A slow hand clap for Drogba and Lehmann

Pepe LeFrits

hahah that video is hilarious.

I often get embarrassed by Lehmann's antics but I get amused by them in equal measure. In the case of Drogba I get annoyed by his antics but likewise I'm amused by them in equal measure. I hate diving and theatrics but theirs are so OTT that they can add a lot of comedy value to sometimes dull games.

Jivin Turkey

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

I hate diving and theatrics but theirs are so OTT that they can add a lot of comedy value to sometimes dull games.

I agree.

It's kind of like the point made about El Hadji Diouf a few weeks ago, he's like a villain from wrestling that he is so unlikeable, which makes him amusing. Seeing Drogba fall, at any time, is hilarious, and Lehmann is so mental it's scary. Take after he saved the penos for Germany in the QFs of the world cup. I don't the lad even raised a smile.

cashback

I wouldn't be that bothered by what Lehmann and Drogba were getting up to yesterday. It was more idiotic than cynical. If a player dives to win a free or penalty, I'd be more enraged but the ball wasn't really in play at this time.
Besides, everybody in the pub had a great laugh during the slow motion replay.
They'd make a good comedy duo. Diving Drogba and The Mad German.
I can just see a buddy cop movie now. Jens playing the straight role, slightly unhinged, prone to throwing suspects through windows at the slightest provocation. Paired up with Didier, the flash cop around the station, trying to bed every female colleague and checking his braids in the car mirror every five minutes, drawing groans from an impatient Jens.
If only.

~Rebel~

cashback wrote:

I can just see a buddy cop movie now. Jens playing the straight role, slightly unhinged, prone to throwing suspects through windows at the slightest provocation. Paired up with Didier, the flash cop around the station, trying to bed every female colleague and checking his braids in the car mirror every five minutes, drawing groans from an impatient Jens.
If only.

I Know Id Go See It!

Fanny Cradock

It's really a case of FIFA etc. doing something about it.

One word: retrospective yellow cards!

I'd be supremely confident that the ability to 'award' cheaters with post match yellow and red cards world sort them out in two shakes of a puppy dogs tail. It is the best way to stop this crap. Blame must also be put at the managers doors.

I'd also like to see major media broadcasters such as the Beeb and RTE (Note: I'm not including the ever ****e ITV in this) highlighting this behaviour each and every week through the medium of finger pointing and laughter. It detracts from the game so much that we, the viewers, should at least get a laugh out of it. Maybe they guys in question would think twice. Probably not though.

As for the argument that subtle diving is less of an offence than the likes of Drogba and Lehmann's antics, well, in one word:

Utter tosh and flimflam!

~Rebel~

Fanny Cradock wrote:

One word: retrospective yellow cards!

Drogba and Lehmann's antics, well, in one word:

Utter tosh and flimflam!

Hey! Thats Lots of words!

Roddy23

They'd make a good comedy duo. Diving Drogba and The Mad German.
I can just see a buddy cop movie now. Jens playing the straight role, slightly unhinged, prone to throwing suspects through windows at the slightest provocation. Paired up with Didier, the flash cop around the station, trying to bed every female colleague and checking his braids in the car mirror every five minutes, drawing groans from an impatient Jens.

Brilliant - i'd buy that for a dollar.

Roddy23

yeah this happened, think was the year before last though. or perhaps the undefeated season before that even. I remember the game alright though, as my uncle had 2,000 on it for an arsenal win they were cruising to a 1-0 win when towards the end lehman did his usual craziness, pushed keane and gave away a pen to make it 1-1 which it finished at. very very unhappy uncle!

Happened alright but was during the unbeaten season. Think it finshed 2-2 though, with Keane scoring in the last few mins. One of the oddest finishes cos, ye would have thought Spurs would have been well p1ssed with Arsenal continuing their unbeaten run at white Hart lane, instead at the end all the Spurs fans were celebrating cos they had come back from two nil down.

Royale with Cheese

Roddy23 wrote:

Happened alright but was during the unbeaten season. Think it finshed 2-2 though, with Keane scoring in the last few mins. One of the oddest finishes cos, ye would have thought Spurs would have been well p1ssed with Arsenal continuing their unbeaten run at white Hart lane, instead at the end all the Spurs fans were celebrating cos they had come back from two nil down.

They went absolutely nuts celebrating like they'd just won the league, at which point Arsenal came back out onto the field after they'd originally gone off to remind everyone that it was them who'd actually won the league. Originally they'd said they weren't going to celebrate winning the league on the pitch but you can't blame them for changing their minds when the spurs fans were celebrating like that.

therecklessone

Royale with Cheese wrote:

They went absolutely nuts celebrating like they'd just won the league

Imagine that, you come back from 2-0 down against your most despised rival who are on their way to an historic full unbeaten season while your own has been a crock of sh*t...:rolleyes:

Meanwhile, you'd swear Keown had just shot his load.

Royale with Cheese

therecklessone wrote:

Imagine that, you come back from 2-0 down against your most despised rival who are on their way to an historic full unbeaten season while your own has been a crock of sh*t...:rolleyes:

While the team they despised so much had just won the league at White Hart Lane, despite of the draw, without losing a single game all season. Yeah, real cause for celebration there.

Pepe LeFrits

Royale with Cheese wrote:

While the team they despised so much had just won the league at White Hart Lane, despite of the draw, without losing a single game all season. Yeah, real cause for celebration there.

Dude, let them have their small victories...

PHB

It's the little things in life ya know...

Personally, I love Lehmann just the way he is, so easy to rile up in a game and make a mistake, another 4 years of him would be just great.

Drogba on the other hand, with the way he is playing, I would like to see gone

jank

Dude, let them have their small victories...

I agree with that. Some of them think they are still a big club.:p

therecklessone

Quick lads! I've managed to get the Goons and a Stretford Ender to join forces! The dolphins must be in Kerry...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Like I said before jank, preferred your earlier work.

jank

But that was like shooting fish in a barrel.
I try and challenge myself nowadays.

Fanny Cradock

~Rebel~ wrote:

Hey! Thats Lots of words!

One word: yes it is.

Ok, that joke, assuming it was ever funny, is now dead.