What Planet (2 Viewers)

[johnniericoh]

What planet are some of our professional footballers on when trying to send fellow players into orbit.

I'm referring to the continuing policy of suicidal tackles we see constantly in live games and on TV which surely begs the question - are they part of the mangers strategy / game plan.

If so can they not see that the victim player receives a serious injury, the culprit receives a yellow / red card, the opposition team gain a dead ball or penalty kick advantage and the game can be won or lost because of this.

Some of the more reckless players lunge in sometimes waist high or with two feet horizontal tackles completely missing the ball by wide margins.

Surely when analysing the game on video during training and coaching sessions the managers and indeed the players can see how worthless this policy is giving the opposition a distinct advantage in close call games.

I maybe a bit biased towards my beloved CCFC but I don't see much of this recklessness in our game plan with Jordan Clarke a good example of hard but fair tackling in the majority of cases retrieving the ball cleanly for the next phase of play.

So to all FA, FIFA officials,managers, coaches and players can we please review this situation seriously for the betterment of the game overall and more importantly the paying fans who want to see 22 players remaining on the pitch at all times.


Thoughts

PUSB

 

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[bamalamafizzfazz]

Surely you cannot lay the blame solely on the manager, of course he has an influence but as anyone who has played football will tell you that once you get on the pitch you play the game that is on the pitch. A lot of the times when there are bad tackles in a game they come from both teams as the competitiveness gets out of hand.
There would be some correlation between the two and a record like Wenger's speaks for itself when it comes to discipline. I do however think that more injuries in the game are a direct consequence of the level of protection the players have these days as some of the older boys will testify that tackles used to be a lot harder and injuries a lot fewer but as players are commodities clubs risk playing them as much if they are carrying a slight injury.
Finally, due to the risk involved I think referees are far stricter as they would face a lot harsher rap from clubs and fans if they allowed (harder) tackles in to the game and to minimalise them a red is shown in the first instance.
Players should get the message that these tackles will not be accepted in the modern game but unfortunately on occasion they just get caught up in the competitiveness of the game and lose that control for a short moment.

 

[kg82]

What planet are some of our professional footballers on when trying to send fellow players into orbit.

I'm referring to the continuing policy of suicidal tackles we see constantly in live games and on TV which surely begs the question - are they part of the mangers strategy / game plan.

If so can they not see that the victim player receives a serious injury, the culprit receives a yellow / red card, the opposition team gain a dead ball or penalty kick advantage and the game can be won or lost because of this.

Some of the more reckless players lunge in sometimes waist high or with two feet horizontal tackles completely missing the ball by wide margins.

Surely when analysing the game on video during training and coaching sessions the managers and indeed the players can see how worthless this policy is giving the opposition a distinct advantage in close call games.

I maybe a bit biased towards my beloved CCFC but I don't see much of this recklessness in our game plan with Jordan Clarke a good example of hard but fair tackling in the majority of cases retrieving the ball cleanly for the next phase of play.

So to all FA, FIFA officials,managers, coaches and players can we please review this situation seriously for the betterment of the game overall and more importantly the paying fans who want to see 22 players remaining on the pitch at all times.


Thoughts

PUSB

Hmm, logic - I'd be surprised if most footballers had even heard of that word!

 

[Macca]

thoughts? Compared to 15-20 years its virtually a non-contact sport.

However its fair to say that the challenges today when they happen are more "spiteful" than hard