ThisThey need to combine live VAR with a post match review with retrospective punishments.
The game is rife with cheating and simulation.
There's been zero effort to address it, but we spend three or four minutes during many PL games trying to decide if someone has their fringe or shoelaces an inch offside.
Said the same many times - head injury ie going down clutching your face as if a narked Mike Tyson has found you strumping his missus - 10 minute concussion protocol.Looks embarrassing, everyone can see you're making Rivaldo look like a hard man - just get them off for 10 minutes as an automatic concussion referral. I bet the magic head injuries would stop then.
I'd definitely back retroactive yellow cards for players faking injury, especially head injuries.
There'll be plenty of incidents where you can't be certain they're faking it, but that Ben White incident was blatant.
Exactly, no one cares if someone scores a goal because his left knacker is offisde, but having players deliberately cheating with play acting, which could be EASILY eradicated with retrospective VAR, is what's ruining the gameThey need to combine live VAR with a post match review with retrospective punishments.
The game is rife with cheating and simulation.
There's been zero effort to address it, but we spend three or four minutes during many PL games trying to decide if someone has their fringe or shoelaces an inch offside.
I don't understand why we have VAR, but don't dish out retrospective bans for crap like this.It was horrific. I watched the game on sky. They basically just laughed it off as not a 'fine' moment for either player.
I'd be calling white out for 'simulation' (cheating) of the highest order. He was trying to get the guy sent off. Whilst making himself look like a right clown doing it.
He should have been booked. I'd argue such play acting deserves a red. You are trying to get an opponent sent off through play acting. You'd think he'd been shot in the throat. He must look back on this this morning and agree he looks like a right Doyle.
He will no doubt be watching it back whilst on his sunbed