Huth tweets that Shawcross dived

[EFC Si]

German's dont have a sense of humour.

This is actually accurate.

 

[bflefc]

Please stop posting the sort of ****e that Kopites get into a wankfest over on RAWK.

He butted him. End of.

We're better than this.

 

[ToffeeBlueNose]

getting boring this fellaini/shawcross crack now everyone's said their piece, everyone agrees it was out of order, don't need even more threads about it please.

 

[chicoazul]

What must not be overlooked is the wider FA conspiracy against Everton since we didn't get a handball decision in 1952.

As such they should spare poor Fellaini's life, I mean his dar's a Muslim and it's badly racist all this condemnation.

Today I'm launching a campaign to see the right thing done. #booifyourescaredoffellaini

 

[ToffeeBlueNose]

#prayforfellaini

 

[Toffe3m4n]

He's a bad tit.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Fair play to Huth. Doesn't change the fact that Fellaini was a tit deserving of a red.

My take? In a game like that, the ref has got to call more of the "hard fouls" than he may want or else he loses control. And that may mean calling a PK on a defender during a corner kick. If refs did that a bit more, the play on set pieces may clean up.

No defending Fellaini, he clearly headbutted Shawcross and deserves punishment. However a later event where he lifted his arm and caught him in the neck - the foul there was CLEARLY on Shawcross who had his arms wrapped around Fellaini's chest, HANDS LOCKED TOGETHER. He was just trying to wriggle out of a bearhug (which if shawcross's arms are under fellaini's, that means Fellaini's arms CAN'T be "down" by his side. When defenders are allowed to do that and get away with it, no wonder a player feels they may need to bend the rules as well. The stuff defenders are allowed to get away with on a corner is appalling. It's like the normal rules of the game don't apply until a corner kick hits the ground because the refs would have to call so many PKs...

Fifa needs to clamp down on this in a big way. People always say ''nah there would be loads of penalties every game'' I argue that there would be a lot of penalties for the first riound of games on the first Saturday that they decide (I wish) to clamp down on it. Once word got round that you couldn't get away with it players would stop doing it. This practice would be stopped in a day.

 

[Tubey]

 

[chicoazul]

Hahahaha.

 

[BigBlueConk]

What must not be overlooked is the wider FA conspiracy against Everton since we didn't get a handball decision in 1952.

As such they should spare poor Fellaini's life, I mean his dar's a Muslim and it's badly racist all this condemnation.

Today I'm launching a campaign to see the right thing done. #booifyourescaredoffellaini

Good point and well made.
In fairness to Shawcross, there are other players who would still be on the deck holding their face, two days later.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Hahaha ace!

 

[NewRadical]

I'll get meself one of dese for when me Belgium home shirt needs a wash. Been wearing it non-stop since 5pm yistiday.

 

[Joao Moutinho]

Robert Hoof

 

[Deloodid]

im loving this trial by media. im hearing 6 to 9 match ban,

and mostly seems to be ex redshiite opinions