Breaking wind will get you booked, plus the goal of the season

There are many ways to attempt to distract a penalty taker as they stride up to the spot, from the good old macho staredown to the Grobbelaar wobbly legs, time-wasting ploys and straight forward smack-talking.

I had never heard of this tactic though - but it may be my favourite story of the last few weeks.

Is this the strangest reason for a yellow card ever? Should bodily emissions be a bookable offence? And if so, what warrants a straight red? The mind boggles.

Your thoughts please.... 

Moving on, a friend has just sent me a link to what could well be the goal of the season, if not one of the best strikes of all time. I've had to watch it three times just to make sure there's no CGI trickery afoot.

Forget Macheda's wonderful effort at Old Trafford against Villa yesterday, this mazy run and nonchalant backheel finish from Wolfsburg's Brazillian star Grafite is surely the cream of the crop this year, and I'd be more than happy to include it in my top five goals of all time.

The commentator's reaction does it justice, and the fact that the strike completed a 5-1 rout of Jurgen Klinsmann's Bayern Munich just adds relish to the jumbo hot dog. 

So what do you think - goal of the season? And if not, which strike was better? Let me know, and I'll tell you you're a fool.

Cheers!

  

posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 9:13 AM by Mark Heath

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