"I am sad and disappointed by my former team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor's mindless and malicious stamp on me during today's match.
"We are both professional footballers and I know that the game is physical, I too have made hard and sometimes mis-timed challenges but never with the intention of hurting an opponent. He set out to hurt me today.
"I knew he was aiming for a collision because he changed the angle of his body to allow contact to be made. He moved backwards when his natural momentum would have taken him forward. I find that deeply disrespectful. He has shown a real lack of class today, to me and the fans.
"I do feel lucky that I have not suffered a greater injury. The contact was only centimetres from my eye. I have not received an apology from him, there were no words exchanged afterwards. He had his own agenda today and that is bad for football. It's bad for the game we all love.
"I want to make it clear that this has nothing to do with the result of today's match. We do not hide from that disappointment but I need to speak out about his behaviour."
edgeley blue wrote:Having just got back from the pub, straight from the game itself, forgive me if my version of events are slightly blue tinted.
Where I sit, which is nigh on touching the white line, you can hear the players very clearly when they are shouting directions at each other or of course abusing their opponents.
Today Ade got called all sorts by many different Arse players, as well as being constantly derided and subjected to the worst kind of hatred I have heard for many a long year from the opposition fans.
He shouldnt have ran down the line faster than Usain Bolt to celebrate his goal, but perfectly understandable why he did it.
As for the stamp, have to take a wenger on this, I didnt see it. What I can tell you is that not many of the arse seem to charge at ade after the incident; and also van percy had his face in the ground that often today, that I'm sure he was named after the gardener Percy Thrower.
Have to say though, what a game.
It was my youngest boy Marks' first game today and at 20 months old, he was well behaved. He did have his older brother with him to keep him company, but Joe is only 3 and it was a nightmare for Dad. They hopefully will play for City, but if not they will always keep the blue cause going as dedicated supporters.
Tokyo Blue wrote:Well, the ref gave a free-kick for the "stamp" so he clearly saw that. And he booked him for his celebration. So by their own rules, can they touch him? I think not. Video evidence can only be used if the referee admits he did not see the incident* and that is clearly not the case in either incident here.
I'd be interested to see if van persie's "fuck off, fuck off, fuck off" celebration in front of the City fans is investigated however.
*unless of course manchester U***d players are involved and then it can only be used for their benefit
Slim wrote:Apparently cricket is the worst for this. Thanks to DHTP I have been pestering my mates about test cricket since the ashes. There was an incident in the West Indies where the Windies were taunting Glen McGrath about his wife who had just died from cancer I believe. Mad how they can do that at all.
shawzy wrote:Gonna watch MOTD in a min.Look forward to seein there view on it.Hope Lee Dicksons on
Slim wrote:shawzy wrote:Gonna watch MOTD in a min.Look forward to seein there view on it.Hope Lee Dicksons on
We have two threads on it at the moment, I posted it in the other one...but here.
edgeley blue wrote:Slim wrote:shawzy wrote:Gonna watch MOTD in a min.Look forward to seein there view on it.Hope Lee Dicksons on
We have two threads on it at the moment, I posted it in the other one...but here.
looking closely for the first time, I have to say all Ade did was stand on his hand.
edgeley blue wrote:Slim wrote:shawzy wrote:Gonna watch MOTD in a min.Look forward to seein there view on it.Hope Lee Dicksons on
We have two threads on it at the moment, I posted it in the other one...but here.
looking closely for the first time, I have to say all Ade did was stand on his hand.
edgeley blue wrote:Decided to take your advice and look at it more closely, you might have something going there, it did kinda look like he tried to snip his fringe. I will maintain that van percy ferkin deseved it though.
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