foot ball has changed especially over the last 5 years, there were hardmen in football...of course there were, playing for the cause never going down, ruthless and hard as ****
but
the game has been infected with this bullsh!t cheating - diving, trying to get the other team booked and the real hardmen of football have been pushed out of the game as the "allowed" level of contact has become smaller
I was having a chat about this with a mate of mine, he's a die hard football fan but even he agreed that the game is being too influenced by commercial interest, every week coaches are criticising ref's, other coaches and players, you read more about the drama's off the pitch than you do the actual game