Recent content by Billy Stubbs' Tears

That's more like it. A bit of reasoned discussion. However: 1) Look at the footage again. It was a physical impossibility for Sharp to flick the ball with the outside of his left foot. 2) Of course players have to predict where the ball is going. But they also have a responsibility to their...

I've givwn you my two-pennorth of Naylor's tackle. It was badly mistimed but a different kettle of fish. He took off (wrongly) but was aiming at a free ball moving towards him. Barnes was mush quicker and nicked the ball away. Naylor has then clearly dropped his foot out of the way and his foot...

Yes I have. I wouldn't comment on ANY tackle in ANY match without taking a good long look at the evidence. I've been wrong far too many times when spouting off at the match in person, then seen a totally different story on video. Go have a look at the pdf I posted a couple of pages back...

Cheers mate. I am a long standing admirer of your club's efforts to get over the problems you've had and am genuinely chuffed for you that you're so well on the up. Remind me. Where exactly have I been unreasonable? I've posted on here to add to the debate about whether Dunk's tackle was or was...

Not in the slightest. Sharp is another one of our players who has never been sent off in his career. What he generally does is score against sides who have riled him. Although he's not been unknown to leave the odd mark on a centre half too. Although to my knowledge he's never put one in...

See, given the number of replies on here, I assumed you lot were as fascinated by this thread as we are. I take it the love-in has finally ended then?

I'm saying he's unforgiving. I assume you can figure that one out for yourself this time.

First rule of Internet arguments. Read what was actually written.

You might recall it was one of your own posters who flagged up the injury as a triple break. Being sensible of course, depending on the extent of the damage, a ligament injury can be as long if not longer to come back from. As for Northern hardness, if Sharp is fit come March for the return...

Aye well. Go and count how many "Lewis is not a malicious player" comments there are on this thread. I stopped counting by the time I ran out of fingers, and I'm from Yorkshire... I daresay Dunk isn't malicious, but if this is his ability in judging tackles, he'll have plenty of spare time over...

Sharp was RUNNING. Of COURSE his leg was going to be in the way of the ball. The art of tackling involves making predictions on where players and ball will be in a half second from now. If you see a space at the side of you on the motorway, do you pull out withouth first considering who might be...

Cheers lads. Just an unfortunate clumsy tackle eh? I'm sure the lad hasn't got a malicious bone in his body. Shame he's just never learned how to tackle correctly before going out on a football pitch. By the way, just for your information, Richard Naylor has never once been sent off for...

Go and look at the Naylor challenge again. Look at it dispassionately. He's aimed his tackle at the ball. Barnes has touched the ball away. Naylor has seen this and begun to pull his foot away and down. Naylor's momentum has taken him into Barnes but he has clearly NOT gone in to hit the man...

Anyone who has played the game recognises the difference between a tackle that is aimed at the ball and misses the other bloke's leg by a foot and one that is never aimed at the ball and hits the leg full on. One might look bad in the heat of the moment but does nothing more than ruffle the...