Hospitalised?

Nothing frustrates me more than a talented athlete that feel the need to cheat to reach his or her goals - be it doping, diving or faking.

I don't subscribe to the theory that the increase of foreign players in the Premiership are the only reason that players have increased their theatrics - Gary Lineker is famous for not being booked in his entire playing career, yet he's admitted that had the yellow card for diving rule been in place during his era, his unblemished record might be slightly less clean. Also, some of the more prolific divers are English, such as Michael Owen, Joe Cole and Emile Heskey.

However, the cream of the crop in the Premiership are, in no ranking order: Jose Reyes, Robert Pires, Ruud Van Nistelroy and Arjen Robben.

Reyes have taken a tumble so many times that it almost seems that he won't even get a legitimate free kick nowadays.

Yesterday in the Chelsea-Liverpool game, which BTW Chelsea won relatively deservedly due to Liverpool's lack of forward firepower, Robben and Chelsea stooped to new lows.

Having remarkably managed to get out of a clear cut yellow card for dissent earlier in the game, Robben came up and said something to Liverpool 'keeper Reina I'm sure shouldn't be repeated when children can hear it. Reina, who the second earlier committed a foolish tackle on Chelsea's Gudjohnsen, for which he was about to get booked, seemed to push Robben in the face (with his soft goalkeeper gloves), and Robben went down on the deck like punched by Mike Tyson, only to peek up to ensure that Reina got sent off.

Only one word can summarise that.

Scum.

Cheat. (Oops, my math has always been poor.)

Robben is a remarkably gifted footballer, but clearly sub-standard as a human being...I'd like to say I'm sure he's slightly ashamed when he sees the replay images, but I'm not sure he has any shame whatsoever.