2 x 2 Footed Tackles

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Called it at the time last night but strangely no mention of it anywhere. Any gifs?

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I came to the conclusion last night that not many City players like young, everyone went to town on him last night it was not surprising he went off injured!!

 

[bluesteve1964]

I came to the conclusion last night that not many City players like young, everyone went to town on him last night it was not surprising he went off injured!!

Don't think its a case of not liking him, I think they know he is a shithouse and will bottle it when the going gets tough so they played on that. He had a mare in the sick swan as well and I was pleased to see him starting last night.

 

[Balti]

Hd it been the other way around, it would be being discussed in every newspaper, and on every tv show from Sky Sports to Come Dine With Me....

spot on

not even looked at or mentioned by $ky-mutv

the biased bastards

FA should review it retrospectively and ban Rooney but of course the usual rules don't apply to $ky's preferred cash cow that funds their lavish lifestyles

 

[trevorriley]

rooney tackle were he got yellow in first 10 mins was carbo copy ok vinny sending off, yet rooney pulled his face at the yellow !

its all about the ref on the day or the brown envelope........

 

[Txiki Vimto]

Those tackles have been largely ignored yet the possible offside of the first goal has had mroe computer power put into it than nasa used for the last space mission

Haha so true.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Hd it been the other way around, it would be being discussed in every newspaper, and on every tv show from Sky Sports to Come Dine With Me....

spot on

not even looked at or mentioned by $ky-mutv

the biased bastards

FA should review it retrospectively and ban Rooney but of course the usual rules don't apply to $ky's preferred cash cow that funds their lavish lifestyles

I think for it to be reported City would have to put in a request, if they dont then that tells you they dont think anything wrong, also the City players didn't even look like they thought it was, bad challenge no doubt but the reaction or lack of it from City tells you they dont think it was 2 footed

 

[AntiUnited]

you should read rage cafe they thought they where getting the wrong end of the calls deluded cunts.

 

[Bibinho]

They weren't that bad. It was a derby and there should be tackles like that - and Zaba's on Young - flying in. Young petulantly threw the ball at Zabs, Zaba purposely went and hurt him; that's what happens in sports like rugby, I'd like it to come back in football too. Wellbeck and Barry's challenge was good to see and although Rooney's was a bit dodgy, he rightly got booked.

This is a sport played by men, but the game has become so sanitised and supporters so whiney about shit that derby day tackles have almost been eradicated. That should never have happened. Thirty years ago - if there were Internet forums - this thread wouldn't exist.

Fuck it. There were meaty challenges going in all the time and nobody was sent off and we won; a perfect derby. I'd like football to be more like last night, please and everyone from players to fans to grow some balls and enjoy stuff like that.

This all day, there was a moment when 5 or 6 players within about 20 seconds or so slid in full stretch with the legs, ball bobbled away both city and united players just got up and got on with it.

 

[Lucky Toma]

Roeney's was a two-footed lunge and for Dean to issue a yellow meant he saw it clearly. In my view it was infinitely more dangerous than Vinnie's.

I dont for one minute think this is any pro-United, anti-City 'agenda' but it does show how fucked up these laws are and need revising and nailing once and for all.