Worst Dive EVER?

[The Watcher Pat]

Wayne Rooney again...twice in a week!

[Norf Tyrone]

Wayne Rooney again...twice in a week!

Sorry. Just posted the same in the other thread. That's 2 times 2 games now is it?

[The Watcher Pat]

Wayne Rooney again...twice in a week!

Sorry. Just posted the same in the other thread. That's 2 times 2 games now is it?

Thats a 4 game ban then!

Yeh well have to wait a while for that.

[ONeill]

England don't do diving, says John Terry

John Terry is concerned that the essential honesty of England's players could count against them at the World Cup finals next summer.

The England captain claimed yesterday that there is not one player in Fabio Capello's squad who would deliberately go to ground to win a penalty, which he believes is not the case among many of the teams they could meet in South Africa.

Terry was anxious to avoid labelling all overseas players divers, but said that the influx of foreigners in the past decade has changed the culture of the Premier League. The likes of Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen would appear to have adapted well to the new reality, but Terry is adamant that none of his international team-mates would deliberately attempt to deceive a referee.

"Diving is something the England lads don't do and sometimes we're too honest," Terry said on the eve of the friendly against Slovenia at Wembley today. "Even in the Premier League we see the English lads get a bit of contact and try to stay on their feet to score from the chance. The foreign mentality coming in is any little clip and you go tumbling over.
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"It's not all the foreigners, but you know who they are. It's unfair to single them out, but from our mentality and the way we've grown up it's not something we've ever been into.

"It's not the way we play. If you stay on your feet and don't get full contact on your shot afterwards it's for the referee to decide. Sometimes we stay up and that goes against us.

"Nowadays with the speed of the game it's any little touch. You see so many sendings-off where a guy clips your leg from behind and you go tumbling over and it looks a lot worse than it is. I think everyone would have a better chance if they cut out diving. Worldwide everyone would know where they stand."

Although reluctant to name the worst offenders, Terry was happy to condemn Eduardo da Silva's actions in Arsenal's Champions League play-off tie against Celtic as a dive and has urged Didier Drogba to cut out the theatrics at Chelsea, with some success.

"I think the Eduardo one was a dive, we can all see that," the Chelsea player said. "It's disappointing to see because Arsenal are a quality side and I don't think they want to be portrayed like that.

"We've all had a word with Didier. He's a big, strong lad, but at times he can get a knock and go down like anybody. Sometimes he stays down a little bit too long, but sometimes slight knocks can keep players down.

"He's a brilliant player and it's something we've addressed and now Didier has definitely changed for the better for him and Chelsea. He gets the respect he deserves now.

"Sometimes it went against him and people forgot just how good he was. He's a player who wants to win and does anything for that."

Terry's views were echoed by Fabio Capello, the England manager, who claimed that he urges his team to be sporting at all times and that during his playing career he used to lambast team-mates for diving.

"I prefer sporting players, not divers," the Italian said. "But I have seen a lot of games in England and I have not seen too many divers.

"When I was playing sometimes players dived, and of course I minded. I don't like divers and I told the players that. That's my opinion, but I'm not on the pitch and it is the players who decide whether they dive."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/international/article6822592.ece

[The Watcher Pat]

England don't do diving, says John Terry

Yeh with Wayne Rooney and Stevie G in the team..

A good bet would have Lampard first goal saying he takes the pens.

[orangeman]

England don't do diving, says John Terry

Yeh with Wayne Rooney and Stevie G in the team..

A good bet would have Lampard first goal saying he takes the pens.

I'm reading Rooney got a penalty for pulling the defender's shirt.

[The Watcher Pat]

England don't do diving, says John Terry

Yeh with Wayne Rooney and Stevie G in the team..

A good bet would have Lampard first goal saying he takes the pens.

I'm reading Rooney got a penalty for pulling the defender's shirt.

And kicking him with the guy going off injured...

Its laughable!

[The Watcher Pat]

Kevin Doyle's  and duffer tonight already lads if Eduardo's going to get done do them all!!!

[ONeill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMuS4ynSog&feature=related

Underestimated diving quality.

[Galwaybhoy]

Compare this sort of play to the hard hitting All-Ireland final today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xwuaw3K_4M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHOBdHyRfM

[ONeill]

Wayne Rooney, October 2006: "I'd never dive. I'd like to think of myself as an honest player.  That's the way I play. I don't like diving, football doesn't need it."

Wayne Rooney, September 2009: "I have never intentionally tried to dive.  There have been times when I have tried to stay on my feet and tried to get the shot off rather than going down. I have never intentionally dived."

Wayne Rooney, December 2009: Booked for diving.

[Billys Boots]

I saw Craig Bellamy getting booked for diving there at the weekend when he was clearly fouled (and he got up immediately).