Obinna Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, El Hombre said: No idea if this is the actual reason, but from watching Lille games it would seem that David is getting a bit of a reputation for going down pretty easily. Not a big fan of this development in his game personally. Again, no idea if the ref knew this about David and if that factored in at all but you can see that he is getting fewer and fewer calls in Ligue 1 these days. It was the same at Gent. Difference was that he got the calls. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 6 hours ago, El Hombre said: No idea if this is the actual reason, but from watching Lille games it would seem that David is getting a bit of a reputation for going down pretty easily. Not a big fan of this development in his game personally. Again, no idea if the ref knew this about David and if that factored in at all but you can see that he is getting fewer and fewer calls in Ligue 1 these days. Agree with most of that. Though it may be handy in CONCACAF. And in fairness to him, it seemed like he started doing it when he was really struggling to have an impact. He probably saw it as a way to benefit his team when things just weren’t happening for him. johnyb and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 11 hours ago, El Hombre said: No idea if this is the actual reason, but from watching Lille games it would seem that David is getting a bit of a reputation for going down pretty easily. Not a big fan of this development in his game personally. Again, no idea if the ref knew this about David and if that factored in at all but you can see that he is getting fewer and fewer calls in Ligue 1 these days. Even if such a reputation exists, I doubt the lack of an initial call was anything to do with that. I think it's more a case that the Ref was out of position to see that it wasn't a shoulder-to-shoulder play but a clear shove from behind. Alternatively, it might also be a case of Lille being victimized by "big club" syndrome, with Ajax (by far a bigger club historically than the likes of Lille) getting the sort of breaks on PK decisions or other calls that I think Milan got against Borjan's club on the same day, or which the likes of Juventus have enjoyed for the past 40-50 years in Serie A. What was interesting to me is that the VAR ref thought it was such an obvious PK that he got the Ref to stop the match during play, rather than waiting for a stoppage. That's something I'd not seen before. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 11 hours ago, El Hombre said: No idea if this is the actual reason, but from watching Lille games it would seem that David is getting a bit of a reputation for going down pretty easily. Not a big fan of this development in his game personally. Again, no idea if the ref knew this about David and if that factored in at all but you can see that he is getting fewer and fewer calls in Ligue 1 these days. He probably is, but for good reason: that is a big part of his game. He doesn't dive but he goes down when he feels that he is fouled. He has won a lot of penalties/free kicks and he will win a lot more in his career. When he gets the call, you have to give him credit. When he doesn't it's a simple lost ball. Cheeta, Cblake and lowlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Lille take on Strasbourg at 11am ET tomorrow. If you feel like doing some scoreboard watching TV5 has Dijon v. PSG at 11am ET today dyslexic nam and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: Even if such a reputation exists, I doubt the lack of an initial call was anything to do with that. I think it's more a case that the Ref was out of position to see that it wasn't a shoulder-to-shoulder play but a clear shove from behind. Alternatively, it might also be a case of Lille being victimized by "big club" syndrome, with Ajax (by far a bigger club historically than the likes of Lille) getting the sort of breaks on PK decisions or other calls that I think Milan got against Borjan's club on the same day, or which the likes of Juventus have enjoyed for the past 40-50 years in Serie A. What was interesting to me is that the VAR ref thought it was such an obvious PK that he got the Ref to stop the match during play, rather than waiting for a stoppage. That's something I'd not seen before. The cynic in me wonders it the ref thought "Eh, if that's a penalty I'll let VAR ask me to have a look." Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) David starting up top with Ikone. Yazici and Weah both on the bench. They also have a league match v Marseille on Wednesday. Edited February 28, 2021 by narduch Cblake, Nate3322 and dyslexic nam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 David’s best playing time is with Yazici and Weah. I find it really aggravating to watch him with Bamba and Ikone. They’re just boneheaded and selfish players. NVsoccer, gator, dyslexic nam and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: David’s best playing time is with Yazici and Weah. I find it really aggravating to watch him with Bamba and Ikone. They’re just boneheaded and selfish players. I call it Voyageurs torture porn. dyslexic nam, Ivan, Cblake and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Cheeky dive. Should get a yellow. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 LOL. You're gonna get it.... Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Embarassing dive by David, it might come in handy in Concacaf matches though! Cblake, MtlMario, Ivan and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 He’s softer than a kitten. I don’t like that part of his game El Hombre and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, gator said: Embarassing dive by David, it might come in handy in Concacaf matches though! We'll need those against Mexico Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 At what point do you get ripped into by your team mates? At what point does the assistant take you aside after practice and tell you it's OK to rip into certain someone's, in match, if they keep being stupid? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Better side ahead imo. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Smashing goal. 100%. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Has David touched the ball yet? This is another frustrating watch, well taken goal though! Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 WOOF WOOF Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 It’s still amazing to me that this side leads the league. Cblake and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 So David scored ? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Dominic94 said: So David scored ? Three pointer! Cblake and Mikmacdo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 He needs to show quickly or he’ll be subbed early. Not a great half Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I think as the central attacker he is probably being told to stay up top but he would be better employed as a false 9 imo. He has to get more involved than he is. I would like to see him drop back more and get involved in play. Nothing ever seems to come through the centre and he is always isolated and looking like a passenger most of the time. Club Linesman, sebdeserio, Aird25 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hard to see where a goal is going to come from. To a man Lille looks fatigued, mentally, physically, the lot. Subs coming not a minute too soon. Aird25 and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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