Most obvious dive of the season for a pen

Ok folks,  Eduardo has laid down the marker as the best dive of the season for a penalty. He did this in the Champions League return leg at home to Celtic. 

Since it is such a growing trend in football and a real blight on our game thought we might have a thread and keep tabs on who is bringing our game into disrepute this season.

I am sure it wont be long before someone comes up with a better one!

Top of my head..........DROGBA

Long gone are the days of the honest footballer, Ladies and Gentleman I give you Robbie Fowler against David Seaman and Robbies protests that he had not been fouled by Seaman and that it was not a penalty...I even believe whole heartedly Robbie missed his spot kick on purpose not that it helped Arsenal as Jason Macateer followed through to slam home the rebound.

You don't get that kind of fair play in todays game, I think majority of players including our own will go down under the weakest of contact in the box to gain an advantage.

Long gone are the days of the honest footballer, Ladies and Gentleman I give you Robbie Fowler against David Seaman and Robbies protests that he had not been fouled by Seaman and that it was not a penalty...I even believe whole heartedly Robbie missed his spot kick on purpose not that it helped Arsenal as Jason Macateer followed through to slam home the rebound.

Arshavin is a very gentlemanly player, IMO. Against Portsmouth, he was awarded a Penalty but he said to the ref it wasn't. Anyone who can do that gets my respect.

Anyone who can do that gets my respect.

Same here

Eduardo's Diving Penatly Goal Arsenal Vs Celtic 26.08.09 HD

Thought I should post the vid so people can make up their own minds (diving c**t).

What can you say? diving c**t

What you can say about that is it was not the referees fault, if you look at his position and the speed the game was flowing at you can see why made the decision, but it was a blatant dive, but it was out of the referees view.

That is F***ing shocking. Celtic must be gutted. Diving little c**t.

That is f**king shocking. Celtic must be gutted. Diving little c**t.

I would never make a statement as bold as that, as we do have players in our ranks who would go down in a similar situation to gain an advantage for our team and to condemn one player for doing it, being fair to that player we have to condemn our own...

So my opinion is it was a bltant dive yes, but I would not be surprised at all if one of our own players is involved in a similar incident through the course of the season.

I would never make a statement as bold as that, as we do have players in our ranks who would go down in a similar situation to gain an advantage for our team and to condemn one player for doing it, being fair to that player we have to condemn our own...

So my opinion is it was a bltant dive yes, but I would not be surprised at all if one of our own players is involved in a similar incident through the course of the season.

Fair enough yes we do have players that dive, but at least with us, there is at least a bit of contact! Boruc didn't touch Eduardo at all, and to be fair was quite a way off him.

 In cases of blatant diving like that and clearly shown on the television the F.A. should take retrospective action against the player.As well as being banned for a number of games the player should be hit in his own pocket with a hefty fine.

In cases of blatant diving like that and clearly shown on the television the F.A. should take retrospective action against the player.As well as being banned for a number of games the player should be hit in his own pocket with a hefty fine.

Right on, Billy, I've always said the same thing.

Simulating a foul to win a game is cheating, what kind of example is it for the young players? Diving works and wins matches. :

In cases of blatant diving like that and clearly shown on the television the F.A. should take retrospective action against the player.As well as being banned for a number of games the player should be hit in his own pocket with a hefty fine.

I agree with that as they say decisions even themselves out over a season, but when it comes down to a decision that eliminates you from the Champions League or relegates you from the League or knocks you out of other cup competitions  and the financial impacts it has on that said club can send a club into liquidation ala Leeds as an example, the use for video technology has never had a greater argument.

In cases of blatant diving like that and clearly shown on the television the F.A. should take retrospective action against the player.As well as being banned for a number of games the player should be hit in his own pocket with a hefty fine.

I was thinking this aswell good post

Its a shame that a player, who had such a horrible injury and was probably at risk of not ever playing football again, goes and dives like that.

It was disgraceful to see, tbh.

As I said tho lets be carefull condeming others as our own have been involved in similar incidents example as follows.

Liverpool - Atletico de Madrid (Hypocrite Gerrard)

For Gerrard's case, sometimes he didn't necessarily dive. Football pitches are wet and when you're running, it's easy to lose balance  and also easy to slip. It's happened to me before. Even the slightest of touch when you're running can make you topple. The video above, for England, Gerrard's foot seem to have got stuck into the ground.

I don't know what's the case with Eduardo, though. You have a healthy lead going into the 2 away goals and there's no reason to dive. Diving is a smart but cheating way to get goals. And there's no point achieving something by cheating. It'll definitely haunt you back.

Didn't Robbie Fowler like pass the ball to the keeper when Liverpool were awarded a penalty or something?

Anyways, this dive beats that!
WORST DIVE EVER... GILARDINO DIVE

Didn't Robbie Fowler like pass the ball to the keeper when Liverpool were awarded a penalty or something?

That was against David Seaman, Fowler argued with the Ref that Seaman had not pulled him down and that it was no a penalty the referee ignored Fowler and awarded it. Fowler stepped up took a pretty timid penalty IMO meaning for it too be saved, but up popped Jason Macaterr to slam home the rebound to further frustrate Arsenal.

Thanks RedLFCBlood.

I only heard about something like that but couldn't exactly get a video I was hoping for on youtube.

I remember watching Dirk Kuyt in his first season. There were times where he slipped in the box and once Petr Cech came screaming at him. Dirk was being honest about it and he kept waving his arms to tell that he just slipped.

No problem mate.

At least ITV said that it was a dive. Over on Sky we had to listen to Gullit, Sven, Keys and Gray saying that Eduardo was "clever" in winning the penalty. No wonder the majority of fans can't stand Sky with analysis like this. :

As I said tho lets be carefull condeming others as our own have been involved in similar incidents example as follows.

I don't see why you need to post that.

When I said if a player has been proved to have dived through video evidence he should be punished in some way after the match, be it suspension, fine or whatever, I stand by it.

Because Gerrard has been shown to have dived in the past doesn't change my opinion on the matter, in the clear cases he has done it I feel he should have been punished too. I'm not a hypocrite and I don't believe in one rule for us, another for the opposition.