If Rojo had made all of the challenges Nico had on Jesus in that "friendly" people would be calling for the police to open an inquiry.If that is aimed at me Oakie, I've never made any claim of intent; read my post again. I thought it was an overphysical challenge in a (in the wider picture) nothing game. That's what's pissed me off. If Rojo had made that challenge, this place would have had a RAWK-scale meltdoown.
Yeah let's sign a bunch of soft defenders that'll give opposition players a clear run because they've some connection to them, great thinking.Broken eye socket. Long term we need Jesus more than Otto. Deliberate or not in my world of zero risk and tolerance Otto now needs shipping out. As good as he is he is not that special that we can risk 'afters' and issues at the club.
Yeah agree with this,but on the other hand he needs to have a word with himself no harm in being physical but ffs in a friendly taking out your own teammate,I like Otto think he's had a decent season,but if he's doing this in a friendly what happens if it's a crucial league or cup final game ..Yeah let's sign a bunch of soft defenders that'll give opposition players a clear run because they've some connection to them, great thinking.
Yeah let's sign a bunch of soft defenders that'll give opposition players a clear run because they've some connection to them, great thinking.
Better yet, let's sign defenders that have no intelligence whatsoever and will hack at their teammates for 90 minutes of a meaningless friendly and ultimately injure them for no reason other than appearing "hard-working".Yeah let's sign a bunch of soft defenders that'll give opposition players a clear run because they've some connection to them, great thinking.
Broken eye socket. Long term we need Jesus more than Otto. Deliberate or not in my world of zero risk and tolerance Otto now needs shipping out. As good as he is he is not that special that we can risk 'afters' and issues at the club.
He was physical, Gab got hurt, shit happens. It wasn't like he deliberately set out to injure him, he just made sure he followed through on the challenge, nothing wrong with that.Yeah agree with this,but on the other hand he needs to have a word with himself no harm in being physical but ffs in a friendly taking out your own teammate,I like Otto think he's had a decent season,but if he's doing this in a friendly what happens if it's a crucial league or cup final game ..
He showed intelligence, he knows GJ has him in a one-on-one if he plays fair so he stopped it ever getting to that stage. That's called defending, we should have more players willing to do it than just Aleks, Nico, Silva, Vinny and Dinho.Better yet, let's sign defenders that have no intelligence whatsoever and will hack at their teammates for 90 minutes of a meaningless friendly and ultimately injure them for no reason other than appearing "hard-working".
The fact that Nico didn't injure Jesus earlier in that match (or in their previous game) was more "there by the grace of god" than any sane choice. He may not have meant to hurt him the 10 or 15 times he went flying in during those matches (at least one garnering a yellow card and a "calm down" from Dinho) but, just like in law, at some point it goes from unintentional action to negligent recklessness.
I know mate,but even though it's a Derby game as such,he could have reeled it in,just seems to have these moments in games,I'm more concerned as posted above he does similar in a crucial game the old rush of blood to the head,although to be fair so could any of the players I suppose..He was physical, Gab got hurt, shit happens. It wasn't like he deliberately set out to injure him, he just made sure he followed through on the challenge, nothing wrong with that.
Go watch Keane's tackle on AIH if you want to know what going out to injure someone deliberately looks like.