We get it Wolves fans – you’re pissed off. Football does that to you but it was on Saturday. Time to move on.
On Saturday, Wes Hoolahan had a shot blocked down and pounced on the rebound. He reached the ball just before Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme and, feeling the sheerest of contact, hit the deck.
This is Hoolahan – the man accused of being a serial diver.
On Sunday, Raheem Sterling was pushed in the back by a Tottenham defender Kyle Walker and, just about keeping his feet, carried on to have a shot on goal. He took some flak for it.
This is Sterling – the man accused of being a serial diver.
You can’t please everyone and, sometimes, you can’t please anyone.
For such a genial chap and a handy footballer, Hoolahan is a divisive character. Some feel Ireland need a ball-player in midfield and one that will take risks, even if it means losing possession every now and then. Others believe he is a luxury we can do without.
And then there are the accusations of diving. The Dubliner takes a fair bit of physical flak in the Championship and has been known to let the officials know about it.
On Saturday, Hoolahan went down too easily but he will argue, as he did when surrounded by irate Wolves players, that there had been contact.
Wolves lost the game and all day Saturday and Sunday, Hoolahan was the bad guy. It is u fortunate but it happens.
Sadly though, abuse of the midfielder has rolled into Monday and Tuesday. Some of it is base, to say the least.
@Carl_Ikeme never forget wes hoolahan the diving prick
— Adam D (@adammm63) January 24, 2017
Might be a light breeze in the Norfolk area today. Can someone please keep Wes hoolahan safe @OfficialWolves @NorwichCityFC
— Andy (@andypmr) January 24, 2017
Thoughts go out to Wes Hoolahan at @NorwichCityFC He must be in agony from that massive dive… cheating cunt.
— Jamie Arrowsmith (@JamieArrowsmith) January 23, 2017
Surely if Ikeme's red card is overturned then the FA must punish Wes Hoolahan!
— Phil Weatherill (@PhilWeatherill) January 23, 2017
Emotions may get the better of fans, and their online personas, when a game is still fresh.
It’s midweek now and Hoolahan is still copping personal insults. It is not right and it needs to stop.
Time to move on. There’s always another game. Always another villain.
