Comments on: Liam Ridgewell’s hard tackle on Theo Walcott: fair or foul?

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By: Johnny Deigh

Johnny Deigh — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:41:12 +0000

This tackle was very similar to De Jong’s double leg-break on Ben Arfa. And a lot of the Man City fans didn’t think there was anything wrong with that tackle either. They think it’s okay to go through a player in order to win the ball, breaking his leg in the process.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:48:41 +0000

How the heel is that a fair tackle- larry goons is right. i bet that if you lot were walcott you wouldve gone crying. liam ridgewell is a thug what is the point of a perfect challenge that damages a guy’s ligaments???????????????

By: Maccapacca

Maccapacca — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:34:10 +0000

What is going on here. Ridgewell slides in wins the 50-50, Walcott gets clobbered. Oh I get it, Arsenal don’t win their fair share of 50-50s so they want them classified as fouls.

“about as unfair as a fair tackle can be” – what’s not to get here, it’s not a bloody foul! Go and play netball you bunch of nancy boys.

By: willvbcfc

willvbcfc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:25:42 +0000

Larry Goons – you’ve got to be joking.

You should be embarrassed to call yourself a football fan if you see that kind of challenge as anywhere near an offense. Passion in the game is dying because of fans like you.

I’ll be the first to slag off the likes of Diouf for diving in recklessly with two feet. However when an honest guy like Ridgewell does his job PERFECTLY by timing his challenge excellently then I’m sure most football fans would agree he deserves to be lauded, not castigated.

At the moment, the poll shows that 70% of fans agree with me – even on this Arsenal/top four-based website! Stats prove you’re the one talking out of your arse.

By: Larry Goons

Larry Goons — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:35 +0000

Some of you guys commenting are just plain ridiculous. Now, how has arsene wenger tried to stir up trouble exactly? Please, point to a comment he made which is stirring up trouble.

I watched the incident, and no way was it a fair tackle. He could have got the ball and maintained possession for his team, instead he chose to dive in with a needless tackle that has led to another playing being injured and being sidelined for at least a month. This is not about birmingham per se, but about playing fair and intelligently.

“That’s the type of brilliantly timed, crunching challenge every manager in the world wants their defenders to make and I applaud Liam for his guts and determination to get to the ball ahead of Walcott. It’s a shame Walcott got injured, but 99% of players would’ve just dusted themselves down and got on with the game.”

That tackle was brilliantly timed? He hacks a player who was unaware he was there down, does in his knee ligaments, and he is to be applauded for being: stupid/unintelligent/a-poor-player/or-just-clumsy-like-taylor? If you knee ligament is done, you don’t just get up and dust yourself down (unless you are bionic). With your blind defense of your team, and seeming IQ levels, I ask myself why I should exchange any more messages via this platform with u on the subject. Keep your moronic opinions. Your team lacks quality, but instead of your manager seeking to improve their quality, he sends out his players to reduce the opponents. Lets see if that strategy will be sufficient to keep you up another season. Nuff said.

By: brigham

brigham — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:52:34 +0000

Fair enough mate and apology accepted and I don’t think any of us want tackling taken out of the game, but I also think Arsene is allowed to comment on his own players, just as Eck is for Birmingham.

By: independant fan

independant fan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:00:12 +0000

Ridgewell’s tackle wasn’t over the top of the ball or aimed at Walcott. He got the ball, in the follow through he clattered Walcott and no way was it a foul or even a booking. When football is played at a hundred miles an hour in these days of increased fitness, then unfortunately these type of injuries might happen. Wenger and Ferguson are great for their clubs but detested by opponents, they have to learn live by the sword, die by the sword and not to be two faced.

By: whinging arses

whinging arses — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:48:43 +0000

kipwhingers you dummy “You only have to look at Ridgewell’s ugly face and I wouldn’t expect Brummie fans who are a chip off the Ridgewell block to agree “as ridgewell is from london you thicko your slaging your own not a brummie’
if he’s everything you say then he learn’t in your dump.
i’d rather be blighted in the midlands than live in that smell hole with it’s sewage running through the middle of the town.
riggers had his leg broken last season , but our club doesn’t go round moaning about a tackle which is part of the game and blaming everyone else for what happens on the pitch but never takes any blame for what their players do = hypocrites
we’ve had 6 to 10 players missing every game this season but we get on with it like real men and don’t go sulking to the press like a five year old

By: willvbcfc

willvbcfc — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:29:53 +0000

I can’t believe some of the comments on here.

Anyone who genuinely believes that that was anywhere near a foul shouldn’t be commenting on football because they honestly don’t have a clue whatsoever.

That’s the type of brilliantly timed, crunching challenge every manager in the world wants their defenders to make and I applaud Liam for his guts and determination to get to the ball ahead of Walcott.

It’s a shame Walcott got injured, but 99% of players would’ve just dusted themselves down and got on with the game.

It’s seriously ridiculous that Arsene Wenger is trying to stir up trouble once again and I’ve had enough of his misguided ramblings.