Virgil van Dijk's yellow card

[Fosterbloke]

So what do you think? Your choices are -

[Fosterbloke]

'It was a fair challenge' is in the lead with 4 votes, 'It was a yellow' on 2 and 'It was a yellow and the ref was a cunt' also on 2 votes.

[Slinky Skills]

I thought there was nothing wrong with it all tbh, good tackle but it did end up being quite nasty on the follow through but I don't believe he intended that to happen. And the ref was a cunt from start to finish.

[Fosterbloke]

Check out this video including the ref's view. It looks like studs showing so I can understand why he showed a yellow. If VVD had missed the ball, it could have been red.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObnxlutOC8"]Virgil Van Dijk hard tackle on Dries Mertens - YouTube[/ame]

[Fosterbloke]

By the way, you can choose more than one answer.

[Zapater]

I come from the school of thought that any contact on the ball makes the challenge 'good'. So from that perspective, it isn't even a foul. However, in this case the follow through was dangerous and Mertens could easily have been seriously injured. I do understand why a foul was called and how a yellow could be issued. I still deem the yellow a bit harsh as it was his intent to get the ball and he succeeded. Bit of a tricky one.

If he had not made contact with the ball, it was a 100% red. Bit of a grey area I suppose.

[poorscousertommy]

Fair challenge?! How blinkered do you have to be? It was a yellow for sure!

He had his studs up and could have broke his leg. We'd be kicking off if it were against us.

[Fosterbloke]

Pablo *is* a cunt

[Rigadon]

In real time, I thought it looked a good, clean tackle. On replay, VvD's studs were high and dangerous on the follow through. Yellow was the correct decision.

[Chris]

Great tackle, not his fault Merten's is a **** little midget.

[rudedog]

Studs up and sliding in is dangerous so no complaints over the yellow card.

[calvoboy]

Seriously don't get all of this "follow-through" stuff that's crept in. Football is supposed to be a contact sport, you're allowed to accidentally kick people on the follow-through now and again. The question is whether you were deliberately trying to get them, and/or whether you were being unduly reckless in the way that you slide in. Here it wasn't two-footed, it wasn't high, and he clearly got all of the ball. Fair tackle. Same for that ludicrous second-yellow for Vertonghen in the North-London derby.

I may be getting old but I just can't have it that if you accidentally catch the player at all in any kind of tackle it's a foul and maybe a yellow.

[Shaggy]

Seriously don't get all of this "follow-through" stuff that's crept in. Football is supposed to be a contact sport, you're allowed to accidentally kick people on the follow-through now and again. The question is whether you were deliberately trying to get them, and/or whether you were being unduly reckless in the way that you slide in. Here it wasn't two-footed, it wasn't high, and he clearly got all of the ball. Fair tackle. Same for that ludicrous second-yellow for Vertonghen in the North-London derby.

I may be getting old but I just can't have it that if you accidentally catch the player at all in any kind of tackle it's a foul and maybe a yellow.

Agreed. Ball is there to be won and he's won it cleanly. What's he supposed to do with his momentum? Just stop dead in his tracks and unscrew his foot?

[Angryred]

Pot's called the kettle black...we were up in arms over the Gomez tackle & it's on the other foot now so no complaints from me...a definite yellow but a necessary one as little cunt was on his way to goal so VVD did what he's paid for & ensures that we got through.

[Fosterbloke]

Pot's called the kettle black...we were up in arms over the Gomez tackle & it's on the other foot now so no complaints from me...a definite yellow but a necessary one as little cunt was on his way to goal so VVD did what he's paid for & ensures that we got through.

No ones complaining about that tackle, it's the others we're upset about.