Glass jaw Ben White

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Nero

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Has anyone seen the reply of White hitting the deck after barely a touch?

The MOTD commentator described it as glass jaw, so I’ve stolen it from there. If a non-British player did that they would be pilloried for play acting.
 
It was horrific. I watched the game on sky. They basically just laughed it off as not a 'fine' moment for either player.

I'd be calling white out for 'simulation' (cheating) of the highest order. He was trying to get the guy sent off. Whilst making himself look like a right clown doing it.

He should have been booked. I'd argue such play acting deserves a red. You are trying to get an opponent sent off through play acting. You'd think he'd been shot in the throat. He must look back on this this morning and agree he looks like a right Doyle.

He will no doubt be watching it back whilst on his sunbed 😂
 
They need to combine live VAR with a post match review with retrospective punishments.

The game is rife with cheating and simulation.

There's been zero effort to address it, but we spend three or four minutes during many PL games trying to decide if someone has their fringe or shoelaces an inch offside.
 
Caesium137 said:
They need to combine live VAR with a post match review with retrospective punishments.

The game is rife with cheating and simulation.

There's been zero effort to address it, but we spend three or four minutes during many PL games trying to decide if someone has their fringe or shoelaces an inch offside.
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This
 
Would Alan Smith have been as dismissive if the incident didn't involve an Arsenal player ?
Me thinks not
 
The quality and quantity of television coverage in the top leagues makes it even more ridiculous when these people act like Hannibal Lecter has just tried to peel their face off after a feather touch to anywhere within a foot of their chin.

Looks embarrassing, everyone can see you're making Rivaldo look like a hard man - just get them off for 10 minutes as an automatic concussion referral. I bet the magic head injuries would stop then.
 
jeff_potato said:
Looks embarrassing, everyone can see you're making Rivaldo look like a hard man - just get them off for 10 minutes as an automatic concussion referral. I bet the magic head injuries would stop then.
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Said the same many times - head injury ie going down clutching your face as if a narked Mike Tyson has found you strumping his missus - 10 minute concussion protocol.

Need a retrospective review of incidents and call the cheats out - nothing wrong with retrospective yellow or red cards. Watch the cheating be cut right down (some players can't help themselves no matter how absolutely ridiculous they look) literally in a matter of weeks.
 
See also Fabio Silva in the Old Firm. Made even funnier by the fact it's not that type of league at all. 😂 Everyone around him just looking bemused..
 
TeaCider said:
I'd definitely back retroactive yellow cards for players faking injury, especially head injuries.

There'll be plenty of incidents where you can't be certain they're faking it, but that Ben White incident was blatant.
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Don't think a yellow is enough deterrent. It's an attempt to get another professional sent off with a straight red for violent conduct and a three game ban.

I think a three game ban for White (or whomever) is fair enough. They'd definitely think twice then you'd assume.

The worse thing for me is, Ben White instigated the entire incident with a snidey elbow / lean / shove in the first place. It's snidey shíthousėry of the worst order.
 
Caesium137 said:
They need to combine live VAR with a post match review with retrospective punishments.

The game is rife with cheating and simulation.

There's been zero effort to address it, but we spend three or four minutes during many PL games trying to decide if someone has their fringe or shoelaces an inch offside.
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Exactly, no one cares if someone scores a goal because his left knacker is offisde, but having players deliberately cheating with play acting, which could be EASILY eradicated with retrospective VAR, is what's ruining the game
 
S7DiscoDown said:
It was horrific. I watched the game on sky. They basically just laughed it off as not a 'fine' moment for either player.

I'd be calling white out for 'simulation' (cheating) of the highest order. He was trying to get the guy sent off. Whilst making himself look like a right clown doing it.

He should have been booked. I'd argue such play acting deserves a red. You are trying to get an opponent sent off through play acting. You'd think he'd been shot in the throat. He must look back on this this morning and agree he looks like a right Doyle.

He will no doubt be watching it back whilst on his sunbed 😂
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I don't understand why we have VAR, but don't dish out retrospective bans for crap like this.
 
I agree. But do it all after the game. VAR already drags things out and we don't want to see referees stopping the game for 10 minutes while he watches frame by frame analysis trying to decide whether there was contact with the persons head, and if so whether it was a full on haymaker or a finger lightly brushing a cheek, or no contact at all.

I think almost all fans absolutely hate this particular cheating part of the game don't they?

I would have thought that players being aware that they are being filmed all the time from100 different angles, would be too embarrassed to do such play acting, but seemingly not.
 
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