Guimengo Wrote:
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> I understand Taylor's tackle was an accident, but
> you still can't deny it was horribly off. His foot
> is up so high and he just goes with his whole body
> in so late... I'd say for special cases an 8 to
> 10-match ban would be good, it's enough games to
> make his team miss him but it's not. It was an
> accident but still caused enough damage, I
> honestly believe it could help diminish the
> violence in the premier leagues worldwide, and for
> plays such as Eduardo's tackle I'd hand out a 5
> game ban, ranging to a whole lot more according to
> each case (of course, all to be judged by a
> board), like we had in Brazil when this guy tried
> to punch Kerlon on the face when Kerlon dribbled
> by him by doing his balancing of the ball. The
> player was suspended for 4 months, I believe.
The problem with your suggestion is that its quite hard to estimate for how much time a player should be banned for that kind of violence... If only we could estimate based in the aggressiveness of the tackle, how much time the victim that escaped would be out of action if he was injured by that. its not a question of giving a 5 or 10 games ban, it has to be specific for each case and must be a severe ban so they'll think twice before doing it.