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Anyone catch this over the weekend?

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...retending-to-be-one-of-his-watford-team-mates

For anyone that can't be arsed opening the link, reading it and watching the video, Chalobah is in a position to score in the Bournemouth box, shapes to shoot, hears a shout behind him to leave it, so leaves it, only to realise it was Harry Arter's shout.

Thoughts on this? Unsportsmanlike or if a Liverpool player had done this would it be clever?
 
Standard. One of the first things the coach at Marine taught me when I was 15. Annoys the fuck out of whoever you do it to though. I think I was lucky not to get punched as I always followed it up with a giggle
 
Unsportsmanlike conduct. Yellow card and indirect free kick according to a referee friend of mine.
 
Unsportsmanlike conduct. Yellow card and indirect free kick according to a referee friend of mine.
The ref being able to hear the shout & accurately pinpoint who said it in order to give it is a big ask when they've got to follow the ball so closely as well though.

Maybe if the offending player was right next to the ref they'd call it, but I doubt it otherwise.
 
The ref being able to hear the shout & accurately pinpoint who said it in order to give it is a big ask when they've got to follow the ball so closely as well though.

Maybe if the offending player was right next to the ref they'd call it, but I doubt it otherwise.
Yes, exactly.
 
Its clever on Arter's part.

I bet 9 out of 10 players would have ignored the shout
 
This is a basic rule thought, if you don't hear a name you don't leave it. You especially don't leave it if you're also in a goal scoring opportunity.

Smart on Arters part
 
It's no more unsportsmanlike than using an off side trap or deliberately drawing a foul.
 
Its the same as playing to the whistle....

Take your chances unless otherwise told....

He's a tit to not take the shot on.
 
I thought it was explicitly against the rules.

Caveat - I retired from football at about 11 years of age on the grounds of being shit, and am not that familiar with more than the basic rules of the game

It is against the rules, if the officials had heard it they would have awarded a free kick.

It's also very unsporting and shithouse, and very rare indeed at top-level football. But then Arter is a cunt.
 
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It is against the rules, if the officials had heard it they would have awarded a free kick.

It's also very unsporting and shithouse, and very rare indeed at top-level football. But then Arter is a cunt.

Why do you say that? Is it because of this incident or has he history?
 
What if he shouted "Bus wanker!" or something like that, would it still be unsportsmanlike? Not the opponent's fault they don't watch enough telly.
 
Surely he could just claim he was shouting at someone else. Someone in the crowd picking his nose for example.
 
Surely he could just claim he was shouting at someone else. Someone in the crowd picking his nose for example.
See i heard the call was 'sit'. He could have just said he was calling to the guide dog, looking aggressively at him behind the goal.
 
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