| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating 08:15 - Feb 16 with 922 views | Dubtractor |
We're all very much used to players diving to try and win penalties, but it was another game yesterday where there was no punishment for obvious examples of it.
The Morgan Rogers one in the first minute, and Rashford throwing himself in the air in the second half. Both involved no contact, and there is no doubt about the intent to deceive the ref given both players ran at him screaming for a penalty. VAR reviewed both to confirm no contact/foul, and even then there is seemingly no need to give a yellow to the cheating players.
When players know they can cheat without repercussions, it's no surprise that they do just that.
It's particularly galling when we end up with a player sent off for two pretty innocuous challenges, with the first not even a foul. |  |
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| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 08:19 - Feb 16 with 860 views | victorysquad |
I was thinking the same thing. Any player running up to the ref should immediately be carded. |  |
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| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 08:23 - Feb 16 with 834 views | Chris_ITFC |
Didn’t there used to be some sort of retrospective ban for trying to deceive the referee? I guess that died a death with VAR. |  | | |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 08:47 - Feb 16 with 771 views | Cafe_Newman |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 08:23 - Feb 16 by Chris_ITFC |
Didn’t there used to be some sort of retrospective ban for trying to deceive the referee? I guess that died a death with VAR. |
There's never been any retrospective ban for cheating as far as I'm aware, but there certainly should be. As the OP says, diving would be reduced to a fraction if there was. |  | | |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 08:49 - Feb 16 with 757 views | bsw72 |
I’m sick of it, the play acting, falling over with the slightest touch, rolling around, trying to get fellow professionals carded.
I think it’s the biggest problem in football (at least on the pitch) and is in danger of ruining the game. |  | | |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:00 - Feb 16 with 692 views | Cafe_Newman |
I stand corrected. That'll be both the most encouraging and least enforced rule in FA history then. | | | |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:17 - Feb 16 with 615 views | EastTownBlue |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:00 - Feb 16 by Cafe_Newman |
I stand corrected. That'll be both the most encouraging and least enforced rule in FA history then. |
I believe they have since binned that.
There is no appetite from FIFA, the FA, refs and the players themselves to stamp this out and it’s just become an unpleasant part of the game. Win a penalty or get out an opponent sent off, job done and you have given your team an advantage. | | | |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:29 - Feb 16 with 564 views | ITFCBlues |
Didn't delap do similar against Chelsea and Fulham? Pretty sure if he really wanted to he would've stayed on his feet on both occasions. |  |
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| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:29 - Feb 16 with 559 views | Metal_Hacker |
Apart from the standard of refereeing this is by far the worst thing with regards to this league |  |
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| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:35 - Feb 16 with 514 views | Cafe_Newman |
| The lack of punishment for diving/cheating on 09:29 - Feb 16 by ITFCBlues |
Didn't delap do similar against Chelsea and Fulham? Pretty sure if he really wanted to he would've stayed on his feet on both occasions. |
Chelsea. But it's okay with Delap because he gets booked every other week when other players fall over when "coming together" with him. | | | |
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