If Fifa is serious about reckless play, it must ban Taylor for longer than Messi


Punishment for a leg-breaking challenge needs to be harsher than for swearing at an official but a zero-tolerance approach from referees is required most of all

Stop me if you have heard this one before but Neil Taylor is really not that sort of player. Like his fellow Wales full-back Chris Gunter he is one of those slight, modern professionals who seems so softly spoken and well-mannered one wonders how he ever got so far in such a rough old game.

Séamus Coleman’s leg is still broken though, so this is not to excuse the Aston Villa defender’s rash tackle in the game against the Republic of Ireland, just to ponder what can be done to set the balance straight.

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