Wenger: Ban divers for three games

Wenger said: "If an obvious dive is punished by a three-match ban, the players would not do it anymore. I would support it. It has to be obvious diving.

"Ashley Young for example against QPR I would not suspend him because I don't know if he has lost his balance. He has made more of it for sure to get the penalty. This is not an obvious case for me.

"Everybody wants to win football games and when you have played football, you always try to be on the fringe if you want to win. For example, you touch the ball and it goes out you shout: 'throw in for us.' Things like that.

"But with a dive in the box, sometimes I think you can only get it out after the game.

"I think that the foreign players have brought good and bad things. But I must say the English players learn quickly."

Wenger believes video evidence should be introduced into the games with instant replays to stop cheating and also to decide bad tackles and offside decisions.

The Arsenal manager believes instant replays and a post-match ethics committee would help clean up the game.

Wenger said: "It's impossible to judge today penalties. Penalties and offsides are the main problems for the referees. All the rest you have to give to them. Especially on penalties. For example the dives.

"Or you say everybody who dives now and is caught after the game is suspended for three games.

"But you have a double obstacle, first of all when the situation has been assessed by the referee, you cannot come back on the judgement of the referee, so it's better you give him video help.

"We have that famous thing that the judgement of the referee has to be final. But I don't agree with that.

"We should have a superior committee of ethics who could still punish a player like that. Because you go home and you think he now gets away without being suspended and the whole situation doesn't make sense."

Zealous wrote:This won't stop diving. It would only force divers to become even better at diving.

Zealous wrote:This won't stop diving. It would only force divers to become even better at diving.

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Schweini wrote:Ashley Young :vagi:

The Franchise wrote:Not going to work.

Only a matter of time before someone gets banned for 3 games when they didnt dive, rather they fell but it wasnt really a foul.

I would rather diving go unpunished in terms of bans/cards than someone get punished when they didnt actually dive.

The Franchise wrote:Not going to work.

Only a matter of time before someone gets banned for 3 games when they didnt dive, rather they fell but it wasnt really a foul.

I would rather diving go unpunished in terms of bans/cards than someone get punished when they didnt actually dive.

Raptorgunner wrote:

The Franchise wrote:Not going to work.

Only a matter of time before someone gets banned for 3 games when they didnt dive, rather they fell but it wasnt really a foul.

I would rather diving go unpunished in terms of bans/cards than someone get punished when they didnt actually dive.

Look at Ashely young 2 games he dives and gets 2 penalties and one red card.

Both teams are fighting for their EPL survival and Ashely breaks their :vagi: hearts.

aford92 wrote:

The Franchise wrote:Not going to work.

Only a matter of time before someone gets banned for 3 games when they didnt dive, rather they fell but it wasnt really a foul.

I would rather diving go unpunished in terms of bans/cards than someone get punished when they didnt actually dive.

Maybe, but the way it is now people are getting red cards for not fouling people. 1 person may get banned when they didn't dive but that's better than the current system where Young can get Derry sent off.

Raptorgunner wrote: