as I've never heard of him. Tony Harrington :shrug:
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as I've never heard of him. Tony Harrington :shrug:
Generally I'm not of the view that Martin Samuel of the Times is an utter c*nt.
But in his article today in the Times he compares the Gyokeres tackle on their keeper with the Caceido tackle and his view is that both or neither are red cards, but that his view is neither.
For now, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. The fat c*nt.
The relevant text from his article:
A personal view? The initial yellow card was sufficient. The slow-motion replays were wince-inducing and had Taylor shown an immediate red, well, that would have been understandable, too. What jarred was the elevation by VAR. Taylor didn’t really make a mistake. Yet once summoned to the monitor by John Brooks and the incident revisited at reduced speed, he was always going to think he had erred. So it was no surprise the yellow was upgraded.
Yet Caicedo was trying to make a fair challenge, mistimed it by a split-second and caught the man. Later in the match, so did Victor Gyokeres, following in a loose ball after a save by Robert S?nchez. The Chelsea man got to it first and Gyokeres went studs first into S?nchez’s chest. Taylor gave him a yellow card, and Brooks stayed silent. Why? Gyokeres had every right to go for the ball, like Caicedo, but got it wrong, like Caicedo. One’s a punitive red, the other’s a lenient yellow. But, hey, that’s modern football.
The fat c*nt
'A degree of recklessness but insufficient force to endanger the opponent'.
As Samuels knows, regardless of intent, recklessness and force are the two guiding principles in establishing the danger of a challenge and whether it constitutes violent conduct.
There is no force in the Gyokeres challenge. Indeed, he withdraws the studs as he gets there. Caicedo lunges with excessive force and could easily have broken Merino's ankle. Aside from the fact that the two incidents are not remotely comparable in any sense, that difference is perfectly obvious.
Which is how you know he is bull****ting. And why we shouldn't be wasting our time on it.