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Thread: McGeady and who else cheats in this clip?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuttgart88 View Post
    So benefiting a bad decision is cheating. I just can't see it that way. I can appreciate the unfairness of bad decisions, both for and against me, but I just can't see it as being the same as cheating.
    I wouldn't call it anywhere near as bad as what Henry did, but I do think that if you (and by you I mean the FAI) want to give lectures on fairness in the game and the need for football to not be tarnished then you would have had to live by that credo, which they didn't here.

    We can nitpick at each other about whether or not the players saw it or not (I think they knew it wasn't a penalty, some don't, none of us can say for sure but if I could prove it 100% that they attempted to influence the ref by putting their hands up then that is plain and simple cheating for me), but what of the fans behind the goal?

    We've had a lot of sanctimonious drivel from a lot of Irish fans but the ones who had a clear view of the non-handball in that clip certainly try and influence the ref and so have cheated Georgia.

    I'm not saying that's wrong either, I'd do the same but then I don't give lectures on the morals of being a footballer either

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    I think appealing to the ref is part of the game, almost as much as it is in cricket. I know in cricket you can't get a decision on a catch unless you ask for it, but it's still the same.

    I don't think it's cheating when there's a potential handball & you appeal for it. What really irks me is when the ball goes out off a player and the player then shouts "our ball" when he knows full well it hit him last, and then snarls at the decision.

    I doubt we'll agree on this topic though, so I'll bow out here unless there's something you'd like me to answer.

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    No wonder I dont view this site as much as I used to when I read ****e like this. Think he's just upset that he had to put his inflatable hammer back in the attic.
    "Football is a game you play with your brain".

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