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Author Topic: M Oliver Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove  (Read 1685 times)

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Re: M Oliver Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove
« Reply #15 on: Wed 25 Nov 2020 12:10 »
" What was inexcusable is the reaction of the Leeds player who reacted as if he had been hit with an axe.  Again, a deliberate attempt to deceive the referee which went unpunished.  Until the game gets to grips with this ludicrous simulation there is no hope for it.  "

LateTackle's words are correct.  I'll avoid dodgy analogies and incorrectly quoting Law, but 100% support this.

Video technology is having an "interesting" impact on the game through VAR.  Video technology could eradicate this ludicrous simulation if there was the will to do so. The truth, however, is that if the circumstances had been reversed, the Arsenal player would have done exactly what the Leeds player did do.

Its really up to the teams, players, managers, etc.  Do they want to get it out of the game or not?

This is exactly my point.  What the Leeds player did wasn't just a one-off.  It is endemic throughout the game at top level.  It is clearly required by managers in order to get a minimal advantage, just as is throwing yourself to the floor with minimal contact to win free kicks and penalties.  The game is destroying itself with continual deception of referees. 

But it is actually worse than that.  Taylor would have had to be pretty dumb not to have realised that the Leeds player was playacting, so obvious was the tumble.  In truth Taylor had no choice though.  The people who run the game have created this monster and referees are not allowed to exercise common sense.  My view of the incident was that the Arsenal player was foolish but not violent and would have been shown a yellow card, as would the Leeds player for simulation.  My view is probably down to the fact that when I qualified as a referee I was taught that 'Law 18' is the most important of all. 

I have no idea how the game starts to sort out this destructive culture of deception.  What I do know is that I have lost interest and could never see myself paying to watch a game in the forseeable future, and I know quite a few others who take a similar view.
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