- Aug 30, 2010
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People go way OTT on diving, we've already done the retrospective bans thing with the Eduardo case and that didn't turn out very well. I think a yellow card and the negative media focus is enough to eventually stop players from diving around personally.
I'd rather they clamp down on 'tackles' such as Rojo's at the weekend first of all, potential career-enders, that should be getting more focus than Alli's dive.
That's all been around for a while with little or no effect. It has become an aspect of the game which is accepted by many. The problem with trying to enforce it is that Refs are terrified of making wrong decisions in real time. I'd use the citing system from rugby as an example of how it can work. Players regularly get bans for things the Ref didn't see properly/at all at the time when video footage gets reviewed by a panel. The other problem in football is that if our players aren't well versed in diving, play acting, feigning injury etc., we suffer at International level. I remember the Italians being masters of the art way back when the game in England was a lot more honest.