Is diving a blight on soccer?

Were you watching the liverpool birmingham game last night?!

...and yea it kinda is. I think its a part of the game but the penalty should be harsher for those caught out

Definately. Of course, there's nothing new about it, but now that every incident is scrutinised in super-slow-motion and the rewards are so high it has become much more of a higher profile topic in the game. It's unfair that referees are criticised for making the wrong call by 'experts' who have the benefit of slow-motion replays from six different angles, when the ref only sees it once as it happens. It all comes down to the honesty (or otherwise) of the players - real football fans know who the culprits are, and until the managers in question show some moral backbone and take action themselves the problem will continue.

Not sure, as I am not an expert on soccer. Do you mean a "body block" as I have seen, occasionally. I would also mention here the "pile dive" tackle in American football. It is obviously an attempt to injure the ball carrier...or at least to cause a release of the ball resulting in a turnover. It is a cheap play and is under criticism. It was used a lot when I was in high school.

lol... oh you bet , always has been and always will be. They need to introduce a video ref and each time a player goes down he looks at it , if the video ref say's its a dive then that player gets sin binned for 10 minutes. I bet you would see 90% of dives stop over night

Nah I think it's okay.
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