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I'm an old romantic when it comes to football. I like my football to be hard, uncompromising and honest. That sort of behaviour sickens me. The most dis-spiriting moment of that entire game was the booking of Pedro Rodrigues. Wasn't until you saw the slow motion replay that you could see just how skillfully Ashley Cole cheated. The most subtle and perfectly timed movement of his knee into Rodrigues's leg to draw the foul and the booking. That sort of ability doesn't come naturally. It comes from being honed to perfection on the training ground.I hated Lewis Guy for the same reason. A stupid, arrogant little c*** who whittled away whatever talent he had, but perfected the art of cheating. Disgusting.It f***ing stinks and it is a cancer that is devouring the game from the inside. I've got 2 young kids just starting to take an interest in sport. I always assumed that I'd want them to be football fans. But I cannot encourage them to grow up idolising morally bankrupt cheating bas**rds like that. And to cap it all, it makes watching football nigh-on pointless. When the art of cheating is as important as the art of bettering an opponent through skill, bravery and grit, why watch it any more? I've just been reading about John Charles. He's worth 1000 of t**ts like Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on April 19, 2012, 09:49:36 amI'm an old romantic when it comes to football. I like my football to be hard, uncompromising and honest. That sort of behaviour sickens me. The most dis-spiriting moment of that entire game was the booking of Pedro Rodrigues. Wasn't until you saw the slow motion replay that you could see just how skillfully Ashley Cole cheated. The most subtle and perfectly timed movement of his knee into Rodrigues's leg to draw the foul and the booking. That sort of ability doesn't come naturally. It comes from being honed to perfection on the training ground.I hated Lewis Guy for the same reason. A stupid, arrogant little c*** who whittled away whatever talent he had, but perfected the art of cheating. Disgusting.It f***ing stinks and it is a cancer that is devouring the game from the inside. I've got 2 young kids just starting to take an interest in sport. I always assumed that I'd want them to be football fans. But I cannot encourage them to grow up idolising morally bankrupt cheating bas**rds like that. And to cap it all, it makes watching football nigh-on pointless. When the art of cheating is as important as the art of bettering an opponent through skill, bravery and grit, why watch it any more? I've just been reading about John Charles. He's worth 1000 of t**ts like Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole. I agree with most of what you say, but Ashley Cole might be a lot of things, but a diver and a cheat? No. He was fantastic Wednesday night. In my opinion he's one of the best left backs in the world and by far, Englands best left.