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Originally Posted by Tom Dogg You know, all that penalty shot stuff I can live with.
NO MORE STRETCHERS!!!!!!!!!!
The whole "pretending to be hurt" thing is the single WORST thing about soccer. It's absolutely ridiculous, and something needs to be done about that.
I was watching people talk about the thing with Rooney and Ronaldo (the Portugese one) and it got me thinking that Rooney doesn't look like the type who would flop around like a little girl. He looks like a really tough guy, while Ronaldo looks a little "soft" to me. Maybe I'm wrong, but I actually started liking that Rooney guy during the World Cup, because he looks like a real badass |
It's all to do with the footballing culture of the country they come from. In England players don't tend to go down, they stay on their feet for as long as they can. On the continent however, especially Portugal, the players are encouraged to go down. It's they way they've been brought up to play, so they know no different. To tackle the problem the football authorities need to target grass roots football and clear it out of there and work their way up.