. In terms of the offence in football terms, no. If we took the practical application there would be strikers week in/week out who would be awarded free kicks for fouls on them and simultaneously booked for the dive they made to draw attention to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Depends what you define as 'contact'. Did Ogbonna touch him? Yes, but this in itself isn't a foul. Vardy felt him there, threw himself to the ground in a ridiculous manner thus simulation, one of the most clear cut diving bookings I've seen imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 If vardy looks for and initiates the contact then falls over dramatically then it's a dive Refs at the moment seem clueless on it, contact isn't a foul and contact doesn't mean it's not a dive And fwiw it's another example of why video refs won't work, opinion will still be split after seeing it 20+ times so what's the point? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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