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If You Want To Get Physical...

...then you can't really complain if somebody gets hurt. Bad challenges happen when players are wound up, over-excited, over-committed or just a bit rubbish...

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HarryBoulton says...

@TheGuru, I think the media frenzy isn't so much about the challenge itself, but that a) it went completely unpunished at the time, and b) it will stay completely unpunished because of ludicrous red tap put in place by the powers that be.

Posted 1:55pm 22nd March 2013

TheGuru (Sunderland) says...

@Bigal147 I agree. The point i'm making is Newcastle fans seem to forget that they've made bad challenges too. You wouldn't expect of them teams to sue Newcastle would you? The whole issue has been blown way way out of proportion. It was a bad tackle. End of story. Bad challenges happen. Newcastle do them, Sunderland do them, Wigan do them. Just move on. The media frenzy has been ridiculous.

Posted 11:48pm 21st March 2013

nellyknows (Arsenal) says...

Aye, things were grand back in the day. When men were men and women wore girdles. Not like today, blooming pansies the lot of them!!!

Posted 3:03pm 21st March 2013

redgenesis (Manchester United) says...

entirely agree with @werwolves. Utter garbage article, presumably to drum up comments. Don't get your panties in a wad? This tackle didn't happen because it's a physical game, but because McManaman was at the very least careless. Bit like driving without due care and attention. Accidents aren't part and parcel of driving, they are an unfortunate side effect from having idiots on the road not paying appropriate attention. It's a shame for McManaman to be singled out, but he should have been banned for 6 games. This kind of thing needs to be drummed out of the game, not defended with the weak line of "it's a physical game, it's a man's game.". It's not about a moral overreaction - sure, the papers always do that. But to go the other way, as you've done here John, is no less shameful.

Posted 12:05pm 20th March 2013

kozzer says...

and not for the first time is it werwolf ? harry boulton you know who tought that kid to tackle like that....your very own football culture as a nation....look at john nicolson...for him its ok to behave like a criminal on the pitch because its "football"? ... others approach the sport as a science and thanks to john we all now realise why england only won it once with a controversial momment..... i blame the foreigners....

Posted 11:40pm 19th March 2013

kireca (Arsenal) says...

What I find strange is the fact that these articles are written by a vegetarian pacifist who abhors violence. What's his next article going to be about? The reintroduction of bull fighting in Barcelona?

Posted 3:34pm 19th March 2013

HarryBoulton says...

@Hulmaldo, I don't think it's unreasonable to get upset by such tackles. I do think that injury is an inevitable consequence of playing sport though. I also think that it's about time that clubs and coaches started taking respsonsibility and that players beun to learn how to tackle. The sanitisation of the game has resulted in the quality of tackling deteriorating too far. You end up with tackles such as this. Who taught this kid to tackle like that?

Posted 9:58am 19th March 2013

HarryBoulton says...

@amc1967, I agree

Posted 9:53am 19th March 2013

fosters44 (Liverpool) says...

So its official then - JN is now the Adrian Durham of F365.

Posted 9:39am 19th March 2013

amc1967 (Manchester United) says...

I think Jon should give up writing these articles. Not because I don't think the articles are good, but simply because the bulk of people who comment on here don't even bother to read the articles properly before wading in to criticise them. He seeks to get a reaction, but the idea is to spark debate, not personal attacks. Any body who bothers to ead this article properly can see that it is a comment on the media reaction and not the incident itself.

Posted 8:14am 19th March 2013

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