FFA to hit divers with match bans

FFA to hit divers with match bans

FFA will today unveil the tough new measures which will name and shame players who dive. A clause to be added to the regulations will compel the weekly match review panel to search for instances of simulation missed by the referee, and to ban the culprits for two matches if they dive to win a penalty, dive to get an opponent sent off, or both. If a player is sent off as a result of simulation, he will be able to have his red card rescinded.

The A-League becomes only the second competition in the world after the Scottish Premier League to introduce the sanctions, and A-League boss Archie Fraser is confident the cheats will soon get the message once the new season kicks off next week.

��The level of simulation last season was clearly unacceptable, and it�s something we needed to address,�� said Fraser. ��Nobody wants to put up with it, not ourselves, and certainly not the fans. Australians want their football tough, but most of all they want it fair.��

Asked whether he was confident the threat of being banned will change behaviour, Fraser replied: ��I think the chance of being banned for two games is a pretty strong message. If you�re prepared to take the risk, you�re probably going to miss a decent chunk of the season.��

- Sydney FC defender Sebastian Ryall is waiting on the outcome of his appeal against being banned from playing while he fights charges of committing a sexual act with a minor in the courts. Ryall�s appeal against being suspended by FFA until September 3 was heard on Tuesday night, with the tribunal reserving its decision.

Bad news for Daniel, but lucky we still don't have G**!!!

Sounds like a great idea, maybe we will get back to proper football

will probably hurt a couple of teams early in the season - hopefully the learn quickly.

In principle I don't mind this initiative, however, it could backfire disastrously.  By backfire I mean it could hurt us.

At least the rest of our team dont go down like bowling pins.

I think a large part of Daniel's problem now is that he's a small bloke. Most of the time he isn't diving, it's just that he can hardly stand in a gale.

Plus, I think people underrate how good he is at drawing fouls.

Yay. Yet another outlet for Miron to mouth off at the FFA during the season. We will have coaches complaining every single week that so-and-so was diving and should be suspended. Players get booked for trying to get another player cautioned during the game, what will the FF-Ail do when coaches try to do the same post-match?

Tune in for more double standards.
DKP222009-07-30 16:46:52

...and best of all it's video citing.  Well, we all know how well that worked last year don't we ?

Thin edge of the wedge here. Agreed HN and DKP22.
Just imagine..Miron and co. will probably have their own tv crews on all their matches before long so that they can present, in living colour, from multiple camera angles, their version of events.Where would it stop?

cant remember - who were the main culprits last year?

  THE TARDS! Its always the Tards! C-Diddy2009-07-30 17:26:13

Will be interesting to see how they manage this. I've long thought that Football needs to head down this track. Hoping that Daniel either cleans up his act or they do start suspending him. Sick of watching that cheat make us look stupid. Same goes for some players i n other teams.

Coveny 'won' some superb freekicks the wily old goat

This will be hard to police.

Brosque.

 

What about if they dive to get a free kick? With the right player that can be just as beneficial as a penalty. At the end of the day cheating is cheating, it doesn't matter whether the outcome is a goal, red card or simply an innocuous free-kick, they should be banned.

I guess it's nice to see some sort of retribution being introduced, but can't help feeling that this will cause a lot of controversy.

Agreed, they can barely get normal suspensions right. See: Griffiths.

Also how that ends up working out for kiwi teams in an ozzie comp. If it goes along the lines of NRL video refs,i can see someone getting suspended for bending down to do their boots up.

Bring back the old days,when nobby got ya there was no need to pretend to fall down. ballane2009-07-30 20:30:26

Suspended for allegedly trying to lead the opposition astray?

Must say, Coveny was a wily old goat, no doubt about it but the penalties he won us were pretty fair calls from memory.

And with regards to Brosque, quite possibly the ugliest A-League player since Scott Gemmill.

What happens when a penalty that wins a game is later said to be a dive by the FFA?

I think this is great news, and will begin to put an end to the biggest blight on our game.

 

Yes, Neil Razor Ruddock is the man.

Bit of Leeds idolising there lol 

Don't know that Cloughy would be very happy though!

So what is a dive?  Is it when there is no contact?  Or the tackle was a foul, but not hard enough to knock the player over so they fall over anyway?  Or when the tackle was legitimate, but the player falls over when they could have stayed on their feet?

What happens if a player is off balance and trips when they don't intend too?  Will there be education of the players so they know what is allowed and what isn't?  Will overseas players see this as a deterrent to playing in the A-League? 

While this may be a good idea it remains to be seen how well it is implemented.

I think its all in the rules. A dive is simulation. Where a player has fell in order to get a penalty/ free kick. Usually with little or no contact. Or throwing your arms in the air when you are nudged. Hopefully the FFA will give benefit of the doubt and implement it to the worse cases only.

FFA to hit divers with match bans? Have FINA anything to say about this?

DF - Lulz.

As someone already mentioned, what if a player trips over themselves or just stumbles and is awarded a penalty?  Will not be happy if we are pinged due to that.