| Kevin De Bruyne 14:14 - Nov 6 with 2619 views | dominiciawful |
I thought he was better than that. Buying a penalty like that to win the game in the last minute was poor.
And I don’t think any of the four (?) penalty shouts at Forest were worthy of being given. How the ref went to the monitor and then decided to point to the spot for Brentford was a joke.
Surely a penalty kick should be awarded for a serious infringement in the box which results in the attacking team missing out on a great opportunity to score? Not just for a slight flick on a player’s shin which they feel they have to ham up to show to the ref that they were touched.
People will say that if something would be given as a foul outside the box then it should be the same inside it, but a lot of penalties which are given aren’t even fouls for me. [Post edited 6 Nov 2022 14:15]
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 14:20 - Nov 6 with 2578 views | tractorboy1978 |
There is such a chasm between the rules your average football fan wants and the actual rules applied by referees these days. Once you wind back the bias applied to decisions concerning your own club, I think most people are pretty fed up of it. |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 14:29 - Nov 6 with 2544 views | noggin |
Modern football rules are pathetic and just encourage cheating. It's so easy to buy a penalty or free kick. |  |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:04 - Nov 6 with 2477 views | Bent_double |
Honestly, it's got to the point with me that if they said penalties were going to be scrapped, I would be happy. |  |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:23 - Nov 6 with 2442 views | Ftnfwest |
When VAR came in I thought the one thing it would do would be to pick up on diving and cheating during the game rather than days afterwards when it’s too late, but quite honestly it seems to encourage it even more. |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:32 - Nov 6 with 2407 views | strikalite |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:04 - Nov 6 by Bent_double |
Honestly, it's got to the point with me that if they said penalties were going to be scrapped, I would be happy. |
Make the penalty are much smaller, then lets see who goes down so easily... |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:44 - Nov 6 with 2370 views | Illinoisblue |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:23 - Nov 6 by Ftnfwest |
When VAR came in I thought the one thing it would do would be to pick up on diving and cheating during the game rather than days afterwards when it’s too late, but quite honestly it seems to encourage it even more. |
VAR just got it right in the West Ham game; blatant dive from Antonio. Overturned on review |  |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:59 - Nov 6 with 2339 views | Ftnfwest |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:44 - Nov 6 by Illinoisblue |
VAR just got it right in the West Ham game; blatant dive from Antonio. Overturned on review |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 16:30 - Nov 6 with 2279 views | Illinoisblue |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 15:59 - Nov 6 by Ftnfwest |
Did he get booked? |
He probably should have been | |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:00 - Nov 6 with 2125 views | Swansea_Blue |
It’s the inconsistency that does my head it. As an attacking player in open play, only the slightest contact seems an acceptable reason to throw yourself to the ground and get a pen. From a corner, you can wrestle a player to the ground and it’s deemed fine. |  |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:03 - Nov 6 with 2113 views | Trequartista |
Match of the Day was depressing viewing again last night. Players going down with the slightest touch looking for penalties and the farce of VAR on subjective decisions. I don't think the de Bruyne one was even discussed - I thought minimal contact was not to be punished this season? de Bruyne was clipped no question, but he hadn't lost his balance, he simply threw himself to the ground. |  |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:08 - Nov 6 with 2102 views | MattinLondon |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:03 - Nov 6 by Trequartista |
Match of the Day was depressing viewing again last night. Players going down with the slightest touch looking for penalties and the farce of VAR on subjective decisions. I don't think the de Bruyne one was even discussed - I thought minimal contact was not to be punished this season? de Bruyne was clipped no question, but he hadn't lost his balance, he simply threw himself to the ground. |
What annoyed me was that instead of his diving being called out he was labelled as clever for inviting a touch and then going down.
I know that if a player is running at pace a tiny knock could make him fall but that was a blatant dive. |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:56 - Nov 6 with 2033 views | Trequartista |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:08 - Nov 6 by MattinLondon |
What annoyed me was that instead of his diving being called out he was labelled as clever for inviting a touch and then going down.
I know that if a player is running at pace a tiny knock could make him fall but that was a blatant dive. |
Absolutely. Football is a simple concept. You try and score a goal and if you are impeded unfairly its a foul. Why does cleverly inviting a touch have to even come into it? | |
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| Kevin De Bruyne on 22:59 - Nov 6 with 1928 views | mylittletown |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 14:29 - Nov 6 by noggin |
Modern football rules are pathetic and just encourage cheating. It's so easy to buy a penalty or free kick. |
It is not the rules, it is crap referees and cheating players |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 10:04 - Nov 7 with 1671 views | HighgateBlue |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:08 - Nov 6 by MattinLondon |
What annoyed me was that instead of his diving being called out he was labelled as clever for inviting a touch and then going down.
I know that if a player is running at pace a tiny knock could make him fall but that was a blatant dive. |
Absolutely. It really was a blatant dive that happened clearly after the minimal contact. Shameful, and I can't believe that on MOTD nobody seemed to raise the question of whether (a) the ref got it wrong, or (b) the player was either cheating or behaving unethically. |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 10:32 - Nov 7 with 1633 views | Wickets |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 20:03 - Nov 6 by Trequartista |
Match of the Day was depressing viewing again last night. Players going down with the slightest touch looking for penalties and the farce of VAR on subjective decisions. I don't think the de Bruyne one was even discussed - I thought minimal contact was not to be punished this season? de Bruyne was clipped no question, but he hadn't lost his balance, he simply threw himself to the ground. |
He was touched more than clipped for me really really soft for me in fact a cheat ! |  | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 14:20 - Nov 7 with 1524 views | MattinLondon |
| Kevin De Bruyne on 10:04 - Nov 7 by HighgateBlue |
Absolutely. It really was a blatant dive that happened clearly after the minimal contact. Shameful, and I can't believe that on MOTD nobody seemed to raise the question of whether (a) the ref got it wrong, or (b) the player was either cheating or behaving unethically. |
VAR seems to have encouraged players to go down a lot more. Possibly because they know that the slightest touch looks so much worse in extra slow-mo when the referees view it again.
I’m not really sure what the solution is. It’s a situation that hasn’t just developed but been decades in the making. Posters on here mention Eric Gates going down very easily in the 80s as well as players like Franny Lee doing exactly the same in the 70s - be interesting to discover who they ‘copied’ in terms of flopping in the box. I doubt if they started doing it by themselves- maybe diving has always been an issue and it’s just modern technology that has highlighted it more. | | | |
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