Hi

Diving has been in football for many years now......Granny Lee.

It appears to be on the increase again. There were at least three examples in the game that you picked the clip from.

Players are getting more "expert" at faking being brought down. They deliberately try to click their trailing leg against the tackler.

Several players are known for it in the Premier League but referees appear to have problems in detecting it.

Cahill is one who is one is is known to dive. On Saturday that one was obvious to everyone other than the referee and his linesman. He was not even given a yellow card for it !! Of course as he already had one, the ref knew if he booked him he would have to send him off. The ref for some reason ignored it. Lucky Cahill !!

Something else bothers me about football. That is the continual pulling of shirts and shorts. Almost every player does it. The problem for me is that the referees are just not consistent in dealing with it.

I was at Old Trafford yesterday and there were many examples that were ignored.

One that was ridiculously obvious was Balotelli who came on as a sub with all eyes on him. His very first tackle was from behind nearly ripping off an opponent's shirt and wrestling him to the ground.

Man United won after yet another outstanding display by De Gea.

Cheers

Mike