Lucky for Lloydy

[goswannie14]

I'm not Lloydy's biggest fan, but there is a lot of dislike for him on this board. Is it just because he dives and is boring as bat@@@@, or is there something I'm missing here?

I think you've summed it up pretty well.

[ScottH]

It gathers momentum and is favoured by Clubs.

Crackdown on AFL 'divers' | Herald Sun

THE AFL's proposed crackdown on players who stage for free kicks has gained strong club support, with the league determined to stamp out "divers".

Blatant examples involving Hawthorn's Lance Franklin and Collingwood's Alan Didak this year have been highlighted by rival clubs, who have told the AFL the issue is well worth addressing.

While the likes of retired forwards Matthew Lloyd and Russell Robertson have been labelled serious stagers, the league is more intent on stamping out a trend than stopping an epidemic.

And with a picture of Brent Harvey.

[dimelb]

The interesting one for me is not the diving issue (and good on the AFL for moving to stamp it out) but the "letting the ump know I've been held/pushed" issue, where the offence has actually happened and should be picked up. I think of the early game against Brisbane in 2005 (a final quarter I play with the Geelong/St Kilda/West Coast trifecta) when a Scott scragged Baz, who lurched all over the place and got a free that he converted to put us in front for the first time in the game after the final siren. I hope the AFL in their zeal are not going to crack down on such "messages".