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flag123 · 2010-10-02 22:41:33

I'm sure every soccer fan out there would notice the extreme change in behaviour amongst the players and referees in the last 20 years or so... The fact that the new skill of "diving" seems to be a very important one in the game. Players fall over nothing and find it hard to take any sort of takle without looking for…

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flag123

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I'm sure every soccer fan out there would notice the extreme change in behaviour amongst the players and referees in the last 20 years or so...

The fact that the new skill of "diving" seems to be a very important one in the game. Players fall over nothing and find it hard to take any sort of takle without looking for sympathy.

Looking at clips from the 70s etc. You'd notice the majority don't go down for nothing, start crying like a bitch and get up the minute the ref doesn't call it..

rant over:pac:

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#2 02-10-2010 11:42pm
Midnight_EG

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Mods might tackle this one early.

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#3 02-10-2010 11:42pm
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No to foreign games! :mad::mad::mad:

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#4 02-10-2010 11:42pm
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agreed

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#5 02-10-2010 11:45pm
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