Quote Originally Posted by surge View Post
It's not good enough to say "another case for technology" and that be the end of it. Ultimately, the technology would just be policing the players more effectively but these grown men shouldn't need policing and therefore we need a wider re-education programme too.

Questions to answer:
1. Who is teaching these kids to seek out contact even if there would be none naturally? Is it the same managers who would be so verbally critical of opposition players for doing the same? If yes then managers and coaches need to up their ideas.
2. Why are ex-pros so accepting of it? The majority of pundits are former players but apart from making the case for technology or arguing that refs wouldn't give a decision if the player didn't go down, what are they doing to stop these kids from cheating?
3. Is there too much of a disconnect between officials and players? In rugby you hear an ex-front rower talk about all the gamesmanship that goes on in the scrum and ruck and points out where the players have been able to fool the ref. Do officials in football have enough of an understanding about what an attacker would want and what a defender would do?
4. Are fans so concerned with winning that they will still ask for Rashford's autograph next week?
Good post. I really don't think it's as simple as 'it would disappear overnight'.

I've long thought that training sessions include how to fall convincingly, because so many players go down in such a similar fashion.