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Casual fan question re flopping and writhing in pain
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:14 am
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:14 am
Are they taught to do this on the pro level? Is the purpose to catch a breather for you and your team? It’s amzing the guys are acting like they are a second from death only to pop up with no sub.
General curious ...not a flame
General curious ...not a flame
This post was edited on 7/1/18 at 11:15 am
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Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:15 am to Covingtontiger77
They are really hurt. Soccer is a tough game and they are tough guys, so they are able to get over the pain quickly.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:19 am to Covingtontiger77
It’s the worst part of the sport. They’re trying to draw a yellow card on the defender and win a free kick. It’s the epitome of unsporting behavior
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:20 am to Covingtontiger77
It's a combination of things. Sometimes, it genuinely is real pain. Getting your foot stamped on hurts way worse than you think. Sometimes it is to try to get a player booked or draw a foul in a dangerous area. Other times they're just looking to catch their breath. You'll see a team who is struggling to possess the ball try to win free kicks to give their defenders a break.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:31 am to Graham Wellington Jr
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They are really hurt. Soccer is a tough game and they are tough guys, so they are able to get over the pain quickly.
Get the frick out of here with that nonsense
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:35 am to Covingtontiger77
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Are they taught to do this on the pro level?
Some are.
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Is the purpose to catch a breather for you and your team?
It can be. Sometimes getting stamped on with metal cleats actually hurts. Sometimes you embellish a real foul that isn't painful in order to help move your team upfield.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:50 am to Covingtontiger77
I can understand exaggerating contact to draw a foul. It's the phony crying in pain while you roll around thats obnoxious
I was pretty surprised how little Spain flopped too
I was pretty surprised how little Spain flopped too
This post was edited on 7/1/18 at 11:51 am
Posted on 7/1/18 at 12:51 pm to MF Doom
The refs have a done a good job this tournament of ignoring a lot of it and they honestly should be applauded for it
Posted on 7/1/18 at 1:04 pm to Covingtontiger77
Yes the got tired of all bullshite in premier league and you get suspended and fined now for all the bullshite
Posted on 7/1/18 at 6:29 pm to Covingtontiger77
While a lot of it is cynical behavior trying to get a card on the opponent or win a cheap advantage, I think the majority of it is to draw the attention of the ref to a foul. I feel like a lot of fouls go uncalled so they feel the need to embellish to draw attention to it?
I don’t know, when I was first getting into the sport it annoyed the hell out of me, but now I don’t really think about it too much.
I don’t know, when I was first getting into the sport it annoyed the hell out of me, but now I don’t really think about it too much.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 7:09 pm to Covingtontiger77
It’s a problem in the sport and should be criticized, but while I know this post in particular isn’t a flame, US sports fans that make fun of soccer for flopping are the worst.
Flops and drawing/embellishing fouls are just as prevalent in the NBA and it’s becoming prevalent in the NFL.
Flops and drawing/embellishing fouls are just as prevalent in the NBA and it’s becoming prevalent in the NFL.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 7:14 pm to jordan21210
Referees are definitely getting better at cracking down on embellishment with VAR. MLS and the Premier League are tough on divers, from what I’ve seen. I’ve even seen MLS issue retroactive fines if they miss it during the game.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 7:59 pm to Covingtontiger77
I’m actually emabarrassed for those asshats.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 8:37 pm to jordan21210
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Flops and drawing/embellishing fouls are just as prevalent in the NBA and it’s becoming prevalent in the NFL.
I like Soccer more than the NFL and I really don't like the NBA, but it's literally every 5 minutes at least in Soccer. Not saying it doesn't happen in the NBA but the frequencies are still far apart. It needs to be fixed.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:03 pm to LSUsuperfresh
Soccer gets a bad rap for guys going down and the popping up like nothing happened. While the same thing happens in football all the time. Guy goes down trainers run out play stops, go to commercial, guy jogs off, and then sits out one play and runs back in like nothing happened.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 10:22 pm to Dizz
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Guy goes down trainers run out play stops, go to commercial, guy jogs off, and then sits out one play and runs back in like nothing happened.
It happens. People fake cramps to slow the offense down. But there's no way it happens even half as frequently. The theatrics are usually less too.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 11:28 pm to LSUsuperfresh
Luis Suarez went to the ground 3 times in their game holding the back of his head. Replays showed that the opponent didn't make ANY contact with his head. Terrible.
Should be a yellow card minimum
Should be a yellow card minimum
Posted on 7/2/18 at 12:55 am to MikeD
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Luis Suarez went to the ground 3 times in their game holding the back of his head. Replays showed that the opponent didn't make ANY contact with his head. Terrible.
Should be a yellow card minimum
He gets a gold star just for not biting people though.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 1:13 am to LSUsuperfresh
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The theatrics are usually less too.
The theatrics are the annoying part to me. It makes it so obvious they're faking. The ones where a guy actually gets hurt don't involve the writhing and thrashing because those antics would only exacerbate any real pain.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 10:56 am to DoreonthePlains
I thought Neymar had a compound fracture until I saw the replay.
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