a player who doesnt dive

Good answer

wat about a player that doesnt dives but is victimized by the media

I've said before that there often isn't any smoke with no fire. If the media do go on about it, there has to be a certain degree of truth behind it. Then it's up to the media how much they want to sensationalise it.

Example?

i just found this.

Henry learned from rivaldo

for rivaldo his thigh is beside his nose

for henry , his chest is beside his nose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFJfhFCiwE...related&search=

That's feigning injury which is another despicable habit!

i choose Christian Ronaldo...

r u watching the match? or juz read news from pathetic media

The truth about this thread is most fans would not be able to take criticism aimed at their players, whether or not it is justified. They will start trying to deflect the attention to another player who seemingly dives more rather than defend their player, because in reality, most players dive, only to what degree.

I can accept the fact that most players go down easily there days when there's contact. In accordance with the letter of the law, that warrants a foul. What I despise is players going down anticipating contact, even when there clearly isn't any. They then try to justify their innocence by trying to convince the opposing defender that there was indeed contact. That to me shows poor sportsmanship. If you anticipate contact and go down even when there isn't any, you should get right up again and play on. If you know you dived, don't try to justify your actions because the cameras will tell us the truth, and then you will get labeled as a diver, and rightly so.

It's understandable that players who are especially quick will go down easier. Their momentum is taking them forward and the slightest bit of contact can throw them off. Has Ronaldo dived? Of course but so has other players. Does he go down easily? Yes but that could be because of the reason I gave, similar to how Gerrard went down under Gattuso's challenge in 2005.

I like the thread topic though because it states "who dives the most?" and not "who dives?" It has already been established that almost all players dive every now and then. Out of the names given, I'll have to go with Ronaldo though Drogba comes in a close second. A player of his size should not go down so easily. It defies the laws of physics when you see defenders half his size put him to ground with minimal effort. I have to give credit where it's due though, and Drogba has since been working on cleaning up his act. I remember when he was getting booed by the Stamford Bridge faithful for diving too often. It says something when your own fans give you stick for it.

This applies across the board.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: May 15 2007, 11:56 AM

i don't think ronaldo is diving all the time even though i'm a chelsea fan...as you can see, the guy is so quick on his feet...a little nudge will bring him down to earth becoz of the momentum he's carrying...he's a poor fella until fouls on him went unnoticed by the ref at times...but i'd say he really wished to be fouled!!!

once a defender earns a yellow card, then he can't make any professional foul anymore or risked being sent off...

is this from epl only?
if not i would say kaka

I have to say,
Its Drogba.
During the last meeting with liverpool-
he seemed to be suffering from spinal failure..
LOL

even a slightest brush had made him trembling all over the field..
what a player..

PS: enjoy seeing him asking for cards from the ref during the Semis.

Like this one?


And the revenge

ahaha robben is a joke.. he's a nice player b4 came to chelsea

I'm not going to start on any one player but those that feign injury to get others booked are a disgrace. I don't care which club you play for, there's no place for this in football.

robben's case is not consider dive

he not a diver but a actor

Henry dive vs Wigan

henry not dived but lost balance only

dive is oledi one part of the competition nowsadays.....we have admit this even this is not a good sign....i do not know who dive the most, may be we can said is ronaldo......coz we depends on Astro for EPL matches.....Astro always show the big teams games.......so we will see a lot of divers come from the big teams......i think how smart a player dive will get my attention.....how smart the player can dive and cheat the referee.........if got a pool to choose who is the smartest player in diving......then my vote will go to Ronaldo......