Gareth Bale (Tom Daley's mate)

Any contact, such as a shoulder charge, knocks players of their stride, but it's not an excuse to dive . . . . and most just get on with it ( like men )

Contact doesn't make it a foul, Bale dived which is why he got a booking for diving

If Bale dived on Saturday then why do players who fall over at their final third at the slightest touch to win a free kick not get booked too? And goalkeepers? Surely they could be deemed to go down easily and booked too

Any contact, such as a shoulder charge, knocks players of their stride, but it's not an excuse to dive
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A shoulder charge is about strength. It has never been considered a foul.

When you are running and someone dangles a leg in front of you causing you to stumble (if not go down) it's a foul, full stop. You wil always get them outside the penalty area, but 9 out of 10 times, the ref won't give it inside the box, hence the player feels the need to go down. It's totally understandable.

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Actually don't have a problem with Bale going down under contact but he needs to be better at it. It looks like a dive. His right knee was nudged, his left leg goes out from under him first and he dives forward when the contact was from the side.

I can understand why they go down in those situations. To book him for it was ridiculous.
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Boy who cried wolf I'm afraid. He only has himself to blame

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Yeah, that's fair enough. I'm not denying that Bale is a serial diver

He could earn so much respect if he didn't cheat, too