Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Football => Topic started by: Highlander on January 22, 2012, 23:51:32 PM
-
I am sick fed up of hearing that Balotelli is being picked on by officials.
His stamp on Scott Parker was assault pure and simple (and yes, the wasn't the only one over the weekend).
So what should his punishment be.
-
Cantona got 4 months for kicking someone inside a football ground. So the answer is 4 months.
-
John, I can't see the connection between racism and an alleged stamp.
-
My guess is 4 games - IF the ref didn't deal with it at the time. The rules seem to change according to the club.
As for that bad tempered little twonk - I would send him back to where he came from.
-
quote:
Originally posted by kenkay
John, I can't see the connection between racism and an alleged stamp.
Maybe because one is white and the other one deeply tanned.
-
Balotelli is a talent but always comes onto the pitch
with anger in his face and looking for trouble.
-
Ken
The FA want to stamp out racism in football and therefore imposed a hefty ban on Suarez. I'm suggesting that they take a similarly firm stance on violent assaults and give Balotelli a length ban.
Incidently there is no doubt in my mind that it was a deliberate act. His right leg was travelling forwards in the same direction as his left until the decided to change it. Then, he had the temerity to jump forwards extravagantly. Pathetic.
-
I agree and had he been sent off Tottenham (My Team) would not have had a penalty against them and would have drawn the match. I think he always looks angry and ready for a fight and after an incident very cocky about it, but he is talented. Maybe he needs an anger management course.
-
My teenage son who plays a high standard of football said to me last night ‘dad cheats do prosper don't they' I asked him why he thought that and he said ‘because if Man City win the League by 3 points who cares if it was for cheating they will all get a big bonuses and have a premiership winners medal and no one in Manchester city football club will care when they are the English Champions,the way they won it as long as they did.
I feel that if kids are thinking this then its time to start docking points rather than banning the individuals,
Then you get the City management team saying 'they did not see it and have not watched the tv replays yet' funny how they never fail to watch the replays when its to there advantage at the press interviews.
Some of these footballers of today do not realise that millions of kids watch football and they are portraying that cheating actually is ok,
There was two disgraceful incidents in that game yesterday Lescotts punch was missed by the ref as well.
Why o why do we not have a 4th official looking at TV replays?
-
He is a disgrace,nothing but a thug,i remember Duncan Ferguson getting banged up for 6 months for nutting a Raith Rovers player,this was every bit as bad.
-
Spot on Danky - well stated !
-
Yes well said Danky - it's such a shame that your son was absolutely correct. It is also baffling how us 'normal' people get a completely different set of rules in life. If I worked in Tesco and kicked someone in the head I would not be suspended for a few weeks, or fined what would be a tiny percentage of a week's wages - I would be dismissed, taken to court and possibly imprisoned - also meaning I would find alternative employment very difficult to find. Not so for these people - no matter what Ballotelli involves himself in his job security is never affected - there was never any question about Joey Barton being left without a job no matter what thuggish behaviour he involved himself throughout his career. That's a very strong indication that they can do what they like and nothing much happens - so why worry about it.
-
I trust that Roberto Mancini will stop waving imaginary cards for awhile.
-
he has now been charged with violent conduct
-
Not by the police though
-
Borrowed nicked from elsewhere.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/highlander_010/common/balotelli.jpg)
-
He has got four weeks.
-
quote:
Originally posted by kenkay
John, I can't see the connection between racism and an alleged stamp.
Alleged stamp Ken[?] you didnt see it then, what would you say he was doing? feeling his face with his studs.:-\
-
Yeah i saw it and I agreed with Stuart Pearce on MOTD2.
-
The FA should look at Lescott as well. This is the only way to stop players cheating if they know they will get retrospective punishments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43EZsEWdlNQ
Mark
-
Didnt see MOTD Ken, what did Stuart Pearce say?
-
I did see MOTD2 Des and I don't recall seeing Stuart Pearce on it! I must concentrate more.
-
Oh well perhaps Ken will let us all know Keith :)
-
The FA will have let him off as they have no proof he did it deliberately just from TV footage, and as they thought this wasn't an offence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8V845zmQbQ
how can they ban Balotelli?
-
The TV footage is all the proof I need.
-
I meant the one who isn't Alan Hansen ;) can't remember his name tho I thought I had ;) 8) (He also isn't that Irish twerp) 8)
-
Lee Dixon Ken :)
-
Apparently Balotelli's agent has said (threatened) that his man may leave England if he continues to receive the same treatment from referees.
TAXI..... and arrivederci pal.
-
Big difference between Bolotelli and Suarez, that was a blatant assault from Balotelli and he should be punished accordingly, its put me off him now, Suarez has accepted his punishment for using the word negrito, because he did use it, not because there was any malice behind it, Its a bit like some of us calling people EPKHs, because they are, not because we mean them any harm, ;)
-
quote:
Originally posted by Highlander
Lee Dixon Ken :)
Thanks John, I knew he had a name ;)
-
quote:
Originally posted by laffa
Big difference between Bolotelli and Suarez, that was a blatant assault from Balotelli and he should be punished accordingly, its put me off him now, Suarez has accepted his punishment for using the word negrito, because he did use it, not because there was any malice behind it, Its a bit like some of us calling people EPKHs, because they are, not because we mean them any harm, ;)
Interesting to note that Suarez's Grandfather was a Negritto
-
Jacqui - can you give us a little more detail please on Suarez's grandfather being a negrito
-
Stop picking on Bartotelli, he might quit if everyone keeps persecuting him
Mario Balotelli's agent has warned the striker could quit English football if he continues to receive what he sees as unfair treatment"
Nobody else gets in trouble for deliberately kicking a fellow professional in the head!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16711526.stm
-
quote:
Originally posted by Highlander
Jacqui - can you give us a little more detail please on Suarez's grandfather being a negrito
Suarez's Grandfather is/was a black man (not sure if he is still alive or not) Liverpool issued a statement which claimed the club was "very surprised and disappointed" at the ban, highlighted that the player was not accused of being racist, and cited Suarez's mixed race family background, as well as his involvement with multicultural projects
One of Suarez's Uruguayan team mates who is black said he, (the friend,) is called this word all the time in Uruguay and he just laughs as it's not insulting. He is also one of Suarez's best friends and is upset by what has happened to Suarez.
-
I think he is mis-understood and did not do this on purpose either
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/24/luis-suarez-ban-biting-opponent
-
Hate you to think a non reply was a submission of touche on your part, I just think to compare this incident does not warrant a response, We could all bring incidents up from 2010 from foreign clubs if we could remember them,
-
Yes, Cantona once karate kicked a member of the crowd at a match. Does this mean he now cannot be President of France?
-
Does Suarez want to be President? :D
-
quote:
Originally posted by Scunner
Does Suarez want to be President? :D
Well I would nominate him and I am sure Laffa and Puma would give him a vote. Once Liverpool have followed Scotland and got it's freedom I am sure he has a good chance of being First Minister of Scouse Land if he keeps playing as well as he has in the past ;)[:o)]:P
-
quote:
Originally posted by Scunner
Does Suarez want to be President? :D
Nahh Keith, they're all actors anyway. ;)
-
Id nominate Torres, he could just sit on the back bench and break wind now and then to let people know he is still about and getting his wages. ;) :)
-
While people like Rooney are spending money on prostitutes old enough to be his mother Harry Redknapp as been cheating you and me by avoiding paying tax and Ryan Giggs as been screwing his brothers wife. Mario Balotelli was funding the rehabilitation of Sudanese child soldiers and funding two schools in the Sudan. The guy apologised and showed concern for Scott Parker. No one on the pitch or off it at the time complained. It was only when Sky Sport had it on a contiual supper slo-mo loop adn Uncle Harry (not waving a red card) called for his pound of flesh. Im not saying it was intentional if it was it was bad. However trial by media is just as ugly.
-
quote:
Originally posted by tony
1
Harry Redknapp as been cheating you and me by avoiding paying tax
2
No one on the pitch or off it at the time complained.
1.Allegedly and
2. Scott Parker wasn't too happy about it
-
And it's hardly worth anything to be sorry when you can't admit it was intentional. It was intentional.
-
1. You wanna Bet.
2. Scott Parker never complained
3.Balotelli wasnt given the luxury of a fair hearing. on the evidence shown no proof of intention.
4.If I unintentionally bumped into you or happen to stamp on you even if it were not my fault I would automatically apologise, as people do.
-
No proof of intention? I take it you must be a City fan!
-
Balotelli is not the only one who helps children in Africa
On 6 May 2008 plans were announced for the building of the Craig Bellamy Foundation for disadvantaged children in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Bellamy has visited the war-torn West African country and has invested £1.2m of his own money since 2007 to help build a not-for-profit football academy in the Kono region and, along with Unicef, a national league in a country where the existing top-flight league has been suspended due to lack of funds.
-
There's none so blind as those who will not see. There is not a shadow of doubt that it was intentional.
Why is it that football "fans" insist on trying to defend the indefensible when their club or player are involved and yet if it were another club they would be baying for blood:(.
-
Bring back Webbstar, :D even he wouldnt have made that comment Tony.
-
No mention of Cabayes kick in the face?.........Oh Its a Balotelli thing I almost forgot.
-
Well the topic is about Balotelli, maybe that's why? ;)
-
Topic is a comparison between Suarez and Balotelli I was merely expanding the subject to include the comparison with others. Jacqui you are quite right about Craig, he is doing a fine job and this reflects well on him as a person. Of course this wouldnt sell newspapers and therefore a little known fact unlike his antics with a golf club. My only point is try not to judge a person entirely on how the media may portray them.
-
quote:
Originally posted by tony
try not to judge a person entirely on how the media may portray them.
Good point. I'm judging him entirely on that thing I saw when he intentionally kicked another person in the head.
-
I accept your view. however I saw a player off balance after taking a shot on goal, whos left ankle was skewed other foot off the ground and being pushed by Modrich, attempting to regain his balance. I also saw a player being subjected to trial by media on the insistance of Mr Redknapp (who earlier on in the week had accused Mr Mancini of waving imaginary red cards).
I also saw the super slow motion of the event played continually on sky news (my point benig that physical interchanges between two people tend to look more sinister than they actually are a technique used in the cinema industry by such as Sam Pekinpah . I did also see Graham Poll say that no intention could be determined, and he also added that in the unlikely event of any criminal prosecution the player would almost certainly have no case to answer.
Balotelli is an headstrong youngster, talented yes, but being headstrong and talented, In my eyes doesnt deserve the public scorn that he now faces.
Also if I may add this was a single incident during the game, I am led to believe that Mr Suarez continually racially abused the player throughout the game I guess this was intentional, hence the receipt of an eight match ban.
Racial abuse is an ugly thing in any walk of life and cannot be tolerated. It needs to be stamped out.
-
Then Balotelli seems to be just the guy to get to stamp it out then Tony ;)
-
Aye you lot wouldnt be winding me up........would you?
-
Not winding you up at all Tony ,but please give your guide dog a pat from me. :)
-
Dooooooooooh............Sorry Mario, I tried!