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Where are we with diving (cheating) and what should be done about it?
Robbed last night by a dive in the last minute.
West Brom have previous Dwight Gayle was banned for a game last season for conning the ref in the 90th minute V Forest.

Easy to have a go because it went against us.

Would we be even mentioning it if we had won the game when Seani Maguire dived (cheated) to try and get a pen last night?
His second blatent cheat of the night as he had gone down earlier untouched when he tried to run between 2 defenders close to the penalty box.

We have plenty previous Joey Garner in a Preston Shirt took diving to a whole new level.

Should we just suck it up as part of the game or should we back the banning of players who dive even if Seani gets a ban because of it
 
I agree that a two game ban isn't a deterrent. Especially as a lot of players wouldn't mind having two Saturdays off.

I think a real deterrent would be a personal fine from the EFL. Not sure about the morals behind it but...
 
Ideally retrospective action, but the key thing is that matches would be treated differently as there are obviously dozens of cameras at a game covered by Sky. Only 4 cameras at the other games. So wouldn't be a level playing field. But does that matter? And would it only be for when pens are given etc.?
 
The Spy said:
Where are we with diving (cheating) and what should be done about it?
Robbed last night by a dive in the last minute.
West Brom have previous Dwight Gayle was banned for a game last season for conning the ref in the 90th minute V Forest.

Easy to have a go because it went against us.

Would we be even mentioning it if we had won the game when Seani Maguire dived (cheated) to try and get a pen last night?
His second blatent cheat of the night as he had gone down earlier untouched when he tried to run between 2 defenders close to the penalty box.

We have plenty previous Joey Garner in a Preston Shirt took diving to a whole new level.

Should we just suck it up as part of the game or should we back the banning of players who dive even if Seani gets a ban because of it
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Think when we do it then it's called 'shithousing' and a good proportion of our fans have been calling for it to be cut out in recent times. Last night we got some payback and we were the victims of it. My view is that the cheating player should get a 3 game ban and fined by his club. Pretty confident that neither the EFL or WBA will do anything about last night's debacle.
 
Aitch said:
Think when we do it then it's called 'shithousing' and a good proportion of our fans have been calling for it to be cut out in recent times. Last night we got some payback and we were the victims of it. My view is that the cheating player should get a 3 game ban and fined by his club. Pretty confident that neither the EFL or WBA will do anything about last night's debacle.
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Why would WBA fine him for winning them the game? 🤣
 
There is cheating on plain view in each and every football game and the officials turn a blind eye to it, so obviously cheating is accepted. The question we should be asking why is some cheating accepted and some not?
 
Can’t be doing with diving, McGuire does it too often, then when he gets a half decent shout for one he doesn’t get it. He could trip over his own shadow that one. It’s cheating, simple as. Maybe if on reviewing after the match the club loses the points it gained by cheating, it might stop it. I.e. rather than West Brom get 3 points they got one, but then on the flip side it would open up a can of worms I suppose, and then every tackle or off side would be re-scrutinised.
 
If refs were better then players wouldn't need to dive. If you don't go to ground then you don't get a foul so players over the years have adapted to anticipate contact or exaggerate it to bring it to the incompetent referee's attention.
 
justinr73 said:
Bans and fines won't achieve much.

Incarceration or the infliction of pain would both be decent deterrents.

Perhaps if someone goes to ground and the ref doesn't give a foul then the opposing captain is permitted to nominate one of his team to kick the miscreant in the gonads?
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With spiked boots on
 
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