Quote Dan_FC="Dan_FC"
Possibly. That depends IMO. There is no guarantee of anything but from watching it if Ngog is caught I doubt he would have had an injury the way you are making it out but as there was no contact we will never know.
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But would there have been contact if Ngog did not dive? If the answer is yes, then I fail to see how you cannot give a penalty. Dive, jump, evasive action, whatever. Penalty.
Quote Dan_FC="Dan_FC"
Not at all, you couldn't be more wrong. I am not backing Carsley's challenge or sliding in at all. All I am stating is that just because Carsley slides in it doesn't warrant a penalty. Ngog was jumping out of the way of the tackle though, he was diving to win a penalty, to cheat and con the referee. He wasn't avoiding Carsley he saw his chance to cheat his way to a pen and took it.
Benitez admitted it wasn't a pen and also admitted Ngog didn't think it was a pen, enough for me to think it was definately a dive.'"
Like I say, I couldn't care less what Benitez or Ngog say. I'm sick of seeing players with limited talent, such as Carsley, flying into challenges, putting the safety of their fellow professionals at risk. I stand by the fact that when Carsley made that challenge there was only going to be one of 2 outcomes - crunch Ngog and miss the ball, or Ngog jumps to avoid the tackle (or dive, win a penalty, whatever) and he misses both.
My view on this whole issue may be extreme because I have seen teams come to Old Trafford for years and try and kick more talented players (i.e. Ronaldo) off the park. Players of note include the aforemention Lee Cly, Wilson Palacios, Michael Brown and Lee Cattermole. It drives me mad.
