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The art and skill in tackling has gone out of the game, it has become virtually a no contact sport
Quote from: ravenrover on March 07, 2023, 11:45:39 amThe art and skill in tackling has gone out of the game, it has become virtually a no contact sportIt has and the game is worse for it ravenrover. I miss some of those Alan Little, John Doolan tackles, they were part of the game. Hard but fair tackles nothing wrong with them. Yes get rid of the tackle from behind, no problem with that but a full on tackle face to face, feet on the ground should be part of the game. Trouble is now the players only wear slippers for boots so any contact with the foot is painful & the players just make it look worse with their pathetic antics.
As I have said before. There is a reason why we are top of the fair play league. We don't get many yellow cards because we don't put many tackles in.
Who remembers Wilcockson? He would run alongside a winger and time his intervention so well that the winger would rarely be felled - clean as a whistle! And instead of the big boot to clear the ball from the penalty box, he would often dribble his way out; nerve-racking, but usually successful!Somebody suggested Grimsby would be right up there next season with their Cup winnings and like them, teams at all levels really ought to be working on improving these skills. PL refs now seem to have a policy of letting the game flow more and it surely adds to the excitement and entertainment value.