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They should, but the fact they don't makes this decision to ban the Bristol player extremely harsh imo as there are far more clear cut examples of attempting simulation that go undetected / unpunished so if I was connected to Bristol City in some way, I would be really annoyed by this (joke)...

There have been numerous examples in our games where an opposition player has gone to ground and stayed there, looking for a free kick from the ref, implying they are really hurt only to jump up and run off to get back in position once they know no free kick is to be awarded. Most of the time...

He wasn't holding anything as he fell to the ground, 1 arm is below him trying to break his fall and the other is away from his body, across his chest. He is motionless on the ground and from that angle it could be his face he holds, but equally (as seen when he rolls onto his back) it was his...

Did he really convince the linesman? - Or did the linesman guess (wrongly) about what happened? If the impact on the ground caused an injury (neck / back as described) what do they expect him to do? run around ? Run over to the officials? what? I've seen several games this season where the...

Did you miss this bit? Also - did you watch the slow mo part where it was zoomed in on a large-ish screen? You would see that the Bristol player falling does not put his hands to his face (or around that area) until he has already hit the ground, it was not immediate (some replies sound like...