Burnley manager Sean Dyche has revealed his frustrations regarding diving in football, and insisted retrospective action is the only way to stamp it out from the game - as reported by the Mail.
The Clarets boss offered hiscomments in the wake of Hull City's crunch clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday, in which Robert Snodgrass went down in the box under challenge from Scott Dann.
On closer inspection from the replays, it was clear there was zero contact and that the Scotland international had conned the referee - the winger then dusted himself down to convert the penalty himself to give the Tigers the lead.
The player tweeted out an apology on his part for the incident after the game, admitting it was 'never a penalty' -but it fell largely on deaf ears.
Apologies from my end it was never a penalty, but genuinely thought defender was going to slide, so tried to ride the tackleï'Œ
The incident led Dyche to condemn the practice, and offer his opinion about how to eradicate it from the game.
He said: "It's got to a level now that it's that theatrical that I'm surprised people don't just start laughing. It's gone too far. It's ridiculous. There are fans out there who must be tired of seeing it and I'm tired of how it's crept into our game to become accepted.
"I just can't see it from a moral point of view, from a brand point of view, from the culture of the game and for the health of the game.
Straight-talking Dyche has echoed the cries of football purists and former rugby referee Nigel Owens who spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live, andreckons that officially reviewing incidents after they happen is the way forward to eradicating diving from the game.
He added: "Introduce retrospective bans and it will be gone. Certain teams would have three or four players done immediately, from a warning in private to the manager, up to a three-game ban.
"It's simple to officiate. You have a panel of experts and give out bans. Within six months the panel would be defunct because people wouldn't be doing it anymore."
For fans,a move to startpunishing players retrospectively would make for welcome news, andhopefully stamp out the ridiculous practice once and for all.