Fernandez: Diver, Whinger Or Top Player?

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

Ever since Stevie Archibald produced a bunch of mercenaries as a completely unrecognisable Airdrie team for their debut on Scottish soil at the Caledonian Stadium, Fernandez has repeatedly whinged after games. I also think he is quite skilful at falling to the ground and the caption competition photograph from our last match at Kilmarnock as he fell like a shot ballerina near Rossco shows his attention seeking behaviour is used to influence decisions. In honesty I could not see where he dived today but I certainly felt Pavels tackled him fairly. Does anyone know if he injured himself in this latest dive which meant he was unable to turn out in the second half or did Jim Jefferies just decide that his whingeing influence was not helping their cause?

[Iain]

From where I was it just look like Pavel knocked the ball away

while Fernandex fell over as you do after some sliding tackles - although maybe a bit easily.

[TSTtiger]

it wasn't a bad challenge but 9 out of ten refs would have given a free kick/penalty. fernandez is a diving overated player though and tried to make the most of it

[Alex MacLeod]

Well remember yon fella we all wanted to lead us...........he reckoned it was a stonewaller.

[tokelyisvictorious]

Never a penalty, and the answer to your question is both diver and whinger. He is extremely overrated and whenver he comes up against a strong team like we were today, he runs completely out of ideas and then gives up.

[andrewt]

Whie this incident ocurred i was up at the far away pie shop watching at the far end of the west stand and had a pretty good view of it. I'm not sure if pavels got the ball but when he was tackled i saw no contact and fernandez fell over a good few seconds after the tackle. So from where i was standing it was a dive. Could be wrong though.

[RednBlackComeback]

My instant reaction was dive ! Will be interesting to see the highlights.

[Ronaldo]

Having yet to see the replay it looked like a damn fine tackle to me

[CaleyD]

I hope the highlights show it was a stone wall penalty.

[BA]

It actually looked to me like he had blown for a dive against Fernandez, it certainly looked inside the box to me but it was never a foul in my opinion.

[davieB]

I thought it was a brilliant tackle by Pav. Looked like he definitely got the ball first, and it looked outside the area. The cheat took an age before taking a dive, and I thought the ref had blown to book him for diving!

[Guest WynessLegend]

Excellent tackle.

Shocking decision.

Justice.

[Yngwie]

TV proves that the tackle/foul was a yard or two outside the box.

[RiG]

Doesn't look like Mihadjuks got the ball but it certainly shows he never touched Fernandez who cheated to try and win a penalty. Cretin.

Edited February 7, 2009 by RiG

[davieB]

You couldn't tell from the tv pictures but, watching from the North Stand, Pav definitely got the ball....it was a brilliant tackle.

[wyness_is_god]

TV proves that the tackle/foul was a yard or two outside the box.

Followed by Fernandez' attempt at a long jump record.

[Scotty]

Excellent tackle.

Shocking decision.

Justice.

agree with #1 - although a sliding tackle can go either way in the refs eyes

disagree with #2 - at least he had the balls to change his mind when shown where the tackle was.

agree with #3

TV proves that the tackle/foul was a yard or two outside the box.

Followed by Fernandez' attempt at a long jump record.

Indeed .... cheating whingeing b****** ..... and as someone pointed out, not the first time

[Kieran]

Whether or not it was in the box, there was nothing wrong with the challenge in the first place and although it was better than having a penalty awarded against us, I was still unhappy at having a free kick given.

[RiG]

Just watched it again slowed down on Sky + and I am going to take back that Mihadjuks never got the ball and say I can't really tell. But it still looks like a blatant dive by Fernandez.

[Guest Muir-Jaggie]

Jim Jefferies said the lines should have being brushed. i dont think anyone thought the snow was going to fall so heavy and even if they did stop the game to brush the lines the snow would have covered it in a few minutes. even having the lines visible it was still going to be a free kick in the end

[MissICT]

The penalty is just an excuse for losing!

Fernandez is a diver!

[RiG]

Good photo in The Suns football pull out today which shows Mihadjuks sliding across Fernandez, taking the ball with his boot and Fernandez hurdling the tackle by jumping into the air. There is no contact between the two , at least not until after the ball is clearly played first.

A good tackle and Fernandez is a cheat

[caley100]

Jim Jeffries should check out the highlights and the pictures and then apologise for his comments, how can he say it was a stonewall penalty from where he was?

[old caley girl]

Funny how all the Sunday papers said it was a penalty when the tv put the lines on the screen and clearly showed it was'nt. Also felt he dived.

[Guest birdog]

Funny how all the Sunday papers said it was a penalty when the tv put the lines on the screen and clearly showed it was'nt. Also felt he dived.

Stories in the Sundays would have been written before the highlights show was aired.