Bobby Robson blames foreigners

[Falconhoof]

Foreigners responsible for diving ruining our football.

 

what about these incidents though ?

 

Mark Hughes

Manchester United v Montpellier, Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, 6 March 1991

 

Millions watched as Mark Hughes was thrown backwards by the weight of a Pascal Baills air-butt. Uefa wouldn't allow Baills to use TV evidence to prove he hadn't made contact. Hughes was warned not to travel for the second leg by Montpellier president, Louis Nicollin. 'What Nicollin said is intimidation,' said Alex Ferguson. 'This is 1991. They can't get away with these things.' In the event, Hughes travelled; Jean-Manuel Thetis was booked for fouling him and sent off for spitting at him. United won 2-0.

 

Francis Jeffers

Arsenal v Liverpool, December 2002

 

'He's the biggest cheat in football,' said Peter Osgood. 'I'd love to see him get really hurt.' Jeffers's greatest moment in an Arsenal shirt, a last-gasp trip over a space where John Arne Riise's leg might have been but wasn't, earned Arsenal a penalty and a point. 'The referee was conned,' said Gérard Houllier. 'I wouldn't be surprised if he practised diving in training,' said Ron 'Chopper' Harris. 'Since the foreigners came over here everyone's at it, even the English lads.'

 

'I'm not a conman or a diver,' said Franny, now back at Everton. 'I'm an honest player.'

 

 

Robbie Savage

Derby v Leicester, 15 September 2001

 

Robbie makes it so high in the list for sheer effort: a corrosive 90 minutes, a last-minute dive in the area, a hopeful look to the referee and a fist-pumping explosion in front of the home fans. Derby players chased him all the way to the corner flag, then tried to mug him in the tunnel afterwards. 'We've seen players for years who are very clever at diving for penalties,' said Derby boss Jim Smith. 'But he's not very clever and his penalties become riots. It's always him.' Robbie said: 'I've never dived in my career. I was blameless.'

 

Taken from The Observer's 10 best dives voted for by readers

[McBain]

Kewell did one for Leeds in the last minute years back that was truly ridiculous

 

And won them the game

[Falconhoof]

Why the f*** have I written Bobby Robson

[Ombudsam]

Kewell did one for Leeds in the last minute years back that was truly ridiculous

 

And won them the game

 

It was against derby. He and O'Leary claimed he was touched even after replays show he blatantly wasn't

[SkippyjonJones]

Why the f*** have I written Bobby Robson

 

 

because your senility is matching his?

[Nebraska Red]

Why the f*** have I written Bobby Robson

 

 

some weird fetish for silver haired septegenarian ex England managers?

Edited March 7, 2006 by nebraska red

[Jarg Armani]

who was it really?

bobby davro?

[Falconhoof]

It was Bobby Chariot

[fyds]

Why the f*** have I written Bobby Robson

You meant Carl Cort...

[Maldini]

Francisco Leeo