Except those that make two footed tackles it seems. It's now fashionable to be sent off for lunging in with both feet off the ground this Christmas, and Match of the Day showed a number of similar incidents from the Premiership. Clearly Sodje thinks of himself as a Premiership player as he went for that tackle at Carrow Road. It's not the worst tackle I've seen, but if the rule is that you can't tackle with both feet off the ground, then I guess he deserved to go.We've now had five games where we've had someone sent off which makes us look like a dirty side. But when you look at the incidents, Sam was caught wrestling; Semedo had two bookings yet they were dubious fouls; Fortune swung an arm - after the final whistle for Christ's sake; Mills couldn't keep his mouth shut and Sodje made a fashionable tackle. In my book only Sodje's tackle could be labelled 'dirty'. But that label will stick unless the players become more disciplined.
When you look at the top of the table you can only speculate where we might be if we hadn't had these unecessary suspensions. Certainly at Norwich we were looking the better team until the sending off. In the second half it was just a matter of time before the Canaries equalised and I suppose we should be grateful that we took a point. We can now look forward to our last game of 2007 at Lineker's crisp stadium on Saturday and hope that 2008 brings better fortune - and discipline - than 2007.
Up The Addicks!
Robin
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