Clayton wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:48 pm
mkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:33 pm
Thing is with Diving/Cheating/Conning....there's a point at which we would all do it...prob all have if you've played footie,
or any other sport come to that.
But at top level,at what point do you do it...remember Terri Henrys' Handball against Ireland few years back...would I have
done it...Absolutely...your talking about your Country qualifying for the World Cup or not..it's in your hands..literally...
So all day long yes..
But in a run of the mill league game ..No....Thing is,it's part of the game now,it's more or less coached into kids...the
little lean in..the foot drag...stands out a mile,it's embarrassing,but they do it nonetheless.
Could nick a couple games a season by Conning....6 points that huge.
No would never do it , and never did and yes I have played a lot of sports and some at quite a high level , I guess it all depends on your own values , why should playing for your country make a difference to playing for your club , really do not understand your reasoning Mk .
As a example I remember scoring a hattrick of tries in a match , but had fumbled the ball knocking it forward slighting for one of the tries , none of the officials had seen it , but I owned up to it straight away .
Cheating is cheating no matter what in my eyes .
What I'm saying Clay,it depends whats on it....you do that fumble playing for England against the all Blacks in a world
cup final....I guarantee,you don't go ...hey ref I messed that up,you need to disallow it...
I 'll use West Ham...think used this before somewhere....last game of season,we need a draw to stay up..1-0 down
91st minute...you're running into the box,going nowhere,balls running out...CH comes sliding in....do you
A .. jump out of the way,avoiding Contact,which you could easily do or
B...slow down,hold your ground let him hit you...
B is Subtle but conning nonetheless...
Plus... A...............your life would be F.in misery from team mates ..fans etc...