Me and Jacko often have our differences on this site, but on this issue I agree with everything he has said. We are not debating the penalties, although he did go down very easily, we are talking about a trait of his play which has been evident from when he first broke through at Reading.
Shane Long goes to ground far too easily.
I find it remarkable that many simply do not see that. Yes he is very clever with his body positioning to entice fouls and is often too quick for players which results in a foul, but he is also liable to initiate contact or even go down when there hasn't been any. This is what the opening post was highlighting, and specifically an incident in the first half where Shane went down under no contact and claimed a foul. Watch the video if you still refuse to believe me.
As I posted earlier, if it was an opposition player producing some of these antics we would be calling him all kind of names. I've also seen some say "well players have done it to us!", well yeah they have, that still doesn't make it okay though, and it certainly doesn't mean I'll condone Shane's theatrics just because he has an Albion top on.