The Sports Thread

These tossers throwing themselves on the ground whenever an opponent breathes on them should be made to watch film of Georgie Best, ankle deep in mud, being hacked at by Norman Hunter or "Chopper" Harris and refusing to go down or Pele having the entire Argentinian team trying to break his leg every time he got the ball. 

Yes, that's a major annoyance. They could also look at Jimmy Johnstone against Athletico Madrid or Racing Club in the battle of Montevideo (not that I am quite old enough to have seen those live). Or Maradona against Gentile of Italy. I have spoken lots of time to folks I used to play football with as a teenager and I don't ever remember anyone staying down injured at all (never mind this rolling around accompanied by a scream). You do see it a bit in kids football these days, but it's not nearly as bad as the professional game.

These tossers throwing themselves on the ground whenever an opponent breathes on them should be made to watch film of Georgie Best, ankle deep in mud, being hacked at by Norman Hunter or "Chopper" Harris and refusing to go down or Pele having the entire Argentinian team trying to break his leg every time he got the ball. 

Yes, that's a major annoyance. They could also look at Jimmy Johnstone against Athletico Madrid or Racing Club in the battle of Montevideo (not that I am quite old enough to have seen those live). Or Maradona against Gentile of Italy. I have spoken lots of time to folks I used to play football with as a teenager and I don't ever remember anyone staying down injured at all (never mind this rolling around accompanied by a scream). You do see it a bit in kids football these days, but it's not nearly as bad as the professional game.

When I was a youngster playing both football and rugby the mantra was always "don't let them know you're hurting". It seems that footballers now don't care if they look like a total pussy or not.