West Ham boss Sam Allardyce feels there has been a knee-jerk reaction surrounding two-footed tackles. Allardyce is without his captain Kevin Nolan after he was sent off for lunging in at Millwall's Jack Smith last weekend.
"I can't remember a player being stretchered off from a two-footed challenge - at West Ham, Blackburn, Newcastle and Bolton, in 10 years of management, I can't remember a two-footed challenge, going to ground, injuring a player.
"There's a hysteria about it unfortunately, but I can't say that it's dangerous. It looks bad, but we are not on about looking bad. There are tackles that don't look bad that are far worse than that, believe me." "There's a hysteria in the game in this country that every two-footed challenge is a red card and the referees are being put under pressure to give a red card, whether it's a dangerous challenge or not," said Allardyce.
