Drogba

[Kahnee]

says hand balls are fine and part of the game, admits diving and then denies diving

 

man's a genius

[Guest JV]

the dopey cvnt.

[Barnesy_10]

then Dixon says we should give him the benefit of the doubt.....

both dopey t***s...

[Romario]

then Dixon says we should give him the benefit of the doubt.....

both dopey t***s...

Found that weird. Why Dixon? Then jumps in and agrees with Hanson that it's not on....

[M4TTA]

can you imagine drobas meeting with the chelsea officials when he signed?

 

must have been a right hoot!

[Earl Hafler]

 

Is Drogba a cheating, diving, £24m piece of crap ?

Ahhhh, yes !

Does he fit in with all the other cheating, diving t**ts at Chelsea ?

Ahhhh, yes !

Does John Motson sound like a numpty when he pronounces his name

Ahhhh, yes !

Will Drogba ever be allowed to speak to the media again ?

Errrr...no

[Guest Red Mist]

Drogba's one of the many Premiership players who I wish were crippled by a wreckless tackle, destroying their careers and ability to walk properly.

[Earl Hafler]

Daniele DeRossi did the same thing last week for Roma, but he admitted to the ref that he used the hand.

Just imagine Drogba doing something like that....

 

If the ref had been Steve Bennett he would have booked him for lying

[Maldini]

you know what I (although not he) meant

[sean]

Never been so infuriated by one player in all my time watching and playing football. He's 6 and a half foot and he's a big f***ing ponce. Crying and rolling all over the place. In fairness, he's not alone, the game's in the schits. If something isn't done soon it'll be too late. Sickening.

[Ripley]

Too much made of the "sometimes I dive", "I don't dive" aspects.

 

Drogba clearly missed something in translation in what will surely be his last media appearance. It was the playing the "Chelsea are victims because we are great" card - clearly coached into him - that grated.

[Stevie H]

Never been so infuriated by one player in all my time watching and playing football. He's 6 and a half foot and he's a big f***ing ponce. Crying and rolling all over the place. In fairness, he's not alone, the game's in the schits. If something isn't done soon it'll be too late. Sickening.

 

the fa has the power to retrospectively punish players for play-acting and for conning the referee. it's time they began doing something about it. for obvious dives, particularly like drogba's against newcastle (?) the other week where he actually screamed, give players a three game ban. the longer players can get away with it, the more they'll try it on.

[fred milne]

The most loathsome human being on the planet.. A disgrace to our race.

Getting a bit carried away?

[fyds]

What comes around etc.

 

They will still harp on about the Garcia goal, but in the previous 9 matches that's the only dubious decision that has gone for us.

Doesn't explain the unwritten 'No Penalties shall ever be awarded against John Terry' rule though does it?

[The Hitman]

Getting a bit carried away?

He's up there with Pol Pot and Hitler,IMO.

[ManxRed]

... the players are so wrapped up in their arrogance and egos that they don't realise this makes most non-chelsea fans resent their big time charlie conduct.

 

Talking to a mate of mine on Saturday night. He is a Chelsea supporter and he admitted he gets extremely embarrassed watching them now, and can't stand all the cheating they do. He wants them to win stuff, sure, but he'd rather they did it on merit. I had to admire his honesty in sharing it with me!

[ManxRed]

Blimey!! I would have put my mate at the more intelligent end of the Chelsea Fans Brainpower graph, the majority of them in the local where I watch the matches and those I see in the street look like Neanderthals to me.

 

I wouldn't have thought 99% of them cared about all the cheating they get up to. Are you sure it wasn't the Citeh fans??

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

s*** for brains sticks his oar in

 

Players' chief Gordon Taylor says Didier Drogba needs to change his game before his talent becomes completely overshadowed by constant allegations of cheating.

Drogba admitted after Saturday's match against Manchester City that he had controlled the ball with his hand before scoring Chelsea's second goal, saying that was just "part of the game". He also admitting diving - though he later claimed he had not meant to say that.

 

The striker had previously had a goal disallowed against Fulham for handball, and was criticised by West Brom boss Bryan Robson for exaggerating a challenge by Jonathan Greening to try and get the Baggies' player sent off. His increasing reputation for going to ground easily was fuelled further by a dramatic fall after minimal contact from City's Richard Dunne on Saturday.

 

Taylor: Drogba must change

 

"He diminishes the quality of his game by what he is doing"

 

Georgina Turner and agencies

Monday March 27, 2006

 

 

"There there." Photograph: C Young/PA.

 

Players' chief Gordon Taylor says Didier Drogba needs to change his game before his talent becomes completely overshadowed by constant allegations of cheating.

Drogba admitted after Saturday's match against Manchester City that he had controlled the ball with his hand before scoring Chelsea's second goal, saying that was just "part of the game". He also admitting diving - though he later claimed he had not meant to say that.

 

The striker had previously had a goal disallowed against Fulham for handball, and was criticised by West Brom boss Bryan Robson for exaggerating a challenge by Jonathan Greening to try and get the Baggies' player sent off. His increasing reputation for going to ground easily was fuelled further by a dramatic fall after minimal contact from City's Richard Dunne on Saturday.

 

 

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Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Taylor, who has at times been at pains to defend players from the seemingly indefensible, said: "The lad is one of the best strikers to come out of Africa. He is a top talented player and diminishes the quality of his game by what he is doing.

"We had a similar thing in the past with Cristiano Ronaldo and he was known for going to ground too quickly. He is looking to remove that from his game and as a result he is a much better player.

 

"I think he (Drogba) has been unfortunate with a couple of handballs that have added to the situations where they (the opposition) may have felt he has made too much of the contact but in the end it is going to be up to himself."

 

Taylor acknowledged the role of those around Drogba but said the player must take ultimate responsibility for his behaviour.

 

"I hope we can have managers who will look to see what is happening with their own players rather than complain about opposition players and not be blind when it happens with their own - that is going to be the biggest influence," Taylor said.

 

"But it is down to the individual themselves. They know what they are doing and they have got to live with themselves. They are going to be regarded as much better players if they remove that aspect from the game."

 

Taylor has also become concerned at the number of players waving imaginary cards at referees, or making the most of contact, hoping to get an opponent punished.

 

"Any forward (in the box), if there is contact, may well be encouraged to go down with a view to getting a penalty," he said.

 

"But we are more concerned with incidents outside the box done with feigning of injury in order to get an opposition player cautioned or sent off. That is totally against the spirit of the game, it's against the solidarity of the players' association and that's something we need to eradicate and eradicate quickly.

 

"It's a matter that is top of our agenda at the moment and we've had talks with the FA, the referees and the managers' association.

 

"It happened again at the weekend and we've really got to start to advertise this isn't good for the game, it's not respectful for the opposition, not respectful for the best spirit of the game. I think we've got to grasp the nettle and everybody in the game has to support referees and they've got to be strong enough to make a judgement.

 

"They may not always be right, it's not easy, but they have got to start issuing cautions when they feel a contact has been very much exaggerated with a view to getting an opposition player cautioned or even sent off."

[Cobs]

what's to stop the PFA from fining it's members for cheating?

[Stevie H]

what's to stop the PFA from fining it's members for cheating?

the fact that gordon taylor is a spineless gobsh*te?

[Cobs]

the fact that gordon taylor is a spineless gobsh*te?

just legally - was wondering if the PFA are so against players cheating/diving to get other members/fellow professionals sent off whether it would possible to name/shame/fine their own?

[ricflairandy]

I'm quite happy for this to carry on as much as possible. Referees watch all football and they will be aware of this, and the more it carries on the better for us. Come the Chelsea game we might even get the dodgy decisions that could turn the game our way.

 

Keep it coming

 

 

@but it doenst work that way does it. It should do, really it should. Common sense would say that a ref would go into a game knowing what chelsea are all about and keep an eye out for the whole team a few of the players cheating. However, we all know it doesnt work that way.

 

How many handballs or fouls in his box has john terry made this year?

Same for carvalhio?

How many dives have won them pens or had opposition players sent off?

 

and on , and on......

 

just like the fact that wehave had 8 stonewall pens not given against them.

 

Unfortunatly the refs are intimdated by them.

[R A Softlad]

And Mourinho has defended him...

 

"Sometimes he is a player who doesn't get what he deserves, Drogba is a fighter."

 

Lets hope he gets what he deserves now then.

[ricflairandy]

And Mourinho has defended him...

 

"Sometimes he is a player who doesn't get what he deserves, Drogba is a fighter."

 

Lets hope he gets what he deserves now then.

If players got what they deserved half of that chelsea team, abramovic and mourino(and that f***ing yank who is the chairmne) would all be in hospital with bird flu.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

And Mourinho has defended him...

 

"Sometimes he is a player who doesn't get what he deserves, Drogba is a fighter."

 

Lets hope he gets what he deserves now then.

it's a language thing - c*** in portugese is fighter