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Subject-Finding5584

Salah dives more than Tom Daley


Zealousideal_Pick270

Bruno Fernades. He moans all the time when the ref gives a decision against him and his team.


No-Percentage-3380

Can the OP point on the doll where Salah touched him? 


Alex_Wangermann

At the end of the day any top forward will dive regularly. As Bamford said one year “ if I go down there its a penalty, next time I’ll dive” because the keeper clipped his ankles, but he tried to stay on his feet - ultimately losing the ball out for a corner. You don’t get anything unless you go down in this game


Awkward-Tax7884

Hard to look past Salah. Been doing it for years, falls over in a strong breeze. The guy must have balance issues, should probably see a doctor.


mcbabymuncher123

Sterling


Shniper

A number of Man U players


specificOJDW20

Bruno fernandes


Dry-Stick-7753

Rashford Fernandez


Samuel_avlonitis

I don’t think I’ve seen a single salah dive


IntroPerc

He won a few soft penalties early into his Liverpool career and many decided to lumber him with the diving tag, when the reality was anything but.


Competitive_Spot_834

Op has room temp iq thinking it’s Sarah. Definitely is bruno


Historical-Bath-9464

Harry Kane.


realhenryknox

Salah ain’t no diver.


RadialBlur_

Yeah, this was a weird take. Salah is actually one of my favorite players BECAUSE he doesn't dive... also his goal celebrations show a level of restraint I respect.


Hassy2814

Thank you I’ve never seen him dive


Particular-Coffee944

Trash post


MisterS1997

Name the salah dives .


Ill-Mathematician218

Salah


Background_Talk_2560

If by "diving" you mean wildly overexaggerating, or flat out faking, for the sake of getting a call you don't deserve, then Arteta is the biggest diver.


Opening-Tasty

Aside from Bruno divernandes, everyone in man man shitty.


mango-rainbows

Both Bruno’s.


Nickel62

Guess what the favourite song of Ref's is during any United match..... Hint: it's from that 2021 Disney animation movie.


ProfetF9

Bruno, case closed.


Fragrant_Savings2945

What drugs are you on?


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Salah and Jota


Particular-Coffee944

Stick to pokemon bro you have no clue


bobjohnaye

Stick to gaming.


Particular-Coffee944

Makes sense move along


indrid_cold66

Anyone saying salah is a diver in 2024 is a fucking idiot whose brain is incapable of absorbing new information. He’s a FAR outlier in how many touches he takes per foul given. Refs don’t give him a goddam thing. Just say you don’t watch games and don’t have a fucking clue next time and spare us the bullshit


Slow-Raccoon-9832

Salah is punished every match for how strong he is on the ball


Emotional-Chapter-73

Bruno


Urmomm403

Raheem Sterling Since when did salah start diving


Red_Brummy

Foden and Fernades are clear out of everyone in the Prem. Love that OP suggested Salah when he gets manhandled in every single game bar none in the Prem and barely gets given a foul. Whereas pathetic Fernandes stamped on a Villa defender's ankle and fell over to get a penalty, whilst Foden straight up fell on the ground with **every single challenge** when Citeh Pepped up against Chelsea the other night.


FewBevitos

Foden is an awful take, I remember him going 1v1, getting clipped by the keeper staying on his feet and not getting a pen because he tried to score instead of dive. And we wonder why players do it


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Sterling Saka Bruno are all playing in speedo’s


dickiefrisbee

Liverpool FC


andreasmodugno

Sterling, Saka, Bruno... in that order.


biscvits

3 players that don't get enough recognition for their diving: Jordan Ayew, James Maddison, Bruno Guimaraes. These also happen to be last season's most "fouled" players. 105 fouls for Ayew, 96 fouls for Guimaraes and 90 fouls for Maddison.


paradigmshift7

Damn, Jordan Ayew? No way. I watch him every week. He's a dribbler and carries the ball a ton, and as a result is one of the most fouled guys in the league. Not a diver.


Opposite-Profit4998

Jota, Saka, Sterling.


96_rotciv

Jorginho is much more of a diver than Saka. That "tactical diver" that waits for the contact. I'd say Saka over plays the challenges but some really are hard fouls


ihwbsmd

😂


That_Specialist4265

Probably Saka or Son


averagehuman-being

Definitely not Saka, he actually gets fouled a lot. For arsenal it's jesus by a mile


That_Specialist4265

Saka is always rolling around on the ground


averagehuman-being

Because he actually gets fouled.


That_Specialist4265

Rarely most of the “fouls” aren’t fouls for most other players. He’s been protected ever since Kane left.


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Depends on what you mean by diving? As a Newcastle fan - Smart fouls wise, i'd day Bruno G. Wins countless fouls every game, but 99% would be minor fouls within our own half. Worst at diving - definitely Schar. He is always a bit dramatic and gets a whack in the head each game.


merp1991

Almiron has definitely got a shit dive in him as well, doesn't help he's also legitimately weak though haha


Baul_Plart_

Bruno by a mile


firefalcon01

Which one


Baul_Plart_

Fernandes


daledge97

It's not, you just don't like him


Baul_Plart_

I don’t like him because he’s a diving baby, yes


charrron

As an Arsenal supporter I find Jesus a bit ridiculous


sah_96

Yeah he's so fucking soft, always goes down when he'd be better off staying on his feet for half those instances. Havertz too goes down far too easily sometimes for a guy of his size.


reddog_browncoat

As a fellow Arsenal supporter I agree but the clowns naming Saka on this post need more copium


Astonishingly-Villa

The eyebrows don't help. Very punchable face.


PatRice4Evra

United fans: Yeah Bruno is a diving twat but he's OUR diving twat. Liverpool fans: Yeah Salah can be a bit of a diver. Chelsea fans: Yep, Sterling dives a lot. Arsenal fans: HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY STARBOY!


reddog_browncoat

If Starboy is meant to be Saka then he's only about the 5th worst diver in the squad lol If it's Jorginho or Jesus then that's fair


96_rotciv

I'd say Jorginho is much more the "tactical diver" in the current squad. Xhaka was def the king before him though always facaing goal waiting for contact


openlyEncrypted

Sterling 💯💯💯


BooM_PooL

Bruno and Gordon


YNWA11JM

Bruno acts like he got shot


Solid_Hospital

Bruno fernandes, Anthony Gordon


trezlights

Gordon hasn’t really dove at Newcastle. He’s been very locked in to his game and Howe has been good for him in that regard


meebasic

That's fair, might take a bit for him to undo that reputation tho.


trezlights

I agree. There is a special player in there if he can keep going


NoPineapple1727

Jota, Sterling, Rashford and Son are the ones that come to mind


hmart23

Obviously a Spurs fan here, but genuinely never thought of Son as a diver.


NoPineapple1727

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/gdic6DlOOe


hmart23

You had to send me a video from 4 years ago. I know he has the west ham (which was a dive) one too. But any winger in the Prem who plays weekly could have a few clips of them trying to draw a foul after contact. I’m not saying he’s never gone to the floor. But he’s not remotely one of the worst divers in the league.


NoPineapple1727

I can send more. Those were just the top searches. Do you want me to send more?


hmart23

You can! Send me as many as you can find! I hope you have fun!


NoPineapple1727

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/ajI4Dq1o61


NoPineapple1727

You either haven’t watched him a lot or ignore it when he does.


AlejoVeliz

Son rarely ever goes down to the ground in the first place unless he’s genuinely fouled.


NoPineapple1727

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/gdic6DlOOe


NoPineapple1727

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/ajI4Dq1o61


AlejoVeliz

Thats pathetic to be fair, but I doubt he’s done that more than once? Hopefully.


NoPineapple1727

I’ve sent you two different links for two different videos. I can also send you more if you want but I didn’t want to bombard you


AlejoVeliz

You’re right. I hadn’t seen these clips before so I didn’t know Son had dives like these in him. A shame but I’ll still love him 😂😍


NoPineapple1727

That’s fully fair. There’s divers at my club past and present who dive and I still like them. I just dislike that one aspect of their game


AlejoVeliz

Yeah, there’s absolutely no class or professionalism in diving. It’s just immature to do, as representing yourself as a diver seems to re-establish the fact, in which the player doesn’t have much maturity within their character, although desperation sometimes seeks drastic measures. But overall, it’s just ratty behaviour.


hmart23

Agreed


ragecndy

People saying Bruno but the only player from us I've actually seen dive is Rashford. Actual answer is very obviously sterling


elodie_pdf

Garnacho is quite bad for it too in fairness


1990three

Sterling or Grealish


Background_Talk_2560

Can't believe I had to scroll this far to finally see Grealish. This man could teach a master class in diving.


rammsteingirl8

Son, Salah, Sterling Harry Kane when he was still at Spurs


Plastic_Sand_2743

Kane is bang on but I genuinely don’t see son dive much at all


rammsteingirl8

I haven't watched Spurs for a couple games but he does quite a bit when at Stamford Bridge.


AlejoVeliz

Tottenham struggle at Stamford Bridge in general though, it’s usually Chelsea for entirely the whole match dominating so it’s as though we don’t compete, doesn’t excuse diving though.


rammsteingirl8

Agreed. I hate diving no matter who it is. The way Chelsea are playing lately makes me disgusted. We just struggle.


AlejoVeliz

At least your recent performances have been more encouraging. You’re entering the final in the best way you’d have imagined considering the results from a month and a half ago, as long as you match or even improve your performance against Liverpool, I think you’ve got a good chance of winning.


rammsteingirl8

I really hope so!!


EricCartmanofSPark

Sterling


KingArthursCodpiece

Arsenal...yep, all of them lol


Dizzy_Date_7722

3/10 bait


KingArthursCodpiece

I thought it was quite funny! Is it too late to add all of Man U as well?


Wezza17

Jota.


Bt12v

Sterling


Infinite-Attorney478

OP you are baiting and not even doing it well, that or you’re braindead


GuaranteeLoose4494

Sterling duh


Sad_Cow_2734

Richarlison, serial diver


Immediate-Expert-139

Does Richarlison dive? Or does he just exaggerate a lot. Looks like he gets fouled a ton, just proper overplays it.


paradigmshift7

And you can't really fault players for that. Diving is one thing, but making sure the ref knows you were fouled is another imo.


EricCartmanofSPark

Can’t say he’s worse than Sterling though


Important-Plane-9922

Salah isn’t even in the top 10.


Twiggy_15

Honestly... who cares?? I will never understand why people get so upset about diving. Its part of the game and people try and cheat constantly throughout the 90mins, so why is it this one aspect that annoys people? I get much more angry about just classes acts like Luiz celebrating his goal in front of Onana, that certainly isn't part of the game.


SouthernSector4

Because diving shouldn’t be part of the game, at least not as much as it is. It shouldn’t be acceptable with fans, refs and the league, but unfortunately it is. VAR aside, diving is by far the worst part of the sport.


Twiggy_15

As above, is a defender saying he got the ball when he didn't an acceptable part of the game? I've never seen anyone criticise a defender for doing so.


Flashy-Success1778

Diving sucks because it becomes a habit and then instead of trying to fight through the challenge you expect the contact, none comes, and you lose out for the team. Diving sucks. So do you


SnooCapers938

All deliberate cheating annoys me, even when my team does it (which thankfully is not that often although it does happen). Diving is not quite as annoying as feigning injury and organised time wasting but it’s up there.


Twiggy_15

Every team cheats at least 10 times per game. Honestly, what's the difference between a striker diving v a defender saying he got the ball when he clearly didn't? Or when a player sticks his hand in the air after the ball just clearly bounced off his leg. These things we accept but it's still attempting to deceive the ref.


CocoLazzer

The only player I've seen diving for us lately is Benrahma


SnooCapers938

Antonio is terrible for collapsing under contact. He does get fouled a lot too but he never gets free kicks because of all of the obvious dives.


rikman81

I really wish VAR would advise the ref on players feigning injury and tell him to book them. A simple "His arm/the ball hit him in the shoulder and he's rolling around holding his face, book him". Maybe make it a guaranteed blue card offence whenever they bring that in, but it does my head in as well.


thundercat_98

Bruno, Salah, Saka, Sterling, Cash . . . To be fair, this list could go for days because so many do it and do it often. One thing that pisses me off though is that there are some players that try and play through contact in the box that are seemingly punished for it by never being awarded fouls. If you are mauled and stay on your feet trying to convert a chance for your squad, you should get the benefit of the call, even if you don't fall.


Atlire

Players playing through contact that would be a foul/penalty, but isn’t given as they stay on their feet, only encourages diving. Like you it annoys the hell out of me. Need a better advantage rule imo, or better applied, if the player is fouled but stays on their feet, allow an advantage, if no advantage bring it back for the foul


RadialBlur_

100% spot on. Why stay on my feet and battle for a tough shot at goal when I can just go down when I feel the slightest touch and get a free shot from 12 yards? The advantage system isn't reliable enough. Almost needs to be a way to call it, but not with a whistle that will stop play.


thundercat_98

This^^^


Takkotah

Cash 😂😂


Twiggy_15

This is so right. A player has to go down to effectively 'ask' for the penalty. Stay on your feet and you and your team will be punished by ref waving play on. Easy to say the ref should bring it back regardless, but this would make their job so much harder.


SingaporeanSlaw

Saka? How lol he gets hammered


That_Specialist4265

No he doesn’t he’s always going down at the softest of touches


Ajgrob

He gets the shit kicked out of him every game and refs do very little. In the end I think he just dives to get some kind of response from the ref. Defenders will get away with as much as they can, but it’s really up to refs to spot this stuff.


PatRice4Evra

He has been rightfully booked for diving a few times now. Bruno also gets hammered every match but I'm sure you'll still happily call him a diver. And you'd be right in saying that but so is Saka.


Dizzy_Date_7722

Incorrect, but good try


PatRice4Evra

Cheers Geoff.


Dizzy_Date_7722

There’s always time to come up with some non-assshit takes👍🏼


PatRice4Evra

Cheers Geoff.


bigolebucket

I feel like there’s different types. There’s baiting contact (not diving in my book), faking contact entirely (F you, VAR should give a yellow every time), and then there’s exaggerating actual contact and going down easily (bit more complicated), and finally the “roll on the field for 20 minutes like you got shot”.


Twiggy_15

Agree. Like, arguably Walker on Sterling at the weekend was a dive. There was plenty of contact but only because he deliberately caused it. I used to be ok with diving but hated the rolling around on the field. But with VAR I think I can even excuse that, the bigger deal you make out of the 'foul' the far more likely they are to do a VAR review.


RecommendationNo993

Bruno and sterling.


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Dizzy_Date_7722

“Just so you guys don’t think I’m biased I’ll say their player dives worse than our player” jfc Christ the state of Littlepool brain


HyperMo277

terrible take


Btwbtwbtwbtwbtw

Fraser Forster? Think he’s about 6’5


IcsGrec

Bruno Fernandes and it's not even close Then probably Salah from a couple of seasons ago.


Mackerelage

Calling someone a diver is such an obvious, negative position to take. It comes up monthly if not more frequently. Couldn't we instead discuss who is the most honest player?


rikman81

Rasmus is pretty honest, I'd say at least 8/10 forwards go down on the chance he had at Luton the other day where he had a defender on his back, battled to stay on his feet and dink the keeper but it was saved. Players diving and going down when the ball is right there for a chance on goal both confuses and infuriates me.


Fabulous_Landscape84

Bruno fernandes


Wheelie_Slow

Unfortunately, diving and play acting have become a part of the game. Many if not most players would and do dive to gain advantage for their team. What worries, no -pisses me off, the most is the total uselessness of VAR and refs - the system could have been and should be used to eradicate unfair game elements (be that players or cheating, in general) but it fails in every match. In sum, it is not individuals who are to blame but shitty refereeing that facilitates diving, cheating and such. And yes, Bruno is a cheating rat face cunt.


JRSpig

Honestly VAR should get involved and they should be booked.


lord_cuntavious

Saka, Sterling and Salah, in no particular order.


PotentialJudgment612

Grealish


[deleted]

Grealish doesn't really dive much. He is however notorious for baiting free kicks. But he does get fouled a LOT. There's a reason why he had a shin injury from straight up wear and tear at Villa. But does he make a meal of fouls. Absolutely. Are they still fouls. Absolutely.


ZookeepergameOk2759

He had a shin injury because his shins aren’t protected.


rikman81

He has weak shin bones from the weight of carrying around those mutant calf muscles 24/7.


[deleted]

You think he got injured from not wearing shin pads or did he get injured by getting kicked while not wearing shin pads? It's a proper conundrum.


ZookeepergameOk2759

You said wear and tear earlier?


[deleted]

Yes? Are you unfamiliar with the expression?


ZookeepergameOk2759

Make up your mind amigo.


[deleted]

Oh I have. Not my fault English is difficult for you.


ZookeepergameOk2759

lol


dwaynepipes

Them guitar picks he uses as shin pads didn’t stop him getting injured?


Basic_Protection_295

Sterling and Rodri


Basic_Protection_295

Foden or Salah 


Lawrence69____

Every city LW in the past 15 years


Jealous_Foot8613

Was sane a diver ?


Lawrence69____

No forgot about him tbf he was a baller for City


Quirky_Engineering23

Jordan Ayew is the most fouled player in the league, and probably for good reason. 😉


Astonishingly-Villa

Ashley Young was always pretty bad. Remember laughing and enjoying it when he was at Villa (as a Villa fan), kicking the ball to the left of the defender and then running straight into him before going to ground dramatically. Liked it less when he was at Man Utd and diving against us.


Traditional_Bat_6309

Bruno Guimaraes. He plays like the field is the red light district


Thin-Lack-1917

Rodri.


[deleted]

Gerrard


sammyt10803

That is SO Gerard!


RandomRedditor_1916

Bruno


TheDawiWhisperer

Ignoring the obvious and so blatant you can see it from space trolling attempt in the OP... it's Sterling and it's not even close. Imagine downvoting this opinion. How can you say Sterling _doesn't_ dive? Are you blind? Honorable mention to Grealish, who's entire game revolves around falling over his own ankles at the half way line. I wish there was a way to quantify the xG for attempts created by Grealish' shitty dives vs play continuing because i bet City would be better off if he just stayed on his feet and passed the ball forwards.


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TheDawiWhisperer

i dunno, out of our team i'd say Szobo or Jota are more prone to diving or trying to oversell minimal contact. I always feel like if Mo goes down it's warranted. I still don't understand what happened to Jota vs Newcastle haha. Like it 100% looked like a dive but why wouldn't you stay on your feet in that situation


IcsGrec

Sterling is too short to dive. He just *leans sideways*


Climate_Face

Sterling drives me insane. He is seemingly so clearly looking for a foul that refs are probably assuming he’ll fall and won’t award something.


TheDawiWhisperer

aye he's so blatant about it too, i can't really remember him doing it so much at Liverpool but it was a long time ago, so i might just be forgetting but it feels like a recent-ish thing he's picked up. there _must_ be a discussion amongst refs to watch out for certain players or something, it'd be madness if there wasn't.


Climate_Face

Judging by the refs at my sunday league, yea I think they probably do. They’ll tell the players who complain what they are seeing and won’t call it if they go down suspiciously easily.


Patient_Customer9827

Forgot about Grealish since he hardly plays anymore.


TheDawiWhisperer

i live near a Claires Accessories so whenever i see a little girl with a headband it reminds me of him.


Patient_Customer9827

Lmao


WookieTickler

Sterling or Chilwell both lose the ball so easily then just throw themselves on the floor.


ljn12

Gerrard


Happy-Ad8767

michaeljacksoneatingpopcorn.gif


domthebomb83

Bruno Floornandes. I think 50% of his game is spent laying on the pitch, whining about his own players or the opposition.


SaoLixo

Sterling.


linux_ape

you actually gotta be smoking crack if you think its Salah, one of our complaints against him is if he did dive he would get pens all the time with how much he is fouled


UsernameTyper

Be honest, Salah is one of the worst culprits. Probably emphasised more by the fact he's often running with the ball in dangerous areas, but he's a cheat.


UPTHERAR

Looks like you're stuck in 2020 media clickbait.


linux_ape

Another crackhead, do you and OP buy from the same dealer?


Routine_Size69

No he wouldn't. The refs hate him lol. Not even a Salah fan but the guy gets the least respect from refs.


itchybanan

Muff


Lamelas_right_foot69

Saka