The problem is we're too honest

[Brovion]

Do you know why the ref gave so many free kicks against us? Because English players don't feign injury enough. Take Rooney's injury, if that had been a foreigner they would have laid on the ground screaming for five minutes, Rooney just put his boot on and limped on for a bit.

So should we cheat like the foreigners do? Or should we maintain our moral superiority and only go 'ouch' when we're actually hurt?

PS - Sorry if anybody finds this a bit racist. Actually, no I'm not sorry at all. Foreigners cheat, by and large we don't. It's a fact. Deal with it.

 

[Yoda]

I find that is the problem when we have referee's from a country that don't take into account the style of the English game.

It's the same when it comes to club competitions.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Probably true - Ronaldo went down screaming, looking longingly at the referee every time he was tackled, yet when Hargreaves went on a mazy five minutes from the end, he was clipped, yet tried to stay on his feet and ended up falling several steps later. A free kick in that position would have been threatening, yet our honesty counted against us. However, a decent referee would have pulled the game back and awarded the free kick anyway

 

[zefarelly]

well said Brovian . . .you need internationally proven officials that understand different nationalities style of play

generally northern European teams are fairly physical, but fair, and Southern europans are pansy panted f***ing great whoofters who mince about like fairies if you go within 10 yards of them, screaming, whingeing, diving and acting like Lawrence Olivier