How do you explain that?

But the writer of this article has suggested that he should be credited solely for Barcelona’s recent successes.

That is not true! I believe that the Barcelona team has been suffering due to the predictibility in their play. THe coach has used the same formation and tactics for the last 4 years and everyone now knows what to expect.

Deco is a fantastic player, Barcelona need him, but they will survive without him as well if Rijkaard can get the others to play to their potential. Deco, on the other hand, has the potential to lift Barca on his own.

Yes, everyone has the capacity to dive & most players have done it at one time or another. Its not nation specific either.

Yes, Arsenal players are no better or worse than players from the other Big 4 clubs not to mention the rest of the Premiership.

But here’s the thing. When Eboue dived to get that freekick in the CL final ’06, Wenger publicly denounced him & said that it was unacceptable behaviour (despite the fact that they STILL lost & surely the team didn’t need that kind of salt rubbed into their wounds!) & added that he had personally told Eboue to stop it or face being fined or worse.

“It is clear there was no foul. I condemn and regret the attitude of Eboue. I have always risen up against cheating. Eboue cheated by simulating the foul. I detest simulation.”

Please tell me what steps SAF, Benitez or Mourinho ever took to rein in their players – C.Ronaldo, Gerrard, Drogba etc etc ad nauseam.

Wenger ain’t perfect either, but maybe if we focused on positive steps like these we wouldn’t be having moronic comments flying back & forth about an article that isn’t even about diving!