What is Everton on about?

What's the deal here? You can question foreign players but not the local boys?

Phil seems to be outright showing a racist side, claiming people like Wenger and Mourinho are having a go at "our" boys.

The fact that Everton would consider legal action is a joke. A week wouldn't go by without some suite being made against another club for one thing or another.

Seems outright ridiculous. What's next, you can't call Gerrard or Rooney divers either?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/6188413.stm

Its probably because he didnt dive...and if anything helped out the keeper by not crashing into his ribs.

So Mourinho had a go at him and called him untrustworthy for doing so.

Jermain Defoe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andy Johnson

And JD isn't a diver either.

That is all.

I'll admit I didn't see the incidint, but to call for legal action is a joke.

Ronaldo has dived, no question, but he's also been clearly fouled and not had anything called...and still been called a diver and nothing similar has ever resulted from it.

Phil's comments are pretty damn questionable. Seems like he doesn't think you can't question the integrity of a Brit.

Luso 'Sporting' wrote:Phil seems to be outright showing a racist side, claiming people like Wenger and Mourinho are having a go at "our" boys.

Phil's just sucking Fergie's cock as usual - anything to get at Chelsea at the moment.

Everton do have a point, what else could AJ have done?

He doesnt say you can question the integrity of a non-Brit either.

Who cares? everton are shite

I don't know what this legal action is about, that seems silly.

But Mourinho has got to be having a laugh, he acted like he was outraged, last season when bryan robson went mad when drogba dived, mourinho didn't like it, and had a bust up with robson, refused to shake hands etc. Half his team have dived, or are big divers. Porto his whole team were divers. Now he seems to be outraged if someone dives

Johnson is a diver, but he didn't even dive this time. Did not appeal for a penalty and got straight back up, Mourinho's outburst is just bizarre

He's making it sound like only those foreigners would question the Brits, implying local managers wouldn't as there's nothing to question.

You can throw back the only reason Ronaldo isn't getting pens is b/c every Brit manager (other than Fergs) is questioning the Euro boys.

L r d wrote:

Johnson is a diver, but he didn't even dive this time. Did not appeal for a penalty and got straight back up, Mourinho's outburst is just bizarre

Mourinho is just going with the flow. If everyone is going to bash divers so will he.

It's not like players haven't dived against his clubs. So he calls them on it too.

But the fact that Everton clearly think their players are unquestionable is a fucking joke. What's next, if Johnson gets a yellow for diving are they going to seek legal action against the ref?

You have to ignore Everton Luso. Any club that pays Phil Neville wages hasn't got a foot to stand on.

It's probably just a case of the Timmy Howards from one of their spokesmen. Nothing will come of it.

Snowbispo wrote:It's probably just a case of the Timmy Howards from one of their spokesmen. Nothing will come of it.

What Mourinho suggested after the game, and virtually directly said, was that Andy Johnson cheats, and had cheated in that particular game (which he didn't do). These claims are without foundation and slanderous. Mourinho should at the very least get a touchline ban.

Has Andy Johnson never taken a dive? Is that not cheating?

If he's done it before I don't see the why he can't be called on it. Ronaldo gets called a diving cheat all the time, whether he's been brought done hard or not.

Forget the more general term, Mourinho was linking his actions in this specific game, and they are unfounded he just simply didn't dive. Mourinho cant have it both ways, either he stormed into the goalkeeper and injured him (something else Mourinho has been raving on about more protection to Goalkeepers) or as Andy Johnson chose to do, hurdle the goalkeeper, whilst at the same time recieving a push from behind from Boularouz.

I dont know about Portugal but its illegal in England to make such claims and rightly so, peoples reputations can be tarnished by such pathetic claims. Mourinho needs to learn to shut the fuck up, more often than not he talks shit.

Of course he does, he's Mourinho.

L r d wrote:I don't know what this legal action is about, that seems silly.

But Mourinho has got to be having a laugh, he acted like he was outraged, last season when bryan robson went mad when drogba dived, mourinho didn't like it, and had a bust up with robson, refused to shake hands etc.

I would love to see Robbo and Jose have a straightener.

That would be a tough one to call

Luso 'Sporting' wrote:Has Andy Johnson never taken a dive? Is that not cheating?

If he's done it before I don't see the why he can't be called on it. Ronaldo gets called a diving cheat all the time, whether he's been brought done hard or not.

He doesn't have the same ability as Ronaldo when it comes to diving. If he actually had the talent to construct a decent dive he wouldn't go down in the box half as much.

TeamTurtleDoves wrote:Jermain Defoe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andy Johnson

And JD isn't a diver either.

That is all.

Better at not passing can't disagree on this one

So it's ok for Hansen and Shearer to sit there in the MOTD studio on a Saturday night and say "We all know Ronaldo cheats or has cheated in the past" but it's an outrage if Mourinho says "I know the guy dives. He is untrustworthy"?

Yes, exactly.

cooperclaus wrote:Yes, exactly.

The problem is some people seem to actually believe that.

It's fucking annoying.

I think its more the fact Mourinho is a manager, who has players who dive....and he does nothing about it.

Pundits can say things like this, as its their job. It isnt Mourinho's job to slag off other teams players...especially when he has players who do it...and even more so when it wasnt a dive.

Didn't Moyes respond to Mourinho's claims by saying that Chelsea had a 15-stone player who dives? I Agree with Luso on this. You'll see over the next couple of days how all the ex-pros are going to come out of the woodwork and start slating Mourinho.

Luso 'Sporting' your quote

What's the deal here? You can question foreign players but not the local boys?

Phil seems to be outright showing a racist side, claiming people like Wenger and Mourinho are having a go at "our" boys.

What are you on about?..............You must have a racist side to seek out and print baloney like this.........

Gerrard, Rooney, Terry, Lampard, Joe Cole are some of the biggest divers in the game, but you will NEVER hear Hansen or any of them fuckos from the media say a word about it.

However, according to fuckos like Hansen, Cristiano is a diver and a cheat, and Hansen and co can't wait to remind us all every time how Cristiano or Drogba are cheats.

I'm with Mourinho on this one! Johnson is just another diver just like Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, etc. It's about time them fuckos are called out for what they are: DIVERS AND CHEATS!

The media double standard can lick my balls!

Err Puro Gerrard, Rooney, Terry, Lampard

Have all dived before yes, but 'some of the biggest divers in the game'



Oh dear oh dear.

Joe Cole though can go over easier than perhaps he should, but thats by no means every game.

@ Luso,

the use of the phrase "our players" by Phil Neville isnt about English players, its about Everton ones: try reading it again

You've managed, in an instant, to turn this into an England Vs Continental Europe argument when there isnt even one

Puro Noel wrote:Gerrard, Rooney, Terry, Lampard, Joe Cole are some of the biggest divers in the game, but you will NEVER hear Hansen or any of them fuckos from the media say a word about it.

However, according to fuckos like Hansen, Cristiano is a diver and a cheat, and Hansen and co can't wait to remind us all every time how Cristiano or Drogba are cheats.

I'm with Mourinho on this one! Johnson is just another diver just like Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, etc. It's about time them fuckos are called out for what they are: DIVERS AND CHEATS!

The media double standard can lick my balls!

That's very true!

THe English were always against diving but the rising influences from latin countries and Germany made GB's think about it.... They now also took it over and probably even worse then normal latin diving standards...But to silence the people they are criticising everybody from outside the country who dives.... (remember how they attacked Robben) to put the discussion away that GB's also dive....

So all in all, Everton is saying that noone outside Everton is allowed to make negative comments about their players!

This seems like a bad episode from a daytime american programme where everyone is suing everybody else because they can!

Now, Ben Tchatcher was not prosecuted by the legal courts for the assault on Pedro Mendes, but Mourinho can be sued by calling Jonhson a diver?

If I was Drogba I would start suing everyone that says he dives as well! And as we know you are only as guilty as the Lawyer you are capable of paying for!!!