Quote Originally Posted by thegreatdogwood View Post
The PL is rapidly being turned into a pantomime by the number of players trying to con the officials - "playing" for a penalty, trying to get a games stopped by feigning a head injury, trying to get an opponent sent off, trying to get a goal disallowed by pretending you were mortally injured in the build up, it has become a painful watch. Won't be long before you cannot tackle anymore as any contact will be deemed to be a foul.
Red card (second yellow) for simulation last night, Fleetwood at Wigan - when was the last time, after all the hoo-hah about clampdowns etc, you saw any sort of simulation punished in the PL..?