But for me Kenilworth the more sickening aspect is the incessant cheating, diving and general crying wolf.
When Danny Murphy was discussing the bit where Gabriel backed into Costa, he said that Gabriel "kicked-out" and that that was 'unforgivable' or some nonsense. Now, I didn't watch the game live, so Murphy is at an advantage over me BUT I didn't see ANY 'kicking-out' on Gabriel's part, he may have trodden on Costa's toes NOTHING more than that.
But the trouble is, that Murphy is imbued in the 'culture' of professional football and therefore is apt to see some foul that may have not existed. Far too many 'fouls' as analysed on TV involve NO physical contact whatsoever. Kun Aguero the Manchester City player went over a week ago and injured his knee. Widely seen as a foul, I'm of the opinion that his injury was caused by his landing on the pitch NOT by a miss timed tackle, was there ANY physical contact at all?
I don't know, may be a 'hot-spot' detector like they use in cricket may work (after the game, not concurrent) , then again, it probably wouldn't? Super slo-mo doesn't work IMO.
Trouble is, the refs have become sucked into believing the fakery too - the main culprit, Colina the old Italian has made football as laughable and thespian as the wrestling used to be on ITV on a saturday afternoon......
......and I bet if you asked Dean which referee he looked up to most when he was starting he'd say Colina....but Colina believed all the diving and the crap that is spoiling the game now.
As Rugby Union fans delight in telling us, Football is becoming a joke.