I would keep VAR for diving and faking injury

It's the worst part of the game

Individual mistakes by referees on offside etc are human errors

The attempt to win a penalty , get an opponent sent off is not a mistake its a calculated decision and not an error

I would ban them on video evidence

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

It's the worst part of the game

Individual mistakes by referees on offside etc are human errors

The attempt to win a penalty , get an opponent sent off is not a mistake its a calculated decision and not an error

I would ban them on video evidence

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:thumbup:with you on this, brook last night was awful

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Originally Posted by poc

:thumbup:with you on this, brook last night was awful

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To lose a game to a ref making a mistake isn't great but it's the way it is

But to have someone deliberately cheat to gain advantage is the pits

You will never stop human error

And you will never stop cheats but it can be drastically reduced if players on var or retrospective evidence are banned

Rugby authorities cite players weeks later for foul play and ban them

Agree with the above, I thought that they were meant to review the games and seek out players who dived and ban them like in rugby. link below, so what actually happened to that?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39962886

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

It's the worst part of the game

Individual mistakes by referees on offside etc are human errors

The attempt to win a penalty , get an opponent sent off is not a mistake its a calculated decision and not an error

I would ban them on video evidence

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I agree. I'd gladly see a player banned for 2-3 games for blatent dives. I think it's appalling

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

It's the worst part of the game

Individual mistakes by referees on offside etc are human errors

The attempt to win a penalty , get an opponent sent off is not a mistake its a calculated decision and not an error

I would ban them on video evidence

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Blatant, yes, where there is absolutely no contact.

Have VAR and no referee or a referee and no VAR.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Blatant, yes, where there is absolutely no contact.

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No if there is contact and a player over eggs the effect and does a drama performance then that's cheating too

Ban

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Originally Posted by city1927

Agree with the above, I thought that they were meant to review the games and seek out players who dived and ban them like in rugby. link below, so what actually happened to that?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39962886

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They were all talk

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

No if there is contact and a player over eggs the effect and does a drama performance then that's cheating too

Ban

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But often things like that are down to opinion. There are grey areas with this. Not to you, I know. You expect a player to be scythed down and just get up and give a handshake.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

But often things like that are down to opinion. There are grey areas with this. Not to you, I know. You expect a player to be scythed down and just get up and give a handshake.

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You came to football late

It's was a man's game

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

You came to football late

It's was a man's game

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Perhaps .But who wants to watch thugs scything skilful players down?

Not me.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock

Perhaps .But who wants to watch thugs scything skilful players down?

Not me.

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That's very rare

It's the diving after little or no contact that needs stamping out