Precisely The Sort Of Tackle Arsene Wenger Wants Outlawed [video]
Arsene did himself enormous credit in relation to the recent Danny Murphy business.
As other, less intelligent people (hello Mick McCarthy, good morning Fat Sam and wakey-wakey you big sack of flat lager, Alan Brazil) hid behind a wall of banal denial, Arsene Wenger a man who likes his football sleek and shiny had the guts to back Danny Murphy and add his voice to those speaking common sense. Those acknowledging that leg break breaking tackles and dangerous tackles do not have any place in the modern game.
Then there was this…
…and all of a sudden Arsene is shuffling his feet, trying to find the right ambiguous phraseology as he slithers out of admitting Wilshire’s foul was not just a red, but reckless and indeed on a par with the miserable challenges that are so dangerous and so uncalled for at this level.
I make him hypocritical and it’s a pity he didn’t have the guts to say that Wilshire, who isn’t a dirty player, nevertheless needs to seriously think about the future.
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Arsene immediately conceded deserving red card,so, is this writer away on holiday in Vindictive land conjuring two penny’s worth of nonsense. Not to mention Wilshire,a most decent player,apologised first opportunity,so, is the author blind as well? May be busy burying his head in dirt like habitual. To show your worth,go post the Taylor incident with full reporting from your good self and reaction of the manager to have a comparison,otherwise this is bad biased dirt,befitting your profile.
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Escapini Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 10:44 am
”Managers have an important part to play, we are all responsible for the behaviour of our players.”
Arsene Wenger.
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young Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Indeed,Arsene immediately conceded a red card is deserving of mistimed tackle,you have ennobled his statement,thanks. It is your own statement founded on empties,again,to be polite.
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RobM Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 11:06 am
You mean doing things like straight away coming out and saying it was a straight red fully deserved. Oh wait, he did that… so what *was* your point again?
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It was his first tackle in the game. You have to acknowledge that he got a red card and deserved it, but he didn’t spend the whole game kicking people.
Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager
—-Birmingham manager Alex McLeish agreed with Wenger’s assessment —–
I THOUGHT SOME SILLY BLOGGER WOULD START THIS–AND ITS YOU
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Escapini Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Interesting that amongst all the sniffy comments from silentstan and young, neither of you address the issue of Wenger failing to practise what he was preaching…
Oh dear, isn’t that allowed?
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Rich Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I fail to grasp what you are trying to prove here. Practice what you preach? What on earth do you mean?
There is no question that Wilshire’s tackle was at best appaling, but is this symptomatic of Arsenals style? Do they all run around kicking the opposition into submission?
The other players villified for this kind of tackle have a history of it. Most come from teams who have a reputation for it. Wenger did not argue about it, stated that the challenge was rash and the red card was deserved (pardon me paraphrasing) Arsenal do not normally jump onto people’s ankles. How would you suggest Arsene ‘practices what he preaches’? Or are you suggesting that he asked Wilshire to do this….
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Escapini Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Rich,
Try reading what I wrote. I also didn’t say Wenger wears a wig.
What I am saying and very simply, is that Wenger was backing wild challenges being criticized, but only until one of his players made one and then it’s a quick “*ahem* yes, of course it was deserved – move along nothing to see here.”
Wilshire was very lucky he didn’t cause some real damage and whilst it is highly unlikely it was deliberate by Wilshire, Wenger ought to have made more of it than he did.
Yet again…. if the tackle had been aimed at Wilshire, Wenger’s response would 100% not have been so measured.
Escapini were you at the game yesterday? You’re talking crap and ruining the credibility of the Transfer Tavern blog.
Point 1: Wenger supported Murphy’s comments and stated publicly that managers have a responsibility.
Point 2: As a responsible manager, immediately after yesterdays game he effectively reprimanded his own player by saying that the red card was deserved. Unlike the Brum manager in 2008.
Point 3: Like the classy player he is, Wilshere immediately apologised for the tackle and accepted that he deserved a red card. Unlike Taylor in 2008.
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Escapini Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Goonerant,
Don’t give me all that were you at the game yesterday flannel.
1. I told you that.
2. He refused to comment on the issue of the player being reprimanded. Point plank refused, instead he mumbled about the red being deserved.
3. I am completely disinterested in Taylor, Wilshire’s charity work at the Old Folks Home or anything else that is an attempt to distract from the hypocrisy.
If that tackle had been on Wilshire, Wenger would have probably dialed 999.
The credibility was with Wenger and now it has deserted him.
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Roy Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
How has credibility deserted him?
If he’d said “It wasn’t a red” or “I didn’t see it” then yes, but how can you condem a manager who openly admits, straight after a game, that his player deserved to go?
Has Fat sam or Thick Mick ever done that? No, I think not.
Keep your prejudices to yourself and stop embarrassing yourself.
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dennis Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
you can easily condem him if you are a very stupid person
j Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
If you end up reaching any further junior, you’ll fall flat on your face. Already your misguided ‘article’ paints you as blinkered and foolish.
A charge of hypocrisy could only be levelled if Mr Wenger had come out and said he saw nothing wrong with the tackle, and or stated how partial blame lay with zigic for being too quick, how wilshire did not mean to break a leg therefore is exonorerated of blame, is NTKOP etc etc etc.
His response, that the tackle was late and mistimed, wilshire deserved to see red, end of story. That’s saying it like it is.
Why don’t you try it some time, instead of throwing out prejudicial garbage that takes its pointers from the very worst kind of tabloid journalism.
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Let me give you a hint on what to do if you want to be a football blogger. You watch and try to remember the other interviews managers have. In the pre match interview Wenger was asked about reckless chalenges and he said, that his views are well known and that he will not comment further on them. As you probably know, pre match inteviews come before post match interviews. So Wenger was doing just what he said he would do, not talk about longer bans and reckless challenges.
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Escapini Reply:
October 17th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Luka666,
Ahhh, forgive me. I had failed to acknowledge that a media blackout had been initiated by Arsene himself.
My humblest apologies.
In passing, is there a telephone number for your brainwashed religious cult?
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Don’t be silly, that kind of tackle is already outlawed, hence the red card.
Amazing how many people don’t understand a French man speaking simple English. Wenger says, punish bad tackles. He didn’t say, don’t punish my players. He didn’t say, my players don’t make bad tackles.
Articles like these show the sheep culture that exist in football, where tabloids and radio idiots distort any statement and there’s no shortage of people eagerly buying into the rubbish
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Jack’s taxckle was low, low power, one footed and exactly where the ball was moments before. It was a foul and only a red to an Arsenal player. Gerrard can get away with several of these in the same match without a booking. Watch Jack’s eyes. They are following the path of the ball. The problem is- Jack gets these on a regular basis. Refs like Dowd and Dean look the other way. Of course late challenges should be punished. So should two-footed and lunges be punished. Good tacklers can do it standing up!! For Arsenal an England- Jack will be fouled much more than he fouls. This is good because all fouls- pulling, pushing, blocking etc as well are cheating and ruin the game. Whatever Andy Gray or Camara say- we want to see fair play and skill.Is there anything worse than two dirty teams fouling and lumping it for 90 mins?
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Jack’s tackle was low, low power, one footed and exactly where the ball was moments before. It was a foul and only a red to an Arsenal player. Gerrard can get away with several of these in the same match without a booking. Watch Jack’s eyes. They are following the path of the ball. The problem is- Jack gets these on a regular basis. Refs like Dowd and Dean look the other way. Of course late challenges should be punished. So should two-footed and lunges be punished. Good tacklers can do it standing up!! For Arsenal an England- Jack will be fouled much more than he fouls. This is good because all fouls- pulling, pushing, blocking etc as well are cheating and ruin the game. Whatever Andy Gray or Camara say- we want to see fair play and skill.Is there anything worse than two dirty teams fouling and lumping it for 90 mins?
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