Re: Can FIFA PLEASE Try to Crack Down on This

by PurplePrideTrumpet on Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:16 pm

Okay, here's a pet peeve I have:

When there's a controversial decision, why do the players on the team the call went against surround the referee for an extended b1tch session? If I could change the laws I would make it a caution for everyone who wants to participate in one of these "discussions." Rant

by onetouchfutbol on Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:06 pm

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Hard for Freddy to dive sitting on the bench for Monaco.

HEY-OOO!

I'm with SciFi on the problems for referees. When guys start diving it can be hard to tell when someone really is hurt, and when someone does go down away from the ball the referee is probably not going to see what happened. Take Zidane's headbutt at the World Cup: The fourth official had to tell the referee because it was away from the play.

I could see some problems in determining if the player was faking or not, but really, you can tell most times when someone is coming off injured and will not be returning.

Now, I keep hearing leagues say they're going to review game film and fine players found to be diving, but I don't hear about any players actually being caught. Does any league actually do this?

Actually, Freddy's dive was for the national team, not Monaco.