Playacting

[timb]

You certainly wouldn’t want any of them alongside you in the trenches!

It’s prevalent in the S American game for decades and then imported to places like Spain, Portugal and Italy in the 70s and now standard in the PL. you have to wonder how they would have survived with a Norman Hunter, chopper Harris on Nobby Stiles on the field!

[Johnny73]

Just watching the Ireland V Luxembourg and the Portugal game and some of them should have actors equity cards . The slightest touch and they fall over holding the head or the leg as if they had been shot. Shameful nonsense.  Then once they get a free or a card for the opposition they are off again like rabbits.
After watching the Rugby yesterday it makes them seem like a lot of pansies.