Haha, you see the cultural difference here?

Just my humble opinion, nothing to do with other people.
Here goes.

Liverpool's tradition is to play clean football, from what I have seen since day 1 I supported Liverpool (correct me if I'm wrong).
Now N'gog dived, the fans and teammates and even Manager might criticize and the players will refrain from doing it too much if not ever again. Dirty playing is not encouraged. Well, that's the Liverpool I know.

On the other hand, other team(s) might have players diving in & out of games, still, they get no heavy critics from the fans / teammates / manger, so, they feel that it is ok to dive again and again. Sometimes, when they win a game by diving, they'll get the praise INTERNALLY if not in the public.

Again stressing that this is just my PERSONAL opinion, you're always welcomed to deny / agree to my statement as nobody is always right.

peace

About Gerrard, yes, I have to agree with Sols. How often do we see Gerrard arguing with the referee to get his teammates out of trouble? Look at Giggs, and Terry for instance. Great captains, and they try their best to help their mates to wriggle out of any potential trouble. No need to talk about Ferdinand.. he's a different case altogether. He rapes the referee's mind, and forces decisions.

But in a way, Gerrard's acts are good. He doesn't pile pressure on the referee, doesn't do shit on the field or yell lots of foul language to the officials like "some" captains do on a regular basis. I think this is a mark of a great captain. That's why he has the respect from nearly every club fan, and "some" captains don't.

Yes, I agree with Sols, he shouldd stick up for his mates more, but even if he doesn't, I still feel Gerrard is the best man for the team. Even the players feel so as well as far as I'm concerned. For instance, Kuyt was the captain till Gerrard came on, and Kuyt rushed to Gerrard and handed him the band the right BEFORE he stepped into the pitch. That shows how much respect they have for him. Overall, I'd like a captain who is silent, does his job well, and gets respect.

I am saying so because I am the captain of my district football team

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Added on November 10, 2009, 8:01 pm

haha

Rafa's super cool. He sets his own style, and doesn't follow asses like Fergie. He should f***ing be banned from watching any BPL matches, even on TV/computer for a year or so. f***ing thing moans about everything, but if they win, he'd praise the referee even if the referee made millions of errors.

i wonder where did dis fella dig all this news about RvN and Forlan now???  i don't think we need another striker so badly.  we need someone in the middle to replace Alonso.

The biggest piece of crap they call a pundit has to be Paul Masefield. He's arrogant, he's self-centred plus he looks downright like a egoistical d***.

He speaks as if he knows the world about the game but just take a look at his "glittering" career. I believe he never made than 10 bloody starts for any club he has played for. And we're talking about illustrious clubs like Bromsgrove Rovers, Jurong FC, Stockport County and PNE.

What a tosser.