McFadden: Divers just look stupid

12 November 2009 19:56
McFadden was part of the Birmingham side that was denied a memorable triumph at Anfield on Monday night when Liverpool striker David N'Gog went down without contact from Lee Carsley to win a controversial penalty.[LNB]The furore surrounding diving has always been a hot topic but Monday's events have brought the matter back into the spotlight.[LNB]McFadden's Scotland team-mate Kevin Kyle suggested earlier this week he would be prepared to take a dive to benefit his nation if a place at a major tournament was at stake.[LNB]But McFadden held a much different opinion when asked whether it is something he would consider.[LNB]"No way, no. No way, no," he said. "I find it hard, I couldn't dive.[LNB]"Sometimes you go down when someone hasn't touched you but that's not necessarily a dive.[LNB]"I wouldn't ever deliberately dive and try to con a penalty for any benefit because in the end you look stupid.[LNB]"You might win that game but you look stupid.[LNB]"Look at the incident on Monday night, it was embarrassing.[LNB]"Liverpool got the draw but everybody knows it was a dive. It's not nice to see it."[LNB]He continued: "It's frustrating because it's the difference between winning and losing.[LNB]"It happens in the game but it's not nice when it happens against you."[LNB]A strong-minded McFadden even went one step further than that.[LNB]The former Everton man suggested he would maybe even be prepared to hold his hands up and admit to a referee he was not fouled should a penalty be awarded in his favour when no contact was made.[LNB]"I think I'd maybe say to the ref 'look, he never touched me'," said the Scotland man. "I've been booked for diving before when I wasn't diving, but I wasn't even appealing for anything.[LNB]"I said to the referee that I wasn't diving but the referee has got to call it as they see it and they have got a difficult job."[LNB][LNB]

Source: Team_Talk