The Official Man Utd Thread - Part 3.

[Crusty Ring]

Just came across this "tackle" on Twitter.

Such a dangerous and cowardly thing to do.

Clear red card.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837551398822547625

It was crazy and dangerous no doubt about it, I think the fact he didn't make any contact with the player saved him.

 

[Philby]

Clear red card for tackling the ground. He didn't even touch the player. Granted the optics of it looks terrible, bit like RumpleStillskin but surely contact is the minimum for a red card.

In the rules of the game you can very much still get sent off even if you don't make contact.

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

In the rules of the game you can very much still get sent off even if you don't make contact.

Exactly. I know these things change every five minutes but I thought phrases like "leaving the ground" and "failing to control yourself in a tackle" are very much to the fore here.

 

[Crusty Ring]

Exactly. I know these things change every five minutes but I thought phrases like "leaving the ground" and "failing to control yourself in a tackle" are very much to the fore here.

To be fair if he did see red I don't think there could be too many complaints, players have gone for a lot less

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838222383653458071

 

[Philby]

What is this? A stadium for ants?

 

[Willie B. Hardigan]

The Martinez thing was bizarre, it’s hard to make any sense of why he would do that.

 

[Willie B. Hardigan]

What is this? A stadium for ants?

A stadium for bants.

 

[Philby]

The Martinez thing was bizarre, it’s hard to make any sense of why he would do that.

Because he's a complete coward?

 

[Willie B. Hardigan]

Because he's a complete coward?

Maybe, completely brain dead behaviour.