Barcelona

**glenman** · #1 03-05-2011, 09:57 PM

Are Barcelona the biggest collection of diving, play acting cheats ever assembled? Maureens Porto were bad but I think this lot are worse, thoughts?

**Begbie** · #2 03-05-2011, 10:06 PM

Aye. Great players but overreact to every tackle. They should be booked for it. A player who has actually hit them as hard as they pretend to have been hit would be booked. It has to work the same way in reverse, if you see what I mean.

**Burdock** · #3 03-05-2011, 10:49 PM

Sad to say it is true.... I love the football Barca play (when they are on top particularly).... but the diving and play acting is a disgrace... shameful in fact.

It's enough to turn you off them.

**adam_ayres1988** · #4 03-05-2011, 11:31 PM

If they cut out the bullshit I think they'd be an even better team.

**jake robinson** · #5 04-05-2011, 08:06 AM

It is such a shame that they know how to play the game to get the decisions. Feel that Real and Mourhino have a valid point. They don't need to do it. Will be interesting to see the CL final now consisting of two teams who I think are favoured by referees.

**Burdock** · #6 04-05-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jake robinson

It is such a shame that they know how to play the game to get the decisions. Feel that Real and Mourhino have a valid point. They don't need to do it. Will be interesting to see the CL final now consisting of two teams who I think are favoured by referees.

Could be more action on the benches than on the pitch

**ruudboy** · #7 04-05-2011, 04:10 PM

My mate moved out here three years ago. His boys are 7 and 9 now. Both go to Spanish schools, both are fluent in the lingo, and both are tidy little players. He said to me last year that the kids behave like that on saturday mornings. I found that dificult to believe, until I accompanied him to an under 11 league game . . . . . and it was a disgrace. At the slightest touch, the young lads were throwing themselves to the floor, teammates were throwing arms in the air, brandishing the imaginary cards, the lot.

I have never seen anything like it. The ref wasn't at all phased by it. He was well used to it. Now if scenes like that were being played out on pitches all over Spain, it's no wonder the players behave like that as they get older.

**glenman** · #8 04-05-2011, 04:17 PM

It has to be encouraged by Pep too though-Mascherano didn't use to be like that, now he is just one of the girls.

**Burdock** · #9 04-05-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by glenman

It has to be encouraged by Pep too though-Mascherano didn't use to be like that, now he is just one of the girls.

Mascherano was no stranger to a bit of play acting at Liverpool.... but he has taken it to a whole new level at Barca. Not nice.