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We're giving you El Hadji Diouf, John Terry, Diego Costa and three ref's punishments to use

Let's start you off by taking a look at these four quotes about three of the Premier League's big...



We're giving you El Hadji...
Soccer

We're giving you El Hadji Diouf, John Terry, Diego Costa and three ref's punishments to use

Let's start you off by taking a look at these four quotes about three of the Premier League's biggest pantomime villains over the years:

"A few people have since asked me if I saw any comparison between Diouf and Mario Balotelli - and I’ve always said no. I’ve got respect for Balotelli; I’ve got none for Diouf" - Steven Gerrard on his one-time Liverpool team-mate El Hadji Diouf.

 

"I know what JT is like and nothing surprises me about it, so I'm not going to comment on that. I think everybody in football knows what the guy is like" - Craig Bellamy on Chelsea captain John Terry in 2010.

 

"I tell you something, if I am a referee and I referee Diego Costa, I do not send somebody off quickly if he responds because you know he has been well provoked" - Arsene Wenger on Chelsea's naughty boy Diego Costa.

 

On this week's Team 33 and inspired by Costa's antics against Arsenal, perceived Premier League bad boys was the subject of choice with a choice of five players to examine: Terry, Diouf (who got into some spit-infested hot water during his Premier League career, former referee-pusher and West Ham forward Paolo Di Canio and the Wimbledon Crazy Gang duo of Vinnie Jones and John Fashanu.

You can listen to our football bad boys segment on Part 1 of this week's podcast or listen in on iTunes:

But we've got a little game for you to play involving three cult villains of the Premier League. It's simple. You are the referee and you have a choice of three actions with John Terry, Diego Costa and El Hadji Diouf the recipient of either your yellow card, red card or 10-game ban (for no reason of course other than the power has gone to your head).

Only one punishment can be applied to any player, so here goes (refresh the page if the options don't show up straight away):

 

 

 

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