This is not about an individual player, there are plenty of guilty parties, but I was watching the Everton v West Ham game from last weekend and, after a poor tackle and a bit of handbags, Tompkins pushes Mirallas in the arm, who reacts by pushing Tompkins in the chest. Nothing much there, but Tompkins collapses to the ground clutching his face in a quite disgraceful attempt to get a fellow player sent off.
Blatant cheating is all it is.
Worse than diving?
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Worse than diving?
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Re: Worse than diving?
Agree 100%, can't stand it.Nice One Cyril wrote:This is not about an individual player, there are plenty of guilty parties, but I was watching the Everton v West Ham game from last weekend and, after a poor tackle and a bit of handbags, Tompkins pushes Mirallas in the arm, who reacts by pushing Tompkins in the chest. Nothing much there, but Tompkins collapses to the ground clutching his face in a quite disgraceful attempt to get a fellow player sent off.
Blatant cheating is all it is.
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Re: Worse than diving?
Reminded me of the Rivaldo "collapse and nearly dying" one a few World Cups ago.
5 games minimum - retrospective or otherwise. That'll at least go some way to stamping it out
5 games minimum - retrospective or otherwise. That'll at least go some way to stamping it out
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Re: Worse than diving?
Agree - terrible behavoir and can't help but question why someone would embarrass themselves by being so weak as pi$$?
Re: Worse than diving?
How good would it be if a Manager would sub a peanut for an obvious dive and not include him in the line up for a week or so because of the "injury" he "sustained"?
I don't see it ever happening but it would be great if it did.
I don't see it ever happening but it would be great if it did.
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