Fulham captain Danny Murphy has joined London rivals Arsenal in blasting hard-tackling clubs for being 'brainless'.
The Cottagers midfielder has accused clubs such as Wolves, Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers of sending players out on to the pitch to harm opponents.
In recent weeks, Murphy's teammate Bobby Zamora and Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa have suffered broken legs in tackles, similar to Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey last season, promptin the Fulham skipper to question the logic of these clubs.
"The pace some of the players are going into tackles is ridiculous. There are no brains in the players doing that," he said.
"I don't believe they are going out to break the legs of their opponents but there's no logic or intelligence in what they are doing.
"If you're going in at a certain pace and don't get it right you are going to hurt someone. Players need to be more intelligent, especially the ones who are doing it repeatedly. They are culpable in that.
"But the thing I think people miss, is that it's the managers who dictate what the players do and how they behave.
"If you have a manager in control of his team, who doesn't allow these things to go on you have a more disciplined team.
"You get managers sending teams out to stop other sides from playing, which is happening more and more.
"Look at Stoke, Blackburn and Wolves. You can say they're doing what they can to win the game but the fact is that the managers are sending the players out so pumped up that inevitably there are going to be problems.
"You can look at the players and blame them. But every team has a captain and a manager who is in charge."
