Do British players Go To Ground too often--in pursuit of the precious tackle?

We are looking again at a still picture of Martin Taylor breaking the leg of Eduardo Silva. We have heard repeatedly that he is not a malicious man. But perhaps he is an Oaf.

Capital O.

How heavy is Martin Taylor? How muscular? Would he benefit from the Juande Ramos Diet sweeping Spurs nation? How big does a centreback really need to be?

Moreover, how much technique does Taylor have? How much of a football brain?

And then another question: do British players Go To Ground too often--in pursuit of the precious tackle?

The tackle is romanticised as "honest play" in the UK but for goodness sake couldn't they celebrate something else? Regardless of The Defense of Martin Taylor that leapt into action and even forced Arsene Wenger to retract his call for Taylor to be banned from playing for life, clearly their is something really, really wrong in British football. Clearly someone has to take blame for the possibility of an Oaf breaking the beauty that was Eduardo Silva.

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