Here's how you tackle Todd Cantwell and 2 other toe-curling divers with law that wipes cheating out
dailyrecord.co.ukIt's time to bring Schalk’s Law into Scottish football and rid our game of the diving curse that’s only getting worse.Three toe-curling instances - Todd Cantwell, Kenneth Vargas and Ester Sokler - at the weekend produced just one booking and no suspensions.
If it was down to me they’d all be getting cited. And banned for two games like Alex Schalk of Ross County back in 2017. Listen I understand as a forward that if you’re caught at all in the box then you go down.
You’re taught that as a kid. But you HAVE to be caught. The three dives at the weekend were embarrassing.And it shows the inconsistencies again because Vargas got booked while Cantwell and Sokler didn’t.
I always refer to the Schalk one that won County a penalty in the last minute in a draw against Celtic. That was the worst dive I’ve seen in my life and I remember Staggies boss Jim McIntyre coming out and saying afterwards he’d not seen it yet.
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