What's worse though... A) the dive? B) the weird assed landing flip? or C) the way the ref shows the red?
Ffs read the rules again dude. Nowhere does it say a foul must be intentional or specifically done to cause injury. And Prickford s left foot is knee high at the point of impact ( what was the friggin point of some people posting a picture of a second before impact?), then his right leg scissors around to complete the job. The classic definition in there under serious foul play of endangering an opponent. As such that comes under misconduct. Therefore punishment can still be applied, regardless of chaff about the offside rule meaning you cant be fouled if you're offside
This has got Suarez gate x 2 all over it. Donga is never, ever going to let this lie. I'm just surprised Roy Keane and Rio Ferdinand haven't been brought into it yet.
That was a bastard tackle and he deserved a red card can’t believe it’s still a discussion people hiding their moral compass behind official rules not surprised
Yeah it did deserve a red, but it wasn’t the kind of premeditated assault that many Kopites seem to want to portray it as though with much gnashing of teeth and the issuing of fatwas.
The levels of hypocrisy are high even for the echo chamber that is football. Sounness in particular... Carragher Carragher, who was lucky to escape with a yellow card, once said: 'I wanted to let him know I was ready for him, that he wasn't going to pass. I wanted to rattle his bones. But my first challenge was horribly mistimed and I clattered into his shin. 'I was lucky not to be sent off and luckier still that Nani was able to walk out of Anfield with just a gash in his leg. Sounness “I’ll never forget being carried off the pitch alongside Souness who had been sent off and asking him why he had done that to me. “He never said a word or even looked up at me. “He was not a hard man and it is completely wrong to say that Souness had injured me in a tackle. There was no tackle. All he did was flick out at me from behind when I was looking the other way. “For me that’s not the action of a genuinely tough footballer or a true sportsman. The key thing is that horrible tackles have been around for a long time and will never really leave the game - where a player flies in going for the ball but mistimes or misjudges it - I'd agree some rules could be brought in to deal with suspensions (perhaps lengthy ones) but any talk of a "ban as long as the injured player is out" is nonsense and would raise so many other issues. Talk of "you'd get arrested for doing that in the street" is patently stupid too, there's a whole area of law pertaining to consent which makes the sporting arena incomparable to a randomer on the high street.
Oh dear. Not onky have you been wummed vigorously but you pulled out the haig card. Tut tut haslam tut tut
My 'neutral' thoughts ... for what it's worth Pickford did not intentionally injure VVD ... BUT ... The challenge was reckless, out of control and dangerous to an opponent ... would have been a straight red anywhere else on the pitch ... the fact that the play would have been taken back to a prior infringement rules out a penalty ... but does not (and should not) erase the accountability for the subsequent foul ... VAR is not to blame for the outcome ... VAR gave the match officials the ideal opportunity to make the correct call at the correct time .. a red for Jordan Pickford... the officials failed to take that opportunity ...also then making retrospective action problematic. Finally, wishing VVD all the best and a speedy recovery.
Talking of fouls in the box with a word up to great VAR decisions, lets not forget the atrocious PSG handball against United. I'm look forward to our penalties tonight. please log in to view this image
