Well done for not reading the article, all he said was "it was a bad tackle"
SAF is a ******* joke. he never criticised Scholes' axes, the most recent was against City.. and what about Roy Keane's horrible axes having left many players with broken feet. gimme a break you **** wouldya.
nothing can justify davies' actions though, and he is a ****** **** too. that kind of players should be out of the game for good.
Nothing wrong with going in hard, one of your legends, Roy Keane (makes me cringe) was known for going in hard. There were plenty of times Keane went in with no intention to get the ball (Any of his challenges on Haaland for example). Not making this about Keane, you have had some very hard players in your past who make some shocking challenges, i give you paul scholes. I appreciate people are annoyed but every club has a player who goes in hard.
Bad tackle yes, but most teams have a player like that, Davies is known for being a rough player who takes no prisoners.
Well done for not reading the article, all he said was "it was a bad tackle"
well done for failing to understand that SAF's comment is actually called criticism.
Amazing how many people fly into a topic without checking the facts
i did read the article and facts, hope this wasnt aimed at me. Those lower table teams are very physical and have players who will often go into tackles they wont win, mainly to show the player they are "there". Sort of like Paul Scholes did for years and years, dont see SAF commenting on that though......... The fact Cleverley is a creative footballer means he will be a target anyway.
Nothing wrong with going in hard, one of your legends, Roy Keane (makes me cringe) was known for going in hard. There were plenty of times Keane went in with no intention to get the ball (Any of his challenges on Haaland for example). Not making this about Keane, you have had some very hard players in your past who make some shocking challenges, i give you paul scholes. I appreciate people are annoyed but every club has a player who goes in hard.
Bad tackle yes, but most teams have a player like that, Davies is known for being a rough player who takes no prisoners.
its a poor tackle. simple. going in hard/soft is irrelevant. he was never going to win the ball at that angle. Tackling is a skill, one that davies fails at. Song goes in hard, but he actually takes the ball
Is it just me, or is neither tackle as bad as people are making out?
First one on Cleverley, at game speed, you can understand why the referee didn't book him or anything, as it looks like he gets the ball. It's a rash, clumsy challenge, it's not malicous or anything. Typical Kevin Davies, but you can't book a player for his reputation.
The Evra one looks much worse because Evra jumps over and forward, and then grabs his ankle. Wouldn't say it deserved more than a yellow card. With Cleverley I actually thought he'd just picked up a knock, didn't look injured or anything.
Also, you can tell BBC have nothing to report on, seen as they're trying to blow SAF's comment's out of proportion, he only said it was a bad tackle, nothing more. It's what any manager would do if he'd just seen his player get injured.
After watching Maldini movie, you would be embarrassed to call that as tackle. Its an art perfected by few.
I seriously dislike the BBC at the moment, their reporting has reached "Sun" standards.
Davies could have easily gone today, Evra has to jump, and hes still collected at the same time. otherwise his ankle gets broken.
Football's one of the few sports that as you get better at a physical, aggressive move, you're less likely to damage your opponent. Maldini was just insanely good at it, and never ever malicious.
I'm not saying he couldn't have gone, I'm just saying I can see it from the referee's point of view.
With Cleverley, I genuinely thought Davies knicked the ball. He could've been booked for that, and he was booked for the challenge on Evra. The challenge on Evra isn't a straight red card though IMO.
Maldini just had brilliant timing and awareness when it came to sliding in, he'd just slip in and take the ball away from out of nowhere.Football's one of the few sports that as you get better at a physical, aggressive move, you're less likely to damage your opponent. Maldini was just insanely good at it, and never ever malicious.