Ordsall Quays Red wrote:
You comparing Rooney's non-injury leaving elbow with Carraghers "challenge" has caused injury??
I'm not condoning Rooney's elbow mind you, he should have got a red for it.
IMO, the 'result' of a challenge shouldn't matter, or, at least, it doesn't seem to matter when it suits some.
If Rooney's elbow had lead to a seizure like Thatcher's did to Mendes, would Rooney have still been snubbed for a ban? Rooney went in aggressively with an elbow and could so easily have harmed the opposing player.
After yesterday's game, Nani's gash has dominated a lot of debate, with many giving Carragher a lot of grief. But only moments after that challenge, Rafael flew in and, had Lucas not managed to get out of the way, would probably have seriously 'done' the opposing player. Because Nani has a 'result' of a challenge, it seems that only Carragher's actions are heavily debated, but a just as dangerous challenge was made only moments later, but is generally forgotten due to lack of injury.
The point I'm making is: do we just look at the result of a challenge and judge it from there, or do we look at the challenge in general and make judgements regardless of the outcome?