Sepp
Blatter has proposed that there should be a time penalty for diving in
football, yellow card is not enough nowadays.
He
said in a weekly FIFA column that he finds it irritating, when the player is
not seriously injured and joins the game as soon as they have left the field.
The
referee can order the player to wait. In practical this is a time penalty.
Former referee Dermot Gallagher agrees to such penalty but feels punishing those
players may not be possible in Blatter’s way.
Ex-PremierLeague referee Gallagher further said that a very brave referee is required for
this task who can say players were not really injured.
Blatter
made these comments just after the two days of Oscar’s dive against
Southampton.
ManchesterUnited youngster Adnan Januzaj has received three yellow cards for simulation.
Fifa's
vice-president Jim Boyce also proposed the use of video, if it is a dive
according to an ex-referee, an ex-manager and an ex-member of PFA then the
player should get a three match ban.
Premier League
bookings for simulation (from August 2008)
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1
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Gareth Bale
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7
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2
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Fernando Torres
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3
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3
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Adnan Januzaj
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3
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4
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Liam Lawrence
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2
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5
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David Bentley
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2
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6
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Ashley Young
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2
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7
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Luis Suarez
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2
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8
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Daniel Sturridge
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2
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9
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Javier Hernandez
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2
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10
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Oscar
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2
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11
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Andy Carroll
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2
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12
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Emmanuel Eboue
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2
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Source: Opta
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