Football's latest controversy not only lies solely in the hands of Thierry Henry (excuse the pun), but could well be crucial in the development of technology within the game. As Rob asked in his recent post on the incident, what's it going to take for the authorities to realise technology is required? Click to continue reading...

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has vented his fury at FIFA in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.
'I would like to know what have I done to (Sepp) Blatter,' Trapattoni said. 'If he explains it to me at least I would be calm.
'I often go to schools and speak of fair play. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry. A contentious and topical subject if ever there was one.
Whilst the footballing world today recoils in disgust at the actions of the France captain, there are plenty of misguided Arsenal fans who will be lightning quick to shout you down if you dare as to utter a derogatory comment. Click to continue reading...

Looks like a carry to me, but if it was Iverson they'd let it slide
The Daily Mail has a nice assortment of photoshopped Thierry Henry specials sent in by jokesters around the internet - and this one seemed to me to make the most sense because of Henry's past professed love for the Chicago Bulls. Click to continue reading...

Two bits of good news were announced yesterday, one is that Kieran Gibbs has not suffered any break to his ankle he just has some bad bruising and won't be out for long. I don't expect we will see him at the weekend, but back in time for The Chavs I hope. Silvestre ‘should' be able to cope against Sunderland on Saturday but The Chavs are a bit of a different story.

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There is no longer a debate on this. Not one which has any credibility. The reason i say this is that a debate is where two or more factions can equally assert their opinions on a given subject. Well....the debate is now dead. Its time for action. Football is riddled by this disease that halts the match [. Click to continue reading...

There is nothing like diving. An art hated by many, appreciated by some, it's a part of football whether we like it or not. So until it's eradicated from the game, I am providing fans a new wave of classifying a dive. A fool proof system to help you identify the severity of the transgression committed when our favorite footballers decide to cheat. Click to continue reading...

Here's the setup Going into the last day of the Maranhão State League second division season in Brazil yesterday, two clubs sat atop the league with the same number of points: Viana and Moto Club. On this decisive day, Viana hosted Chapadinha, a club they had a scoreless draw with the last time they played, and Moto Club took on Santa Quiteria.

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Robin Van Persie has had something to say in the press on the subject of diving.
Need I say anymore? Cheers Robin - sometimes you make it far too easy. Click to continue reading...

I've held off on using my wild card this week despite carrying a lot of dead weight. My dead weight is all in the sub 6M range, so will be relatively easy to replace over the next 2-3 weeks, but for now - I'm still stuck with two Wolves' players - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (5.2M) and the woeful Nenad Milijas (5. Click to continue reading...

England players diving.
Wayne Rooney
Steven Gerrard (go to the 50 second mark for best results)
Ashley Cole
I have always maintained with friends that the difference between the English view of diving and that of some other nations is that English football watching culture is markedly against diving and views it as cheating, while some other football cultures may see diving as simply part of the game. Click to continue reading...

Player simulation is rearing its ugly head once again and no-one is really surprised to learn that Arsenal are the chief culprits. A lot of players dive these days, don't get me wrong, but over the years many have learned to associate this despicable practice with the Woolwich Wanderers' best and brightest. Click to continue reading...

It is 2.57am in New Zealand as I write this, and I have an alarm set for 6 o'clock to get a ferry in the morning. However, having just seen Everton robbed of three points by Aston Villa feat. Howard Webb I feel compelled to expel some of the frustration that is coursing through me [...] Click to continue reading...

Rage about Real Madrid's handling of the Cristiano Ronaldo affair is rampant and for good reason. Players have contracts. It is unfair when opposing teams say out loud, "we want this guy". This unsettles the contracted player. The football system is set-up to have transfers done in a particular way: Team x contacts Team y about player z and offers k amount for that player. Click to continue reading...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9HdcMinxbE For those of you that are either not MLS fans, or were too distracted by the Euros to notice, FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo played on Thursday night to a 1-1 draw. What won't show up on most highlight reels is the absolutely shameful dive by Marcelo Saragosa of FC Dallas in the [. Click to continue reading...

Let's face it - as much as we love the game of Football, there are some things we'd happily remove from it given half a chance. They're the things that annoy us, frustrate us and often make us downright angry.
It's these things that we at Some People Are On The Pitch feel we can do something about through good old-fashioned dialogue and maybe even heated conversation. Click to continue reading...