8 Captains Blog

With diving the talk of the town at the moment it was only right that my blog should highlight some of the worst divers in the modern game.

Where better to start than with the man who got the papers writing last week.

Step up or fall down whichever you do best Arsenal’s mr Eduardo da Silva.

How is it possible that Eduardo can undo all the good will and sympathies from a near career ending injury within seconds?

Answer: Do  what he did against Celtic and suddenly from an object of sympathy (leg-break), he becomes an object of shame.

And because of this I have decided to put together a list of those dirty rotten scoundrels who are continuously shot by snipers hidden high above in the stands.

Rivaldo:

Does anyone know if he’s been doing this sort of thing in Uzbekistan? Does anyone care? No? Okay, moving on.

Dida:

It takes a special breed of idiocy to be caught diving as a keeper. Reminds me also of the Lehman versus Drogba handbags at ten paces incident not so long ago.

Alberto Gilardino

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Kun Aguero:

Such an amazing talent, but one of the worst divers in the modern game. The boy falls over for fun, wonder what father in law Diego Maradona thinks of it all?

Kris Boyd

Cristiano Ronaldo

There are many, many, many quality dives from which to choose. Ths guy wrote the the book and re-wrote the book on how to con the referee. Disgrace!

The Italian Civil War (Luca Toni & Marco Materazzi)

For two big men, they sure go down without a great deal of difficulty.

Emerson Acuna

I have seen some bad dives before. This is beyond words.

Didier Drogba

I am not even going to start on this one. The bloke is not worth my words!

Knut Fostervold

if you can put Norwegian domestic football into the headlines, it can’t be good.