Comments on: OH KAY ON…ROONEY’S DIVE

By: danny boy

danny boy — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:33:12 +0000

rooney never dives. u lot jus dun suport united and r jealos. if ur runnin ant full speed and then get light contact ur gonna trip up, itz not about strength its about momentom. drogba dive 4 no reason blatently about ten times each game and so does ballack but i dun see no posts made about them. Rooney did not apeal, if u goo down in the box ur gonna see wot the ref says about it, you might get yellowed! rooney got straight back up and did not appeal, cus he was not looking for a penalty, thats why he didnt dive. If rooney wanted a penalty he do a lot more than look at the ref! he would probably start a fight!

By: zc

zc — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:16:44 +0000

I’m from aus and Australia was knocked out of the ’06 world cup by Italy thanks to a last minute Fabio Grosso dive. DIVING IS UNACCEPTABLE, GOING DOWN EASILY IS UNACCEPTABLE. I still remember Italy for the dive, Wayne Rooney dive was terrible and his reputation will be deservedly cut down. I can’t believe its being hushed up. IF Fergie doesn’t punish Rooney he will become the biggest hipocrith

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:52:51 +0000

I don’t think that Rooney was actually trying to dive here. He got slight nudge going at full speed that definitely wasn’t foul worthy and he just lost his feet. And you also have to consider the type of player Wayne Rooney is, he’s a gorilla that usually just keeps runnig even if he gets fouled because the only thing he wants is to see that ball hit the back of the net and he wants to put it there. So I think after Rooney’s 8 or so years of aggressive won’t stop till I drop football he deserves the benefit of the doubt. And that, I think, is the reason Rooney didn’t receive any bad press because they know, as do most of us, that Wayne Rooney isn’t going to let an outstretched leg that might trip him a little bit keep him from getting to that goal.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:53:17 +0000

I can’t say I ever really understood diving, I’d rather just try to score. Even if I do actually get taken down in the box, I still make my best effort to get that shot off, why wouldn’t you? It’s hard to imagine maintaining self respect after diving to get a penalty when people will be mocking you the next day on youtube and making you look ridiculous…as they should. It won’t be long before some frustrated sweeper stomps the back of some superman diving drama queen and injures him with the self justifying statement of “Well if you’re going to pretend I hurt you, I may as well do it for real.”
This really should stop as soon as possible, if you can’t beat the defender, throwing a temper tantrum is hardly the solution, next time just train harder.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:59:05 +0000

I am not going to defend diving but I will hopefully shed light on why footballers do it.

Firstly, there is “diving” and there is “going down easily” but both get put under the term of diving. Going down easily, i think is acceptable. Sometimes it will prevent in injury and sometimes you will gain a big advantage from it. Also, the tackle is usually a bad tackle and quite a lot of contact anyway so getting a free kick from it is fair in the end as well. However, both Rooney and Eduardo dived. Minimal or no contact was made between the players and it was a blatant act of cheating. It is just as bad as Ngog’s dive, the only difference between Rooney and Eduardo was that they left there leg out so that contact was made. If anything what they did is worse.

Also, “diving” or “going down easily” is a result of defenders tackling badly. I go down easily because i don’t want to miss the rest of the season and the possibilty of being scouted due to a broken leg, well, that’s my excuse. I also go down because I am the free-kick and penalty taker and I know that I can score. However, I would never ever go down under minimal or no contact. I dont intend to cheat when I go down. I have usually got past the player with a bit of skill or made a good run and get challenged and if he gets me then I go down. I dont go down if the guy misses me or I kick the ball to hard so it is about to go out, which is what Rooney and Eduardo did, I just accept that it was a bad touch and carry on with the game. However if I had 80,000 supporters relying on a bit of magic from me and i had an opportunity like Eduardo or Rooney and I took a heavy touch then I may have done the same. Unless you have experienced that sort of pressure you will never know what it is like.

It is not right and i am not defending it but I think we should all take a minute to remember the pressure these guys are under, however if I was earning Ã‚Â£100,000 a week to play football I would accept that pressure comes with the game and get on with it without cheating.

By: Meji

Meji — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:35 +0000

Rooney dives all the time. The English media just won’t cover it. Gerrard does it regularly too.

By: markymark

markymark — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:36:06 +0000

Mati – when i said ‘maybe he heard a whistle’ I wasnt meaning thats an excuse for the dive. Maybe you should read what I said again??

Do you hoenstly think looking at the ref is a big penalty appeal? No. It’s not. Wether he dived or not, he would turn to the ref if he heard the whistle.

You yourself just defended diving, I didnt. I merely said there wasnt a big appeal. Perhaps read what others say before labelling us as making ‘excuses’.

Thanks.

By: Mati

Mati — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:29:07 +0000

i dont mind diving if there’s minimal contact/anticipation of a silly tackle, as i come from a culture where being cunning is not cheating. but when’s there’s no contact, 50-50 challenge, or a rivalo-esque faking it sucks to be a footballer. i’d like to point out to gerrard, who has been diving for as long as i have been playing football. i wont forget the one vs atletico madrid…and it gets worse when these players speake out against diving, and then…its just sad. and people should stop making up excuses like “maybe he heard a whistle”

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:45:56 +0000

and then they complain about cristiano ronaldo!

By: markymark

markymark — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:48:40 +0000

im playing devils advocate here…

but has anyone considered he turned to the ref because he heard a whistle? this is an instinct most players would do. im not saying he didnt dive, but to call that an appeal for a penalty… well, im not too sure.