Sportsmanship

RichardCeann · 25-07-2015 01:27AM

siblers wrote: »

Regarding Di Canio, he had like 3 players in the box going for the ball, the ball was also behind him and would have required something spectacular to score..always thought they overhyped it as it most definitley wasn't a clean goal scoring chance.

He was waving his hands well before the ball was in flight.

RichardCeann · 25-07-2015 01:31AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

This one is quite cool in a game between two Saudi Arabian teams.
Goalkeeper's lace comes undone and striker from opposing team ties it.
But as goalkeeper is patting him on the back to thank him,
he steps outside the box and so a free kick is awarded..

What the hell was going on there? Poor goalie.

Ficheall · 25-07-2015 09:11AM

A recent one from this year's Irish Chess Championship:

(Please note, I am not a mind reader and it's possible the two chessmasters B and C both just blundered. One must draw one's own conclusion.)

Rival players A and B are both vying for the record for winning the most Irish titles.
In the final round, Player A has finished his game and can only be caught for the title by Players B or C who are playing each other. If B wins, he wins the title outright, if C wins he wins the title outright, and if B and C draw then C shares the title with Player A.

In the endgame, Player C is winning and offers a draw. Player B refuses, despite being behind and having no winning chances. Then Player B plays a move which allows himself to be mated (ie. C could win), but instead Player C makes a different move and forces the draw, so A and C share the title, and A gets the record for winning the most titles.

Roger_007 · 25-07-2015 09:26AM

Ficheall wrote: »

A recent one from this year's Irish Chess Championship:

(Please note, I am not a mind reader and it's possible the two chessmasters B and C both just blundered. One must draw one's own conclusion.)

Rival players A and B are both vying for the record for winning the most Irish titles.
In the final round, Player A has finished his game and can only be caught for the title by Players B or C who are playing each other. If B wins, he wins the title outright, if C wins he wins the title outright, and if B and C draw then C shares the title with Player A.

In the endgame, Player C is winning and offers a draw. Player B refuses, despite being behind and having no winning chances. Then Player B plays a move which allows himself to be mated (ie. C could win), but instead Player C makes a different move and forces the draw, so A and C share the title, and A gets the record for winning the most titles.

Maybe C just f**ked up ?

tomwaterford · 25-07-2015 02:13PM

Buck Melanoma wrote: »

Kilkenny substituting their goalkeeper so Waterford could score a goal in the 2008 hurling final. Even they felt sorry for Waterford. True sportsmanship.

Waterford were the only team to score a goal againest them in the championship that year

We ruined there 100% defensive record :pac: :pac:

*the only positive from that day

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-07-2015 02:15PM

Golfers will usually call fouls on themselves. The same is seen in cue sports like snooker.

Jake Rugby Walrus666 · 25-07-2015 02:36PM

Ficheall wrote: »

A recent one from this year's Irish Chess Championship:

(Please note, I am not a mind reader and it's possible the two chessmasters B and C both just blundered. One must draw one's own conclusion.)

Rival players A and B are both vying for the record for winning the most Irish titles.
In the final round, Player A has finished his game and can only be caught for the title by Players B or C who are playing each other. If B wins, he wins the title outright, if C wins he wins the title outright, and if B and C draw then C shares the title with Player A.

In the endgame, Player C is winning and offers a draw. Player B refuses, despite being behind and having no winning chances. Then Player B plays a move which allows himself to be mated (ie. C could win), but instead Player C makes a different move and forces the draw, so A and C share the title, and A gets the record for winning the most titles.

Presumably Player C doesn't like Player B - or was a friend of Player A ?

keith16 · 25-07-2015 02:42PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Ireland 'graciously' accepting defeat against France in that World Cup qualifier in Paris............:rolleyes:

Ireland won that game.

valoren · 25-07-2015 02:45PM

Tiger Woods conceding Molinari's putt at the end of the 2012 Ryder Cup Singles matches.

Had Molinari missed the putt then Europe would have only retained the Cup. Woods conceded the putt, which was a very missable putt, so Europe actually won the Cup outright.

He pissed everyone on the US team off but showed sportsmanship towards the Europe team (and a trolling masterclass to the US team

) after a remarkable comeback, feeling I guess that they deserved to win outright. He took some flak for his decision but being Tiger, not a single f**k was given that day. Legend.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 25-07-2015 03:03PM

valoren wrote: »

Tiger Woods conceding Molinari's putt at the end of the 2012 Ryder Cup Singles matches.

Had Molinari missed the putt then Europe would have only retained the Cup. Woods conceded the putt, which was a very missable putt, so Europe actually won the Cup outright.

He pissed everyone on the US team off but showed sportsmanship towards the Europe team after a remarkable comeback, feeling I guess that they deserved to win outright. He took some flak for his decision but being Tiger, not a single f**k was given that day. Legend.

Or else Tiger Woods doesn't really give a toss about the Ryder Cup and didn't really care whether USA drew or lost.

tipptom · 25-07-2015 03:13PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

While not around to see it (before my time)
Ray cummins (?) hand passing the ball over the bar when through on goal in a Munster final in the early 80s when cork were winning by 30 odd points is still spoken of in hated terms as while sportsmanlike....it's felt he was laughing at Waterford

Honerable mention to tipp in Munster final (2012?) who after scoring there 7 goal against Waterford substituted their goalie :rolleyes:.....even I felt it was time to leave At that point :O

Was Cummins ever asked about this as he always strikes me as a sportsman like type of fella?

tomwaterford · 25-07-2015 03:17PM

tipptom wrote: »

Was Cummins ever asked about this as he always strikes me as a sportsman like type of fella?

Honestly I dunno...I know it's spoken of not of him being wrong as such....in sure no bad was meant of it.....just another bad memory in a particularly bad day for Waterford hurling

bop1977 · 25-07-2015 03:42PM

Senna pulling over a freeing a driver during qualifying:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EOGiguIUyZ4

valoren · 25-07-2015 03:56PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Or else Tiger Woods doesn't really give a toss about the Ryder Cup and didn't really care whether USA drew or lost.

He cost the bookies a fair few bob too.

His private disdain for team matchplay is well known.

steddyeddy · 25-07-2015 04:18PM

TBH who ever knocks lumps out of Theirry Henry will win my respect. An unapologetic cheater if ever there was one. After he admitted to the handball his defense was "the referee did not see it".

The equivalent is me assaulting someone and blaming the guards for not stopping me.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead · 25-07-2015 04:21PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

TBH who ever knocks lumps out of Theirry Henry will win my respect. An unapologetic cheater if ever there was one. After he admitted to the handball his defense was "the referee did not see it".

The equivalent is me assaulting someone and blaming the guards for not stopping me.

There's lots of unspotted fouls in every football match. No one owns up to them. Including Irish players.

steddyeddy · 25-07-2015 04:25PM

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

There's lots of unspotted fouls in every football match. No one owns up to them. Including Irish players.

Yea but there are levels of fouls. Using your hand to guide the ball into the goal is a particularly bad one. Football in general needs to clean up its act. The amount of diving that goes on is absolutely unreal. It's becoming a dirty sport. I also think Henry trying to shift blame to the ref was particularly scummy.

P. Breathnach · 25-07-2015 04:31PM

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

There's lots of unspotted fouls in every football match. No one owns up to them. Including Irish players.

It has become part of the culture of soccer - more's the pity.

Roger_007 · 25-07-2015 04:37PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Yea but there are levels of fouls. Using your hand to guide the ball into the goal is a particularly bad one. Football in general needs to clean up its act. The amount of diving that goes on is absolutely unreal. It's becoming a dirty sport. I also think Henry trying to shift blame to the ref was particularly scummy.

Steady on there Eddy.
I have yet to see a player in any code of football go up to the referee and admit to committing a foul.
You see players in GAA taking 5 or 6 or more steps with the ball before scoring a goal.
There was the famous goal that Meath 'scored' in the Leinster final a few years ago.
You see many off the ball incidents the referees don't see.

What you never see is any player admitting that they committed a foul.

tipptom · 25-07-2015 04:49PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Yea but there are levels of fouls. Using your hand to guide the ball into the goal is a particularly bad one. Football in general needs to clean up its act. The amount of diving that goes on is absolutely unreal. It's becoming a dirty sport. I also think Henry trying to shift blame to the ref was particularly scummy.

I don't think he guided the ball in to the goal,did he,?I think he cross it after he"prevented" it from going out.

Think I would be hypocritical of me going over the top about this cause I had a great laugh when Maradonna done it to England and he punched it straight in to the net,Karmas a bitch!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-07-2015 05:14PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

TBH who ever knocks lumps out of Theirry Henry will win my respect. An unapologetic cheater if ever there was one. After he admitted to the handball his defense was "the referee did not see it".

The equivalent is me assaulting someone and blaming the guards for not stopping me.

He played the whistle, it was up to the ref and linesmen to spot it.

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