ColdWetPanther
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The first step should always be: "Was the player attempting to make a legal play?".
I think this is where we disagree. The first question from my perspective should not be about intent but about execution ‘was it a legal okay’. In the context of dangerous contact the first question should be “did he put the player into undue danger”.
Was it an accident is always a slippery slope. I am not saying Dale’s wasn’t an accident (as I believe it is), but we had people claiming Barnet’s elbow earlier this year was a reaction and not deliberate; he didn’t mean it. Mitchell on Manu. It’s almost some sacred taboo that you can’t say that an act of foul play was deliberate.