Nick
Administrator
How many penalties have been given for dives? I'm pretty sure it's happened.Wasn't it a dive that resulted in a penalty being awarded and a goal scored? I know a dive is a dive, but the resulting consequences have to be taken into consideration.
All players and teams dive all over the pitch. They see it as gaining an advantage rather than cheating. The same way as creeping up the line with a throw in, to gain yards. The same as putting the ball down for a free kick. Then another player comes to take free kick re spotting the ball a yard further forward. Players accept it as just part of the game, trying to gain an advantage. It annoys fans but normally only when the opposition do it.
Fans complain about lots of things but they are as inconsistent as any referee.
Bamford punched the ball in the net the other day, will he get banned?
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