[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Mancie

I can't have this.. I have edited your original post Jambutty.. but these first lines tell me you are saying Ronaldo has been a liability over the last two seasons... now I would take that as saying he should not have been in the team, if a player is, as you say, is making the team lose as many games than win.. then he should not be playing in the team.. yes?
I did see a program on the 1957 FA cup final which compared todays game with the 50's.. the only bad tackles I saw were on the goalkeepers, I got the impression that the game was more gentlemanly in those days, the really hard tackling came about in the early 70's

Oooo! I am sorry! I wasn’t aware that I was supposed to bow to your opinion just because you “can’t have this”. Get real!

Once again in your arrogant conceit you are putting words in my mouth. I never stated that Ronaldo has been a liability these last two seasons.

You do know how to read and understand English I presume, although that point is in serious doubt.

I would remind you yet again that we are all entitled to voice our own opinions. If you don’t like them then the solution is simple – don’t read them.

The so called bad tackles that you saw were within the rules of the day and were deemed to be fair. The reason they were changed is because goalkeepers were a standing or advancing target, making a collision more dangerous for the goalkeeper. Although some forwards came out of a collision knowing full well that they had been in one. Today, when a goalkeeper jumps to catch or punch a ball he does so with one leg raised, presumably to try and protect himself.

But you are right, back in the fifties the players played to the rules but they still played hard. Free kicks and throw ins were taken from the spot the offence took place not some distance nearer the opposing goal. Players didn’t feign injury or try to get someone sent off. No one argued with the ref except possibly the team captain with a polite enquiry. No one mouthed obscenities at the officials and they certainly didn’t spend half the time spitting.