A really horrible injury v Spurs looked like he’d snapped both bones below the knee. Looked a bit like the injury suffered by David Busst.
Speedy recovery.
Speedy recovery.
Regardless of VAR or no VAR, and whatever happened in the Liverpool/Villa game I thought Martin Atkinson handled that game today really well. Red card for Son? Maybe not but there was no way he was staying on the pitch after what happened, yellow card followed by substitution might have looked a bit cynical. Fact is it was a retaliatory foul after he'd dived chasing a penalty and a bloke got mashed up because of it. I have no problem with the red.
I have now seen it from the other angle and it does look like the injury was caused by his foot stuck in the turf.Son committed a foul but it wasn't dangerous until Gomez fell onto the other Tottenham player.
Agree with all of that, I just don't have a problem with the red. It might have been 'technically' incorrect but in the context of what happened overall I think it was ok.If Gomes doesn't collide with Aurier and snap his leg, it would've remained a yellow, which Atkinson was initially going to give. Son's challenge caused that collision, but Son's challenge in itself was a regular yellow card for a cynical challenge. It was exactly the same as what Johansen did for Fulham just yesterday on Grosicki.
I think Pochettino would've subbed him off. He was absolutely inconsolable.
Except that if Son hadn't clattered him in the first place...I have now seen it from the other angle and it does look like the injury was coursed by his foot stuck in the turf.
Agree with all of that, I just don't have a problem with the red. It might have been 'technically' incorrect but in the context of what happened overall I think it was ok.
Just different opinions.
It's not like Son could expect the consequences of his actions.Except that if Son hadn't clattered him in the first place...
True, he'll be in a dreadful place, but with the right help he'll recover, and I'll be happy for him. Gomes could possibly never play again no matter how much help he gets. When will people learn that actions have consequences.Regardless, Son wouldn't have been playing the next few games - he'll be absolutely all over the place mentally, I wouldn't blame him if he didn't want to play (if he wasn't suspended) as a result of this.
He could have always have not fouled him in the first place. Or is that too much to ask?It's not like Son could expect the consequences of his actions.
He could have always have not fouled him in the first place. Or is that too much to ask?
Should every foul result in a sending off because it could, because of freak circumstances, result in serious injury? Or only when a serious injury occurs?He could have always have not fouled him in the first place. Or is that too much to ask?
Hypothetical question because it wasn't. However if it had been a clean tackle it wouldn't even have been a yellow so the question doesn't arise.Question Plum - if it had been a 100% clean tackle, won the ball, but Gomes still fell into Aurier and snapped his leg, would you still call it a red card?
You can't give a red card unless a yellow is given first? A referee can still give a red without giving a yellow first.Hypothetical question because it wasn't. However if it had been a clean tackle it wouldn't even have been a yellow so the question doesn't arise.