Awards for diving in football

[malumbu]

I've searched the site, plenty of discussion on football focus but no separate thread by the looks of things. Dive of the week clearly goes to Santi Cazorla, not a player on my radar but impressive how he threw himself with no contact. Surely this must have been practiced.

It's not a modern thing, there are plenty of veterens and retired players, Francis Lee of Man C was always a famous one.

Consistent diver of course is Suarez, that decision is too easy, although not helped as 95% of the football population hate the guy.

There is much difference between looking for a penalty, "oh he left his leg out", to zero contact. Or is there?

There could also be a prize for rubbish goalkeeper dive, Boaz Myhill managed a double.

What awards should there be? I'd happily award the cheating scumbags from the Emirites (being in Sarf London I am sure that I can say this, dear Millwall, Palace and Charlton fans) -3 points doubled.

Not that there is any bias in this thread. No no no. And interestingly the Arse lowered their prices yesterday, and ten quid cheaper than that dump Loftus Road.

[malumbu]

Am I the onlyone interested in cheating players? Somebody please have an opinion.

Thank Heavens for the Daily Mail www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2245753/Santi-Cazorla-wont-apologise-West-Brom-dive.html

Shame that Reid didn't make contact with him behind the ref's back at a later stage.

[red devil]

As you say, plenty of discussion in the footy thread, thereby it doesn't really warrant it's own thread...

[Loz]

Look, until football does something concrete (e.g. retrospective red cards) then it is effectively sanctioning diving and cheating. Look at individual players all you wish, but until the game sorts the problem out and stops looking the other way, football will remain a cheat's game.