Comments on: Would Any of This Be Happening if it Was Atalanta That Got Screwed?

By: Martha

Martha — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:59:16 +0000

And now Zalayeta’s ban has been overturned. At least we pretended for a while.

By: richard

richard — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:56:37 +0000

Don’t mess with Juve…. It’s a Calcio rule

By: chris

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:56:57 +0000

I should have substituted “Juve” for “people”, then it becomes more plausible.

By: Martha

Martha — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:36:57 +0000

I realize you will find this hilarious, Chris, but the powers that be don’t seem that interested in Inter these days. I mean, last season the outrageous about diving came after Adriano’s nonsense against Roma — you’d never call them protected, would you? Hmmm???

Also, yes: Moggi is out of his damn mind, and Donadoni looking for technological intervention is brilliant.

tmc, like the idea of longer bannings and big fines for repeat offenders — that might work.

By: tmc

tmc — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:37:37 +0000

I still can’t get behind in-game reviews for controversial in the penalty box calls. Think about how long this would take. Do we really want 10 or more minutes of added time?

I do, however, wholeheartedly support post-game suspensions for players who take egregious dives. I thought Adriano’s ban last year was just, and agree with the current ban of Zalayeta.

What happened to Juve in Napoli is unfortunate (this took me several minutes to actually write), and I see that there could be a temptation to dive, especially in an elimination game or a one-off final (I’m thinking the CL final or the WC elimination rounds).

I still think the best solution is to encourage sportsmanship in the game by banning players for diving. I’m thinking a 2 game suspension (without pay) for a first offense and then just upping the ante for repeat offenders. I think branding a guy a diver and hitting him in the wallet is the best way to do this.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:52:58 +0000

Btw , I wonder if people would be going this bonkers if Juve wasn’t about to play Inter this weekend. Make sure every ref has this last “injustice” in the back of their mind.

(I know, 3 comments in a row – I’ll stop)

By: chris

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:47:30 +0000

And about Donadoni, he’s hoping that these “microchips” are actually “homing devices” so that the ball magically winds up in the back of the net, because he knows he doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of putting out a lineup capable of creating their own goals.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:45:59 +0000

“Collina should retire,” adviced Moggi through Europa 7. “In life you must be respected and so, I say that Cobolli Gigli did well to blow off steam last Saturday.”

This guy is unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. I bet he still thinks he’s innocent and that the courts are corrupt for punishing him.