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JRW2 Flag Dulwich 03 May 21 4.50pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

Perhaps it is the 'Modern game', I am sounding like Graeme Souness, with VAR and players going to ground rather too easily, squealing as they do so.

I've little doubt that feigning - or exaggerating - injury is far more widespread than in days gone by, but it's not new. I still recall seeing Francis Lee in the seventies going down like a sack of coal, clutching his face, after an opponent had lashed out at him. Just one slow motion replay clearly showed that Lee hadn't even been touched. Jimmy Hill called him out and was not impressed. Just another example of cheating which the authorities are too feeble to try and do something about.

 

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rollercoaster Flag Cornwall 03 May 21 5.42pm Send a Private Message to rollercoaster Add rollercoaster as a friend

Referees will not give a foul or a penalty unless a player goes down. That is where this play acting all starts, with the rules and with the referees.

 

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