well, most of the shameful play-acting is to win an advantage, be it a penalty, free kick, wasting time and so on ... the English have a say: "Rugby is a ruffian game played by gentlemen while Football is a gentlemen game played by ruffians". There's a grain of truth in it.

I'm surprised that nobody (yet) picked on silly goal celebrations, they're in a class of their own. Just a couple of examples here, from Liverpudlian players, they lead the world in this particular category

Fowler sniffing his way to the corner flag

Bellamy can't play football so he tries his hand at golf, with predictable results

I've let it run. But time to close it.

Closed!