Will the authorties of the world ever grow a pair and take action to stamp out this sort of thing.

 

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*cough* Lennon ....*cough* Juanjo ......

Man Utd at it tonight as well but fortunately the referee was excellent and gave yellow cards.  Sometimes it can be very hard for referees to spot, whilst we armchair judges can see something played over and over in slow motion before coming to a conclusion over whether the ref got it right or not.  TBH I still can't say whether the Dundee Utd lad dived for their penalty or not and to be fair, if you are a little off balance, it doesn't take much contact to take you down.

 

But sometimes video evidence shows very clearly that someone has dived and when that is the case the powers that be really should take retrospective action.  It is not just a question of dealing with cheating in the game, it is also required to provide support to their own referees.  Referees get vilified when they get the decisions wrong but if players understood that disciplinary bodies would take serious sanctions when diving (or other forms of cheating) were identified from video evidence, then it would happen far less.  It is far easier to con a referee or do something when the referee is looking the other way than to fool the cameras.

The unspellable one at Old Trafford tonight was ridiculous. Januzaj has dived time after time, must be taking lessons of Ashley Young

I am totally against diving to get a player sent off. Unless it is against Ross County in which case I say GIRUY!

It's not just an affront to sporting integrity, it actually ruins a game. Both Chelsea and PSG have squads full of wonderful footballers, but their encounter on Tuesday night was almost unwatchable because of the relentless cheating and anti-football. Quite frankly, I'd rather watch The Only Way is Essex with the other half than that kind of tosh. If it gets any worse, casual TV fans will start tuning out.