Two footed tackle
Posted by Si on December 27, 2007
Whats the big furor over this?
Crouch was sent off earlier this month for a two footed effort on Jon Obi Mikel and there seems to have been a fair few players seeing reds recently for similar things.
Cue a media frenzy and knowledgeable figures such as Slur Alex condemning the animals that perpetrate these vile acts. Heaven forbid a player make actual contact in this so called “contact sport”.
Apparently the FA need to slap bigger punishments on players dismissed for two-footed challenges in order to protect players on the receiving end of these “career enders”.
Surely we should be looking at the facts though?
How many top flight players, in England, have had their careers ended as a result of a two footed challenge?
I can think of one – and that was the result of a challenge from…… a Manchester United player.
