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Ben Thatcher tries to kill Mendez !!

the thing that makes it worse and intentional in my mind is that fact that he ran flat out to get to the guy, in a neutral zone, when it really wouldnt't have mattered if he hadn't made the tackle!
 
Blackmushroom said:
Ben Thatcher's a cunt, and I hope he gets done by the law for what's essentially GBH. No way can that be excused.

Never liked the cunt since I saw him mouthing "fucking Paki' at an Asian referee when he was playing for Millwall. Lovely man:rolleyes:
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I went to school with him for about three years, he was in my year - he was always violent even as a teenager.
 
The guy sent a fierce elbow into Mendez' temple for no discernable reason- that act was so so dangerous and reckless, the temple is the most vulnerable part of the skull *shakes head*

Years back a brother of mine was elbowed during a semi pro football match- my bro had a shattered cheek bone. The surgeons drilled metal pillars into the remains of his unbroken cheekbones, a metal bar was suspended between the pillars to help heal the damage ie to help pull the sunken cheekbone back.

My bro recovered but he never looked the same since
 
Thatcher dropped & charged by FA

Mendes needed oxygen pitchside

A Manchester City defender has been suspended by his club and charged by the Football Association following his challenge on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes.

Ben Thatcher must answer a charge of serious foul play by 12 September.

And a statement on City's website said: "Ben Thatcher has been suspended from first-team action.

"This is pending the results of the club's internal investigation into the incident involving Pedro Mendes during the game with Portsmouth on Wednesday."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5281686.stm

"I've known Ben since his time at Millwall. He's a robust defender who epitomises the physical side of football ,but that doesn't mean that someone like that is reckless."
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<<<He's always been a brutal defender....
 
AnMarie said:
The guy sent a fierce elbow into Mendez' temple for no discernable reason- that act was so so dangerous and reckless, the temple is the most vulnerable part of the skull *shakes head*
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Can you say that was his motivation from looking at the video ? I can see at least 2 scenarios which could have caused that outcome - 1 being deliberate and one accidental . He showed himself to be cunt following the tackle but how can you know what his intention was ? If I was going the speed he was about to smack into another player I'd put my arm up to protect myself . Maybe thats what happened here ! The only person that knows the thinking behind this collision is Thatcher yet everyone else seems to be some mind reading phenomenon in this case and has the motivation as deliberate !
 
AnMarie said:
The guy sent a fierce elbow into Mendez' temple for no discernable reason- that act was so so dangerous and reckless, the temple is the most vulnerable part of the skull *shakes head*
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and since he hit the fucking jaw your opinion is pretty wotrhless isn't it ! I agree it was dangerous and reckless but was it intentional ?
 
Savage Henry said:
Can you say that was his motivation from looking at the video ? I can see at least 2 scenarios which could have caused that outcome - 1 being deliberate and one accidental . He showed himself to be cunt following the tackle but how can you know what his intention was ? If I was going the speed he was about to smack into another player I'd put my arm up to protect myself . Maybe thats what happened here ! The only person that knows the thinking behind this collision is Thatcher yet everyone else seems to be some mind reading phenomenon in this case and has the motivation as deliberate !
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look at the face in the pic, says it all really...
 
Chorlton said:
and judging from the hysterical mob on these two threads so would quite a few on here.

And you want these sort of incidents dealt with by the police as GBH i presume?


just stop and think for a moment will you?

think about the ramifications that will have for the game as a whole - think about what a ridiculous non-contact, lawyer-led farce the whole game will become?

be honest with yourself - is that challenge of thatchers the worst you have seen? It will not even be the worst you see this season i guarantee it - Its a bad challenge - a pre-meditatied bad challenge - ban the player, fine him whatever - but keep the fucken police out of it
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What a load of old bollox.

There is something quite different to 'tackling' and 'assaulting'

This guy never went for the ball, and deliberately rammed his elbow into the face of an opponent.

This will not automatically lead to some lawyer led non-contact sport. It might lead to wankers like Thatcher spending time behind bars for an assualt that if they committed it in a night club would put them behind bars.

I would like to add.

You sir are an ass.
 
snadge said:
look at the face in the pic, says it all really...
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yeah he's a cunt , and he probably did intend to hurt Mendes but I'm not going to claim he did without any kind of evidence to back that up . And saying "look at his face afterwards" isn't evindence IMO !
 
Fong said:
I am sorry did you watch the video I watched?
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Yes I did but how can you prove that elbow was deliberate ? If that wasn't in a football match I'd say it's assualt but if he was running for a ball and couldn't stop himself colliding he may have put his arm up to protect himself . If you want to draw a conclusion based on the video thats fine , but you can't definitavly say he deliberatly elbowed Mendes !
 
He hasn't denied it has he? Stuart Pearce seems convinced as well.

Like I said before, I don't think anybody apart from you is suggesting that he didn't mean it. It's a pretty odd dead horse you're flogging IMO.:confused:
 
mwgdrwg said:
Really? Name a few.
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I watched this game in a bar in Duesselldorf and the the locals were so embarassed they were apologising to those of us who weren't german.

Schumacher-Battiston incident

Schumacher is remembered in particular for a collision with a French defender, substitute Patrick Battiston, in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup. Battiston received the ball from French captain Michel Platini and raced past the German defence. He shot from outside the area; a second or so later, Schumacher (who had run towards the area) threw himself at the French defender and flattened him just inside the penalty area. In the course of the 'challenge', he also elbowed Battiston in the face.

Afterwards, Battiston was prone, unmoving on the pitch. He was found to be unconscious, with several shattered teeth, a broken jaw and damaged vertebrae. He received oxygen on the pitch. [1] Platini later said that he thought that Battiston was dead, because "he had no pulse and looked pale". [2]

The Dutch referee Charles Corver did not send Schumacher off, nor even award a free kick or penalty against him. Battiston's shot had sailed wide of the goal and rolled out of play, and a goal kick was taken after Battiston was stretchered off.

While Battiston lay motionless, Schumacher showed absolutely no interest in the player or his injuries, retreating to a position some metres away while chewing gum and playing with the ball.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Schumacher

This really is the worst I think I've seen, though I remember it more as a flying two-fisted punch.
 
Kanda said:
Good work Pearce!



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5300184.stm
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tbh in rugby (well at least at club level) your own team used to punish you if you lamped somene etc

at our club it was:

punch - 2 match ban and buy 4 jugs (8 pints per jug)
"OTT" punch - 2 month ban and barred from clubhouse for 2 weeks (normally if punch was a totally ubncalled for one
stamping 3 month ban and - 1 onth bar for clubhouse
give ref verbal - 2 week ban and buy 4 jugs (plus your own forwards normally gave you a dig or two if you lost 10)
hit ref or touchjudge - kicked out of club
 
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