Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
Meh. Everyone - including us - does this to some extent.

Compare this to kicking Reyes off the pitch, Scholesy likes a tackle, Horseface trying to break someone's leg etc etc etc

No comparison for me, I'm afraid.
Couldn't agree more. A bit of diving, rotational fouling, putting pressure on the ref.... this is what smart sides do. Some call them 'the dark arts'. More fool us if we refuse to join in and choose to play at a disadvantage.

Kicking opponents from the first whistle, safe in the knowledge that the ref will bottle every decision until your opponent responds and then at some stage give you a ridiculous penalty, is rather different.

City are not the Corinthian Casuals. But I would rather watch them, and rather play against them, than Ferguson's United.