This is just another situation where the thinking is the wrong way round. The players act like that because they aren't punished for doing it. The referees already have the power to punish this behaviour. Same as diving and timewasting. All these things ruin the game but there are far too many people championing the behaviour instead and celebrating it as "shithousing". If the referees actually applied the laws of the game and punished players for breaking the rules then they'd stop doing it. We don't need to overhaul the game, we just need to apply the laws that we already have.The defender was very well mannered wasn't he. 'mr referee'. Is one of the reasons we cant have this because of the language used by the players towards officials? i agree it should be stopped but can say sky broadcast this?
The foul mothed tirade the English players give the refs would stop if they knew they were being picked up on the ref's mic for all to hear
I know that's partly tongue in cheek, but really should be a yellow for the forward there shouldn't it? I mean he's dived hasn't he?Ah, but over here don't you have 'the right' to go down if there's any contact at all?
Ex players, commentators and fans on here have all explained that one
yes, I should have said players in the English gameThe majority of players and managers in the Premier League are foreign and are still abusing the referees.
It's not a nationality thing, it's just the culture that's been allowed to take root.
Players like De Bruyne and Varane will only be playing the extra minutes that have already been wasted, which they’ve spent until this season just standing around waiting for Nick Pope to take a goal kick.This is just another situation where the thinking is the wrong way round. The players act like that because they aren't punished for doing it. The referees already have the power to punish this behaviour. Same as diving and timewasting. All these things ruin the game but there are far too many people championing the behaviour instead and celebrating it as "shithousing". If the referees actually applied the laws of the game and punished players for breaking the rules then they'd stop doing it. We don't need to overhaul the game, we just need to apply the laws that we already have.
De Bruyne was complaining the other day because matches will now be 105 mins instead of 95 and he thinks it's a bad idea that we are adding on time because he'll get tired instead of thinking about it logically and realising that if players change their behaviour there won't be loads of added time. These players are paid millions and they can't even put in a full hours work a couple of times a week. Give over.