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In soccer, they get barely touched and they roll around like bitches, go off on a stretcher, and then come back on 2 minutes later as though nothing happened. That is the one annoying thing about soccer, especially since most English people are incredibly tough, just look at the soccer riots... and yet the players are so soft. As an Australian, it's tough to watch.



I just read something today about the groundswell of public opinion against such bitch-ass phantom "divers" and possible policing of the act with Pink Cards , how 'bout that shit! Another suggestion was after-game video scrutiny, handing out penalties for dives and reversing penalties for those booked when the other player dives.
Thanks for answering the Chelsea question Christian, so am I to take it from the photos that you're a Football whore too?



I don't think they should police it that way, they just need to build it into the honour of the game: if you take a dive, you're a bitch, and everyone excepts this. In most sports, playing whilst injured is the greatest honour. For example, there's a story of an AFL player who got crunched and sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung, yet instead of going off to even see if anything was wrong, he kept playing as blood dripped into his lung. He went to hospital after the game however Not saying Australians are tough, just that in our sport you never let the other team know if you're hurt.

Also, in the world cup qualifiers in Australia when Australia player Uraguay, any time a player from Uraguay would take a dive, the whole Australian crowd would boo them, and shamed them into getting back up. it's the only way to change the mentality of the game.

wow, I can't believe I'm crapping on so much about fucking soccer