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Post by Bismarck on Nov 12, 2008 16:03:45 GMT
To rough up skillful players?
Discussing deliberate fouls on fellow professionals has become a bit taboo since Roy Keane’s admission about his premeditated knee-high tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland, but Bolton’s Kevin Nolan has broken the silence to say that he urged teammate Jlloyd Samuel to foul Theo Walcott during their match against Arsenal recently...
This sort of thing has always gone on in football, and particularly in British football...so what are your thoughts?
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Post by hallmackem on Nov 12, 2008 16:55:08 GMT
Keane vs Haaland wasn't roughing up a skillfull player, it was Keane exacting revenge for something else.
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Post by ftmlad on Nov 12, 2008 17:41:11 GMT
the thing is roughing up these players works at times and it is a good way of stopping them playing (not injuring them but drawing them into a more physical battle), it's part and parcel of the game, so long as the referees keep a lid on it and the players don't take it too far i see no problem with it as part of the game.
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Nov 12, 2008 20:55:01 GMT
If only we'd brought down Maradona near the halfway line...
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Post by Bismarck on Nov 12, 2008 21:11:00 GMT
I think that there’s a limit to how aggressive a team can be. I always loved to see my favorite midfielders like Gattuso and Hargreaves taking an opposition player down and winning the ball in the process without the Ref blowing for a foul and I think during Big Sam’s time at Bolton, he formed a squad that was built on aggressiveness. If you are up against a creative team that play good free flowing football like with the likes of Arsenal and United, playing aggressively can work to your advantage. Think of all those times Arsenal lost to Bolton. Think of last season when United lost to Bolton at Reebok Stadium.
Playing aggressively affects the opposition team mentally in that they begin to question whether they should continue to play that free flowing football if it means they’re going to get seven shades of poo kicked out of them. Even Mourinho built Chelsea on aggressiveness. It’s not like Essien, Makelele, Drogba, Terry, A.Hole, I mean A.Cole, J. Cole or Ballack are easy to push over.....
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Post by Dawsey on Nov 12, 2008 23:37:03 GMT
Nothing wrong with it for me, providing the tackle isn't too vicious (ie. a leg breaker). One of my old schoolmates played for the Albion, and last season got a booking against Cheltenham for a foul. He admitted to me after that he saw our right-back Andy Whing on the floor, so simply deliberately fouled the player going past him to prevent a counter attack. Thats fine by me, the tackle wasn't dangerous in any way, and he was punished with a deserved yellow card. This is a mans game after all.
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