Can't believe referees don't see through him - the biggest cheat in the division imo. Goes down like he's been poleaxed whenever he's challenged, yet is himself a nasty, dirty so and so. Players no longer seem to care about cheating a fellow pro but he takes it further than most.
I worry a bit about Herbie, he goes to ground quite easily as well. Same was true of Conor Hourihane....
Too right. Retrospective bans for diving and it will stop overnight. And just to be clear, “there was contact” does not provide indemnity for throwing yourself to the floor. I’ve said it before, but football and Saturday afternoon wrestling are the only sports where cheating isn’t just accepted, it’s coached. It’s got to the point that in the closing seconds of Sheffield United’s game today a United defender, in his own area, was in between the ball and the attacker. The attacker put his hand on the back of the defender and I was surprised that the defender didn’t throw himself to the floor. You see that move every game and the linesmen buy it every time. But how bad is it when the absence of cheating shocks you?
100% agree. Long retrospective bans for every single dive. There's cameras at every match. There's no excuse.
Sadly I remember watching a relative play boys football up to U16s and the coaches taught time-wasting, free kick blocking, diving and strategic fouling, claiming for fouls/corners/throw in's etc and this is 20 years ago in local kids leagues..
