Manly Diving Club

[mrslong]

Manly players MUST be coached to stay down when they get a clip to the head.

I started to notice it last year in the run to and through the finals that they seemed to take a dive. And it's continued on this year - it's every single player staying down, and not just staying down but playing possum.

Surely they're coached to do this, because there are players in the league that stay down - Luke, Hayne, Ennis - but never an entire team?

Or am I just imagining it with my Manly hatred goggles?

 

[pennywisealfie]

I'm all for it, if you need to stay down to get a fair penalty, then so be it. What I hate the most is people diving back on the ground after getting up, trying to milk a penalty for holding on too long in the play the ball, like what happened to Jack Reed against Souths. That is the real diving blight.

 

[Son Edo]

Lyon did a Paul Vautin.

 

[mrslong]

I hate the diving. Jamie Lyon was pretending to be dead, then get's up 2 seconds later and scores a screamer of a try.

It cheapens the real dog hits imo, because when a player is actually concussed you think "get up princess you diving sook" but really they're out for the count.

Hate it.

Hate how every manly player does it whether it's a love tap or not.

 

[Nashy]

Penalise for diving. Do it.

 

[Porthoz]

Penalise for diving. Do it.

How? Unless it's really obvious, the refs have not enough medical knowledge to judge on whether it's a dive or a real temporary knock to the head.

IMO, if a player stays down long enough to cause a video review and a penalty + report, the player in question should be sidelined for a minimum of 10 mins (free interchange) while assessed by a doctor for concussion.

I reckon the above would cut the dives, since the ones doing it are generally players you don't want off the field, like halves or backs.
In the example from mrslong, I doubt Lyon would've stayed down that long!

 

[Foordy]

How? Unless it's really obvious, the refs have not enough medical knowledge to judge on whether it's a dive or a real temporary knock to the head.

IMO, if a player stays down long enough to cause a video review and a penalty + report, the player in question should be sidelined for a minimum of 10 mins (free interchange) while assessed by a doctor for concussion.

I reckon the above would cut the dives, since the ones doing it are generally players you don't want off the field, like halves or backs.
In the example from mrslong, I doubt Lyon would've stayed down that long!

thats the only way to stop it, players wont stay down if they have to leave the field

 

[Nashy]

How? Unless it's really obvious, the refs have not enough medical knowledge to judge on whether it's a dive or a real temporary knock to the head.

IMO, if a player stays down long enough to cause a video review and a penalty + report, the player in question should be sidelined for a minimum of 10 mins (free interchange) while assessed by a doctor for concussion.

I reckon the above would cut the dives, since the ones doing it are generally players you don't want off the field, like halves or backs.
In the example from mrslong, I doubt Lyon would've stayed down that long!

This is better. But then tired losers could get a 10 minute breaks, and could get more interchanges.

 

[Browny]

I balme Ben Kennedy for starting all this diving

 

[Broncoman]

Manly DIVING what a suprise? :shake:. Jamie Lyon deserved an Oscar for his role as the chief diver in Saturday nights embarrasment.

 

[Coxy]

They award Oscars in Diving? I always thought they got a score out of 10...

 

[Nashy]

A joke only a father would find amusing!

 

[OXY-351]

They award Oscars in Diving?

Close. It's actually an award ceremony similar to the Logies. It's called the Louganis', but rather than a gold staute being the top prize, it's actually a rusty trombone.