Barry Horne: Wild tackles are not an issue in the Premier League

09 October 2010 02:00
DANNY MURPHY is a fine player and very good value as a pundit, which is something I suspect he is thinking about more and more as he comes to the twilight of his career.[LNB]Certain people realise that a lack of intelligence can be made up for with a readiness to cause controv- ersy as a neat career enhancement.[LNB]Danny does not come into that category. He is erudite, informed and articulate - and to his credit he doesn't appear to shirk controversy.[LNB]His attack on managers who incite 'brainless tackles' this week, naming Sam Allardyce, Mick McCarthy and Tony Pulis, means he has taken on some of the more robust characters in the league.[LNB] But I'm not sure that there is many really bad tackles in the game as people make out.[LNB]I was at the game when Ryan Shawcross broke Aaron Ramsey's leg and felt Shawcross was making a genuine attempt for the ball.[LNB]The Nigel De Jong challenge which has caused the recent coverage did not, to me, come into the category of a desperately bad tackle either.

Source: Liverpool_Echo