yeah when you play that role, as I have many a time...

obviously nowhere near the same level but basically it's common sense that you use your body as much as possible to make the defender feel uncomfortable. I got called a fat w**ker many a time by manager, player and dad when I was 14/15 for backing into players when the ball was played up. One lad was nearly blubbing towards the end of one match as he claimed I was stamping on his toes as I backed in. Really wanted to score in that game, we did win, I remember I was subbed off with a few mins to go and my manager said I had played brilliantly. All I did was basically foul their defender for most of the game and got away with it from memory. Their manager came over to me and called us a 'disgrace'. I never was involved in anything remotely controversial on a football field before or since though, other games it was always 50/50 whether the foul would be given for or against me, but most of time the refs just used to let the game flow.

Posted By: Brandonio, Feb 2, 16:52:21