The Premier League Thread

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I didn't think Vardy's tackle was that bad. Okay, two feet off the ground so he can't have too many complaints, but still worth an appeal as it was neither malicious nor late and he clearly went for the ball not the man.
 
I didn't think Vardy's tackle was that bad. Okay, two feet off the ground so he can't have too many complaints, but still worth an appeal as it was neither malicious nor late and he clearly went for the ball not the man.

Saw a piece of video where the Stoke player was sent off last week. Looked reddish to me. Myself, I thought Vardy's was borderline. If any Arsenal defender makes that tackle they miraculously stay on the pitch! [I saw a tweeted two footed dive-in from last week]. Sissoko's spike was nasty - red. The Burnley player made fairly little of it, although every player makes something of it these days. Some could win Oscars, some could only apply for the vacant prompter's job at RAODS. Even our own McQueen, when whacked by an Inter defender, went down on his knees after a couple of seconds of considering it.
 
I saw that even Dyche was starting to get a bit disheartened about the bad decisions too. I can see his point, he expects his players to be honest rather than rolling on the floor but the Sissoko runs up the other end and assists the goal. A point could have meant a lot to them.

I wasn't convinced by Vardy's red, admittedly I only saw it once in real time and once slowed down but it looked like he was tugged slightly by a Stoke player and lost control through that. You could say it's 2 footed but then Barkley showed you can almost as easily break someone's ankle recklessly one footed so where's the line?