And, we’re off.......2018/2019
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clubchamp98
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No ! I did say a deliberate tackle.
clubchamp98
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I must say on that photo it looks bad but look where the ball is , VVD stopped the ball but his motion carries through.
Try hitting a golf ball but stop your club at impact it’s impossible.
Also Ramos is a black belt judo thug. Who knows exactly what he is doing.
They tackles are not even comparable.
Redskins21
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Fair enough, I was reading your most recent comment of foul and not the earlier tackle comment.
I can see the reasoning behind it but it'd be a nightmare to enforce what's deliberate and what's not.
clubchamp98
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Just watched a young lad having his hair cut by Richarlason .
He’s had a bad year so made his day.
Nice touch from Everton sending him to Disneyland as well.
He’s had a bad year so made his day.
Nice touch from Everton sending him to Disneyland as well.
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The injury curse has struck our defence, Trent, Gomez and Matip all out for a minimum of 6 weeks.
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😂😂 😂😂spot on that ðŸ‘ðŸ»
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There's a lovely video doing the rounds where Middlesbrough look after a family going through a tough time, child is the mascot, crowd sing his name etc. Clubs do some brilliant community stuff that rarely gets seen but it's lovely to see, the smiles they bring are fabulous.
Tashyboy
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Might seem odd me supporting this coz watching City, they know how to professionally stop and break up play. It might not be brutal or thuggish but it is professional fouling. What does make me chuckle, is City do like to play flowing football, and they have been stopped by the same means I have mentioned yet City fans go ballistic when it happens against us. Can't have it both ways.
Slime
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We need a decent manager for that to happen, not one stuck in a 10 year old bubble!
The game moves on and evolves, Mourinho doesn't seem to be able to do that.
fundy
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First rule of being a footie fan, its fine if we do it, uproar if done to us (see Liverpool fans postings on here for confirmation
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Stills never make a tackle look pretty
This is a video of it
And a link to the Valencia one
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Ooooo. The video doesn't make it look any better. That could easily be red.
Kellfire
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Yep VVD could’ve walked there and had no complaint. Dangerous.
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pokerjoke
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A red card all day long.
At the very start of the tackle VVD could be considered as off the ground, although on the ground by the time contact is made. Law 12, jumped into the tackle, just a free kick. He's really flying in, and is a big guy. Reckless, "acted with disregard for the consequences." Law 12 & a booking. And coming in like that could be deemed to be excessive. Law 12 & a red. Ref's interpretation.
If his foot had been lower, through the tackle, a foul, maybe a booking. Reckless, yes. Excessive? The fact he could have made the tackle with his foot closer to the ground, makes what he did do as excessive.
At the very start of the tackle VVD could be considered as off the ground, although on the ground by the time contact is made. Law 12, jumped into the tackle, just a free kick. He's really flying in, and is a big guy. Reckless, "acted with disregard for the consequences." Law 12 & a booking. And coming in like that could be deemed to be excessive. Law 12 & a red. Ref's interpretation.
If his foot had been lower, through the tackle, a foul, maybe a booking. Reckless, yes. Excessive? The fact he could have made the tackle with his foot closer to the ground, makes what he did do as excessive.
sam85
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The video replay doesn't make it look any better. You just can't tackle like that anymore.
Not sure what the Valencia tackle has to do with it but agree that's also a bad one.
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When I first watched it when the game was on it looked clean as whistle got the ball and then the slide and follow throw on a wet surface meant he carried on through to the player - a perfectly timed tackle and the “ref†that night agreed with it.
Watching it in real time pace it’s feels the same - the leg bounces a little after getting the ball which raises it and he goes into the ankle.
It’s the sort of tackle CB’s used to love , Mertens would have been clean through ,VVD was clearly going for the ball and nothing else and seemed to be in control - slowing it down makes it look reckless and I think a yellow card in the CL is what you expect from that tackle - I still think in the Prem a lot of refs wouldn’t have given a foul
Now if he missed the ball and went straight over it into the ankle - red all day long
If a CB can’t make a sliding tackle to get the ball clean then it’s going to be hard for them
The Valencia one was jumping in the air two feet , nowhere near the ball straight on the guys shin - you could hear the screams on the telly - amazed he got away with just a yellow
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