Dive Watch 2019/20

[Hughie77]

The only ones who gets a card, seem to be players not in the spotlight of international status! Kane blatant dive he new it to, no yellow?
James been booked twice, on both he was caught! Grealish booked for a pass then went down!! Strange how the both players last season played in the Championship. Have refs got an agenda? I just think they bottle it against the so called bigger players.

 

[Br1_ovi]

That's not a dive. He puts his body in front of the defender protecting the ball and he is hit by the defender. He was looking for it, but that can be a penalty...

 

[WolfInSharp'sClothing]

The two bookings he's got weren't even dives!

Sorry, I didn’t realise. Let me know when the appeals are successful and the bookings are rescinded.

 

[Berbaclass]

I thought Arsenal we’re lucky to get away with the Kane one IMO. Clumsy from the defender.

 

[jeff gurr]

The only ones who gets a card, seem to be players not in the spotlight of international status! Kane blatant dive he new it to, no yellow?
James been booked twice, on both he was caught! Grealish booked for a pass then went down!! Strange how the both players last season played in the Championship. Have refs got an agenda? I just think they bottle it against the so called bigger players.

I have no doubt that certain refs are influenced by which player has gone down. Maddison & Grealish obviously have a "Rep" now. On the other hand Kane is the golden haired child of English football and is allowed to get away on the borderline calls.

 

[strongwalker]

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[Negative Red]

That's not a dive. He puts his body in front of the defender protecting the ball and he is hit by the defender. He was looking for it, but that can be a penalty...

I can't tell if you're joking or not. He's protecting the ball so it goes out for a goal kick? He's clearly sticked his arse out, waiting for minimal contact from the defenders momentum and jumped forward in embarrassing style. He dives regularly and will continue to do so, as he is usually rewarded with a free-kick from referees who must have never played the game at any level before.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Nice. But what's wrong with that snake?

 

[AlwaysRed66]

Poor snake named after that diving obnoxious cheat.

 

[youmeletsfly]

That snake should be on 400K a week as well.

 

[Rendezvous with Ronaldo]

The two bookings he's got weren't even dives!

Bull. The first one clearly was a dive. He was going down before there was any contact made.

The second one.....yeah, that was just bad refereeing.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Pathetic dive just now in the England - Bulgaria game, and weirdly, it's not Kane!

 

[Gio]

So Caley’s Josh Keatings received a second yellow card for this in the Challenge Cup Semi Final and will miss the final. The club appealed but the panel rejected it.

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Crazy decision.

 

[Pexbo]

Mad. The ref was literally right over it. How can they deny that appeal? He doesn’t touch the ball and body checks him over?

 

[Reducation]

I noticed something unusual on MOTD yesterday. De Bruyne was flying down the left wing, a fella tried tackling him, was a split second late, and De Bruyne hurdled the tackle and continued into the penalty area. It was great to see such a rare occurrence. It added to the entertainment. It's hugely refreshing - exhilarating, even - to see a player not dive after the slightest contact.

 

[Rozay]

Jamie Vardy tried to pull off the same one as the Kane dive in the OP to get Kabak sent off yesterday. Despicable player he is. Leicester literally dived their way to 3 penalties away at City earlier this season, where between he and Maddison, initiated the contact all the time. Might have been two of the three, but I’m pretty sure it was all 3 of them.

Refs have lost interest in carding players, and I feel they are particularly reluctant to card the English players for diving. They are happy to wave away the penalty claims, but there seems to be a mental block which stops them from calling it for the cheating that it is.