Originally Posted by
BOBPAISLEYFAN
I completely disagree…. it’s completely their fault….
They are rewarding simulation all over the pitch and if players suffer as a result of it, the attitude is
“ If you can’t beat em, join em..”
If they pulled it up and starting dishing out yellow cards accordingly, it would soon be a lot less prevalent.
I am old enough to remember back in the seventies British clubs in European competition consistently saw players from opposing European teams feigning injury and fouls, whilst they themselves never thought of behaving that way…
They would argue our football was a lot more physical then the European teams so they had to do that to avoid injury, absolute bollox imho it was a tactical approach and lets not forget, Italians, Turks, Greeks and the Germans could all mix it physically if required, they just chose to play this way because Refs fell for it everybtime…
British clubs paid a heavy price for being honest / naïve… now they have learned their lesson from the very best, and sadly now its the bloody norm…. rather than the bloody exception…
Its fucking shit and it’s killing the free flowing game we all loved so much, these days it’s getting more and more like American football, teams are relying more and more on set plays as a legitimate style of play as its easier to execute… than the beautiful game…
Fuck me I am starting to sound like Victor fucking Meldrew… !!
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