Haven't known a team do it as much as them except maybe Seville a few seasons ago and South American teams in the international tournaments seem to do it a fair bit. Do you think it could be a tactic of Dean Smith's?
Grealish is obviously the standout but there whole team seems to be jumping to the floor at every opportunity. I know you get the individual culprits the Mo Salah's, Wilf Zaha's, James Maddison's, Harry Kane's and the Luis Suarez's to name a few and I'm not saying we've never had a player who does it. However it does make me think maybe with the introduction of VAR diving or conning the refs is such an effective way of getting goals via freekicks in dangerous positions and soft penalties which ultimately leads to points.
You see so many freekicks given that would have never been given even 5 years ago for basically nothing often not even contact around the edge of the box and it feels like every game has at least one VAR penalty check I can understand why teams do it but it is frustrating to watch.
I just don't see the solution to be honest, without replacing the refs with more competent ones who won't buy it so easily.
Apologies for the rant but it does annoy me a tad.
Grealish is obviously the standout but there whole team seems to be jumping to the floor at every opportunity. I know you get the individual culprits the Mo Salah's, Wilf Zaha's, James Maddison's, Harry Kane's and the Luis Suarez's to name a few and I'm not saying we've never had a player who does it. However it does make me think maybe with the introduction of VAR diving or conning the refs is such an effective way of getting goals via freekicks in dangerous positions and soft penalties which ultimately leads to points.
You see so many freekicks given that would have never been given even 5 years ago for basically nothing often not even contact around the edge of the box and it feels like every game has at least one VAR penalty check I can understand why teams do it but it is frustrating to watch.
I just don't see the solution to be honest, without replacing the refs with more competent ones who won't buy it so easily.
Apologies for the rant but it does annoy me a tad.