Two Footed Tackles

I hadn't even considered it as I thought 25 inches was standard.

 

Talking about hat sizes?

 

Ah.....I get it now.

Here's me thinking 2 footed tackle was a football related term.

 

Pretty much agree with this: http://blogs.thescore.com/footyblog...-right-to-be-sent-off-for-reckless-challenge/

 

Johnson got all of the ball and none of the man. What's the point speculating about what would've happened if he was a second later to the tackle or if Lescott a second quicker in the tackle?

The difference between a brilliant tackle and a leg breaker is probably less than a second, so you could really say that about every tackle "had Johnson been a second later in his tackle on Aguero in the box it would've been a penalty" Yeah, so what?

 

So it was still dangerous, the fact that 1 second difference could have broken someone's leg just proves the point. It is very very rare that you break someones leg with a 1 footed challenge compared to a 2 footed. There is no reason at all to go in with two feet, it is cowardly and offers no advantage to the tackler.

 

i hate the word "IF" in these circumstances.

IF you make contact in any challenge there is potential for serious injury.

IF a player reacts badly to a challenge and punches an opponent in the face hes going to get sent off.

IF Rooney had a dodgy curry the night before the game he could **** himself in the center circle of Old Trafford.

 

i already posted that

also, i agree with it too

 

Anybody with a penchant for bendy legs and terrible tackles may 'enjoy' (a most inappropriate word) this, the 11 worst tackles in premier league history. Shocking to realise only, maybe 4 got reds, and one was described as 'definitely a booking [only]':
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/list...despicable-premier-league-horror-tackles.html

 

I hadnt read the comments. Michael Cox is a great football writer though, changed my mind on the matter.

 

How many leg breaks have been from two footed tackles then? Ramsey, Eduardo, Ben Arfa, Carragher, Cisse, Valencia (or was that ankle?) were all 1 footed challenges as far as I remember. I can't remember any other recent-ish examples of leg breaks from tackles but what I do know is that the majority are 1 footed challenges not 2 footed ones.

The Cabaye challenge was a much more dangerous one than the Glen Johnson one and that was one footed. So I really do not see why a perfectly timed two footed tackle should be given a straight red, when there are much more dangerous tackles out there being done every week, like Cabaye's.

 

Because two footed tackles are much rarer than one footed tackles, and rightly so. If as many two footed tackles were committed as one footed there would be far more leg breaks, it's excessive force. Cabaye made a bad tackle and got away with it, I know that, why do you assume we have some major issue with Liverpool?

 

Blinkered spectacles much???? The fact is had Lescott got to the ball first with his leg planted, he would have likely broke something. So how can Cabaye's be much more dangerous.

And yes I do think Cabaye should have been sent off.

 

I'm not, why are you assuming you know what I'm thinking!?

I was just saying that I didn't think Johnson's tackle was dangerous at all and was a fair tackle in which he got the ball and none of the player. And that much worse tackles get made every week in the PL, without red cards, so I do not see why a tackle like Johnson's should be a straight red. I used Cabaye as an example, nothing to do with Newcastle as a club, its just the example I thought of first.

 

Two-footed tackles are ridiculous. No advantage for the tackler, potential career-ender for other player. Attackers shouldn't have to "ride" tackles for fear of having their legs broken.

 

I said that because there is an obvious persecution complex with Liverpool and assumed you had the same thing.

Anyway, even if you do win the ball, going in two footed is absolutely pointless. What advantage does the tackler gain? Nothing. But it is incredibly dangerous and the second foot is excessive force. One footed tackles are only dangerous if mistimed or poorly executed, two footed tackles are dangerous every time unless the opposition player pulls out of the challenge.

 

Have to say these two guys are spot on, you can't irradicate danger out of the game! If you win the ball and the player is unscaved then this is a definition of a perfect tackle. You have dispossessed the opponent, its that simple. I don't want players getting injuried but the reason this debate is happening in the first place is the rules are too subjective. They need to make them alot more objective, you can't do this with what if's!

 

So your saying just because he got the ball it wasn't dangerous. Kompany got the ball, was that not a red?

 

if im honest Johnsons seemed more like a drop kick at the ball and he was way more out of control than kompany was.

im all for cutting out reckless challenges, but these days i think people look into things way too much.

i honestly think if the decisions carry on this way then in 5 years or less it will be an offence to slide tackle. a line has to be drawn and common sense used.

 

I honestly don't think Kompany's can be classed as two footed. It was more of a scissor tackle, where he lead with his right leg but then brought the left leg round. However, that is just as dangerous IMO as De Jong on Ben Arfa showed.