I can understand Zaha’s frustration. He’s been unfairly labelled a diver by the media and this unfair tag has made him feel victimised. This has made him winge a lot which only encourages the media/fans to target him more. I think this has led to further unfair treatment from refs as his reputation goes before him as a cheat. He never seems to get the benefit of doubt from refs which has encouraged players to chance there arm at fouling him and hope to get away with it. The more this has happened the worse it seems to get. He only wants to treated fairly like any other player

Wait, wait, hang on a second - somebody actually listened to something Alan Shearer said?

Correct Johnoo,

The tackle at Huddersfield would have been a red also had it been done on Hazard .

Would VAR help ? Not sure as I am sure it is was stated that VAR dor red cards would only be used for cases of mistaken identity. If the Ref chooses to only book the player what can be done ?

Yellow cards for the Capoue tackle and the tackle by the Huddersfield thug on Saturday just give the thugs the green light to put a career threatening tackle in on Wilf every game and not get sent off. Get booked ? no problem pass the fouling onto a team mate that has not been booked.

I think WZ made a completely justified complaint. I don't think he is moaning about being targeted as our key player. He must expect that, and the heavy tackles that go with it. His complaint was about the deliberate attempts to injure him and take him out, not only of the current game, but many. Perhaps all season! These come from teams at our level who know that without him their own prospects of survival increase. It's these cynical attacks, and the response of the referees, that rightly upset him. The managers involved need to be called out too, because they must be orchestrating the attacks.

It's not reasonable to compare WZ with players in the top 6 clubs, when injuring one of them won't have the same impact on the lower clubs as injuring WZ. This is cynical and it needs to be recognised and given proper publicity.

The TV pundits are talking rubbish and the club need to find a way of addressing the issue with both the league and the referees.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Oh good so if I bump into Gary Lineker can I compliment his performance on MOTM by punching him on the nose?

One more point

Wilf would benefit hugely from watching Messi and the way he conducts himself on the pitch. If he controls his temper he destroys opponents. That goal he scored Saturday was as good as any Messi, Ronaldo solo effort, in fact I would go as far as to say it was sublime and that is how you show the opposition who is boss.