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He should be in the next Olympics representing Egypt at Diving. Unfortunately , he’s typical of the way our great game is going. Players go down all too easy these days and it’s not good for the game. Most players are probably told to go down in the penalty area, as there is every chance they’ll get their reward, especially with VAR to help them. It’s no wonder our game is suffering.
That Tom Daley does it all the time, absolutely blatant and outrageous. Yet he never seems to get penalised! What's more I've never seen him score a goal in open play.
He'd make a splash anywhere he goes, wish we had some of these highly skilled divers , having said that would championship referees actually see the moment ?
I watched Stant play for the City. My abiding memory of him (apart from the goals) was he would always finish a game soaked in sweat, even on a cold January evening!
Funnily enough, the tattoos too. A common feature of footballers nowadays, but not so common back then.
"Stant a diver"? - not in my eyes he wasn't.
He did have a knack of manufacturing a foul. That may be different to ‘diving’.
if I was in charge of VAR there would be a lot fewer penalties and free kicks given.
went down a bit too easily? no free kick
rolled around pretending to be injured ? no free kick
yep.
the ones that annoy me the most are where there is some contact, and the player immediately throw their hands in the air and flick their feet up as they tumble to the ground. that's such an unnatural movement.
if the contact isn't enough to bring them down and they go down then it should not be a free kick
Stant a diver
Watching Stant and the team back then i don't think we had one player that was a known diver
Glen Murray on MOTD said Leicester's first penalty was correctly awarded with his justification being that Madison "bought" the penalty.
That just means that he dived. And he did. And it should have been a yellow card and a free kick to Newcastle.
On the subject of penalties, and I think I have said this before on here, but if the authorities are interested in changing any other aspects of the game , they should change how penalties are awarded. How is it that a striker could be running away from goal, in the furthest corner of the penalty area (20 plus yards from goal), get fouled and be awarded a free shot on goal from 12 yards ? In whose mind could that ever have been considered fair punishment ?
Absolutely, it's cheating
I hate diving , the fact that our own players do it doesn't make it right
The football authorities are tossers and are chinless and spineless
Every game should be analysed for free kicks and penalties and action taken against players who con the ref
Not a yellow card
A six match ban
Mo Salah won't be flying in the air like a pone then as he will be sat in the stand
It won't end diving and cheating but it will cut it down
And that's got to be a move forward