If I was a professional footballer I would be utterly humiliated

Diving, rolling around on the floor or feigning injury whilst war veterans are standing watching

 

The two aren't connected at all.

People need to get over this nonsense that players go down easily because they're soft.

They go down to gain an advantage, either to get the other player booked or sent off, wind him up for a later incident or to buy a free kick / time for his team

 

If I were a war veteran, I'd be appalled if people were piggybacking the horrors I've endured to make a point about something as ultimately meaningless as football.

 

I think in the majority of cases they are soft. The crowd would do the game a favour if their antics were treated to laughter.

 

Regardless of the reasons they go down it is very embarrassing and I hate seeing it. Rolling around pretending to be hurt for no reason is pathetic and blights the image of football.

 

that's alright then , they're just cheating barstwards. Personally I think I preferred the days when they only went down after a hard tackle and then bounced up to get their own back. And Ronaldo please don't tell me he's not as soft as a bag of **** because I won't believe you

 

I preferred them too.

I'm not making out what they do is right I'm just saying any connection to war veterans is ridiculous.

Ronaldo's not soft at all, he's a cheat yes but not soft. As much as I can't stand him he's as tough as they come & had it very tough as a kid, dad died young, poor family, his whole families future relied on him making it when he got shipped to Lisbon from Madeira at 12 years old to go in the academy.

Soft are lads like Williams, Daniel Sturridge & many others that will only play when 100%.

Ronaldo's had tendinitis in his knee for the past 2 years & plays in constant pain & gets the **** kicked out of him. At times he 'buys' fouls but who doesn't in this day & age.

If there's one player I wouldn't class as soft it's him but each to their own

 

The lad for Newcastle. Perez? Went shoulder to shoulder with a Bournemouth player at the weekend, and his face brushed lightly against the Bournemouth lads shoulder as he fell to the floor. He was rolling around holding his face, the physio came on to give treatment, and he was still ";checking for blood" 5 minutes after coming back on.

Jesus wept I've seen shooting victims recover quicker than he did from what really was barely even a coming together.

Not sure I'd compare it with wartime veterans, that's a bit OTT. But it is rather embarrassing some of the lengths they'll go to just to try steal the odd free kick. Cheating is what it is.

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^This. Django is right, they do it to gain an advantage rather than because they're big jessies, but it gives the impression they're as soft as candy floss and I struggle to understand why anyone would do that. They might gain an advantage for their team, but they still have to go home and look at themselves in the mirror. Self respect is a lot more important to me than a free kick. Can't imagine that would change if I was playing for money rather than just pleasure. I would think that the more people who were watching, the less likely I'd be to do it. I know me dad would be watching and there's no way on earth I'd let him down by doing summat like that in front of him.

When I played, if I got hurt in a strong challenge or when fouled I did my best to show I hadn't been hurt. I am a big wuss so I may have wanted to cry and get a cuddle off me mam, but I didn't show that. I got up as quick as I could to prove that I hadn't been hurt, that I hadn't been bettered and the next time that player has the ball, I'll be going in even harder so he better think twice about what he's going to try. Over the 90 minutes I reckon that's a much bigger advantage than a free kick or a booking.

 

Bang on Jay. When I was playing I would have a go at my own teammates for doing it. I'd be straight over telling them to get up, no use to the team on the floor or off the pitch getting treatment. Personally I used to hate the thought of the opposition thinking they'd hurt me, even when I was actually in pain I'd just get on with it, make sure I rattled them at first opportunity.

 

I once saw an interview with Ron Harris and he said that they went the opposite way to today's players, he said that even if he was in agony he wouldn't show it, he'd just look at them as if to say "is that the best you've got?"....and then tell them he was coming for them