O/T:- Paul Mullin - My Wrexham Story

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My favourite Wrexham player of all time. And that's up against some top players since I started going to games in the early 90's. Worth every penny. He's has got us out of trouble so many times I've lost count.

He scored our fourth goal on Tuesday night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_BkNCaqTA From 1:26 in ) which just sums him up. This is right at the end of the game, a game where he just ran and ran and ran. Came back way too early after his cracked ribs and punctured lung injury and often plays through the pain barrier.

The fact that so many opposition fans hate him and call him a cheat (laughable and highly hypocritical) just makes us love him even more.

Are you saying that he doesn't dive or try to con refs into giving penalties/free kicks?

Other players do it too, including ours, but it's still cheating.

But yeah, that's what I was saying in my previous post - one of those players you love if he's yours but hate if he's not. Lee Hughes was the ultimate example of that, and he was similar to Mullin in many ways (but better).

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Are you saying that he doesn't dive or try to con refs into giving penalties/free kicks?

Other players do it too, including ours, but it's still cheating.

But yeah, that's what I was saying in my previous post - one of those players you love if he's yours but hate if he's not. Lee Hughes was the ultimate example of that, and he was similar to Mullin in many ways (but better).

No, he absolutely does. But I'd bet my house we've been done over more times by incompetent refs so F em. Karma.

I don't believe its cheating, or put it another way, cheating is too strong a word for it. Cheating for me is stuff like doping or the allegations of Ryan Reynolds paying refs off, the Italian bribe scandal etc.
If you want to call it cheating then every footballer is a cheat because given the chance they'll all take advantage of certain situations. Its just some do it more than others. Its just part of the game and some fans need to get over it.

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No, he absolutely does. But I'd bet my house we've been done over more times by incompetent refs so F em. Karma.

I don't believe its cheating, or put it another way, cheating is too strong a word for it. Cheating for me is stuff like doping or the allegations of Ryan Reynolds paying refs off, the Italian bribe scandal etc.
If you want to call it cheating then every footballer is a cheat because given the chance they'll all take advantage of certain situations. Its just some do it more than others. Its just part of the game and some fans need to get over it.

There's a difference between what you call incompetence by refs and cheating by players though. It's all about intention. And much/most of the 'incompetence' is down to either human error or being conned by cheating players. If played didn't cheat, refs would be more competent.

Of course all players cheat, some much more than others though. One of our players cheats more than others according to some posters on here and it's regularly called out by them interestingly.