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What's the difference?
Mo Salah’s fall was just like Oumar Niasse’s dive with Everton last season
I FIND it incredible Mo Salah’s act of simulation was not even passed on to the FA’s independent panel.
Surely cases of this nature should automatically be looked at by the panel. Otherwise, what’s the point of it?
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Elsewhere, cases of an alleged act of violent conduct unseen by match officials, but caught on camera, are passed on to the three-person panel of ex-referees and the same should apply for simulation.
This is not about Salah. He’s a wonderful player for Liverpool but this is about ALL acts of simulation.
What was the difference between Salah’s act of simulation and Oumar Niasse of Everton against Crystal Palace last season?
The verdict on Niasse was that there was “clear and overwhelming evidence the player exaggerated the effect of normal contact in order to deceive the referee".
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That ruling is no different to what Salah did against Newcastle.
I have spoken to ex-pro footballers in the last 24 hours and they are all in agreement with me.
Simulation is a disease in the game and it’s getting worse. Stronger action is needed and that has to come from the FA.
There was a touch from Paul Dummett on Salah’s arm but no one can tell me that was enough for the way the Egyptian goes to ground. It is unnatural.
Leighton Baines scores penalty for Everton against Crystal Palace after Omar Niasse goes down in the box
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So I felt this was a classic case for the panel to review and then make a decision.
What worries me is the FA’s ‘on-field regulation team’ have not even bothered to pass the case on.
VAR will be in operation from next season but even then it will not eradicate acts of simulation.
It may do for penalty incidents but what happens to those which happen outside the box?
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