It’s a shocking tackle absolutely, it’s a fairly obvious goalkeeping manoeuvre though and throwing everything you can to keep the thing out the net.
If it was a Keane on Haaland type assault then yes it would be justified but this was an accident IMO. I don’t feel this is warranting of anything more than a retrospective ban in line with the current procedure. No matter how bad it looks and the damage it has caused.
For example, Jones tackle on that tim in the OF game was an even worse tackle that would have been a horror injury had the lads leg been planted. Again, i would be outraged if he was banned for X amount of time.
Pickford does come across a bit of a jack the lad wannabe type cnut, but I don’t think he’s seriously meant to injure VVD here.
So no, I don’t think he should be banned for however long VVD is out for. Which really isn’t that controversial in my opinion.
If it was a Keane on Haaland type assault then yes it would be justified but this was an accident IMO. I don’t feel this is warranting of anything more than a retrospective ban in line with the current procedure. No matter how bad it looks and the damage it has caused.
For example, Jones tackle on that tim in the OF game was an even worse tackle that would have been a horror injury had the lads leg been planted. Again, i would be outraged if he was banned for X amount of time.
Pickford does come across a bit of a jack the lad wannabe type cnut, but I don’t think he’s seriously meant to injure VVD here.
So no, I don’t think he should be banned for however long VVD is out for. Which really isn’t that controversial in my opinion.