Leroy fer " I meant to score "

Leroy Fer: " I meant to score "


Norwich City midfielder Leroy Fer has admitted he meant to score against Cardiff City rather than give the ball back following an injury.

Norwich had been frustrated throughout their Premier League clash and had seen Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall deny them on numerous occasions.

Cardiff put the ball out of play in stoppage time after Alexander Tettey had gone down injured, and when the subsequent throw-in was taken, Fer was expected to pass the ball back to Marshall. However, he rolled the ball into the open goal.
With the score 0-0, the Netherlands international revealed he had put the ball into the net because he wanted to win the game.
"I meant to score, I wanted to win the game," he told talkSPORT. "In this situation I just wanted to score because it was a 0-0 draw.
"In Holland if they throw the ball away and you want to play on, you can play on. I see now that in England it's different.
"Next time I'll make sure I give the ball back to the keeper."
Fer's effort was ruled out by referee Mike Jones, despite the apparent absence of any infringement.
The midfielder explained he had been told by Jones the goal had been disallowed because the official had not blown his whistle to signal for the throw-in to be taken.
"The referee said he didn’t blow his whistle. That’s the reason why he didn’t let the goal count," Fer added. "But normally you don’t blow the whistle for a throw in, which is why I went for goal."
Norwich's late disallowed goal represented the second controversial incident in as many weeks involving Cardiff after they saw Chelsea score despite Samuel Eto'o illegally taking the ball off Marshall last week.

Basic human morality and pitch side etiquette ...or lack of.

Your team mate is laying down injured.
A member of the opposite team deliberately stops play by killing the ball,allowing your injured colleague to get pitch side treatment.


And his excuse was "I wanted to win the game".

hope he plays in the game down here

It was an unclassy thing to do but he said in his interview that in Holland they don't kick the ball back to the opposition after they have put it out for an injury. So can't really blame him.

Cue the major stick at CCS for the cheating b@stard

It was an unclassy thing to do but he said in his interview that in Holland they don't kick the ball back to the opposition after they have put it out for an injury. So can't really blame him.

What a load if shit. It was put out by us for one of his OWN team mates to get treatment. I dont care wether youre from the UK, Holland or Timbucktoo everyone knows its sporting courtesy to guve the ball back.

He is talking rubbish, the DO give the ball back in Holland, he has no excuses

CHEAT

What he did was bad enough but to say what he said afterwards is beggars belief.

Ban the c**t for bringing the game into disrepute

What he did was bad enough but to say what he said afterwards is beggars belief.

Ban the c**t for bringing the game into disrepute

that made me laugh.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Absolute prick of a bloke.

It was an unclassy thing to do but he said in his interview that in Holland they don't kick the ball back to the opposition after they have put it out for an injury. So can't really blame him.

What a load if shit. It was put out by us for one of his OWN team mates to get treatment. I dont care wether youre from the UK, Holland or Timbucktoo everyone knows its sporting courtesy to guve the ball back.

Calm down, I don't agree with what he did. I am just saying that he wasn't familiar with the way things were done in England.

It was an unclassy thing to do but he said in his interview that in Holland they don't kick the ball back to the opposition after they have put it out for an injury. So can't really blame him.

What a load if shit. It was put out by us for one of his OWN team mates to get treatment. I dont care wether youre from the UK, Holland or Timbucktoo everyone knows its sporting courtesy to guve the ball back.

Calm down, I don't agree with what he did. I am just saying that he wasn't familiar with the way things were done in England.

Im calm and im saying hes a lying c**t and youre gullable for swallowing that nonsense.

I wish this kicking the ball out nonsense stops soon. Ridiculous.

If there is a serious injury the ref will stop it.

He can't have it both ways. If he tried to score, then fair enough. Not the done thing, but at least he's honest. But he tries to get around his unsporting behaviour by saying that he didn't understand the code in this country. A likely story.

Come to think of it, in that game between the Arsenal and Sheffield United,(that was re-played),it was Mark Overmars who actually put the ball in the net. Another Dutch cheat.

Chris Houghton came across as less than honourable, too.

It was one of their payers who was injured, not one of ours. If it was one of ours, then fair enough, they could ave suspected us of time wasting.

All in all, a pretty grubby affair. Like last week. But welcome to the Premier League, and its foreign cheats.

Perhaps we need to be a little less innocent, especially Marshall.

It was a right soft kick of the ball. I think he just casually kicked it towards goal and trotted away. Post match "I meant to score was wanting to win the game" was a fans warmer.

I wish this kicking the ball out nonsense stops soon. Ridiculous.

If there is a serious injury the ref will stop it.

It would clear things up. But players often pretend to be injured, and go down in areas that affect the play.

Remember some years ago, Wales were playing Russia, (not the play-off), and we had them on the rack for a while. Big Ginge had just equalised, and we were going for a second. But they kept on falling down. In and around their penalty area. The ref did his best to play on, but it was difficult. He stopped the game several times. We lost the momentum, and lost 3-1.

Some players, mainly foreigners, just do such things. Basically cheats.

He can't have it both ways. If he tried to score, then fair enough. Not the done thing, but at least he's honest. But he tries to get around his unsporting behaviour by saying that he didn't understand the code in this country. A likely story.

Come to think of it, in that game between the Arsenal and Sheffield United,(that was re-played),it was Mark Overmars who actually put the ball in the net. Another Dutch cheat.

Chris Houghton came across as less than honourable, too.

It was one of their payers who was injured, not one of ours. If it was one of ours, then fair enough, they could ave suspected us of time wasting.

All in all, a pretty grubby affair. Like last week. But welcome to the Premier League, and its foreign cheats.

Perhaps we need to be a little less innocent, especially Marshall.

Agreed, his excuse doesn't wash. The game is played with the same principles all over the world. Ever seen this happen in an international. Insincere bollox from the cheating b*stard. i was there but didn't really notice what happened at the time, but watching it again on MOD I'm disappointed one of our players didn't throttle him.

Agreed about Hughton too, he could have made a stand.

I watched the extended interview on Cardiff's Youtube and he said if Norwich were winning then he'd have passed it back so I retract my earlier comment.

One thing to add. Well done to the ref for finding a way out of the situation. i think things could have got ugly otherwise.

I wish this kicking the ball out nonsense stops soon. Ridiculous.

If there is a serious injury the ref will stop it.

I absolutely agree with this comment

Far too many players these days actively 'looking' to stop the game every time they lose the ball or break a boot lace!

I wish this kicking the ball out nonsense stops soon. Ridiculous.

If there is a serious injury the ref will stop it.

I absolutely agree with this comment

Far too many players these days actively 'looking' to stop the game every time they lose the ball or break a boot lace!

I thpught they brought a directive in the game should only be stopped if a head injury?
The refs in their defence cant win they are being conned most of the time.

Its not just foreign players either last Sunday Kyle Walker went down holding his face after a challenge with Agbolahor and he was holding his teeth, physio checking them.etc and the replay should he wasnt touched in the face!!! Held game up for 2/3 mibs and Agbonlahor booked.

Agree. Fed up with kicking out- let ref decide. When did the players decide when game starts and stops?

Worse we've lost the fun of the proper drop ball.

I wish this kicking the ball out nonsense stops soon. Ridiculous.

If there is a serious injury the ref will stop it.

I absolutely agree with this comment

Far too many players these days actively 'looking' to stop the game every time they lose the ball or break a boot lace!

I thpught they brought a directive in the game should only be stopped if a head injury?
The refs in their defence cant win they are being conned most of the time.

Its not just foreign players either last Sunday Kyle Walker went down holding his face after a challenge with Agbolahor and he was holding his teeth, physio checking them.etc and the replay showed he wasnt touched in the face!!! Held game up for 2/3 mins and Agbonlahor booked.

Totally agree and had the game not had only the one or so minutes left to go, the Norwich fans would have been screaming & booing for one of our players to kick the ball out, much the same as a lot of our fans were in our recent home game against Spurs or Newcastle!

Marshall did the right thing IMO and the problem which Norwich now have, is when one of their players gets injured in future games, their opponents may decide to play on with them down to 10 men and they'll then whine like babies that their opponents should have kicked the ball out, instead of going up their end and sticking one past Ruddy! I'd be fecking delighted to see this happen!

Whats wrong with doing what they do in rugby? Game plays on and physio comes on field? If a player wants to go down then let him but his team will be down to ten men.

Whats wrong with doing what they do in rugby? Game plays on and physio comes on field? If a player wants to go down then let him but his team will be down to ten men.

You could also allow teams to bring on temporary replacements like they do in rugby as well, but this could lead to players going onto the field and not being warmed up properly and picking up muscle strains!

Can't see why the games can't continue like it had done up to yesterday, where gentlemanly conduct was previously the order of the day!

The most disappointing thing, is that not everyone has condemned the ignorant scum.

There was very little play acting or time wasting in our game yesterday, if any, so some of the above comments are irrelevant in this case.

Its nonsense, its a physical game and a war of attrition.

Ive seen play get stopped and players kick the ball out for someone who goes down with a muscle strain. Surely thats down to lack of conditioning and the other team being fitter to not experience thise issues.

Its like a marathon runner stopping while the guy in second place recieves treatment for cramp or a thigh strain.

Broken leg etc, stop the game. Head injury, stop the game.... Anything else, unlucky.

The Premier League is not the epitome of common sense, sportsmanship, or anything decent, really.

Good luck with your campaign to improve it, little Roathiekins.

it looked like van wofenfickle or however you spell that stupid name egged fer on to do it, he took the throw in can see him trying to play the quick throw and shook his head when fer wasn't going to do it at first but in the end he did and now has become number one target for us haha