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Was watching my sons under 11s school football match last week. One of the opposition played for Chelsea academy. Very talented lad and he stuck out like a sore thumb. The problem was whenever he came into any physical contact in or around the penalty area he would go down like he’d been shot, roll around for a good 30 seconds, banging the floor with his fists. It got me thinking that this behaviour must be taught and encouraged by the academy as opposed to him just watching and copying premier league footballers. Otherwise surely this would have been dealt with by now.