All the more reason not to send him off.Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Stayed on his feet, one footed. Got the ball. Perfect challenge IMO.
The fact his follow through went in to Gotze can't be helped. If Ramires had pulled out of that challenge, he'd rightly get a bollocking.
All the more reason not to give a yellow for a challenge that high up somebody's leg?On any criteria of how fouls are judged it qualifies as a yellow at the very least.
If it was the perfect challenge as you say, there would be no recourse on him. And whether it can be helped or not, doesn't matter, go in like that, you take a risk.
The ref had a shocker of a night. Bookings all over the place and not a bad tackle in sight.
I'm not surprised he got this one wrong either.
Any challenge is a risk, slightly wrong and you can hurt yourself and others. This wasn't wrong. Had he come in from the side and got the ball, nothing would be said but players shouldn't need to run in a curve just so they can come in on a side on angle and avoid hurting a player.
ive got an idea. how about i try and tackle you, slightly touch the ball with my leg before stamping down hard on your ankle and lets see wether you claim thats a fair tackle because i got the ball first
He didn't win the ball as part of the tackle, even though that point is largely irrelevant in any case. Coming round the side of a player to what, slide? Well that's mainly clamped down on too but again, what relevance does it have?
Any challenge might be a risk but even moreso if you can't control your legs.
It's happened to me millions of times. I had the worlds biggest motherfucking swollen ankle and know what I did to the guy who did it? Nothing. He checked if I was ok. I said I'm fine and congratulated him on a good tackle.
Hope this happens.
shawcross got a slight touch of the ball before snapping ramseys leg in half. was that a fair tackle because he couldnt control his movement and touched the ball first?
Wtf?
No he didn't.
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