Retrospective bans for diving ... F.A. looking into it.

[Crouchinho]

As someone already mentioned the pundits, I said it for years too. Hansen started it off by using the word "contact" to justify any foul. Even when Pires done that dive over Pompey he used the word contact to justify that dive.

There is contact hundreds of times in a game yet in their words it should be a foul.

One fucker I've always hated for diving is Hazard, for an excellent dribbler he will occasionally over run the ball and automatically fall down and con the ref.

People get upset when they don't get a penno for contact these days when really the player could easily stay on their feet. In reality there is diving 50+ times a game but no way can they call it a dive anymore as they can use the shitty word "contact"

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Henderson would have got a red for that theatrical swan dive on Sunday ;-)

 

[city saint]

Henderson would have got a red for that theatrical swan dive on Sunday ;-)

as would otemendi

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

as would otemendi

Was a joke, hence the wink. Also it's OtAmendi ;-)

 

[city saint]

Was a joke, hence the wink. Also it's OtAmendi ;-)

;)

 

[jimharri]

Won't someone think of poor Ashley?

 

[inchy14]

as would otemendi

Probably but I bet Herrera wouldn't yet he went down holding his face after being pushed in the chest. Horrible little snidey ****!!

 

[aguero93:20]

Won't someone think of poor Ashley?

There was contact though. Maybe it was contact with the pitch, or a stray bit of seagull shit, or even a stray gust of wind, but there was contact.

 

[BlueMedic]

I'd be happy enough with this, hate players diving, regardless of which team they play for.

Would question what counts as a dive though, you've got pundits claiming Pogba flopping under no contact was "not a dive because he jumped out the way in anticipation of a foul", you've got players like Otamendi who hit the deck like a sack of spuds under minimal contact, you've got contact which is a foul where players could've stayed up but feel they have to go down to get a decision from the ref.

The only clear cut way would be to only deal with the no-contact cases, as judging how much contact it takes to knock someone down is pretty subjective & could lead to more issues. Would be better than nothing, but not game changing.

 

[daztrueblue91]

I'm against any policy that gives them bent c***s any more influence.