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Moyes calls for retrospective action for divers

David Moyes says that players who feign fouls or injury by diving should face retrospective disciplinary action and has vowed to fine any of his players who try to con referees in this manner.

?There is one thing I would do with football," said the Everton manager. "I would have retrospective punishment on diving the same way they look back to see if somebody has elbowed someone.

?If it was me, the best way to make our referees' job easier would be to have retrospective punishment on diving because the players are so good at it, but if you check afterwards to see if they have done it and you find they did then you ban them.

?If the referee says he didn't see an incident and the Football Association panel looks in to it to see if somebody punched someone off the ball then why could they not doing it for diving? It would make the referee's job much easier.

?I've said to [my] players I don't want them diving. Of course people will go down but I don't like it and if I think they are going down outrageously cheaply I will say it to them and I think all managers will. I think in the end it comes back to haunt you."

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