Bans for diving

Absolutely , same with the teams income ... keep that sliding scale out . Deterrents are the only way forward . Personally , video replays on game changing plays is really the best way

 

Why ?

 

Remember Gallas when he left Arsenal. "Let me transfer or I'll score own goals".


Imagine if it were "let me go or I'll deliberately dive and dock the team points.

 

Because it's to extreme . Point deductions should only come from things that happen off the pitch . This could all be solved by video if we weren't one of the only professional sports to still be in the dinosaur era

 

retrospective ban is a good start because sometimes the incidents are missed in real time anyway.

But I would like to see video ref come in for the major decisions. I'm frankly amazed it hasn't already when you see the general success in cricket, rugby, tennis etc and often adds another level of drama. The tech is also already there. Football perhaps doesn't have as many natural breaks in play as other sports but even so, refs need help.

 

Headbutting is more honourable than diving imho.

Diving should have been ruthlessly eradicated from these shores the moment it was first introduced by Jurgen Klinsman. Failure to do so has led to the current mess, and I now believe public execution to be the only reasonable method left to deal with this menace.

 

Is it though? It is cheating and weighing up 1 game ban or gaining 2 points - many will dive anyway. 2 points v 3 game ban and more to think about.

 

That's why video is the way forward . The video would stop the transfer of the gained points and you can still ban the player and team for the dive . Diving will dry up instantly IMO

 

So will Soccerball, if you stop it every five minutes to review video evidence. This ain't gridiron, where it's always fourteen down and ten in the forty niners twenty two, or some similar ****. Or Who's on third and What's on fifth etc.

Hence the viability of retrospective action; no need to stop the game, the risk of a later sanction should deter the miscreant.

 

Only on game changing plays , otherwise the one match ban and fine will suffice at a later date . Most games won't even have a game changing error , but it needs to be in place at the ready

 

It seems a sensible rule that will stop some from diving, I think it's a good move.

 

FA trying to set a precedent that will not catch on. It's part of the game in many foreign countries and they'll never punish players for it.

I'm not suggesting we accept diving, but this won't catch on. Why not just introduce something universal like video tech and that will catch all.

 

So long as video reviews only take place when the balls gone out of play. "If you don't see something, don't blow up" ought to be the abiding principle imo. And then there'd have to be a time limit on how far back you go. If decisions can be made in real time, as is the case with goal line technology, that's a different matter, but then you are getting into the area where you may be undermining the ref's authority.

 

Bans for diving is a good start. I also think bans for grassing should be considered.

 

Reported!

 

Agree with this, the video review should only happen when the ball has gone out of play and should only be used in the instance that has just occurred. Also the video panel should be in communication with the ref via his earpiece and should advise the ref, who then makes the final decision.

 

^^^ Ban this Grass.

 

Interestingly I see Alli has been made an honary member of the British diving team.

 

Remember , there won't be a lot of time wasted watching the video on a dive in the box . In most cases , the video replay will be over and a decision made while the player is finished rolling on the ground and getting his " Phoney " medical attention ..lol