Comments on: Debunking the greatest myth in football.

By: Chamakh

Chamakh — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:06:47 +0000

+1 On this article. Birmingham player clearly used excessive force in a reckless manner to stop TW. Should have been a freekick and yellow card.

So many good players are being injured in the EPL from all teams, not just AFC. Simply because of ref’s overlooking reckless tackles. I might have to agree with SAF on this one that the ref’s in the EPL need an inspection, do they know what they are doing?

By: Eastern

Eastern — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:57:18 +0000

I agree. Last week was marked with disregard to the rules. I myself haven’t managed to read all the rules there is in football, but I reckon the referees should.

And you really should post more btw.

By: dfunkydog

dfunkydog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:21:39 +0000

This pisses me off so much, every time I hear “he got the ball” my blood pressure goes up.

Do they even bother reading the rulebook?

By: Ole Gunner

Ole Gunner — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:19:25 +0000

You’re exactly right. And I’m annoyed that decades of stupid commentators & pundits saying “he didn’t intend to injure him” OR “he got the ball”, has led people into ignorance of the rules.

There has never been a time in football when it was legal to go through the man whether you got the ball or not.

It’s not a new rule. It’s not a new trend. It’s just the laws of the game.

In this Walcott case, it wasn’t even a grey area because it was a tackle from behind, and it wasn’t like both players had equal chance of getting to the ball.

There was no way he could get the ball without going through Theo.