I think its a nothing incident, tbh a free - fair enough, but reds and what not. In fact thats a perfect example of whats holisticaly wrong with football, fair enough a free kick or a yellow for making contact with the face, but the lads goes downn when he feel contact hoping for a red. Im not condoning either, but the softness thats creeped into game or if you like protection is actually killing it, in a converse way. Look at the lads legs once he feels contact they immedaitely buckle and Naismith only shoved him - hes looking for the red. Yeah Naismith should have more sense then do it and hes lost the rag here. But if the ref gives him a yellow and tells that lump to stop diving it would be better for the game.
You get the likes of Suarez and Young getting people sent of and giving away penalites these days if someone breaths close to them its become an art.
Anyone who ever played the game knows that you have to take and give hits to win your battle if someone thinks you push over youve had it. Ive nothing against what Naismith did there - worthy of yellow - though by the laws i know he could of got a red if seen.
Personally i think the reds should be kept for the real bone crushing tackles that actually could cause serious injury, the danger is on the ground not in the upper part of the body tbh.
I mean Rodwell in the Derby last year - the game is gone to soft and being ruined by political correctness and the Sky blerts havnt helped.
