If an opponent calls you a "cheat" this season don't lash out, take a moment to consider - he may be raising a valid point. Only one of 12 Coastal Hogs who voted in our latest poll raised an objection to diving to win a penalty or freekick in ANY situation.
Four said diving was always justified, six said it was only justified against our archrivals, the Sweat Hogs, and one felt it was okay only if we were losing.
"The findings are quite disgraceful," moaned Coastal Hogland editor TH10. "I can't believe we're about to go into battle with a player who doesn't appreciate the art of diving. Gilly did the right thing and walked away when his morals got in the way of what was good for his team."
TH10 called on the dissenting voter to own up so his every tumble could be placed under intense scrutiny this season.
"Eleven out of 12 Hogs are prepared to play the game the way FIFA prefers it to be played. Diving, moaning, faking, rolling and groaning are an essential part of the football experience. It should be good enough for us all."
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Surely just gesturing, looking for the moral high ground. Can't think of an ethically upright member of the squad.
Unless, maybe, and so far conspicuous by his absence in the ethernet - the skipper?!!?...
Yes, I imagine him sitting in a plush leather chair with a tall back, Vivaldi ringing out from his expensive hifi (or perhaps the in-house string quartet) as a man servant brings him printouts of the latest blog comments...
A word of warning, I have heard stories of his wrath. Walking down the street and a grand piano lands on your head, or a group of 8 year olds playing recorder outside the bedroom window, night after night after night...
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