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Terry Yorath
@DubaiSpur Love everything you've written over the last couple of pages and agree 100% with all of it.
If people think that "tackle" from Dele came from nowhere they weren't watching the rest of the 2 legs. Gent were snide, sly, niggling and dirty. They constantly nipped, left feet in, cleaned people out and got away with it until the last 15 mins last night when, finally, the ref started to book them. Far, far too late in my opinion.
Re Dele - There are ways and means to get your revenge and that isn't it. Simply next time they come flying in with one of their late tackles you can leave your studs up or leap out of the way but make sure you land on them and inflict some pain. They will soon get the message that their dirty play, which instigates our reaction, won't be tolerated. But you have to do it in a sly and underhand way back - otherwise they win.
There isn't even a need to do this if the referee polices the game in the correct manner. The first leg was riddled with poor refereeing decisions as Gent hacked & shirt tugged to prevent us getting our passing going, only to see us over-run the ball and then foul the opponent in an effort to win it back. It was happening last night and we finally cracked when I saw 4 of ours surrounding him questioning his decision. That sort of reaction has been far too long coming from our team - I hope we do it more often. Any questionable decision should be debated with the referee to make him see we aren't going to give him an easy ride.
Playing fair and winning with style should always come first as an absolute priority but never let yourself get kicked or cheated out of game. If you are defeated by a better team on the day then accept it with grace. But if they've been underhand in their tactics make sure you leave your mark in defeat. I certainly wouldn't have shook hands, exchanged shirts or congratulated Gent last night on any of their tactics.
If people think that "tackle" from Dele came from nowhere they weren't watching the rest of the 2 legs. Gent were snide, sly, niggling and dirty. They constantly nipped, left feet in, cleaned people out and got away with it until the last 15 mins last night when, finally, the ref started to book them. Far, far too late in my opinion.
Re Dele - There are ways and means to get your revenge and that isn't it. Simply next time they come flying in with one of their late tackles you can leave your studs up or leap out of the way but make sure you land on them and inflict some pain. They will soon get the message that their dirty play, which instigates our reaction, won't be tolerated. But you have to do it in a sly and underhand way back - otherwise they win.
There isn't even a need to do this if the referee polices the game in the correct manner. The first leg was riddled with poor refereeing decisions as Gent hacked & shirt tugged to prevent us getting our passing going, only to see us over-run the ball and then foul the opponent in an effort to win it back. It was happening last night and we finally cracked when I saw 4 of ours surrounding him questioning his decision. That sort of reaction has been far too long coming from our team - I hope we do it more often. Any questionable decision should be debated with the referee to make him see we aren't going to give him an easy ride.
Playing fair and winning with style should always come first as an absolute priority but never let yourself get kicked or cheated out of game. If you are defeated by a better team on the day then accept it with grace. But if they've been underhand in their tactics make sure you leave your mark in defeat. I certainly wouldn't have shook hands, exchanged shirts or congratulated Gent last night on any of their tactics.
