C. Ronaldo: Referees Too Lenient

Pimpong · Post by **Pimpong** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:51 am

Ronaldo believes Premiership referees should hand out harsher punishments to defenders for fouling flair players.

The Manchester United winger believes referees in England are too lenient towards tough-tackling defenders and should 'protect' attacking players more.

"If it's a free-kick, the referee should give a free-kick. But here referees choose to ignore fouls a lot of the time," says Ronaldo in the new Opus book.

"I think the referees here favour the defenders quite a bit because they get to tackle a lot without getting a yellow card.

"It's difficult for a defender in England to get sent off by collecting two yellow cards - it's very rare it happens.

"I think the referees should protect the attackers more. Not only me, not only wingers, but strikers as well.

"If it's a dirty tackle or harsh tackle, the ref should give a yellow card right away without warning. But they don't. Defenders are often told 'Next time it's a booking'."

Ronaldo says there's a more physical 'mentality' in English football, meaning that there are few English flair players.

"In Portugal, football is quite different. People want to play football but here it's more physical," he says.

"People can tackle you hard if you try to play football. There are some English players who are very technical - but you don't have many.

"The football is different here, with a different mentality. And it's not just the players who have grown up with it but the referees too."

ronaldo07 · Post by **ronaldo07** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:54 am

c ronaldo = most fouled player ..
wouldnt surprise me if he come out with those comment !!

Caramelas13 · Post by **Caramelas13** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:55 pm

I think Premiership referee's should hand out harsher penalities for players that DIVE constantly.

povman_2009 · Post by **povman_2009** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:30 pm

C Ronaldo should try playing more time standing on his feet , he might get a different perspective of things.

BAGGIO 15 · Post by **BAGGIO 15** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:18 pm

ronaldo07 wrote:c ronaldo = most fouled player ..
wouldnt surprise me if he come out with those comment !!

Yet the prick still dives the most,

ronaldo07 · Post by **ronaldo07** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:06 pm

i think robben = most dived player in EPL !!

LFTWNG11 · Post by **LFTWNG11** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:15 pm

Robben doesnt get any time on the pitch to dive!

delfino_1936 · Post by **delfino_1936** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:17 pm

Drogba dives more than Robben yet, Drogba doesn't dive that often...Ronaldo 07....every1 noes C R is a diver...dont even bother defending him

Post by **Randoman** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:52 am

what a fken idiot. he cant tackle for shite anyway. he'd get booked faster than most defenders. hate the bloke more and more every time he opens his mouth

ozzie owl · Post by **ozzie owl** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:18 pm

I agree punish bad tackles however the biggest blight on the world stage is diving.

I like the late great Johnny Warren solution at the elite level. His suggestion was for a panel of referee inspectors to watch the game after and hand out respective yellow cards for diving. You only have to do this a few times and arridicate the cancer of the world game.

manU4life · Post by **manU4life** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:21 pm

he does go down easily...but i stil dont think he dove against boro...im not saying it was a penalty either but i think he tried to change directions on a greasy surface and thats what caused him to stumble

Le King · Post by **Le King** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:31 pm

ronaldo ahhh ronaldo

manU4life · Post by **manU4life** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:35 pm

the lad would make any team in the world...

The one and only · Post by **The one and only** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:43 pm

i really dont think he is the worst diver in the world and i really think that any one of you would take him in your team in a heart beat.

he gets tackled that often that he looks more and more like a diver because all people do is go for his legs

and im sure he'd much rather make a defender look stupid like he does 90% of the time then dive watch some of the other people like robben and drogba drogba dives when a keeper touches his back robben dives when he is in the penalty box but there isn't a defender touching him

ronaldo07 · Post by **ronaldo07** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:41 am

i aree ...
he dived b4, but it doesnt make him dive all the time ...
he's definitely top world clsss player !!

Jb17 · Post by **Jb17** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:58 pm

ronaldo is a cheatin fuck..
but what a talent.