This whole thing is fekin stupid. What are they going to suggest next? banning any kind of tackle where you cannot control your momentum after fair contact with the ball?
Its a contact game where men kick a football (hopefully) into the opposing net. Emphasis on "kick". Once any game has kicking in it, injuries are going to happen around the foot / leg area.
Its doing my head in this, someone of some standing has to come out and calm this down, it was NOT a foul challenge, it was NOT a malicous challenge, it WAS an accident caused by two people contending in a physical game.
Nige is being hung out here, the media is hysterical, and somebody has to put some perspective on this.
You watch, even if nothing (rightly) comes of this, Nige will be a marked man! Every tackle he makes will be scrutinised, cards flourished, and sendings off follow. Its a fukin disgrace to the modern game that this shite is being allowed to develop, and nobody of authority sees fit to do anything about it!