+xDont know who this guy is but just going by the comments I wanted to ask why the hate for "divers"? Is it an AFL is manly and Soccer is a poofters game thing? Is there something un-Australian about trying to win at all cost? Why doesnt the same hate apply for such deception in cricket when those funny little guys in their pyjamas put their fingers up after every single ball and yell "howzattttt?" at the referee/butler who is holding their jumper and hat, even when they know it is not an lbw nor did the ball hit the bat? Or when, in AFL, a player grabs a fistfull of his opponents jumper and uses that to punch the suitcases out of him without it being considered stricking? Deception in many parts of the world is an admirable tactic. The dark arts of wasting time and deceiving the ref as much as possible are so ingrained in many other parts of the world they are applauded... unless they are used against you of course... Maradona's (may God rest his soul) hand of goal was cheeky and fun in Argentina's media but a "cheating act of a dago" in the UK tabloids... point is why does this seem to be the one thing non soccer people in Australia seem to feel is the most terrible aspect of the sport....
Cheating may well be viewed differently through cultural lenses, but this is our culture - and we don't like it.
What's more, we think that we are driven by nobler, purer sentiments and are above such things, so when one of our own (in this case an Australian footballer) cheats we are outraged and disgusted. Why do you think Smith and Warner copped such a massive penalty when the same offence by cricketers from other countries only got a match or two?
Mauk risks making himself extremely unpopular if he keeps up that crap.