said:<\/a> “I tried not to say too much after the game because it\u2019s counterproductive, you don\u2019t want to get yourself in trouble; even more bizarre by the way that I get in trouble for questioning something that was quite obviously a penalty.<\/p>\n“If my players do it I\u2019ve just got to go, \u2018OK, I see why\u2019 because my players are getting frustrated. There was a show of it against Southampton because you could see Ashley Westwood remonstrating with the referee, remonstrating with the linesman, clearly saw that his (Wood\u2019s) shirt was pulled.”<\/p>\n
Dyche Is Conflicted On How to Approach Diving<\/h3>\n
Although the Burnley boss feels diving directly influences the decisions of officials, he is reluctant to change his message on diving.<\/p>\n
He did concede that he may have to rethink his approach, saying: “Weirdly it\u2019s probably the only sport in the world that actively introduces the idea of actually working to get fouls and penalties.<\/p>\n
“No one really wants to clean it up, therefore I have got to be careful because I am going to cost my team points by telling them not to go down. Now that\u2019s a bizarre situation to be in. I can\u2019t cost these players their futures by not gaining penalties and free-kicks that others do, that would be absurd.”<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old Burnley manager feels he needs to strike a balance between his players being honest and getting the decisions they deserve, saying: “I have got to be careful with my own team and not make them too clean with the game because the game is saying don\u2019t be.<\/p>\n
“The game is saying get on the floor as many times as you can and make as much noise as you can, you will have a better chance of winning the game. But I don\u2019t encourage it, I assure you.”<\/p>\n
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