Source: Team_Talk
Muamba: Tackling is a dying art
olton star Fabrice Muamba is worried that his job as a midfield enforcer will soon become a dying art.[LNB] The Wanderers man feels that referees are clamping down harder on challenges than ever before, making his job more difficult.[LNB]The England Under-21 international, who has attempted more tackles than anyone else in the Premier League this season, believes the rule-makers have made it hard to separate the guilty from the innocent.[LNB]And Muamba is insistent that neither he nor his team-mates will change their approach to games as they travel to face Aston Villa on Saturday.[LNB]"Football these days is being played by the rules too much," said the 22-year-old.[LNB]"Everyone has got a different view on the way things are done or should be done. No one seems to agree.[LNB]"Referees always seem like they have something to prove and they're being put under the spotlight a lot.[LNB]"When you tackle, you want to be as fair as you possibly can.[LNB]"You want to get the ball but it's the opposing player's reaction that worries me.[LNB]"It makes you think you can't tackle any more.[LNB]"You have to be careful, do the best you can, and that's what we do in every single game.[LNB]"The opposition crowd has got a lot to do with it as well.[LNB]"Referees are being influenced a lot by that. People are picking up yellow cards for no reason."
