Champions league 2013/2014 - Dicsussion & Banter

(30-08-2013 14:46 )groundnpound Wrote:  

(30-08-2013 14:39 )terence Wrote:  

(29-08-2013 22:30 )groundnpound Wrote:  On Napoli at 50/1. Come on Rafa lad!!!

they won't even get out of the group mate! playing for second place with bayern.

p.s they were 8/1 before yesterdays draw!

Or Dortmund... One of the Germans...

Were they really 8/1 before the draw? Some crazy calculations there mate...

shit, does that make me racist?

seriously, i think i might have a wee fiver on napoli myself, 50/1 is silly odds!

Portoooooooooooooooooooooo Portoooooooooooooooooo

thought Celtic played well despite the sending off which I thought was harsh.

He did kick out at Neymar though and the ref see it so only is himself to blame, especially being captain he let the team down, on the other hand it was going so well for Porto, completely we dominate 70% of game and were all over Atletico but let in a sloppy goal and very clever Free kick

neymar's reaction was a fuckin disgrace. scott brown was stupid but if i was playing against and watching neymar dive like a little bitch anytime someone looked at him i might lose my shit and kick him as well. the thing is blatant cheats like him and Sergio Busquets will skirt through there playing careers hardly ever injured and fair decent professionals like aaron ramsey will get their legs broke in half and miss 2 years of an career that is already to short. who said cheats don't prosper, they obviously haven't seen barca play!

Neymar knows players are going to try and take him down so he has every right to make the most of it, if players like scott brown are going to kick him then he should make sure the ref's see them do it.... End of the day Brown is the one left looking stupid by his own actions and neymar is the clever one of the 2 and the better player by far...

kick him! his foot brushed his shirt and neymar rolled around like someone hit him with a shovel. again i'll say scott brown was stupid to give him the chance to roll around like a little bitch. he fell for it like many before him. neymar's a cheat and you'll never convince me otherwise. shame because the lad can play a bit. he should watch his mate messi, see how it's done!

(02-10-2013 23:34 )Fernandez Esperenda Wrote:  Neymar knows players are going to try and take him down so he has every right to make the most of it, if players like scott brown are going to kick him then he should make sure the ref's see them do it.... End of the day Brown is the one left looking stupid by his own actions and neymar is the clever one of the 2 and the better player by far...

Of course he doesn't have every right to make the most of it. It's blatant cheating and should have no place in the game. I know he's one of your own Fernandez, being Brazilian and all, but come on - seriously? Play acting to get someone sent off is totally out of order.

As Terence said it was hardly a kick. Brown moved past him and brushed him with the knee. It wasn't a kick. Neymar knows it and knows what he was doing. Cheat.

So if Brown didn't try and be clever or put himself in a stupid situation like this he would not have be sent off... If he wants to do silly things like this he should expect the concequences of what will happen... Obviously he risked this happen and he was made to pay and look stupid, especially as he is captain and letting the team mates and his fans down.. Neymar is not a cheat, he was being clever making the most of a situation that a celtic player put himself in... If it was a celtic player in the barca box and pique did the same if the celtic player was clever he would go down also...

Neymar is a cheat. He cheated on several occasions in The Confederations Cup and he is continuing to cheat. He is not alone by far. There is too much cheating going on in football at the moment and the authorities need to stamp it out. Video evidence should be used post match and if found to be cheating the offender should face a severe penalty that will make them think twice.
I read a report by a Argentinian coach who said the mindset throughout the South American game was to bend the rules, to try and get the advantage at any cost. It was not considered cheating when trying to get an opponent sent off but more a tactic to gain an advantage. In my eyes it's cheating, not playing the game in its true spirit, down right dishonesty.
Shame but it is inevitable that it has crept into the European game too.