Goughy
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Oh, stop it.
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Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea, well I hate it too, but if FIFA doesn't do anything about it, can you blame the players for taking advantage?
Bobisback
International Regular
Exactly what I think too, why wouldnt you dive when it gives you a huge advantage with minimal loss.
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It's funny how in soccer it's just so normalised.
In any other sport you would get absolutely slated as a soft piece of **** by your fellow players, opponents, fans and media if you stayed down, but in soccer the supporters and media seemingly just turn a blind eye to it.
Surely hitting the deck and holding your face as if you're going to cry in front of thousands of people is emasculating and down right embarrassing. Meh.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
The fans are in denial and pretend it's not a problem. It is amazing how accepted it is. Seen it in every game I have watched so far, which is around 10.
Sure the ridiculous dives are made fun of, but the clutching your face or holding your leg then getting up 1 minute later is just a regular day.
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Nobody is in denial. If you read what I said in the other thread, then it's that there is no motivation for FIFA to change things because it will never be overtaken as the world's game.
It's also worth noting that these things are much more likely to happen on this stage than domestically. I attend between 30 and 50 games a season and while cheating still occurs it is nowhere near the same frequency as you see in the WC.
See more dangerous tackles though tbf
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This, to the letter. Can certainly see the positives in it, but can't imagine ever doing it myself simply because it'd be embarrassing.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
If you clutch a body part when going down, you have to go off the field until you get an MRI. Safety first obv.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
No, that's ridiculous
You do realise footballers do actually get their ankles tapped away at all the time and have cause to legitimately go down, hold them? Obviously there are tonnes of excessive incidents but suggesting a player has to have an MRI is ridiculous. Players have to be taken off the pitch to receive treatment as it is, and tbh it's not a ruling that is greeted with worldwide delight, as it often means a team commits a foul then gets a brief one-man advantage.
Was at a match once where our penalty taker got legit chopped down in the box. The physio came on to check on him so the ref ruled he couldn't rejoin the field until play had already commenced...which obviously meant we couldn't take the penalty, and yeah, we missed.
There was a happy ending because a Luton player encroached so the kick was re-taken. The injured player was allowed to take the retake. Point still stands though.
You do realise footballers do actually get their ankles tapped away at all the time and have cause to legitimately go down, hold them? Obviously there are tonnes of excessive incidents but suggesting a player has to have an MRI is ridiculous. Players have to be taken off the pitch to receive treatment as it is, and tbh it's not a ruling that is greeted with worldwide delight, as it often means a team commits a foul then gets a brief one-man advantage.
Was at a match once where our penalty taker got legit chopped down in the box. The physio came on to check on him so the ref ruled he couldn't rejoin the field until play had already commenced...which obviously meant we couldn't take the penalty, and yeah, we missed.
There was a happy ending because a Luton player encroached so the kick was re-taken. The injured player was allowed to take the retake. Point still stands though.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
There'd be a sub on immediately in this case. The fact is, out of 20 that I've seen, maybe two were legitimate 'clutch my ankle for more than a split second' type hits. Frankly if you're rolling around for more than a split second legitimately, you're not going to get up miraculously as soon as the ref makes his decision.
Also, I'd rather have more physical play and less crybabies than the other way around, so if the rules were maybe a little bit easier on the perpetrators, it's a price worth paying I'd think if it gets rid of this crap.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Like a blood replacement in rugby?