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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont think anyone has said 'nobody on my team dives.'
I havent seen that written anywhere. And I wouldnt make that claim of my own team. Lots of players go down easy. They've made the reward worth it because the risk is a yellow card or a stern talking to. Theres almost no downside.
Some just do it more than others and in some cases (Spurs, RE: Pochettino remarks, Alli, Kane, etc.) its systemic and encouraged as opposed to situational and discouraged.
But at the end of the day it should be discussed, because your attitude in your post is:
If it cant be perfect then dont bother at all.
'If someone on your team dives then you cant say anything about players on other teams diving.'
And that attitude is effectively what got the game in this situation in the first place.
Look no further than Pochetino's remarks. He fully considers diving and 'tricking the referees' to be just part of the game.
As a fan of the game I want a hard stop put to that BS right now. Across the board. I dont care if my team suffers as a result of it.
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I know it’s a manager for the other team for most of you here, but that’s not entirely what Poch is saying. He’s saying that this has been happening for years, and it’s on both sides. The idea that this is only foreign players (which has definitely been put forward at times) is false, and he gave the example of him being the victim of this in the World Cup against England. He also didn’t say Spurs were practising this, he said that back when he played this was practiced...which was what, 25 years ago? Anyway, onto more hilarious topics...
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Ideally we get a Wigan-Rochdale Final just for the FA to really feel the pain.
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Rochdale is about to go to Wembley and full credit to them. They came forward and actually played the game yesterday, which is more than could be said about some of our bus-parking opponents this year! That said, they’re going out. It’s great for them because the replay gives them a chunk of money and probably sets them up financially for a while, and they showed some great moxie by making it this deep.
But man, the multi-billion dollar club that bought ever kudo they have dropping out to third-tier Wigan is just so great. I hope they beat Southampton now and keep that rolling.