I was about to come in and blog about Step Up 2 (which trailer was played in the cinema this morning) when i saw this article (caution: graphical pictures) on the wordpress main page. I am not a EPL fan and i have not read the newspaper (at least not the sports pages) over the last few days. But now this incident has caught my attention.
It appears to me that Eduardo is a talented young player and is most certainly going to make an impact on the Arsenal first team in the years to come (i’m sure my inference from reading statistics in Champion Manager is rather accurate). However check out the above website for the pictures of that tackle initiated by Martin Taylor.
It doesn’t take a first-aid trained person to tell you what’s wrong there. I play football on an every-sunday basis, and i understand how dangerous the game is (after all i almost always play as defender). I admit it might of course be tempting to give it a hard tackle sometimes to take out the key player and give your team the unfair advantage. HOWEVER THAT MENTALITY IS JUST FUCKING WRONG. WHERE IS THE SPORTSMANSHIP?
I had my share of lousy tackles, including one that send a opposite playing jumping into the air before being brought down by my tackle that hit the shin a couple of weeks back. However there is a difference between lousy tackles and mean tackles.
Lousy tackle = those misjudged ones but at the last moments there is a good chance of realizing the grave errors and lighten the impact, which was what i did when i went in hard but missed the damn ball.
Mean tackle = those go in damn hard regardless of whether you miss the ball since your intention is not going for the ball in the first place.
And obvious that devastating tackle can’t be a careless one. If it’s a misjudged one, Taylor could of course to a certain extent retract the leg and could have made a contact with his shin instead.
Then again i didn’t caught the video and all these are what i deduced with the accounts and my limited footballer experience as Sunday warrior.
Whatever it is, my well wishes go out to Eduardo.
no more harsh tackles please.