Posted 03 July 2006 - 11:09 AM
It's amazing how many of those sooks actually clutch the part of their shin covered by the shinguard. I've worn those things and tested them with deliberate hard kicks from big guys and never cried like those soft beyotches. All you feel is impact, no pain.
Above the shinguard stings a bit, but you just get up and keep going as best you can, or come straight off if you are really injured, don't be a burden on the team. I can't help but feel contempt for penalty pulling sooks - it's a cultural thing. You just don't look for the ref to win your game for you.
Unfortunately some of that sookiness is creeping into Australian games like Rugby League etc, where you occasionally see someone diving or being soft to pull a penalty. Thank goodness most of us still hold such play in contempt. But I'll guess we'll eventually become like the rest of the world where such BS is regarded as a "legitimate part of the game".
Cheers,
La Sombra, would like to see professional sooks shot on the field as a "object lesson" to the rest. Then urinate on the corpse.
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