Diving by Everton Players

[yelyah]

I encourage our players to dive and harass the ref, anything to win.

 

[chrismpw]

I think this topic is particularly relevant after the Mirallas incident this weekend. Personally, I hate it when an Everton player dives. It reflects badly on the club and its values of fair play. Simply, it is cheating. In fact, I prefer it when the player gets booked (as Mirallas did) rather than get away with it. We should be (morally) better than resorting to that.

We all remember how annoying it was seeing Suarez dive, week in, week out, to win penalties for the RS. I know it may sound ridiculous in a sport where winning is everything, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when you score goals and win matches through blatant foulplay.

What are your thoughts?

When coaching footie teams with school kids I tell them to compete hard and win. If they cheat in any way though, or argue with the ref, I'll sub them. Would rather lose than win unfairly. DISCUSSING with the ref is the captain's job in my view.

 

[Khalekan]

Don't like diving, don't like whingeing at referees. Graeme Sharp, Andy Gray, Paul Rideout all got on my nerves back in the day. Shut up and get on with the game. As for surrounding referees, don't get me started.

We play it on the carpet, we play it in the air, which ever way we play it, we play it fair and square.

I hate to say this but.......the three players you mentioned all scored goals in Cup Finals for us.

They were part of Everton teams which actually helped stock the trophy cabinet.

The late, great Bally himself never gave a referee a moment's peace.

The Corinthian spirit we idealise will take us nowhere in today's game.

You can swim with the sharks or you can be eaten by them

 

[Khalekan]

I encourage our players to dive and harass the ref, anything to win.

I wouldn't go as far as to say I would "encourage" our players to do it.

But if they do it, I sure as heck won't be losing any sleep over it.

 

[Hong Kong Bluey]

Never acceptable, never want an EFC player to dive. Ever. I hate it.

Except Limpar vs Wimbledon of course...

 

[riddick]

After a bit of pondering, I take it back. At every turn against the RS if it wins us a free kick, a penalty, hell, a throw in. I don't care. Annoy the crap out of them

 

[Billefc]

After a bit of pondering, I take it back. At every turn against the RS if it wins us a free kick, a penalty, hell, a throw in. I don't care. Annoy the crap out of them

Doubt it will win us any penalties against that lot unfortunately , one of them could decapitate one of our players in the box and it be deemed a fair challenge , now at the other end , that's as we know ,a different matter!!!

 

[DanEFC92]

Every time we do a sneaky one the ref always pulls us up on it. Shame they aren't so vigilant against the other top clubs.

 

[Deggo]

I think this topic is particularly relevant after the Mirallas incident this weekend. Personally, I hate it when an Everton player dives. It reflects badly on the club and its values of fair play. Simply, it is cheating. In fact, I prefer it when the player gets booked (as Mirallas did) rather than get away with it. We should be (morally) better than resorting to that.

We all remember how annoying it was seeing Suarez dive, week in, week out, to win penalties for the RS. I know it may sound ridiculous in a sport where winning is everything, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when you score goals and win matches through blatant foulplay.

What are your thoughts?

Diving helped keep us up in 1994............ask Anders Limpar

 

[bring the ghost on]

I encourage our players to dive

 

[McBain]

There's expecting contact and then there's diving.

Two different things in the book of Mcb.

 

[yelyah]

 

[Prevenger17]

My thoughts are I don't want to see EFC stranded on the moral high ground whilst the snidey teams prosper in the valleys.

I don't like diving, but it exists and it ain't going away.

So the only advice I can give to Kev and Del is this.

Lids, I would rather you didn't dive.

But if you are going to dive, FFS do it right

lol

 

[larbert toffee]

One man's diving is another man's drawing fouls.

massive difference between drawing a foul and diving, absolutely hate diving and glad to see diver's getting booked, I love the look on their faces when they have been caught out.
Unfortunately it was ironic for me that the day after I was banging on about diving at work Phil Neville was laughably caught with probably the worst and most obvious dive I have ever seen which was highlighted on match of the day.
The sooner video technology is introduced and more are caught out the better IMO.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

I encourage our players to dive and harass the ref, anything to win.

??have you seen McCarthy's pitiful attempts at diving? it's a pointless booking for simulation every time.