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But they are treated as cheating and punished as such with a yellow card and free kick. That was my point. Diving is also treated as such and should be punished by a yellow card as well. It doesn't mean Johnny Foreigner isn't capable of very cynical fouls to break up quick breaks (Busquets...

AKA the "good foul"? As a poor quality pub-league centre back I used to make those sorts of challenges and it was just taking one for the team. These days it should be a guaranteed yellow, which means the same player can only do one per game and, after five of them, you're sitting out. It has...

Good point. I'd say you really don't want to be involved in the first game of the season (presumably there will be a Friday night or Saturday lunch game in Week 1) so that you can at least give your players some instructions based on how strict the VAR was in that. If not you're guessing. As I...

1125070835822268416 Yes, you can see that from the angle on this tweet which was repeated at half time and on MOTD and you can state that confidently after several repeat viewings. At full speed using the normal camera angle that wasn't clear at all. I was happy to conceed I was wrong on the...

I called it as a genuine penalty, not thorugh spite for Ali J but because, at full speed, it looked one. Too busy with chat on here and handing round the snacks to really look properly again until half time I then changed my mind and said so. But, I can see why it was given. It's a limp, hang...

Without wanting to turn this in to a political binfest, we live in a world where the man regarded as the leader of the free part of it lies and cheats on a daily basis. The ship has sailed. There are still a few sports - well games really - that self regulate. Snooker and pool. Darts. Golf. But...