bobzy Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Lichfield Dean said: Harry Kane's dive for the fourth England goal was disgraceful. Kicked the ground and fell over. Didn’t think it looked like a dive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted September 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, bobzy said: Didn’t think it looked like a dive? He went to kick the ball, missed, then grabbed his leg as he fell for no apparent reason. Weirdly, there were lots of video clips of this on twitter earlier, now I can't find any. Strange. He is making a speciality of 'earning' penalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 His leg did get caught by the player, they zoomed in on it on ITV. Not much the defender could do about it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Kane is the biggest driver in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Kane has passed Suarez as the most blatant cheater among top footballers when it comes to dives in the area. If VAR did it's job he'd been yellow carder every other game for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Kane is the biggest driver in football. He is no Keisuke Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 14 hours ago, sne said: Kane has passed Suarez as the most blatant cheater among top footballers when it comes to dives in the area. If VAR did it's job he'd been yellow carder every other game for it. Grealish urgently needs that England cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Completely unrelated, but I remember playing with a guy in my local town when he got his first professional contract. He was about 5 years older than me, but he taught me how they were taught to "create fouls" and dive. Essentially they while driving forward kicked their own leg to create a natural dive. I never felt the need of learning it, but I was amazed of how well it worked. I actually apologized one time cause I was sure I floored him and he just laughed it off saying he was taking the piss. My point here is just that it's a difficult job for the referees to spot it. Which is why I hoped VAR would assist in this bit. When they are that good at this in the Norwegian top division, I can't imagine how well drilled they are at dives in England. Edited September 9, 2019 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 07/09/2019 at 22:14, Lichfield Dean said: He went to kick the ball, missed, then grabbed his leg as he fell for no apparent reason. Weirdly, there were lots of video clips of this on twitter earlier, now I can't find any. Strange. He is making a speciality of 'earning' penalities. Looked to me like his leg got clipped as he went to shoot, meaning he missed the ball and went down. The same thing would happen to literally everyone (although how much it hurt etc. could obviously be exaggerated). In any case, not a dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 6 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Completely unrelated, but I remember playing with a guy in my local town when he got his first professional contract. He was about 5 years older than me, but he taught me how they were taught to "create fouls" and dive. Essentially they while driving forward kicked their own leg to create a natural dive. I never felt the need of learning it, but I was amazed of how well it worked. I actually apologized one time cause I was sure I floored him and he just laughed it off saying he was taking the piss. My point here is just that it's a difficult job for the referees to spot it. Which is why I hoped VAR would assist in this bit. When they are that good at this in the Norwegian top division, I can't imagine how well drilled they are at dives in England. Just like in everyday life. Some people are happy to cheat, master the craft of lying and get away with it. Others are sickened by the idea in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 https://global.espn.com/football/tottenham-hotspur/story/3937816/spurs-kane-ive-never-dived-in-my-career Quote Tottenham striker Harry Kane has said that he has never dived in his career, hitting back at claims that he has twice done so since the start of the season. The England international, 26, was accused of diving late on to win a penalty against North London rivals Arsenal last weekend after a challenge from defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos. Kane was also accused of diving in Spurs' previous game against Newcastle, going down easily after a tackle from defender Jamaal Lascelles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Kane is hardly a trustworthy guy after that goal he "scored" vs Stoke a few seasons back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Of course it had to be us that kickstarted his PL career after he scored a stoppage time free kick that deflected off Nathan Baker's head. Who knows what would have happened if that hadn't happened, he'd probably be at Reading or something after 5 more loan spells while at Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I thought Pepe and Busquets had set the standards of feigning injury so high that no one would reach their level. Then along came Bamford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Why does the prick Salah never get booked for diving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: Why does the prick Salah never get booked for diving He doesn't dive he just has magic legs that buckle when you touch certain parts of his shoulders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Zatman said: Why does the prick Salah never get booked for diving It was typical yesterday Luiz did one in the box, That prick Souness “he should be ashamed of himself, that’s the worst I’ve ever seen”. Salah does two second half which were worse than Luiz, not even mentioned Edited July 6, 2020 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Seems diving is no longer a yellow card. Great times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: Seems diving is no longer a yellow card. Great times Was it ever? Dives happen in pretty much every game but how often have you ever seen a card for it? It's clear the authorities are either incompetent (which they are) or dont see diving as a problem. I think it's the latter, they see it as part of the game. "There was contact" now means it's a foul eventhough football is not a non contact sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 They now don't seem to care if contact brings people down. Is there contact in any form? Yes? Well then if they fall over that's a pen. Ridiculous bearing in mind refs won't give so many when someone is poleaxed if they "get the shot away", but go back 15 yards in the middle of the pitch for an advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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