totally unpredictable yet again.......

He acted in a very sportsman like fashion (in an old fashioned Corinthian kind of way) but he cost the 3 A's two points.....so was he right or was he wrong?

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Answers

Getting it onto the answers page.......

I think he was right........

Would I think the same if one of ours did the same.......I would like to think I would yes.

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-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Great, if your the team with the injured keeper!

But if he was playing for the toon and he done that I would do violence - I havent yet played baseball.

Imagine you had put a wager on 2-1, and he played the football version of god? He decided you shouldn't have your windfall!

I think he was trying to say something, perhaps to his team mates etc.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Good lad. There's no guarantee he would have scored anyway, imho. The way people are talking you'd think it was tap-in.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

What happened?

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Ciara.......

90th minute of the Everton/W Ham match, Kanoute sprints down the Wham right.....keeper comes charging out, Kaoute leapfrogs over him.....keeper tries to turn and stand at the same time, twists his knee and goes down like a bag of hammers (no pun intended) Kanoute carrys on the attack (all in one move) and chips the ball into the middle, right onto Di Cannylads chest......instead of controlling the ball and 'probably' scoring a last minute away winner, he catches the ball and gives away a deliberate free kick, so that the keeper can be attended to.....

Keeper carried off, sub keeper comes on, takes free kick, lobs ball into crowd.....WHam get throw in, referee blows final whistle.....litterally that close to the end.....

As Dan said above, it wasn't a tap in by any stretch of the imagination, but he had so much space if he had controlled it I wouldn't have bet against him scoring.....he had already turned Stevie Watson inside out, and the other two defenders in the box were looking at the stricken keeper.

Great piece of sportsmanship, and although 'Arry said he was right in the post match interviews, I'd love to hear what he actually said in the dressing room.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Ciara, injury time, West Ham break down right, Everton keeper Gerrard rushes outside box to intercept, no contact made but keeper ominously collapses in a crumpled heat, ball is crossed to Canio 14 yards out, center of box, it arrives to him shoulder high , if he had scored goal of the season, as the ball was in flight drew attention to keeper and caught the ball, standing ovation from Everton fans.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Wow! Very sportsmanlike indeed!

And glad to know about that so I can cover my eyes when they show that highlight on the EPL show tonight. OUCH!

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Don't worry about covering your eyes Ciara.......it wasn't that bad. The keeper just twisted his knee.....it was just at first it looked as though he may have bust it.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

I'm incredibly squeamish with knee and ankle injuries of any kind. Childhood spent in and out of the emergency room with my 2-3x yearly sprains and strains. (Yes, I'm a klutz) I'll just cover the part of the screen with the keeper and watch Dicanio's reaction. ;-)

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

The radio made out it would be a certain goal but I think he had a lot to do. That said he'd decided to stop play before the cross came in.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Great sportsmanship - but I'm not convinced it was an easy chance. Mebbes he wanted to look good instead of fluffing it? Cynical, moi? Nah - great piece of sportsmanship from the Canny Lad.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Don`t think he had enough time to think ` Hey I could make myself look really good here` - I think it was a sponteneous reaction, I think it was the right thing to do, and I think he probably got a different reaction from the manager `off camera`!(;o)

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

Why was he not booked for deliberate hand ball?

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2000

If you watch closely, you'll see he had his arms raised as all the time the cross was coming over. It looked to me like he had every intention of catching the ball as soon as it got close enough.

Very impressive in today's cynical atmosphere. The ref would, (and should) have been crucified if he'd given a card for the handball.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

great sportsmanship.... despite the ref actually blowing the whistle BEFORE he caught it! De C was going to stop play anyway. AND it was by no means a certain goal.. he caught it above his head so he'd have had to leap and either head it goalwards or do some magic head control, bring it down, beat the 3 defenders who were closing in on him and tuck it away.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

FAR from a certain goal.....fair play to the lad.....

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

He was MAD, look the guy caught the ball so the sponge could come on, Howay Di Can you were just outside the box if you had of headed it it would have been another 5 seconds before th sponge came on - SO!!

Good sportsmanship yes but at the cost of 2 points Id not be a happy hammer.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

There was no guarantee he'd have made the header. It was coming in a bit high and 2 Everton players nearly on top of him already. Still, I can understand the frustration. I'd be frustrated if it was one of our players. But still think it was the right thing to do. I actually thought the ref wsa a Scrooge for blowing the whistle right after the throw in. Should have given another 30sec or so since Everton's keeper sportingly put kicked it out so WHam started in the same third of the pitch where DiCanio caught the ball.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

If the Hammers had actually been desperate for the points, would he have done it? Sorry, he is and will always be the devil wrapped up as Mr Rigbsy to me. I HATE HIM.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

Can't we just accept that for once a professional footballer - in the heat of the battle - had the correct human and sporting instincts?

Good on yer, De CannyLad.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000

If it were anyone other than Di Canio, I would, Clarky, but I still,l have visions of himn sportingly kicking Nobby in the head at Upton Park last season and of him sportingly fighting with Lampard over who took the pen. In this instance he did the right thing but he is still a twerp of the first water.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2000