doddisalegend Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 ......to fall foul of the new diving rules this season and get a two match ban English crackdown on divers gets first airing in season's opener http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news/english-crackdown-on-divers-gets-first-airing-in-seasons-opener/ar-AApeKrD?li=AA572I&ocid=spartandhp my guess Shane Long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 ......to fall foul of the new diving rules this season and get a two match ban English crackdown on divers gets first airing in season's opener http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news/english-crackdown-on-divers-gets-first-airing-in-seasons-opener/ar-AApeKrD?li=AA572I&ocid=spartandhp my guess Shane Long... Tadic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Boufal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Forster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Forster Forster? Dive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5string Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Gabbiadini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 TadicGets my vote. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Tadic Indeed. And if it's diving + theatrics (thumping the grass in agony, for example), it's no contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Won't be Long, he won't be on the pitch. Boufal seems like a likely one, mainly because he spends so much time getting hoofed he's adept at avoiding contact and still getting the foul. The trial by video annoys me though, it's just another opportunity for the Premier League to skew things to meet their narrative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Boufal, Tadic, Long (in that order). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintZamboni Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Tadic all day long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Long for me. Must have missed Boufal diving, he does draw fouls though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldeuboi Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Do we win penalties/get people sent off (like some other teams) though? Yeh Tadic/Boufal might go down easily when clipped but we've never profited from it with penalties or cards... Only Red card I can remember was when Arnautovic lashed out at Boufal and was rightly sent off. I think Long is the only player who I've seen properly dive recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Ref says you dived = yellow card. Video review panel says you dived = 2 match ban. Impeccable logic there. This is bound to be applied completely inconsistently and cause unnecessary ****-storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Tadic all day long Which one of them then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Long. It's always Long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 1 August, 2017 Share Posted 1 August, 2017 Long might actually come out of this quite well seeing as he gets chuff all by reputation, might find he actually gets some decisions when they find he was actually fouled. Arsenal last season he got raked on the back of the leg, and the ref and lino ignored, no doubt on reputation, leading to their winner. Still the usual suspects will get away with it, just like United still seem to be getting away with haranguing the ref! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 I think this rule will be used sparingly. I think we may get no bans this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 No doubt the usual divers (Man u, Chelsea, etc) will be rolling around and get nothing and then some player from a small team like us will get the book thrown at them for way less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_saints Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Ref says you dived = yellow card. Video review panel says you dived = 2 match ban. Impeccable logic there. This is bound to be applied completely inconsistently and cause unnecessary ****-storms. Adds to the drama and media spectacle which is exactly what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Put me down as another Tadic vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 No doubt the usual divers (Man u, Chelsea, etc) will be rolling around and get nothing and then some player from a small team like us will get the book thrown at them for way less. Exactly this. Plus they'll gang up screaming at the ref for a card every time an oppo player breathes within ten yards of them, and as usual the ref will duly produce one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityRanger Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Long might actually come out of this quite well seeing as he gets chuff all by reputation, might find he actually gets some decisions when they find he was actually fouled. Arsenal last season he got raked on the back of the leg, and the ref and lino ignored, no doubt on reputation, leading to their winner. Still the usual suspects will get away with it, just like United still seem to be getting away with haranguing the ref! Refs are very harsh on Long. He's had some stone wall fouls on him not given. i think the thing he does when he uses his pace to get in front of a defender then almost stops, causing a foul, annoys the refs so they don't give him other blatant fouls. Tadic is our Master Diver. Sound effects and everything from him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redslo Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 I guess NO ONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Redmond If he's stupid enough to get a fine for speeding 30 miles over the speed limit, he's stupid enough to get a ban for diving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 I actually don't think Tadic blatantly dives in the way that would warrant earning a 2 match ban, a la Ashley Young. What he tends to do is go down too easily and make a meal of the softest contact, and contact which is never likely to result in a free kick. His classic move is with the ball running away from him, getting a brush from the thigh of the defender and doing an elongated 'reach' to the floor, as if someone has stapled his feet to the floor. I have seen Boufal dive with no contact whatsoever though, so will have to plump for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Refs are very harsh on Long. He's had some stone wall fouls on him not given. i think the thing he does when he uses his pace to get in front of a defender then almost stops, causing a foul, annoys the refs so they don't give him other blatant fouls. Tadic is our Master Diver. Sound effects and everything from him! BIB: This really annoys me too. He is far from the only culprit. It's not diving, Long (and all others that do it) are unavoidably clattered into and brought down, but IMO fouls shouldn't be given for this. Some forwards seem to treat this as a skill but for me it's just as much cheating as diving. The defender probably has no intention of fouling but unavoidably makes contact due to the forwards actions. As much as I want to see divers punished I'd like to see any yellow/red cards given to defenders in these circumstances reviewed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 Will be more interesting to guess how long it'll take a United, City, Chelsea or Liverpool player to get banned. My guess is they definitely won't be the first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 2 August, 2017 Author Share Posted 2 August, 2017 no rules for the opposite though what if a player is fouled should have had a legitimate penalty and the ref calls it dive do the robbed team get a retrospective penalty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 2 August, 2017 Share Posted 2 August, 2017 no rules for the opposite though what if a player is fouled should have had a legitimate penalty and the ref calls it dive do the robbed team get a retrospective penalty... Have you been drinking???!!! With that in mind, and in these days of political correctness and doing the right thing, the game should be replayed from the point in the game where that error was made. ....... imagine the carnage, you would never see a soft penalty again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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