THAT tackle

THAT tackle

what do you think of taylors tackle on Eduardo?? Malicious? or just a lazy tackle?
















some other broken leg pics (i think some of them must be photoshop).....


Kieron Dyer is tackled by Joe Jacobsen on 28th August 2007






Manchester United's Wes Brown (L) supports team mate Alan Smith after he suffered an injury during the FA Cup fifth round match against Liverpool at Anfield, Liverpool, Saturday February 18, 2006. Smith was carried off on a stretcher after several minutes' treatment.

(he stuck his leg in the way of a riise thunderbolt)






nternational Football.France v China. Djibril Cisse breaks his right leg in two places to rule him out of the World Cup. 7th June 2006







HENRIK LARSSON breaks his leg during challenge by Serge Blanc



Villa's Luca Nilis breaks his leg as he clashes with Ipswich's Richard Wright

oooh, that just about cost me my dinner

The Cisse one was the worst ever break I've seen in photos and on vid.

Taylor went in high, studs up and late, then smirked after the incident. Taylor gets a 3 match ban, Eduardo potentially won't play again.

i just saw all of it again on the highlights show and taylor doesnt look sorry at all, he infact looked a little bit pleased with himself.

that cisse one is so yuck

I�d hate to think what would happen to Taylor if some organised gang from Croatia stands to lose money with Eduardo not playing at EURO 2008...

phil_style2008-02-26 06:38:59

The tackle was intentional. The extent of the damage wasnt. I do feel sorry for Taylor, its the kind of tackle that happens in nearly every game at some point. Defenders always like to let strikers know they are around with these sorts of tackles. I just think that maybe this should illustrate the need to be less tolerant of intentional fouls (regardless of the extent of the injury) I think Arsenals Eboue is a culprit of these sorts of tackles. I hope he will look at this and think twice about some of those lunges he makes.

Thanks UberGunner for some reasoned thinking here.  This is an interesting debate.  Lot of self righteous comments. But how many of us who have played the game can honestly say there haven't been times when we've left a foot in or deliberately gone in a bit high?  I know I did.  Did I ever try to break someone's leg?  Of course not.  I've seen people break legs on the most innocuous challenges and walk away from tackles that should have cut them in half.  It's all just very unfortunate and these things happen.

agreed UberG's post does make a refreshing change from the 'tabloid-style' thinking that we all seem to get into from time to time

There is no way that tackle wasn't intentional - I highly doubt the intent was to break eduardo's leg, certainly to injure him! Speaking from a defenders point of view, if I'm playing against a player I know is going to beat me more often than not, I want to do something to slow him doen, bump enough to bruise, but not maim! Seriously, two footed tackles that dont get any ball, should receive red card, and bans! Without exception.

Scottishbhoy2008-02-26 19:08:12

Hes gone in 1 footed, trying to get the ball, he's obviously mis-timed it and its unfortunate that Eduardo's leg was in the position it was when Taylor connected. Theres no malicious intent in it, he's responded to Eduardo's poor first touch.

Feel sorry for Eduardo, but also for Taylor as he gets criticism from biased 'personell' who refuse to look at the tackle for what it was, an attempt to get the ball.

These things happen in football. If Eduardo had not broken his leg, it is a yellow card. FACT

Snapped by the force of the impact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuRvoe3G0PU

phil_style2008-02-26 23:32:52

Did I say that? No. I said that was why Taylor went into the challenge, as he thought he could get the ball as Eduardo's first touch was poor.

Hence, he did not go in it to break his leg.


Wolfben2008-02-27 00:14:21

Croatia Coach Billic doesn't seem to think that Taylor's intent was too bad. When asked by Stan Collymore asks what he thought of the tackle Billic says

Mate, you gotta take Bilic�s views in the context - he�s looking to score a job in England, and all his statements relating to English football given to the British press have been very flowery and positive.

The feeling in Croatia is quite different, however - many of the players are openly stating that it was a malicious tackle from a thug, and there have been a lot of editorials and experts who have called on the likes of Modric, Rakitic and other young players who are looking to have a career in England to boycott the place. The tackle was the leading item on Croatian TV news over the weekend, and there�s a lot, and I mean a lot, ill-feeling towards both Taylor and the Premiership for allowing that kind of thing to happen.
I personally haven�t seen the tackle so have refrained from makin any comments about it, but speaking to my cousin in Zagreb there�s a lot of anger over there...el grapadura2008-02-27 04:11:49

I don't think anyone can accurately say what was going through Taylors head prior to the tackle but i guarantee everyone now has some idea what he is feeling now. I never believed the result of the tackle was intentional. If players "know" how to snap players legs at will, then why doesn't every team employ a couple of "thug" players to bring on against the likes of Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal. Under that hypothesis most teams would trade a fringe player being out for 3 games for removing a Rooney, Ronaldo or Torres for 9 months. The reason it doesn't happen like that goes some way to proving that this was a very unfortunate freak accident. Taylor averages only 1 yellow card per season, which is crazy rare for a central defender. Eduardo has forgiven Taylor, and Taylor went to see him in hospital. I think the best thing we could do is wish Eduardo a speedy recovery and go back to wishing the rest of the Arsenal and Birmingham teams a strong comeback from this incident.

I would have thought a Tottenham supporter would be too happy from their first success in eons to go trolling an Arsenal injury thread. Sadly, it appears not. 

Injury or not it was a horrible tackle.

I didnt say it wasnt. Theres no debate that its a sh*t tackle, but people claiming he went in to break his leg are ridiculous, not even Robbie Savage goes in to do that.

Give him an ice pack and a couple of Voltaren and tell him to "Harden the f&*k up".

The comments about the Premiership (basically, they mean the sanctioning bodies, presumably Premier League and the FA) relate to �lenient� dealing with very dangerus play. Again, I don�t know the stats or the details, just reporting what�s being said in the Croatian press.

I�ll hunt up some aricles quoting Croatian players and translate the gist of it.

I am still concerned about that smirk on Taylors face, He's not innocent but I wouldn't knee cap upon reflection. However I think a 3 game ban is too little.