this is the first day i have felt able to post after the debacle that was last weekends game versus the dark side. i'm not going to go into the main talking point in detail again as everyone knows about it by now and knows it was one of the worst decisions made in recent history (strangely a lot of the others were against us too?!) at least the red card has been rescinded now but doesn;t make up for the three points lost or being beaten by them lot at our place! i managed to watch this one and we were looking pretty even up until the sending off and could well have gone on and snatched a win i think.
i think the bigger point it raises is the issue of cheating in the modern game - or gamesmanship as the pundits and newspapers who wish to sweep it under the carpet when used by one of their favourite teams call it. i think we're all in agreement that the way Suarez went down and writhed around was a disgrace and directly influenced the refs decision. this issue needs sorting now as it is a cancer that is slowly killingthe game and sending out the wrong signals to kids & society in general.
my solution? i've heard a few good ones but i think anyone who goes down like Suarez did should have to go off the pitch for at least ten minutes and not be allowed back on till after that time. after all if you're hurt that bad you would need at least that long to recover surely? in regards to general diving or conning the ref i would give them a five game ban if on review they were found guilty of it. well they can rescind red cards based on the footage after the game why not this too?
