Bloody hell, there are two sensible mackems. Wearside and this bloke. Never thought i'd see the day...
Ironice RTG post of the year
"why start a thread about it then, who gives a fuck"
I'm with you there mate. I voted the Villa match too. The additional part for me was Carroll's hat-trick and that feeling that we had a centre-forward who was going to be a proper threat in the top division.
I am not sure how you can say "clearly".
I've watched it and I am still can't see it with any certainty.
If I tell myself he does hit him, how on earth does that injure the bloke and put him out of the International ? He can't possibly have hit him that hard.
Potentially as it was such a strong tackle. However, if it had, it would have been through bad luck and how Diaby's leg was placed on the floor - not because it was a bad challenge.
HBA's leg was broken because De Jong did a "scissor" tackle on him.