martin_p wrote:By the way, I didn't hear anyone calling for Sam Vokes to 'fess up after he controlled the ball with his hand for the Leicester goal. It's against the rules and therefore by definition 'cheating'. Or is one form of cheating more acceptable than others? Surely it's against our values?
The point that I still feel that some folks are spectacularly missing is that no, you won't find many that will want the goal disallowed or Sam punished or anything else (even though whether he meant it/was avoidable is open to debate.)
The point is, don't pick the bits and pieces of being honest and playing fair and having a strong culture when it suits you, when you're on the soapbox in front of some cameras, and then turn a blind eye or even acknowledge it when your team has been involved in something more unsavoury. Either do it right or don't do it at all. It makes you look hypocritical and insincere.
Another example of that would be the howls of derision and fun poked at the Chelsea team after Courtois mentioned they found the conditions and the pitch difficult to play on. It was referenced in Tony's writing and there were plenty on here gleefully queuing up to get stuck in to the pontification.
Funny that when George Boyd said that the pitch caused issues for us V Lincoln, no one has had very much to say about it. Not seen any articles about it, or many comments from anyone at all. Again, makes us look like hypocritical mugs.
Either put up, or shut up. That's all that is being asked.