Ciaran Clark tackle

[CallumS]

Easy free kick and a caution for me.

 

[CapnBloodbeard]

There is no contact as the ball is between them, its basic physics is why the player in the blue does a 180, momentum or rather his momentum suddenly coming to a sudden halt with the equalized force of Clark contacting the ball. Obviously I can see why some see it as a foul, or even a serious foul warranting a red carded sanction but I see that as a good very solid tackle. Its all well and good having the hindsight of Tv replays, So I couldn't say for definite how I would respond if a challenge like that was made during one of my youth or amateur games

From the speed of the blue player there is absolutely no way he could be flipped over that, he just doesn't have that much momentum in the tackle. There was clearly a huge amount of force from the red player.

 

[The Bstard]

Free kick, yellow card. Just. Any less of the ball and its red.