mike jones

No it isn’t – Going in 2 footed means just that i.e. both feet are going in to the challenge at roughly the same time
Going in with both feet off the floor can be used to describe the above but can also be used to describe a challenge whereby a player goes in to the challenge with one foot but the trailing foot/leg is also off the floor. And I don’t mean a centimetre or inch but caused by the player deliberately jumping in to the challenge as the TV footage appeared to show (although the photo doesn’t).
What makes it dangerous in the eyes of the FA & co is that once a player is in mid air he has no control over the rest of that challenge if it turns out he’s misjudged it
That makes it every bit a sending off as someone who jumps in with both feet towards the ball.

The photo appears to show McClean’s trailing leg was on the floor but that it catches the player after he’s released the ball so the ref got it bob on – free kick & caution for a reckless (didn’t get the ball & the challenge was late) challenge

I can also imagine that due to the speed McClean was travelling at that, that when his trailing leg clatters the Blackburn players kicking foot that it might have smarted a bit & knocked him on his @r$e. Not saying he didn’t make the most of it but to say there was no contact & he put it all on isn’t true in my opinion[/quote]

We’ll agree to disagree TL. I’m all for stamping out bad tackles and there have been a few over the years. A good while ago when Fifa first started implementing these rule changes the media said football would become a contact free sport. I didn’t think that could ever happen but it’s nearly there!!