[Football] Sol Bamba

Luke93 said:

Got to be fair to the lino. It was only a few inches, not clear cut.

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Surrey Phil said:

To be honest I thought it was very worrying a referee couldn't notice a man of Sol Bamba's size running around with no shirt on. That said, I loved Sol's cheekiness and funny comments after the match and I've always had a soft spot for Warnock - the game needs characters. Not happy we lost though but life goes on!

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Bodian said:

And a defender between him and Bamba...

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Bodian said:

That's what I thought when I saw his interview. He just tried it on and got away with it - I doubt very much if he actually expected the ref to believe him. Cheeky bugger. Good on him.

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LamieRobertson said:

Bamba clearly goal side of the defender...Junior Hoilett between the assistant and a view of Bamba...but perhaps compare the physique of the two and its rear that he would still have had a view of Bamba

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Bodian said:

Oh yes - sorry, I meant 'Cardiff player'.

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Gritt23 said:

Sadly this is symptomatic of the difficult job the refs have, because players will always try to lie and cheat to get a decision their way. Both players will ALWAYS appeal for a throw-in even when it's blatant who kicked it out and that player absolutely knows he did it. The first reaction in football is to try and claim it should be going their way, to dive, to cheat, to do whatever it takes.

Anyone who is totally immersed in football seems to just accept it, but those of us who watch other sports see that it doesn't have to be that way.

"Yeah, but this is football, it matters MORE" is the nonsense that is often thrown back in response, but that's not true, any sportsman, whether it football, snooker or golf has given their life over to being as good as they can possibly be, and winning means everything. But football is morally bankrupt, and no-one will take responsibility for their own actions. he saw a way to "get away with it" so he did. Why call a foul on yourself, sportsmen don't do that, right?

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Shooting Star said:

I thought that what happened at Leicester had transcended football - it brought the entire football community together and I think the general consensus was that if ever a time a player shouldn't be booked for taking his shirt off, it was for Gray's tribute to Vichai. Probert unfortunately had to card him, and I understand why...

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Arthritic Toe said:

Seems like a decent guy actually. Took the blame for conceding the goal - and chanced his arm escaping the card. Well done him. I wish Knocky had taken taken him on a bit more though.

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Gritt23 said:

Indeed, but what I didn't understand was why THAT had to be the way the players chose to mark it. Why not run to the bench and take a shirt with "Vichai" on the back and hold it aloft, like Sidwell did at Bristol as a mark of respect for what Knockaert was going through? That neither draws a booking, nor puts the official in the position of being the "bad guy" in that incident.

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Shooting Star said:

I definitely agree with this. I thought that what happened at Leicester had transcended football - it brought the entire football community together and I think the general consensus was that if ever a time a player shouldn't be booked for taking his shirt off, it was for Gray's tribute to Vichai. Probert unfortunately had to card him, and I understand why, so Bamba blatantly cheating his way out of a card seems distasteful to me considering the timing.

This wasn't sour eggs on my part. I'm not actually that unhappy about the offside not being given - linos make mistakes and VAR would solve it. I'm more angry at a player purposefully cheating at a time where you think he might have chosen otherwise.

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Iggle Piggle said:

Out for the rest of the season. Ruptured ACL

Next stop The Championship Cardiff fans

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spence said:

If i'm correct i think they only have two CB's now.

Massive massive blow for them. Bye Cardiff

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theboybilly said:

I disagree that it's a massive blow. Just looking at the Watford game alone and you can see just how poor Bamba is. He marks nobody and doesn't chase back to help out. I can't make out what Warnock sees in him. He was a liability at Leeds

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theboybilly said:

I disagree that it's a massive blow. Just looking at the Watford game alone and you can see just how poor Bamba is. He marks nobody and doesn't chase back to help out. I can't make out what Warnock sees in him. He was a liability at Leeds

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Thunder Bolt said:

He certainly had an effect on our game.

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