Well...that's what Wenger would have said if he wasn't a hypocrite or biased and was consistent in his judgement because...
On the left is Martin Taylor, who broke Eduardo's leg with a pretty bad tackle. On the right is one of Wenger's player's, Abou Diaby, trying to do the same to a Bolton's Gretar Steinsson.
I wonder what Wenger had to say on both occasions?
Wenger on Martin Taylor’s tackle on Eduardo:
“The tackle was horrendous and unforgivable.”
He did retract the statement that contained that comment, but presumably he would still stand by that part of it. “On reflection, I feel that my comments about Martin Taylor were excessive”, he later said, but nothing along the lines of “the tackle wasn’t that bad after all”.
So after Abou Diaby’s red card against Bolton (video), which to my mind was right up there with Martin Taylor’s leg-breaker, we get
“I was not upset with the sending off but I felt it was more of a protective tackle. But he was too high so I don’t complain. Just before that I thought it was a foul on him.”
Awesome.
And just what the fuck is a protective tackle?
Quoted from SoccerShout.com. Top image from RedCafe.com.
5 comments:
a protective tackle is one which is designed to block the ball, not tackle the man. Wenger was saying that diaby was trying to block a prospective cross, and he was stretching and connected with steinsson as a result, he wasn't didn't have his weight going through the man or the ball in an attempt to "go in hard". It was a bad tackle, a straight red and 3 match ban, but was nowhere near as dangerous as taylor's, as the difference in the injuries shows, despite both tackles making contact
Hey, thanks for the shout out!
From..Phil @ the SoccerShout.com (Rethinking Football) blog!
Anonymous said...
a protective tackle is one which is designed to block the ball, not tackle the man. Wenger was saying that diaby was trying to block a prospective cross, and he was stretching and connected with steinsson as a result, he wasn't didn't have his weight going through the man or the ball in an attempt to "go in hard". It was a bad tackle, a straight red and 3 match ban, but was nowhere near as dangerous as taylor's, as the difference in the injuries shows, despite both tackles making contact
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Oh really? That's a new one.
All I saw was Diaby lunging in high and studs first.
The difference in injuries was because - fortunately for him - Steinsson's studs didn't get caught in the pitch, whereas Eduardo's - unfortunately for him - did.
But the problem for me is tht Diaby tackle went into Steinsson's standing leg!!! If he is as unlucky as Eduardo, he could hv his leg broken as well!!!
Come on AW, dont double standard abt what u said... It jus make u look like a fool!!!
By S9.
LOL you got served from the guy below me
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