Stamp?

[IrishMacca]

It was a stamp, anyone who denies it are clearly incredibly biased. It was a stamp, it was, if we're honest disgraceful and he'll be in trouble for that now I'd say, and we can't really complain about it. It was out of line, there's no place for it in the sport. Well there shouldn't be.

 

[Marvin]

Van persie should look at his own conduct, and he should keep his mouth shut

I don't think I have ever heard of a player making a statement in the immediate aftermath of a game. The man is a coward. if you go in with a challenge like that you are going to provoke a reaction.

Shame incidents like this have taken something from what was a great game

 

[Brucie Bonus]

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[blueju]

The Dutch tart, who says he has made physical challenges in the past but has never gone out to hurt a fellow professional (bollox, I say), tried to do Adebayor and the challenge has backfired on him.

I do not condone violence on the pitch but was there a better face that needed some gentle rearranging, now FakeRon has departed, than the Dutch hypocrite's.

No doubt the corruptions at the FA will go over it with a find toothed comb, and of course ClownClattenburg will perjure himself and say he never saw it. Wenger will swear black is red and it will be the only thing in the 90 minutes he did see.

Clattenburg gave a good display yesterday.

 

[blueju]

It was clearly a stamp and he'll be punished, but you're clearly an idiot if you'd rather have RSC in the team ahead of Adebayor.

It wasn't "clearly" a stamp - you'd have to know his intent to say that. He didn't lift up his foot and bring it down with power on top of the other player. His foot came down on VP after a dynamic tackle - he had to land somewhere. It might have been a stamp, but it wasn't "clearly" anything. Michael Ball on Ronaldo was "clearly" a stamp.

Look at the gif below your post. theres never been a more deliberate stamp. Ade was looking right at him. You must know yourself that you can pull your foot out of the way when bodyparts are in front of you in a clash on the pitch.

 

[blueplan]

A 2-legged reckless malicious sliding tackle from Ade's blindside which Ade elegantly evaded saving himself from a nasty injury. Unfortunately Ade had to land awkwardly. Was it an intentional stomp? I have to give Ade the beneft of doubt.

If Pursy were to come sliding in front of Ade then we may say that Ade should have more reaction time to land right or take other non-contact evasive action. No?

Question should be asked of Pursy why was he back at Arse-end 'defending' and targeting Ade with his wild challenge.

Question should also be asked of Gallas stomping on Ade's head which rendered him 'unconscious' on the turf for a few seconds. Did he have a doctor or somebody to observe him later in the evening to ensure that he does not suffer severe effects from the concussion. Are we making a meal out of this?

At the end of the day Pursy, a young and foolish prat, should know better than to take out a 'streetwise' player like Ade or Rooney or Gerard. He was a bit fortunate not to suffer more severe injury.

IMHO, A lot of mealy-mouthed gooners (not all) should be cognizant of this " If you can't take it don't dish it ".

 

[blueplan]

Was it a stamp? I say the angle and slow motion make it look worse than it was. Those big fooking gangly legs can get anywhere and everywhere, dont think it was a deliberate stamp personally.

(Guarantee Wenger 'saw' that one though...)

Right on. You can't prove intent. Perhaps I may suggest. Ade may not have any other options of his foot landing away from Pursy's face.
Gunners were hacking him , on and off the field, before and during the whole 90 min game. If FA doesn't protect Ade then City and every Citizens here have to support Ade in his 'evasive manoeuvre'. Ade is our man lest we forget.

If I were AW I would not open up a can of worms. He was wise not to comment immediately at post game interview.

 

[Dubai Blue]

Right on. You can't prove intent.

All this "can't prove intent" stuff is really beginning to smack of desperation. Since when have the FA ever used this mystical notion of "proving intent" when dishing out bans? Did they bring in a psychic last season to evaluate whether SWP "intended" to kick Delap? No.

As has been pointed out already, the only person who can categorically state "intent" is the perpetrator. Yet in all the retroactive punishments handed out by the FA, they have never once used brain scans, polygraphs, or a team of counsellers to determine whether a player "intended" to do anything or not.

If it looks deliberate, you get banned (unless you play in red). This looks deliberate (how anyone can say it doesn't is beyond me) and he will therefore get the book thrown at him.

The media are now all over this, so there is an unfortunate sense of inevitability about it. I'm expecting a 5-game ban.

Hopefully an appeal will delay it until after the derby.

 

[blueplan]

Right on. You can't prove intent.

All this "can't prove intent" stuff is really beginning to smack of desperation. Since when have the FA ever used this mystical notion of "proving intent" when dishing out bans? Did they bring in a psychic last season to evaluate whether SWP "intended" to kick Delap? No.

As has been pointed out already, the only person who can categorically state "intent" is the perpetrator. Yet in all the retroactive punishments handed out by the FA, they have never once used brain scans, polygraphs, or a team of counsellers to determine whether a player "intended" to do anything or not.

If it looks deliberate, you get banned (unless you play in red). This looks deliberate (how anyone can say it doesn't is beyond me) and he will therefore get the book thrown at him.

The media are now all over this, so there is an unfortunate sense of inevitability about it. I'm expecting a 5-game ban.

Hopefully an appeal will delay it until after the derby.

You are right. You can never prove intent. The yardstick is perception and what counts is the FA's deliberation and my perception is that the 'red partisan' FA is going to give a total of 5 game ban (including the celebration) as you indicated to appease the 'masses'. It will be diluted into a 3 game ban upon appeal. No?

 

[Chippy_boy]

It was a stamp and absoltely disgraceful by adebayor, I hate seeing things like this assosiciated with city, we are better than this, and always has been.

I think Adebayor may look back on it and be dissapointed with the stamp.

Agreed. He only winged him.