just hope he can make a full recovery

I hope I'm wrong, but I'd say there's a good chance that lad's career is over. Tragic injury.

I think the game should have been abandoned, the players were in shock.

Owch! Hope he's OK

I read elsewhere that it was the Fibula that was broken and not the Tibia, which would be good. How reliable the source of that info is, I'm not sure.

I agree completely. Players are there to play footie, if they don't even know how, they should just quit or be kindly asked to retire. What he broke there wasn't just Eduardo's leg.

it was a horrible tackle but an accident imo, he got his red card and suspension.

Wow that is a really well written text that sums it all up.
Ive seen the play a thousand times now and I can assure you there was a hundred things for him to do instead of that gros tackle. And of course that if he knew what he was doing, he would've done it differently. But that's exactly what the text is all about. Everyone says he's strong and intimidating (and probably that is the reason he was contracted) and that his job is to not Eduardos, Fabregas, Robinhos, Ronaldinhos and similars pass through him. So he is allowed to use violence, coz that's the only thing he's got. Never scored a goal, never did a good play, he just tackles. Despite of all the good defenders we know (Cannavarro, Gamarra, etc).

Dont get me wrong, there are hundreds of bad strikers either but they just stay on the bench coz they need to score goals, but is the job of a defender to get the ball from the striker or eliminate the striker so he cant do shit in the game?

Taylor is indeed guilty. Not only because he cant play football, but because he was never clever enough to preview this from happening. I also may add that he has never seen one game of Beckenbauer & co.

Anyways, this problem doesnt apply only to the Premier League. Serie A is well known to have this caracteristic for years now.

Taylor looks gutted

Consider the source, before you judge the quality of that article.

The crime isn't allowing Matthew Taylor's inocuous - and make no mistake, that's what it was - challenge to go (red card aside) un-punished; despite the severity of its outcome. It was a challenge that, under normal circumstances, would have amounted to little more than a yellow card. If even that.

The real crime is regularly allowing players to get away with unsportsmanlike conduct. The writer would do well to remember Arsenal's behaviour at Old Trafford last weekend, which was downright appalling. Eboue's challenge on Evra was despicable, and a number of players later made a conscious effort to do Nani over.

One of them, William Gallas, managed to get away with kicking him. Not just during the game itself, but following the review of indisputable video evidence.

Inexplicably, the FA's rules state that no further action can be taken should a player receive a yellow card during the game - this needs to change. So, too, does their stance on punishing dangerous play. In an age where television cameras follow the game from every angle, there is no excuse. They have the technology, and they have the power.

This season alone, a number of players have walked away from filthy challenges with nothing more than a three-game suspension; many of them have gone un-punished.



Doesn't this challenge warrant more than a yellow card?

In the article he states that Taylor should be banned for life. On what basis, do you think?

Besides, Arsenal have proved themselves capable of ill-discipline on numerous occasions. Preaching discipline is one thing; practicing it is another. So, if I was an Arsenal fan, I'd keep my mouth shut on such matters right about now given the recent conduct of my team captain (amongst others).

And anyway, I'm a United fan, so I know what it's like to see my team kicked from pillar to post. It's not an excuse for failure.