Stuart Pearce angry over double-standards

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
11 Feb	4:00 PM	P	Wigan Athletic (H)	2	1	Win

Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce has voiced his disappointment with the double-standards that exist in the game.

Arsenal striker Thierry Henry escaped media criticism when he dived to try and win a penalty against Wigan last Sunday, but City player Joey Barton was singled out in the press for his clash with Pedro Mendes.

Pearce said: "Everyone has a different view on Joey's tackle. Some will say he did it on purpose, some will say he didn't, it's not cast-iron.

"But I see so many incidents in professional football and some are picked up on and some are not.

"My boy Corradi got vilified for diving at Manchester United and rightly so.

"And after the game I gave an honest assessment of whether or not I thought he had dived.

"I watched Thierry Henry try to buy a foul in the penalty box against Wigan and nothing was said. Why? Is it the individual or is it because Stuart Pearce gives an honest assessment? Let's be fair across the board.

"Joey has to get on with it. People view you however they want to view you and you will be liked or disliked by certain individuals.

"If you're a crash-bang-wallop merchant you might not see the good things in Thierry Henry but you might look at the more competitive player on the pitch and think he is doing more for the team than Henry.

"If you prefer the look of Thierry Henry on a pitch and you see someone else crashing into tackles then you don't see the value in him.

"The important thing to do is to try to view all things and all individuals objectively and take things from there."

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kots, nigeria

Posted on 19 Feb, 2007 at 04:38 PM - Reply

why is stuart pearce a skunk and an idiot? what is the link between mendes and henry? henry is arsenal and mendes is porthmouth why is he concerned about henry. every one knows barton is so controversial let him just keep mute. he is not a kid but a manager..

chennai, gooner

Posted on 19 Feb, 2007 at 02:30 PM - Reply

this is such a farce... henry didnt dive... he was fouled outside the box.. and he lost balance and collapsed in... no one asked for a pen and no protest was registered..

Brian Plank

Posted on 19 Feb, 2007 at 11:57 AM - Reply

Pearce is a mug!
Im getting tired of managers having a go at and trying to make negative comments about Arsenal players & manager, when there is absolutely no need! Making comment to anything Henry has done is a joke. Henry is not a diver! There are plenty of worse things that happen in the game that don’t get criticized. If Pearce wants to pick out an incident, pick out one like Campo’s dive for Bolton in the FA Cup. That wasn’t mentioned at all in press and that was the most blatant thing I have ever seen!

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