Should Managers Take The Blame For Bad Tackles?

Some teams play a more physical game because they haven't the skill of the top teams. The managers of these teams have generally got a lot less money to spend so can't match the big spenders. Gates are usually smaller and the only way these teams can compete is physically. At the same time to be successful teams need some solid hard men in their team so that their more skilful players aren't bulldozed aside game after game. Whether a manager is morally responsible or not though is something different. Brian Clough had a few hard tackling players in his teams but always tried to play football.If a player persistently gets booked or sent off then he is giving his manager concerns. Suspensions mount and suddenly the team is struggling for results. So in a way the manager is responsible to a degree because he can weed out the players that cost his team but a bad tackle is something that happens only rarely where a player is severely injured though it seems on the increase. I believe that the injuries that occur in the lower leg region could also be due to the lighter, weaker equipment players wear now. Boots are more like trainers and the shinguards are nowhere near as sturdy as in tears gone by. In a word I don't know. Yes maybe managers are responsible to a degree. But at the end of the day the players are the ones that go out to play and we all know a couple of players who enjoy the notoriety they have earned. My club has a player that continuously gets himself booked for rash tackles and I would simply drop him and explain why I have done so. but that is me and I have only ever managed a lower league Sunday team.

fifthcolumnblue whilst the tackle recently by De Jong can be def in ways his 2 for Holland speak volumes for the player he is.

Lol it was amazing he actually walked! And that was a friendly? Its easy to say as boxer I knocked out 40 guys, but a footballer breaking legs is not the record u want. It is interesting how it was almost exactly the same tackle on Arfa and Holden? Well if he had eyes on the ball then he is fecking blind!!! The guy is a talented footballer but his actions are of his own doing and not the manager etc. He deserves to be banned and more importantly he needs to learn his lesson very soon

There was an interesting debate on The Independent last week - and I now firmly believe that the combination of the weave in the turf and the increased surface area of the blades greatly increases the resistance and doesn't allow the boot to move in certain tackles from certain angles. And it doesn't need to be a dirty tackle to cause injury. There should be an independent study into it as if the injuries we have sen early this year are a new pattern then its a worry for clubs.