Spanish footballers really are pathetic. 19:18 - Jul 27 with 1442 views | Miaow | A salmon-esque leap from Patri. [Post edited 27 Jul 22:13]
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:34 - Jul 27 with 1342 views | ArnieM | French ref clearly in the Spanish camp in my view. Giving us absolutely nothing the whole game. [Post edited 27 Jul 19:34]
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:35 - Jul 27 with 1332 views | reusersfreekicks |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:34 - Jul 27 by ArnieM | French ref clearly in the Spanish camp in my view. Giving us absolutely nothing the whole game. [Post edited 27 Jul 19:34]
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:36 - Jul 27 with 1311 views | Scuzzer |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:35 - Jul 27 by reusersfreekicks | Nonsense |
No it's not. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:36 - Jul 27 with 1310 views | Kievthegreat | Honestly it's just modern footballers being modern footballers. Nothing you don't see in every division, every weekend. Men's or Women's games. |  | |  |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:37 - Jul 27 with 1286 views | Miaow |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:36 - Jul 27 by Kievthegreat | Honestly it's just modern footballers being modern footballers. Nothing you don't see in every division, every weekend. Men's or Women's games. |
Yep, and I hate it. But Latin players seem to be another breed when it comes to cheating. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:50 - Jul 27 with 1174 views | BarcaBlue |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:37 - Jul 27 by Miaow | Yep, and I hate it. But Latin players seem to be another breed when it comes to cheating. |
Now, that's nonsense. |  | |  |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:55 - Jul 27 with 1089 views | MattinLondon |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:37 - Jul 27 by Miaow | Yep, and I hate it. But Latin players seem to be another breed when it comes to cheating. |
English players have been cheating as much as other nationalities since the advent of professional football. |  | |  |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:05 - Jul 27 with 993 views | reusersfreekicks |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:37 - Jul 27 by Miaow | Yep, and I hate it. But Latin players seem to be another breed when it comes to cheating. |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:07 - Jul 27 with 965 views | WeWereZombies |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:55 - Jul 27 by MattinLondon | English players have been cheating as much as other nationalities since the advent of professional football. |
True, but in a more dignified manner... |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:09 - Jul 27 with 938 views | Miaow |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:05 - Jul 27 by reusersfreekicks | Really!! |
Yes? I've grown up and watched more and more British players resort to the sort of stuff that is now unfortunately commonplace. But I always saw more play-acting from Spain/Portugal/Italy/South American teams. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:17 - Jul 27 with 836 views | WinchBlue |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:55 - Jul 27 by MattinLondon | English players have been cheating as much as other nationalities since the advent of professional football. |
No they haven’t. They’ve tried to - but they’re not as good at it as everyone else. |  | |  |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:18 - Jul 27 with 819 views | Swansea_Blue |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:55 - Jul 27 by MattinLondon | English players have been cheating as much as other nationalities since the advent of professional football. |
Ah, no. It’s the dark arts not cheating. Lol. It’s only cheating when others do it. Mind you, the Italians (men’s team) are probably the finest proponents of the dark arts/cheating. I think there’s some truth to that. I’m old enough to remember when English clubs were way behind when it came to the dark arts. We’ve certainly caught up now, but still can’t match the Italians. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:25 - Jul 27 with 754 views | Ryorry | What a horrible generalisation. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:39 - Jul 27 with 679 views | Trequartista |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 19:37 - Jul 27 by Miaow | Yep, and I hate it. But Latin players seem to be another breed when it comes to cheating. |
Certainly all the 70s and 80s British commentators Motson, Davies, Moore etc would agree with you. But I think it was more down to a different mentality. A British player would not go down unless they were absolutely pole-axed. Foreign players often had more technical skills and they felt that if they beat you they had the right to go down to win the free-kick however minimal the contact. Eventually as we imported more and more players, the latter attitude became the norm. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 21:08 - Jul 27 with 548 views | ronnyd | Two words, Franny Lee. |  | |  |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 21:17 - Jul 27 with 503 views | bluelagos |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 20:18 - Jul 27 by Swansea_Blue | Ah, no. It’s the dark arts not cheating. Lol. It’s only cheating when others do it. Mind you, the Italians (men’s team) are probably the finest proponents of the dark arts/cheating. I think there’s some truth to that. I’m old enough to remember when English clubs were way behind when it came to the dark arts. We’ve certainly caught up now, but still can’t match the Italians. |
England fans love to recall how Maradona cheated in 86, whilst forgeting the tackles our lads put in on him, including a forearm smash to his head by Terry Fenwick. Think the phrase is rose tinted glasses. |  |
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Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 21:22 - Jul 27 with 466 views | farkenhell |
Spanish footballers really are pathetic. (n/t) on 21:17 - Jul 27 by bluelagos | England fans love to recall how Maradona cheated in 86, whilst forgeting the tackles our lads put in on him, including a forearm smash to his head by Terry Fenwick. Think the phrase is rose tinted glasses. |
He still cheated though. Still rankles, even today. |  | |  |
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