New Posts For Thread: Entitled to go downhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-downThis is the new buzz word regarding penalty awards, championed by Alan Shearer. Surely the termanology of the phrase itself implies cheating. Any player going to ground when he could easily have stayed on his feet is cheating, he may well have been iThe big problem is the ''Double Whammy" effect whereby not only does your dive award you a penalty, quite often a sending off follows! My idea would be any theatrics should result in no award of a penalty regardless if they were fouled or not!https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548436489#548436489The big problem is the ''Double Whammy" effect whereby not only does your dive award you a penalty, quite often a sending off follows! My idea would be any theatrics should result in no award of a penalty regardless if they were fouled or not!Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:34:48 -0500Of course they dive, the refs are too scared to give penalties for fouls in the box? Watch any corner.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548435331#548435331Of course they dive, the refs are too scared to give penalties for fouls in the box? Watch any corner.Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:26:26 -0500Retrospective bans dished out by a weekly tribunal is the way forward before the game is completely ruined. The referees and assistants are on a hiding to nothing. Every player is trying to cheat at every opportunity. I refuse to believe that they arhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548435077#548435077Retrospective bans dished out by a weekly tribunal is the way forward before the game is completely ruined. The referees and assistants are on a hiding to nothing. Every player is trying to cheat at every opportunity. I refuse to believe that they arTue, 19 Apr 2016 05:57:35 -0500Yep the Vardy one is toughhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434779#548434779Yep the Vardy one is toughTue, 19 Apr 2016 05:12:24 -0500the problem is its rarely black and white; take Vardy, he was undoubtedly pushed slightly but then wrapped his legs around the defender and dived. I think technically he was just about fouled and you can therefore argue it was a penalty but he only whttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434771#548434771the problem is its rarely black and white; take Vardy, he was undoubtedly pushed slightly but then wrapped his legs around the defender and dived. I think technically he was just about fouled and you can therefore argue it was a penalty but he only wTue, 19 Apr 2016 05:11:09 -0500If they dive and its known after the game via video , they should get 3-5 game ban , cut it right outhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434725#548434725If they dive and its known after the game via video , they should get 3-5 game ban , cut it right outTue, 19 Apr 2016 05:05:33 -0500Such key decisions could also have the benefit of video technology but ultimately its the ref/video refs call. Nearly all of these debatable penalties/diving incidents are for innocuous fouls though where the player goes down easily as he knows he hahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434671#548434671Such key decisions could also have the benefit of video technology but ultimately its the ref/video refs call. Nearly all of these debatable penalties/diving incidents are for innocuous fouls though where the player goes down easily as he knows he haTue, 19 Apr 2016 04:57:41 -0500Who decides if its a clear goalscoring opportunity ? The ref i take ithttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434509#548434509Who decides if its a clear goalscoring opportunity ? The ref i take itTue, 19 Apr 2016 04:27:19 -0500This nonsense will never end without a rule change and it is destroying football. With the current laws if a player doesn't go down its not as easy for the ref to spot if there was a foul or just coming together, so the cheats try it on when there ishttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434455#548434455This nonsense will never end without a rule change and it is destroying football. With the current laws if a player doesn't go down its not as easy for the ref to spot if there was a foul or just coming together, so the cheats try it on when there isTue, 19 Apr 2016 04:09:16 -0500Agreed 100%, a referee who gives a penalty when a player was impeded but stayed on his feet might well look a fool, but throw in a dive for the same foul and it justifies the award.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30680839/entitled-to-go-down?post_id=548434111#548434111Agreed 100%, a referee who gives a penalty when a player was impeded but stayed on his feet might well look a fool, but throw in a dive for the same foul and it justifies the award.Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:23:42 -0500