Oscar

[bushman 2,043]

What is more surprising is that Oscar just didn't carry on and score.

He was licking the grass, looking startled.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I think it's only really the Mata sympathisers that are making a big deal out of this. He shouldn't have dived in the way he did. Inexplicable really, since all he had to do was knock it past the keeper and tap it into an empty net. We won in the end, no big deal. Makes me laugh how people can't abide Oscar diving for this penalty, but it's fine for the likes of Drogba in the past, and Hazard nowadays, to win free-kicks after going down with near enough no contact.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Am I the only one happy that he dived and the ref booked him?

I mean, Oscar isnt a diver but he did blatantly dived yesterday!

If he had a penalty, it could estimulate him to keep on diving. But the fact he got a yellow for it will be enough for him to go for the finish in a future play...

[Weckerz 3,781]

I think it's only really the Mata sympathisers that are making a big deal out of this. He shouldn't have dived in the way he did. Inexplicable really, since all he had to do was knock it past the keeper and tap it into an empty net. We won in the end, no big deal. Makes me laugh how people can't abide Oscar diving for this penalty, but it's fine for the likes of Drogba in the past, and Hazard nowadays, to win free-kicks after going down with near enough no contact.

Hazard's no diver at all. With his speed of execution he goes down with the slightest of touches. That's how gravity works. I realise it often looks as if he's diving, (the referees seem to have agreed unanimously not to award penalties when Hazard falls down in the box), but I challenge you to find any blatant Hazard dive. You'll maybe find 1 or 2 over a season and a half.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Deserves to be slapped and hugged at the same time

[Korea 734]

Hazard's no diver at all. With his speed of execution he goes down with the slightest of touches. That's how gravity works. I realise it often looks as if he's diving, (the referees seem to have agreed unanimously not to award penalties when Hazard falls down in the box), but I challenge you to find any blatant Hazard dive. You'll maybe find 1 or 2 over a season and a half.

I agree. Hazard doesnt dive....

He baits for fouls though and if he keeps doing that, his career will be shortened.

I think yesterday game he dived once though, but besides that I dont remember a single time this season. (I guess some of his falls in the box could be considered "dives.")

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Am I the only one happy that he dived and the ref booked him?

I mean, Oscar isnt a diver but he did blatantly dived yesterday!

If he had a penalty, it could estimulate him to keep on diving. But the fact he got a yellow for it will enough for him to go for the finish in a future play...

I really think there should be retroactive punishment for divers who aren't caught. A yellow in the game is fine, but lots of times, the referee doesn't see it. It's an awful part of football and I think more needs to be done to get rid of it. If the punishments were severe enough, you'd start to see it stop completely.

[Korea 734]

I really think there should be retroactive punishment for divers who aren't caught. A yellow in the game is fine, but lots of times, the referee doesn't see it. It's an awful part of football and I think more needs to be done to get rid of it. If the punishments were severe enough, you'd start to see it stop completely.

NBA style....

Fine them money...

But Lebron and Chris Paul still flops..

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

NBA style....

Fine them money...

But Lebron and Chris Paul still flops..

Well, stars get away with more in every sport. You can fine them, suspend them, both, I don't care but it's a problem that is actually very easy to stop if people really wanted to.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

I think it's only really the Mata sympathisers that are making a big deal out of this. He shouldn't have dived in the way he did. Inexplicable really, since all he had to do was knock it past the keeper and tap it into an empty net. We won in the end, no big deal. Makes me laugh how people can't abide Oscar diving for this penalty, but it's fine for the likes of Drogba in the past, and Hazard nowadays, to win free-kicks after going down with near enough no contact.

Hazard really doesn't dive. Don't think you can compare what Oscar did to what Hazard does. Hazard is just smart when it comes to shielding the ball and a lot of the times he's just a fraction of a second quicker on the ball then the defender.

Oscar really dived when there was no need to but i agree with you that it's really not that big of a deal. He dived, he got a yellow card, end off. See no reason to discuss this any further.

[Korea 734]

Well, stars get away with more in every sport. You can fine them, suspend them, both, I don't care but it's a problem that is actually very easy to stop if people really wanted to.

Suspend them and you lose a ton of money...

No one would do that... Its one thing to fine players so they lose their money, but its another thing to suspend them and the league/sponsors lose their own money.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Hazard really doesn't dive. Don't think you can compare what Oscar did to what Hazard does. Hazard is just smart when it comes to shielding the ball and a lot of the times he's just a fraction of a second quicker on the ball then the defender.

Oscar really dived when there was no need to but i agree with you that it's really not that big of a deal. He dived, he got a yellow card, end off. See no reason to discuss this any further.

For me, "being smart when it comes to shielding the ball" is as unsporting as diving is, but unfortunately both things are part of the game now. When I labelled Hazard a diver, I don't mean like Ashley Young, I mean he goes down under minimal contact quite frequently, which is what Ossie did yesterday. Which is why I'm not making a big deal of it.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Hazard's no diver at all. With his speed of execution he goes down with the slightest of touches. That's how gravity works. I realise it often looks as if he's diving, (the referees seem to have agreed unanimously not to award penalties when Hazard falls down in the box), but I challenge you to find any blatant Hazard dive. You'll maybe find 1 or 2 over a season and a half.

See my last post. Diver was a poor choice of words on my part.

[Johnny Kills 164]

Deserves to be slapped and hugged at the same time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k21-XUyMOxI#t=67

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Hazard really doesn't dive. Don't think you can compare what Oscar did to what Hazard does. Hazard is just smart when it comes to shielding the ball and a lot of the times he's just a fraction of a second quicker on the ball then the defender.

Oscar really dived when there was no need to but i agree with you that it's really not that big of a deal. He dived, he got a yellow card, end off. See no reason to discuss this any further.

For me, "being smart when it comes to shielding the ball" is as unsporting as diving is, but unfortunately both things are part of the game now. When I labelled Hazard a diver, I don't mean like Ashley Young, I mean he goes down under minimal contact quite frequently, which is what Ossie did yesterday. Which is why I'm not making a big deal of it.

Really? Wow. You think what Hazard does by being clever with the ball and shielding it is unsporting? Makes no sense to me sorry.

Diving though is cheating straight up. What Oscar did isn't even your run of the mill dive, he did it to get a player sent off which imo is the worst form of cheating. Diving to get a pen is bad enough but to get someone sent off and suspended is the absolute worst form of cheating.

Like Rmpr said though, he'll learn from this for sure.