Manchester United vs Swansea Bt sport 1 @ 12:00

chupacabra

He got the ball

limnam

martial is so frustrating can he not see that there's two players in the way of that cut back it can never get through.

Liam McPoyle

Peno!

wanderer100

Get in

Trigger

Peno!!!

Bad dive

mayordenis

What a dive.

Liam McPoyle

Dive, don't care.

wanderer100

Dirty from Rashford

super_furry

Embarrassing dive. Should be booked for cheating, terrible decision.

PhilipsR

Such a horrendous dive.

wanderer100

So undeserved

LuckyGent88

Dive for me really. Was going down looking for contact.

Totally undeserved lead for us

Hotblack Desiato

Yessss

Trigger

Get in!
Super peno

Mars Bar

Rashford diving? I didn't see it but it's disappointing to read.

A Dub in Glasgo

Silly from Rashford as he did not need to dive, he was going to be taken out anyway

Rayne Wooney

Perfectly executed dive

Up into 3rd spot!!

GreNoLi

Rooney thanking satan.

Gru

Situations like this demand video referee decisions. Shocking dive.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Great dive from Rashford.

Tipsy McSwagger

Foreign players only dive

posturingpat

Definite dive. We've robbed that lead. Need big improvement second half.

RobertKK

Good to be ahead at halftime

limnam

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Foreign players only dive

Gerrard is not foreign.

Trigger

Mars Bar wrote: »

Rashford diving? I didn't see it but it's disappointing to read.

In real time it looked a peno, Fabianski flew in even if he pulled his arms back. Rashford anticipated the contact and went down early.

In fairness if he had of stayed up I reckon he would have been caught anyways but when he dived his legs moved out of the way of the contact *facepalm*

Hococop

Happy we scored but not happy with Rasher's, hope its a once off don't want this creeping into his game

Mantis Toboggan

Excellent play from Rashers to win the penalty.

5starpool

Rod Munch wrote: »

Dive, don't care.

You seemed to care about diving the other night.

Funny that.

LiamoSail

Rashford just doing what most players would have in his position. It's still cheating though

Sand

Hococop wrote: »

Happy we scored but not happy with Rasher's, hope its a once off don't want this creeping into his game

We need a team of bastards, not nice guys. Look at Augero diving against Fellaini. Rashford is paid to win games for Man United. Hes done his job there.

tayto lover

Never a penalty.
Joke of a decision.
Referee fell for it.
Could relegate the Swans.

Tipsy McSwagger

Not one mention of a dive on BT, maybe because it's England's young saviour who has cheated?

TitianGerm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Not one mention of a dive on BT, maybe because it's England's young saviour who has cheated?

Lots of players do it but the guys on Sky/BT really only seem to latch onto it when it is a forigen player who does it.

Gru

LiamoSail wrote: »

Rashford just doing what most players would have in his position. It's still cheating though

It's a shame they aren't breaking the cycle of taking contact/diving etc though. It would be so refreshing to see players doing it right rather than all cheating when it suits. The game is riddled with it.

wanderer100

Sand wrote: »

We need a team of bastards, not nice guys. Look at Augero diving against Fellaini. Rashford is paid to win games for Man United. Hes done his job there.

Agree 100%. Just look at some of the best strikers in the world - Aguero, Costa, Suarez etc. All bastards but they're brilliant bastards

super_furry

Really poor from the referee. He's got four players in front of him, can't see it and is guessing.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I don't really have a problem with diving as it's no worse than tripping a player, pulling a jersey, body checking someone and these happen all the time and people accept it's part of the game however the hypocrisy of the british media around it is really sickening as there is no hope Rashford will be destroyed for what he did yet we all know what the reaction would be if johnny foreigner did it.

keano_afc

The reluctance of the BT pundits to call it a dive is embarrassing. Just imagine he's a foreigner, lads.

Mantis Toboggan

Definite contact there.

Kirby

We need video panels to retrospectively warn, and ultimately start banning players for this sort of thing.

PhlegmyMoses

It's the nature of the game. Britton cynically pulled Rashford down to stop him breaking away earlier, Fernandez went down holding his head for 2 minutes after a tackle from Rashford when no contact was made with his head. To expect him to not try to win penalties in those 50/50 situations is naive.

super_furry

Michael Owen trying to bend reality there. He's backed into saying it's a dive but somehow it's not Rashford's fault for diving.

Rayne Wooney

The fans reaction behind the goal should have been a dead giveaway for the ref :pac:

Liam McPoyle

5starpool wrote: »

You seemed to care about diving the other night.

Funny that.

What dives were there in the City game, I cannot recall any?

Do you mean Aguero?

Anyway, why is it funny to you?

Its benefiting the team I support there fore I'm OK with it.

I wouldn't have thought it was that hard to understand tbh.

Hococop

I wonder if video replay will be introduced,
down the line be interesting to see an NFL red flag challenge style for managers to use

Kirby

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Definite contact there.

And?

The definition of a foul has nothing to do with contact. He's already dived and on his way down, reaches out with his right leg to find the keeper. Its as clear a dive as you will ever see.

super_furry

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Definite contact there.

Agreed. It's a free-out for Swansea after Rashford kicked Fabianski.

mikeym

Thats Not a penalty.

PhlegmyMoses

Kirby wrote: »

And?

The definition of a foul has nothing to do with contact. He's already dived and on his way down, reaches out with his right leg to find the keeper. Its as clear a dive as you will ever see.

It is no different from bringing a man down who is breaking away. One stops a chance at goal, the other creates one. Calling for retroactive bans for one and not the other is hypocritical and illogical.

Sand

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

It's the nature of the game. Britton cynically pulled Rashford down to stop him breaking away earlier, Fernandez went down holding his head for 2 minutes after a tackle from Rashford when no contact was made with his head. To expect him to not try to win penalties in those 50/50 situations is naive.

Yup, defenders consistently foul, bully and drag down opponents and its praised as clever defending or professional. Sometimes with a bit of a chuckle too. Attackers have to get completely cleaned out in the penalty box to get anything. The defence and goalie made a balls of it, Rashford took advantage.