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"85 million !?! Lol, if we get that I'd piss myself Bloke was fucking terrible today, showboating twat"

N'daiye definitely shouldn't have been booked for a bit of playful banter, just as I wouldn't want Vardy booked for mugging off Spurs by twice pointing to his Premier League sleeve. Just a constant need to dilute and sanitise a game devoid of characters at times. 

Players are being booked for simple goal celebrations too.

Iliman Ndiaye scored the only goal in Everton's 1-0 win at Brighton and celebrated by flapping his arms like a gull in front of the home fans - whose team are nicknamed the Seagulls.

He was duly booked for excessive celebrating, leaving fans on social media confused about what exactly he had done wrong.

This is not the oddest reason for a booking though. Swedish lower league footballer Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was given a second booking in 2016 for breaking wind during a game. The referee called his flatulence "unsportsmanlike" and thought he was "farting on someone else". "I was standing a good distance away but I heard the fart loud and clear," Kristoffer Linde, a striker for opposition team Jarna SK, told a local newspaper.

"In my view, cheating and simulation should be reviewed in retrospect and fines and bans handed out.  It's so fucking easy and the only way to do anything about it because even with VAR they don't seem to give a fuck about it."

I agree.

I remember about 7 - 8 years ago, Lanzini copped a retrospective 2 match ban for simulation. Has anybody else been banned for similar since? 

He cheats because no-one does anything about it.

Not excusing him but to single him out when it's all over the place doesn't seem fair.

In my view, cheating and simulation should be reviewed in retrospect and fines and bans handed out.  It's so fucking easy and the only way to do anything about it because even with VAR they don't seem to give a fuck about it.

Pundits and Pro's are just as guilty for rarely calling it out and too often they have even praised players for "using their experience" when going down.

Paqueta will be hated on for a week or two and then everyone will move on until someone else becomes public enemy no.1 and in all instances, no one will do a fucking thing about it.

 

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑27 Jan 2025, 08:54

Grumpster wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 22:34 Half decent when he concentrates on playing and not being a cheating cսnt.

 

100%

The blatant cheating is getting unbearable to watch and like in the 1st Cup match against Villa he can even cost us by doing it. Cut the shit out but leopards and spots and all that. Stick to the flair and quality play high up the pitch in the final 3rd well away from our defence then he's a real asset.

Grumpster wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 22:34 Half decent when he concentrates on playing and not being a cheating cսnt.

 

Plus also, we have a perfectly good captain already, who is nearly everything you want a West Ham captain to be. Committed, leads by example, 100% every week, understands and loves the club and just so happens he is also our best player. 

Percy Dalton" wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 20:48 Give him the armband he'll be even better 

He does love a live on sky doesn't he..below the belt perhaps
That said , he was superb generally  today, I wasn't expecting that.

Half decent when he concentrates on playing and not being a cheating cսnt.

Impressed with his strength on the ball and holding it up. Used his body so well although it helped when Mings went off. Consistency as mentioned is what he now needs to achieve.

Was fantastic today but then he is once out of every 6/7 games. Returns to average for the rest.

needs to become more consistent in order to reach his full potential. 

Give him the armband he'll be even better 

Best he has played for a while, just wish he would cut out the dramatics at times as he proved today he is pretty strong when he wants to be.  Deserved MOM.

He's stopped all that diving bollocks. About fucking time.

Ron Eff" wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 19:22

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 19:17 Great again today. A man reborn under Potter. Is it just because he’s actually inspired and the manager wants to play with freedom in a way where he can express himself, be influential and have some fun? Or does he have some knowledge that maybe he’s not getting punished severely?

I think Potter explains it well - basically you make him realise how important he is, that’s the version you get. Moyes saw him as a cog at left wing in a negative system where he seemed to constantly find himself with the ball at left back and end up trying something he shouldn’t in frustration. Under Lopetegui, nobody, not even the head coach himself, knew what the fuck he was trying to do with the entire team. 

 

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 19:17 Great again today. A man reborn under Potter. Is it just because he’s actually inspired and the manager wants to play with freedom in a way where he can express himself, be influential and have some fun? Or does he have some knowledge that maybe he’s not getting punished severely?

Great again today. A man reborn under Potter. Is it just because he’s actually inspired and the manager wants to play with freedom in a way where he can express himself, be influential and have some fun? Or does he have some knowledge that maybe he’s not getting punished severely?

I'm unsure what it is exactly he's supposed to be doing, and even if he knew he looks distracted anyway. If we're supposed to be valuing possession more than he seems to have not got the memo.

Would it not be worth trying Kudus in the middle just to see if he can at least break a press by carrying the ball out? Or give Irving a try, he looked tidy enough and I doubt he'd give it away as cheaply as Paqueta does.

Was very busy today so didn’t really pay attention. Thought Paqueta was rightly hooked - looks totally out of sorts.

I'm sure H and P thought he had yet another decent display again today. Shocking how we are having to carry him most games now and like Fullkrug, we improved once he went off for the impressive Scarles. Putting in a real effort and Professionalism goes a long way.......

I think he just gets booked now to say to the inquiry,see I get booked all the time

To say Paqueta has been underwhelming for the last season and a half would be an understatement.

As the Spanish say...He has played like "Un Paquete" which roughly translated means a tight, dense, package in the back of ones underpants

It's like playing with 10 men when he plays these days. Doesn't contribute anywhere near enough anymore. Can't keep carrying passengers in our side and we've done it far too often this season. Such a shame too as when he's on it, he's quality but too little, too often.

goose wrote: ↑17 Dec 2024, 09:30 penalty aside he was anonymous again last night.
for someone who cost £45m he doesn't contribute anywhere near enough.

maybe man city will be desperate in january.