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I am sorry but I must say that UEFA are a bunch of fairies for letting Eduardo Off.

I am a die hard Toon Army fan but if there is a dive I will say that the Newcastle player dived. Perfect example for me is that I am ashamed to say it but Joey Barton seems to be a very good player for Newcastle at the minute and I am glad he is there. Thus from this you can gather that I dont really take sides.

But Eduardo….

I have to take the side that think the Eduardo dive was awful and he should of been banned for at least 5 games. I know that Arsenal appealed against the decision and they got off with it but really a player should be banned when they fall over intentionally trying to persuade the referee in there favour without being touched or tackled in any way. Yes the Celtic keep did come out but if you look at the footage you see that the keep had no bady part near Eduardo. Also Eduardo kicked the ball away from goal and also kicked it so far away that by the time the challenge came in the ball was nearly out of play.

I know that at the end of the day that this will never become a law in the game but when they give it then take it away it is just not right.

What irritates me even more is the fact that Eduardo produced a statement that included these words.

“I’m very pleased that we have finally arrived at the truth,”

“All we needed to do was to prove what happened and we have managed to do that. This decision makes me feel a lot better.

“I just want to say that I am a fair player. To score goals you must take your opportunities and I’m not the type of player who needs to be dishonest to score goals.”

From this i must think that Eduardo is so blind that he thinks he was in the right to dive. He says he did not dive but it is clear as day. As clear as the Adebayhor kick on Van Persie at the weekend.

I really think that Eduardo should of recieved a 4 match ban or even more.

What do you think???

Did anyone notice that the Wembley pitch was the worst seen in ages.

I cannot remember a national stadium ground that has been worse compaid with the amount of money that has been spent on the stadium.

When England finally announced that the stadium was ready, I remember they went on about the new pitch and how it was going to be as good as or even better than the stadium that surrounded it.

How they were wrong the pitch was nothing better than a mess from start to finish. They laid the pitch too close to the first game se it did not have chance to marry with the underlying material. It was told that the pitch was too lojng and it did not let the ball run as everyone wanted. I could go on.

Well after the two semi-finals for the FA cup, Wenger stuck his head out and blasted the pitch. You would take from this that because he had lost his semi-final he was clutching at straws and blaming anything but his team. But after the other semi-final both Moyes and Ferguson both compolained that the pitch was rubbish.

How can they get the pitch so wrong when premier league teams have brilliant lush grass that allows them to play week in week out and the pitch does not look as bad as Wembley’s did??