Tony Pulis: Players that dive should get a 3 match ban

KautoStar said:
He has this season.
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Having seen Stoke live this season I assume your either joking or drunk.

I'm a season ticket holder at Wigan so I have seen Stoke twice in two season live and they are without doubt the worst footballing side I have ever seen (I had a season ticket at Oldham for years, under Iain Dowie ;) ). The challenges they put in are ill timed, needless and on occasion frankly dangerous.

Stoke play vile hoof and aggressive football, Pulis is an hypocritical tool.
 
I want something where teams can appeal decisions (maybe a once or twice per game). Say a team appealed, the ref and assistants look at the reply and decide, quite like rugby. There is so much scope for fairer football but the FA just neglect the technology available. This is serious business, one goal, red car, or penalty decision could be the difference between 3 points which can be the difference between finishing places. Of course the higher you finish, the more money you receive.
 
3 matches? What a joke. There's no way diving is as serious as causing a serious injury to another player through your own reckless actions.

Pulis is such a Little Englander.
 
Lets say you're a striker, all throughout the game you're fouled by your markers, they block you, trip you, kick you, pull your shirt, and essentially deny you several shots at goal. They can do this to you with impunity, but when the chance to dive comes up you take it, get caught, and banned....

If you want to stop cheating, great, I'm all for it.. but I personally think that diving isn't the worst thing that goes on on the football pitch..
 
In theory I'm in favour of something along these lines (1 game ban rather than 3); however, it is one of those suggestions that is very easy to theorise about, like Pulis has done, but much much harder to actually come up with some concrete, reliable process.
 
One More Solo said:
Quelle surprise that all the Arsenal fans are whining about Tony Pulis rather than discussing the topic at hand. :o
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It's not just the Arsenal fans moaning, I don't think I've read more than a handful of positive comments about him... Ever. His hypocrisy has already been highlighted, he's just a thoroughly unlikeable character whose team are renowned for being a bunch of dirty ***** yet he has the audacity to talk about unfair play and the consequences of unfair play not being strict enough. It's great for his players to handle the ball in the box but if an opposition player manages to con the ref they should be getting a 3 match ban?
 
HangTime said:
In theory I'm in favour of something along these lines (1 game ban rather than 3); however, it is one of those suggestions that is very easy to theorise about, like Pulis has done, but much much harder to actually come up with some concrete, reliable process.
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I don't think a 1 game ban would really be any deterrant. It would have to be a 3 game ban. Perhaps the ban for a straight red should be 6 games?
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
It's not just the Arsenal fans moaning, I don't think I've read more than a handful of positive comments about him... Ever. His hypocrisy has already been highlighted, he's just a thoroughly unlikeable character whose team are renowned for being a bunch of dirty ***** yet he has the audacity to talk about unfair play and the consequences of unfair play not being strict enough. It's great for his players to handle the ball in the box but if an opposition player manages to con the ref they should be getting a 3 match ban?
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I actually like Tony Pulis. He's doing a good job at Stoke and making them a solid hard to beat premier league team. Nearly every manager complains about things and are obviously biased towards their own team.
 
One More Solo said:
Quelle surprise that all the Arsenal fans are whining about Tony Pulis rather than discussing the topic at hand. :o
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How are we not discussing the topic at hand? Both of us said a three game ban is way too much.

I called him a Little Englander because apparently he spent this entire press conference moaning about how foreigners were the only one who dived.

You're the one who's arguing the person and not the issue. Please don't.
 
I'd be all for something like this but you would only be able to punish the blatently bad dives, not the clever ones. Still, players would probably be less likely to flop to the floor with a severe deterrent such as this in place.
 
I think this is why a lot of non-football fans like me actually detest the game.
It's played by way way way overpaid boys who act immaturely, irresponsibly and really just aren't man enough (with the exception of a few of course).
I don't just think "meh, football aint my sport", i actually hate the way it gets all the glory and media and is deemed by many as an all-important life-encompassing passion. GET....A....LIFE!
A lot of fans would have no direction in life if it weren't for football. How sad is that?!

Anyway, those divers not only need a ban and a fine, but a good kicking as well. Grow a set!

To reiterate my rant about football is because this behaviour is allowed and it ruins what was ONCE a decent sport to watch.

The officials need to get tough.
 
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