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Any of you plastic Kopites going to the derby on the 28th? Got my tickets confirmed yesterday

I thought you were boycotting them?

Prolly still more than dicki will see "his" team play this millennium.

Time for some balance. Not saying he doesn't dive, but he does get absolutely brutalised week in week out. Funny nobody mentions Bale's leap.

http://youtu.be/LeCZQ7nwD-Q

Rubbish. To my eyes at least 25% of the clips featured are not fouls at all especially the Johnny Evans challenge (I feel sick saying that), while the majority are part of the rough and tumble of football. It's simple, tell Suarez to do everything to stay on his feet. That way when he goes down it will look more natural rather than the theatrical hand/head throws that serve to infuriate the opposition and refs.

Again when you have ex pros and current managers telling players to go down at the slightest bit of contact wtf do we expect? Nowadays you have neebs bangin on about "there was contact!!" as though the game is a non contact sport. Suarez is 6 foot +, it takes more than what I'm seeing to down someone like that.

Where he is concerned with the club I fear it's the tale wagging the dog.

covered this already with the pens given to the english and the medja coverage... do keep up

do you really spend your day looking at rawk and gifs of suarez?.. seriously closet behaviour

I think he does. Just look at how many EFC posts the bitter has put up...oh

Interesting to see that one of the main contributors to RAWK is Pistolero. A little to close to Pistanator for it to be a coincidence.

Suarez's nick name

I read an article a few years back, probably by johnathon Wilson or Sid Lowe, talking to Jorge valdano, about argentinian players and how they are cunning, using a Spanish word, colloquialism for it, whereby diving, feigning injury and looking to get opposition players sent off, isn't seen as an inherently bad thing, but is part of the armoury of the modern football player and to a certain extent they are to be applauded or not reprimanded because it is held within the competitive sphere.

I think it was bought up in relation to maradona's hand of god goal, and tevez and mascherano in the premiership.

I think Suarez comes from that culture of, do what you can to gain an advantage for yourself and your team, because it's football and that is what is required to win. He sees no problem in that and will continue to do so until his manager and team mates tell him in no uncertain terms that it is not acceptable. And this being football every critic of him now (lfc supporters) will umm and ahh when a dive/simulation/feigned injury precedes a goal which wins a vital game..

Oh FFS! Fellaini out for a month, misses the derby!

*seasonover

As long as the rules can be exploited, it will continue to happen. I don't think it will ever stop. Regardless of this potential ban/fine talk.

Ban the forrens I say

Pourpol, as a newbie, you need to read TEH RULEZ for this thread.

Are you a Liverpool fan?

Where are the rules?

I'm an Arsenal fan :(

From Islington?

You need to tell us who you support. Check.
Who your parents support.
Where you're from/born.

Then we get to choose whether to abuse your choice of team and/or you. Welcome.

LFC haven't won any serious ones for quite some time, that's all.

Nope but neither have Arsenal

Most Arsenal fans don't expect them to win trophies and know how spoilt they were during Wenger's first ten years at the club.

Still, we're in the Champions League for the 15th season in a row and have a modern stadium so whichever way you look at it, are miles ahead of Liverpool and their expectant forty something fans who believe they have a divine right to win major trophies.

Ha, right.

Dad supports Chelsea/Sligo Rovers
From Dublin/Born London

Went to school surrounded by United/Liverpool fans. I picked Tony Adams.

Abuse away.

Yeah but can Wenger write a 180 page document on tactics and football philosophy??

Ha, right.

Dad supports Chelsea/Sligo Rovers
From Dublin/Born London

Went to school surrounded by United/Liverpool fans. I picked Tony Adams.

Abuse away.

Have you ever been to watch Arsenal?

Telly doesn't count.

Also, which part of London were you born in. This is very important.

I've somehow not been to the Emirates (broke/uni/etc) but I went to Highbury a good few times and a few away matches.

I think you've just about passed the test, more 'ticks' than most of the melts on here

You may be in danger of being labeled a plastic

My folks used to live near Baker St. and then moved to Tamworth for some reason after. This is tense.

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