FCBarca
Mike the Knife
Cesc not only that he dives(there have been moments where his dives lead to Barca been counteratacked), but he also makes rash challenges and gets into arguments with the other players and the ref. He's a whiny little bitch and it's really hard for me to like him.
There are definitely aspects to his game he has to improve on, you mention a couple I've seen as well...He gets a bit dramatic, motions to the bench/Pep and generally carrying on with pestering/pressuring the referee...I suspect the fact that he was such a big star in England and was able to earn some respect from the officials, he clearly shows a real disgust at not getting similar respect from Primera Liga refs...His getting stuck in more than the other midfielders for the team presents itself with an advantage that has been absent...but if he's eager to get stuck in, he can't whine when the calls don't go his way either...Thiago, Xavi & Iniesta are smarter in terms of how to avoid the contact and that is perhaps down to the fact that Fab has been away from Spain for so long