| The recent issue of diving has raised its ugly head | | | | games, there was more example of diving. The most |
| again, with the high profile case of Robben falling | | | | blatant was the dive by Reyes against Bolton in order |
| theatrically to the floor as he had been shot when | | | | to win a penalty. Reyes seems to be the type of |
| Reina, wrongly, raised his hand to him. It got me to | | | | player who does get targeted by the opposition but he |
| thinking that modern players do seem to dive more | | | | does not do himself any favours by going down so |
| and more often and surely the time has come for the | | | | theatrically.Of course it is not just Reyes who dives; |
| authorities to start looking at punishment for offenders. | | | | each club has their players who have developed a |
| How did this situation come about? Many people | | | | reputation for taking a tumble. I am sure everyone can |
| blame it on the influx of foreign players into the English | | | | remember the laughable actions of Rivaldo in the 2002 |
| game, and that it is not an English problem. This is | | | | World Cup when he fell to the ground as he had been |
| correct to a certain extent, whilst it will always be the | | | | shot. The cause of this collapse was the football |
| foreigners who get highlighted as serial divers, we | | | | bounced off his foot when Turkish player, Hakan Unsal |
| cannot dismiss the fact that many British players also | | | | passed it to him in order for a corner to be taken. At |
| take a tumble in order to get a player sent off. Robbie | | | | Spurs (just to show I am not bias and can criticise my |
| Savage and Joe Cole are just two examples of British | | | | own club) we have had some of the best divers in the |
| players diving.Overall the last weekend of Premiership | | | | game. |