Nani ....embarassing silence

athlonecelt wrote: I dont accept it as part of the game. I shouldnt be expected to. To be honest, only for Ireland I would have lost all interest in watching games. Its not coached too dive and feign injury. . No manager tells players, if you dive stay down for at least a minute to make it look convincing. Its not part of the game. Those players are bringing it into the game. It should be stamped out. Points deductions, fines, bans. Id have no pride in an Irish player doing what Nani did last Sunday.   The game doesnt need this new part.

Players have come out and openly said that coaches have encouraged them to go down if they feel contact in the box- owen admitted this himself while playing for england hoddle said to go down if he is tackled in the box

Points deduction for a dive? Are you for real?

So would you relegate a team for getting a few red cards for dirty tackles aswell

i dived and waved an imaginary card in a match the other day!