Werder Bremen Owns up to Dive

[Stumpy Tim]

Lovely stuff, and good of the ref to change his mind too

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26522196

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

well found that was great to see

 

[Blackadder]

Didn't Young do exactly the same at United? I could be mistaken........

 

[The Upper Library]

That has restored some of my faith in the game I love.

 

[nwgull]

Robbie Fowler did it once didn't he? Although the ref stuck with his decision, and Fowler put the penalty away.

 

[bennibenj]

good on him

 

[The Modfather]

well done fella

 

[Washie]

Robbie Fowler did it once didn't he? Although the ref stuck with his decision, and Fowler put the penalty away.

No he missed it, the rebound was tucked in by another player. He was obviously trying to score though.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Odd one. To go for it so dramatically then retract it. Instinct to go down I guess. Ref within his rights to show a yellow.

 

[TheJasperCo]

Yeah, but why dive in the first place if he's only going to own up to it later? Pointless IMO.

 

[JBizzle]

Skipper leading by example there. Good to see!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

What a contrast to Le Fondre. Doubt a British ref would have reacted that way either.

 

[Creaky]

I don't think that headline does Aaron Hunt justice.

If you watch the slow motion replay you can see that as he is running in on goal his foot lands on its side causing him to fall - so it wasn't a 'dive', a word that suggests intent.

 

[Mowgli37]

Good on him.

 

[Robdinho]

Misleading headline, it wasn't a dive - he tripped.

He has admitted it was a dive rather than a trip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26521283

"Out of instinct, I wanted to provoke the penalty, but that was wrong," Hunt, 27, told German media afterwards.

Kudos for owning up though

 

[Hamilton]

That has restored some of my faith in the game I love.

Agree. More of this please. He shouldn't haved dived, but he automatically saw the error of his ways. Please take note other young professionals.

More to the point, what a shame we couldn't bag him for England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hunt

 

[JOLovegrove]

Makes it easy to admit it when you are 2-0 up.....

 

[OzMike]

I'd would have booked him for time wasting, 'waits for the flack'.
Although, if he is good at it, maybe we should convince him of his English heritage and take him to Brazil.
Chuck him on with 20mins to spare in the second half to break a 0-0 deadlock.

 

[Badger]

I don't think that headline does Aaron Hunt justice.

If you watch the slow motion replay you can see that as he is running in on goal his foot lands on its side causing him to fall - so it wasn't a 'dive', a word that suggests intent.

This is what I thought, he just told the ref he'd tripped over.

 

[Triggaaar]

Lovely stuff, and good of the ref to change his mind too

You can imagine some refs saying 'no, I'm in charge here', despite all common sense.