seasidestevo
Well-known member
Just watching the game back, fkin ell that Johnson should be in the Olympics for diving, makes Ashley young look like an honest player
Johnson
- Thread starter seasidestevo
- Start date
JJpool
Well-known member
I think one of their staff came up to him at the end of the game to put an arm round him in support, but he went down from that too, the bloke got a yellow.
seasidestevo
Well-known member
Macseasider
Well-known member
Sky pulled him up for it. In fact Don Goodman said along the lines that he's a good player but falls to the floor far too easily and he could see how Lincoln had by far more penalty kicks than anyone else in League 1.
It was like the referee knew about Johnson's antics.
It was like the referee knew about Johnson's antics.
EnglishJet
Well-known member
I thought the ref handled him really well. Johnson was never upright, it became very predictable (and a little embarrassing!)
Macseasider
Well-known member
He did Grayth. And in all commentary now you hear them calling diving and cheating "clever" and "he sold that one". It's the scourge of football.
Refs don't seem to have the bottle to see what we do anymore. With VAR there should be straight red cards for diving (it's not simulation it's cheating). With straight red cards it would stop. If that is too much then a 10 minute sin bin would make a lot of players think about it.
It's the one thing that spoils football matches week in and week out that is NEVER addressed.
FLATBACKFOR
Well-known member
Johnson is a young and nieve player, needs to be yellow carded more. I hate this in the game our players included.
Morcambe won yesterday with a blatant dive, OSullivan should have been sent off.
Morcambe won yesterday with a blatant dive, OSullivan should have been sent off.
Matesrates
Well-known member
Commentators almost always say “he was lover the foul, the slightest touch and they go down” the problem is as Mac said, nothing is ever done about it. Commentators, and officials, need to start to condemn it and take action. It’s like shirt pulling, it’s a foul outside the penalty area, but when there’s a corner or free kick, it’s done all the time and rarely penalised.
Bob Hatton
Well-known member
And rolling about on the floor like a sniper has just shot them when they have been tackled - looks like a career threatening injury - 30 seconds later miraculous recovery and sprinting around the pitch. Utter farce
voyeur
Well-known member
The rules surely encourage diving now. Penalty decisions are judged simply on whether there is contact. So if a player with the ball feels contact and goes down the ref is obliged to award a penalty. In a competitive sport with loads of money at stake it's inevitable that people under pressure to succeed will take that option. On my opinion contact does not always constitute a foul it justify a penalty kick. The handball thing is another version of the rules being perverse.
adamswonkyteeth
Well-known member
If you go on the Sunderland forum, they are pretty scathing about him and say he duped the ref three times during their 4 games this season.
bollieboy
Well-known member
Johnson's diving habits haven't gone unnoticed among fans from other L1 clubs and I suspect the officials might have been pointed in that direction (he had an outrageous dive against Sunderland in the semis). I think he will find that now he has a reputation he will be winning less penalties even at times when it was a legitimate one.
voyeur
Well-known member
I have a conspiracy theory in the early stages of development. From what I've read, it seems that the ref favoured Brentford and Morecambe in their finals, and it's being suggested that we got the key decisions too. Swansea had a red card and a penalty awarded against them, their fans were very unhappy. Newport conceded a controversial extra time penalty that decided the game. Lincoln fans felt the ref favoured us, Embleton handball etc.
So are the refs being advised to give the benefit of the doubt to the higher placed play off team?
So are the refs being advised to give the benefit of the doubt to the higher placed play off team?
Camberwell1
Well-known member
Hassleback should be banned from broadcasting if that’s the tone of cheating he respects
️
PdxTangerine
Well-known member
First time he got the ball they scored , second time he skinned Garbutt and got him booked. 5 minutes in and it looked like his game, whatever adjustments we made to deny him the ball from then were key, Appleton not finding a way to counteract that and get him the ball was THE tactical battle of the game and we won. There's a reason Garbutt referenced Critches tactics post match.
Tangerinemoss
Well-known member
Seems the rules of football keep changing to make controversial telly. The full out brawl at many corners is another I loathe. Would love to see cards for putting your arms around an opponent. Is any one really surprised at JFH's condoning of cheating, some of us remember covid, a tiny icy patch, etc, etc.
voyeur
Well-known member
The tactics at the start weren't right though if we are being hyper critical! We gave ourselves a hill to climb by giving Lincoln a clear run of our left early on. We need to sort out the full back positions before we hit the Championship, I think. If Ballard returns and Gretarsson can stay fit we are quite well covered centrally. Midfield needs more creativity. Yates and Simms would be a good front pairing but we'll need back up there at the very least.
Tangerine10
Well-known member
I thought when VAR came about it was an ideal opportunity to sort diving out.
Opportunity missed and instead they use it to check if a toenail is offside.
Opportunity missed and instead they use it to check if a toenail is offside.
voyeur
Well-known member
More to the point they check if there's the slightest amount of contact and don't seem to consider whether the player goes down too easily.
Tangerine10
Well-known member
And the pundits say "he was touched he has a right to go down".
Some take a knock on the leg and fall down holding their face.
Another thing while I'm moaning:
If ever I am tripped or just loose balance playing footy my natural reaction is to put hands toward the ground to avoid landing on my face.
It must take some training to go against instinct and throw arms backward in mid flight. Refs must know this surely
Some take a knock on the leg and fall down holding their face.
Another thing while I'm moaning:
If ever I am tripped or just loose balance playing footy my natural reaction is to put hands toward the ground to avoid landing on my face.
It must take some training to go against instinct and throw arms backward in mid flight. Refs must know this surely
It's amazing how so many 'serious injury tackles' are quickly forgotten when they get nothing for them, and they are running like a hare almost immediately.
Unfortunately this behaviour has crept into every game and nothing is being done to stop it.