Don’t push out physical arts

TOMER HEMED may well get some retrospective punishment for an apparent stamp on DeAndre Yedlin and that’s a shame for me.

I’m a massive fan of physicality and if there’s something that is not designed to hurt an opponent, but is designed to intimidate them then I am all for it. I know I’m seen as a bit of a dinosaur by some when I say things like that but physicality is an art of the game.

You should be allowed to leave a little bit on somebody and vice versa as long as you’re not trying to do a Vinnie Jones or Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris.

I rose in games when people tried to do it to me and it brought out the competitor in me, so I really don’t see a problem with it – or what Brighton striker Hemed did (right).