I think a majority would view it as OK, yes. But the minority (who'd be right) would still be saying it was wild/reckless. And then you'd see he get's touch on the ball, and a lot would say that makes it OK.
It's the crux of the entire debate about tackles, innit?
Tricky to judge this particular one as you would if there was no injury when you know Shaw's leg is badly broken. <---- stating the obvious
Exactly and indeed. This type of thing is what I was really talking about here:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/can-you-foul-a-player-without-making-contact.345662/
All the dinasaurs in the game begrudge the death of the sliding tackle, but maybe most sliding tacklea are exactly the same as that one, just without the end result.
In my opinion, they need to make it so that:
A) if you go through your opponent, its automatically a redcard. Even from the side. (So Darren Fletchers red card vs Arsenal was correct). Doesn't matter if you go through before or after getting the ball.
B) if you go in studs up, its a red card.
I think that's where we are going in the game, and I think it's correct.
When I used to play Sunday league, my team mate would do these two footed lunge tackles which everyone thought were amazing (as usually won us possession, looked great, and raised the team up). But there was one player-coach who went mental about them, and kept calling them leg breakers. He was absolutely right looking back.