2015 - 2016 Football Thread - Page 120

On September 23 2015 04:30 Dingodile wrote:
Diego Costa is banned for 3 games now because of his behaviour vs Arsenal xD

On September 23 2015 06:32 Liquid`Drone wrote:
it's not like costa did anything that bad vs arsenal.. slapped a guy in the face with flying arms semi-during a duel, was generally pretty cunty, but honestly there wasn't a single thing he did that qualified for more than a yellow card. Overall he should've had a red - because there were so many offenses, but him being punished post-match is just a justified witch hunt to me. At no point during the game did he do anything that could have injured anyone - this alone makes his conduct better than like, every single tackle featured in the Dirty Suarez compliation posted a couple pages back.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I don't mind him being banned, because he's a complete disgrace to football. I've argued before that referees should just start every game by giving him a yellow card, because his behavior is to consistently and constantly commit yellow card offenses, either diving for penalty or pissing off opponent players so they might retaliate and get a red - but he almost always stops after the first yellow. In the past 4 seasons (counting these past 9 games as a season), he has almost 40 yellow cards. However, only 1 red. And from watching him, he pretty much always has a bunch of unsportsmanlike acts until he gets the first yellow. After? I've rarely ever seen it happen. It's like, first he pinches someone, then he punches someone, then he dives, then he gets a yellow, and then he stops doing all three. In fact to me, this is why he's such a fucking terrible cunt/sociopath, because what separates him from most other players who are 'like him' is that he doesn't do stupid things after losing his temper, he deliberately has integrated this type of behavior as part of his playstyle.

BUT: If Costa's arms, or the chest-thump against Koscielny qualify for '3 matches banned for violent conduct in a post-game review', then holy fuck, there should be lots of banned players. At least just be open about 'he's getting this punishment due to a large accumulation of offenses that were not punished and we're hoping to send a message that it's not okay to constantly cheat as long as your individual offenses are quite small', rather than punishing him for one or two individual actions that were honestly just yellow card offenses.

On September 23 2015 08:40 Aceace wrote:
How on earth you talk about Costa??
Lewa's performance was legendary. That was a historical match. Your children will watch that match again and again.

Well played Lewa. You deserve every single penny..

On September 23 2015 04:26 Rebs wrote:
Thats why Lewi is a top 5 striker and Cavani isnt..

Also Douglas Costa with the jets for the 4th goal.. ooof