Long before Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba or Steven Gerrard were diving in the Premiership, Robert Pires was perfecting the art for Arsenal.
His most famous dive arguably came towards the end of Arsenal’s unbeaten season, where the penalty he earnt with a dive saved Arsenal from defeat, and kept their record in tact.
The likes of Gerrard dive all over the place, but then pretend he is entirely innocent. “None of that here,” he once claimed he’d tell a team mate if he saw them diving. Pires was exactly the same, diving here, there and everywhere, and after the game, Wenger would claim he didn’t see it.
Today, Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have responded to Rooney’s dive against Villarreal last night.
“It is uncharacteristic of Wayne,” said Ferguson. “He thought he was going to be tackled and made the most of thought he was going to be tackled and made the most of it. But he has seen it again and apologised to me. You don’t usually see it from him. Maybe he had been watching Robert Pires too much. At least he said sorry. You would not hear Pires saying that, bloody hell!”
Rooney also explained his actions, saying, “I thought I was going to get kicked and tried to ride the challenge.”
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And soon will come some Gooner clowns to hang around the site all day, we’ll just play the waiting game…
I’ll give them 8 minutes, depending how quick newsnow.com gets this site up on its board…
Wayne can be a fool sometimes, afterall it is not the first time he has dived – so in reality is he any better than Pires?
ha ha yeah won’t be long before they arrive
Not to mention the man himself (Rooney) taking a dive for a penalty to end the Gunners 49 game unbeaten run….yes quite uncharacteristic Sir Alex….
what’s the message here?
And if you are not sure….just put ” Ronaldo diving” into the search window on YouTube…..You can spend quite a while viewing all his blatent cheating…………Pires ?…..huh !!!!!…you are having a laugh !
how old are you 2 ? you should be at school, bambi beats pires in diving easy bambi dont say sorry ever biggest cheat in the world ,gooner for life
At least Arsenal have got the honest pro Adebeyor to look to.
And what about Ian Wright, the diving fuckwit. I remember one specific United v Arsenal game at Highbury where he blatantly dived. Only for he dived feet first, studs showing, into our goalkeeper!!!
What a brave man. If Schmeichael had of got hold of him, he wouldnt be where he is now…the spiritual home for all clowns – fucking GLADIATORS!!!
With heroes like him, it just makes your club even more of a joke…
We could always go on about Gallas but thats too easy, Van Persie goes down like a hooker so does Eboué, fuck me.
Or that rat Anders Limpar? That muppet brought diving into the country in the first place…
This one is better:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CXlXYl2p7Xw&feature=related
Petit, Llungberg lady boy cheat, Veira went down a few times, probably on Llungberg, we could go on for hours, so these self righteous Gooners can fuck off back to where they belong, the Uefa-Cup and out of the top 4.
yawn
Slow news day?
Pires dives, hold the front page.
And I might also point out it was Rooney’s pathetic dive that won you the penatly in the game that ended Arsenal’s unbeaten run. So don’t infer Arsenal cheated their way to that record.
Jonny, Arsenal cheated their way to that record…
Please tell me how they cheated?
Arsenal we so sporting that season with their behavior towards RVN when he missed that penalty, I still remember Monkey head Keown and that clown Lauren now, learing like a couple of freaks after the final whistle.
A Man United fan wants to talk about sporting behaviour?
Mate look at you disapline record under Wenger very sporting.
And your captain deliberatley tried to break another players leg
swings and roundabouts.
What? thats utter rubbish and you know it, Reyes was just too lightweight everyone knows that, your just getting desperate, Veira wasn’t the model pro was he? we will agree on the same with Keane, you players just don’t have the stomach, simple.
Whats utter rubbish? I was referring to when Keane tried to do Haaland in. Daft idiot even stuck in his his autobiography for all the kids who looked up to him to read.
Vieira had stomach but I’ll agree Reyes was lightweight, but if he’d stayed in England I think he’d be a much better player than today.
I agree with Reyes would be better if he had the balls and stuck with it, but I thought you were referring to Gary Neville, at Highbury.
Do the kids look up to Gallas for balling his eyes out?
How is it though, that the Gooners have by far the worst discipline record out of the top teams, yet when the going gets tough, the Gooners get going, and shit themselves?
Come on, you can’t compare Gallas and Keane in that respect. Gallas was an awful captain but Roy Keane’s ‘stomach’ caused him to make that outrageous karate kick. Keane’s leadership was far superior to Gallas’ but I’d be ashamed if one of Arsenal’s players did something like that, not to mention if he gloated about it later!
Pires had a great dive in the first half last night where he tripped himself in the box under pressure from Rio….it was hilarious. Wayane’s….that was just embarrassing.
Well Jonny I think we’d all be ashamed if United lost at home to Hull City… so lets call it even eh?
Please accept my apologies for diving all the time. I am, how you say in English? A twat.
Hull City are a decent outfit, thought you would’ve realised that from when you played them. Or are you really that blinkered?
What utter bollox on here, where did this start today, talking about gypsy diving and rednose talking about pires. What a fucking joke. What about ronaldo and horse face cunt before him. I have never read such utter shite and rednose doesnt mention the granny shagger diving over campbells foot, didnt hear any apology that day, the only thing that could be heard that day was the clink of whisky bottles being given to riley. Why cant you lot recognise that all teams have cheats including yours, and you have plenty.
Like Stke Jonny, who we beat 5 nothing, Keane was a great captain, and I am proud of the way he captained our side, Juve away was one of the greatest captains performances I have ever seen, and Haarland isn’t going to get any supporters on this site mate!!
Jonny, United should of won that game by 6 or 7 easy, it was one of the strangest games Ive seen for a while, it was so one sided it was laughable, we cut through them at will. They were dead and buried, and came back out of no where. The chances we missed were unexplainable, not to mention their defender should of been sent off for fouling Carrick at 4-2. But point taken, losing 2-1 to Hull is the the same as doing them 4-3…
I wouldn’t expect anyone here to support Haaland. I’m only surprised your not more embarrassed by that whole soap opera.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wFNE3opjOZQ&feature=related
its is what the bindipper fans want in a player
I look what he did for us, and not what the outside bollox media other fans think, and what soap opera, the press?
divedivedive, I think you left out a few letters (R & L?), shouldnt your name be ‘driveldriveldrivel’???
Everyone knows yer a cheating shower of clowns…”same old Arsenal, always cheating” is heard at most grounds across England at one time or another. Yeah, every club has to some extent, one or two ‘questionable fellows’ who do ‘questionable deeds’, but ye seem to recruit them on purpose. Thats whats making your slide from the top 4 all the more enjoyable to watch, and now ye can go slum it with Spurs, Pompey, Everton and City for a UEFA Cup spot!!! Muppet…
What is Arsenal’s obsession with Ruud?
I meant when his autobiography came out, there was a load of media coverage and I’m not sure what the punishment was or if there even was one (yeah, clearly the FA is against you…) but it made headlines. He was worse than Barton. It was common assault and he was lucky to dodge a prison sentence. This wasn’t enough though, he then bragged about it in the common domain. He should have been thrown out of the game. Utterly disgraceful.
Worse than Barton who beat a fellow player black and blue while he was on the ground are you talking the piss? Was it worse than the media circus that has been currently about your previous captain or alcoholic, druggy, gambling Merson, or drink driving donkey crack wife Adams?
Oh sorry and bung taking Graham?
Common assault? As Scott has said on here before, Haaland played in their next game. And when he retired he himself admitted it was due to problems with his other knee….And the bragging about it thing? I mean…its not like Roy sat down at a desk in front of a type writer and worked the book out himself, I’m sure the ghost writer asked him a question about it, and Roy explained what happened.
“I fucking hit him hard. The ball was there, I think….Take that you cunt. And dont you ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries again”. (thats my “favorite quote” on facebook, btw….)
Barton and Keane are violent thugs. You listing morally questionable Arsenal players will only lead to me listing morally questionable United players. And I have very little problem doing that.
Whether Haaland played in the next game is immaterial. Keane set out to break his leg, it doesn’t matter that that tackle is not what ended his career. I suppose Keane just spouted boastful rabid false-bravado shit and the ghost writer just summarised.
Wasn’t Veira sent of nine times for you in 6 years, who really is the thug?
ho you know he tried to break his leg, you have just made that up, deal in facts.
Keane was sent off four times in 18 months in the late nineties.
When a player like Keane says ‘going in hard’ it involves broken limbs
Ok he had 11 reds in 17 years, Veira has had 12 thus far, again who is the real thug?
When did he ever break someones limb?
And when your current captain says Going in hard, it means what exactly?? Adding that little bit of “umph” when throwing pizza? Or spitting in people’s faces as they sit on the ground?
That wasn’t my point. My point was he meant to.
Anyway, as much fun as this has been, must be off. One day maybe each of our fans will find a common ground. Vendetta against Chelsea anyone?
Setting up the second goal in a 2-1 win perhaps…..
shut up johnny. u should be ashamed that your asrenal manager choose get a sore loser who knows how to fight as captain. fab’s Carling cup nice fight against lampard. eboue superb attack on helpless wayne bridge. throwing pizzas and soup after undefeated run ends. eboue diving in a champions league final. lauren grabbing phil ‘s neville neck. viera trying to kick at ruud after ruud step on him accidentally then Bunch of lunactics like martin keown attacking ruud after missing his pen. viera And u call your club not moral questionable? such a disgrace club and still got guts to say us. it is so funny u gooners say others without looking at themselves.
haha touche…..And i’m all for sharing a common hatred of chelski
How bout we rope in some Chelski with us and the Gooners, and hate those fucking scousers?
Ive just read all this banter… fantastic entertainment.. i love this site.
Champions of England…
Champions of Europe..
every player dives gerrard,torres,drogba, the whole arsenal squad. but atleast Rooney has been man enough to apologise and give a reason for it.
Keano could twat the shit out of any player he bossed the midfield and inspired his team, my favourite ‘thug’ is robbie (lilly) savage he’s as hard as torres when he see’s gerrard warming up. terry is another wannbe hard man how the media manage to turn bad defending into ‘hard brave tackles’ is beyond me, the crying racist southern softy… yet he captains ingurland, you just couldnt make this stuff up.
Bertie mee said to matt busby
have you heard of the north bank highbury
no said matt you cockney twat
but ive heard of the STRETFORD ENDERS!
COMA UNITED ROADDDD!
Wow he appologised? now when will Steven “if a mate dives, I have a talk with me and i think diving is unacceptable in football” Gerrard appologise?
Fuck me sideways this ROM blog is getting better and better… laughing so much at the gooner wanker that i nearly done me ribs in laughing… sa it is me sides are hurting…. Eh up Failsworth got any painkillers going…..
Any road, when Keane done Haaland, in the weeks he had off after, he went to Mass every day praying to have another crack at the cunt…
Keano. An absolute fucking giant amongst players who took no prisoners
You’ll never hear Pires appologising for diving. On the other hand you might hear him apologising.
Penal of Judge:
10 points for Gerrard’s Dive.
You don’t even have to touch him. He will dive dramatically with magnificent diving style and touch the floor with a perfect landing. Stood up and ran away before he got his ass kicked while the oppositions chasing him with a knife in the tongue.
Let’s face it – they all dive nowadays including at my club!!!!!!!
Since the influx of foreigners it opened the floodgates. Unfortunately the british are now doing it – Rooney, Owen, Gerrard…………
The days of your Adams, Robson’s etc. went into a crunching challenge to get straight up and dust themselves down are long gone.
What doesn’t help is that if someone gets fouled and tries to stay on their feet the ref’s don’t give anything – so they are virtually encouraging the players to dive………….
GoonerBrian
oh I forgot didnt arsenal cheat their way to 49 games unbeaten dont forget pires dive that won arsenal a pen against pompey and that was september 2003.
What manc is on here pretending to be Robert Pires. Maybe somebody should sign up as goofy cheat or granny shagger and apologise for being a cheat. If Robert Pires wants to learn how to dive he should come and get lessons from rooney and that goofy twat. And if you dont know why horse face cunt is so hated just ask anybody who follows football.
divedivedive, your a cuntcuntcunt
get a grippp! Rooney hardly ever dives and he came out and apologised which is more than any others have done, drogba and gerrard are by far the worst divers because not only do they dive there fucking shit at it! gerrard’s superman dive was world class though without doubt take a bow you cheating scouse/chelski rentboy.
are only real diver is ronaldo but considering he’s the most fouled player it kind of evens out, i dont like the lad meself so im not gonna defend him.
and mate you obviously dont follow football.
Arsenal a.k.a North London Amateur dramatics Society.
Can any Fucking gooner twat name a Arsenal Player that hasn’t dived all over the place in the last 15 years, under the world’s greatest diving coach Arsehole Wanger? World school of diving AFC
HAHAHA!!! *ROFL*
Arse Anal managed by Arse and Wenger/Wanker.
HAHAHAHAHA. That is fucking brilliant! Like fergies quip about Inzaghi being born offside.