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They were completely different IMO. Wilson was trying to get to the ball, and I think he'd have been happy if he stayed on his feet and kept the ball. That's not what Vardy wanted, so he didn't run towards the ball, he ran towards the keeper. There was nothing the defender could do to avoid the...

If it was as simple as you suggest, players could just sprint back and forth across the penalty area, just in front of the opponents, and wait for an opponent to try and step forward - bang, tripped up, penalty. The point is, Vardy wasn't trying to get the ball, he was only trying to cause a...

Wrong.

What rule says that exactly? If two players are running, and one runs in front of the other, away from the ball, with the sole intention of causing a collision, that's not a foul on that player.

:facepalm:

I wasn't talking about the Vardy incident there, we were talking about cheating in general, and it's FIFA's job to cut that out. As you point, Vardy did nothing wrong.

But it's FIFA's job to cut it from the game, not England's. I don't want us to be the only country in the world that doesn't do it, as we'll suffer.

Is it really bad of Roy to back someone who's going to be playing for him in the summer? He dived, so what, loads of players do it. I'll tell you what, if he does that and gets us a penalty that sees us to the WC final, I won't be complaining. Simeone cheated against Beckham, Ronaldo cheated...