I suspect what you can’t fathom would fill several hundred encyclopaedias.
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I suspect what you can’t fathom would fill several hundred encyclopaedias.
I get your point but you can't really compare Keane's day to the current era we are in.
The threshold for tackles that warrant a red is now much lower, not to mention everything being analysed in detail by VAR.
I love his aggression but I personally think it is over the top and he has now got a rep which is hard to shake off. We need him on the pitch to make a difference
Like I said, I don't care what other teams players do.
This season has proven beyond all doubt that there's zero refereeing consistency, and what is a sending off/yellow card one minute, isn't the next.
All we as a team can do, is not have players put themselves in a position where the ref has a decision to make.
If VAR and certain modern tackling rules existed in Keanes era he'd have been in the lower leagues before hitting his prime.
I've watched this 15 times on spursplay from 3 angles. He's a bit wild, but he goes for the ball and doesn't 'literally' stamp on his ankle, the ball is moved as he's attacking it and he follows through with an outstretched leg that connects with Wilson's foot, near the big toe knuckle. It's not a stamp and not a red.
It IS most definitely a foul, though, and I agree that his aggression and (subconscious?) habit of following through is going to cost us again.
What time does the Isak-Romero challenge happen? I didn't see it.
Talk about rose tinted... Watch it again.. when he made contact the ball was further away from rom than it was when cash took out benti..it was abso a horrid challenge. Mistimed high and the sort of challenge that could well bust an ankle and take a yard of pace from an attacker..
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9sHqlH6wJM
39 mins in the 1st half.
The other thing about Romero is that we need him to play on the front foot and be aggressive winning the ball back to play this style of football.
But coming back I just rewatched it as well, his studs are never raised, he goes for the ball and he makes contact with the foot. It was a genuine, late challenge that's it. I do agree that in that circumstance he didn't need to make a tackle because Wilson was on the floor and going nowhere.
Can't bust an ankle if the contact is on the foot. It was nothing like the Cash tackle.
If we are talking about busting ankles and taking away a yard of pace, what about the Fulham rake down Porro's achilles that was much later and much higher?
Or the several bites high up the ankle that Palace took at us and never even saw yellow.
if you want to ask for the maximum possible for Spurs players, at least ask for it when it is against Spurs players.
It wasn't "high" and even looking at the thumbnail you can see that CRs foot was closer to the ball than you describe........ Whereas with MCash the ball was gone.
Semantics.. the ball was well gone, and it was high and above the boot and easy to rip ligaments arguably WORSE than a broken bone .bloody awful challenge.. as the pundits said unnecessary and stupid could well have been a red and he's a BIG miss when out
No it wasn’t.
And the reason he didn’t get sent off is because the tackle wasn’t high. He catches him on the ankle but it’s because Wilson’s leg is horizontal.
Literally ON the boot. You are just making shit up to suit your argument now.
Fuck me, it was dirty. Just accept it ffs.
He got away with one. We got away with it.
You're at Cult of Klopp levels of delusion if you don't think he was in the wrong.
The funny thing was, when it happened, the bloke behind me (at the other end of the stadium) was adamant it was a dive.
He got away with one. We got away with it.
You're at Cult of Klopp levels of delusion if you don't think he was in the wrong.
The funny thing was, when it happened, the bloke behind me (at the other end of the stadium) was adamant it was a dive.
How d'fk can it be "high" when it was a 'horizontal' incident???
Wilson had it coming.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
The only one talking shit is you. What you think damage can't be done through the boot. It was on the ankle.. . Lucky he didn't do serious damage. And the ball was a mile away nasty stupid challenge...
Most of us think he was in the wrong. We just don’t think it was red because it didn’t meet the standard for a red.