ali benarbia's studs
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the dummy tevez used to put in his mouth now seems more fitting!
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Tevez to sue Souness
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BringBackSwales
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surely he is either suing Souness or not suing Souness? At the moment it as a non story to report that he is thinking about suing Souness - you either do it or do not do it carlos and when you issue the writ it is a story, until that time it is just the weird meanderings of a sadly misguided mind
Biggsy1
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Little troll bastard, I loved Souness for what he said that night! Fucking spot on
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hirop said:The boy is an imbecile - based on the information at the time (the pitch-side guy, the pictures, the commentator, the pundit beside him, the mancini interview, the tevez interview) souness called it as he saw it. This would be laughed out of court, never mind that Souness was spot-on.
What does Tevex think the city supporters were going to think, "what a great guy, refusing to do what the boss says, thats our boy, your great Carlos, here you go, have another pie" - thick as mince I tell you. He lost his reputation through his actions relative to his manager (whether it be refusing to warm up, refusing to play, whatever). Its not defamation to call it.
Bang on the money. 'Thick as mince?' Never heard that one but very apt. Nobody on god's green earth could possibly blame Souness for what he said. If anything he understated the petulant shithouse's behaviour; whoever is advising the prick needs sacking.
[Finally, Sky and Souness would a have a good defence to any claim of defamation - it's called fair comment.
Bring it on if you dare Carlos......[/quote]
No: It's only classed as fair comment if it is demonstrably true. The fact is that, after a thorough investigation, the Club could not charge Tevez with refusing to play. Not one of the coaching or playing staff supported that charge.
This being the case, Souness had the ground cut right out from under him, since he had attacked Tevez' character publicly without any proof. He was rash to say the least and if he ends up paying the price for it, I would lose no sleep over that.
As regards the comments on this thread re. free speech, none of us have the right to slander, libel or defame anyone; that's where free speech ends.
Tevez' behaviour has, from what I know, been poor and he had no right to refuse to warm up, but, like the rest of us, he is entitled to the protection of the law of the country.
Bring it on if you dare Carlos......[/quote]
No: It's only classed as fair comment if it is demonstrably true. The fact is that, after a thorough investigation, the Club could not charge Tevez with refusing to play. Not one of the coaching or playing staff supported that charge.
This being the case, Souness had the ground cut right out from under him, since he had attacked Tevez' character publicly without any proof. He was rash to say the least and if he ends up paying the price for it, I would lose no sleep over that.
As regards the comments on this thread re. free speech, none of us have the right to slander, libel or defame anyone; that's where free speech ends.
Tevez' behaviour has, from what I know, been poor and he had no right to refuse to warm up, but, like the rest of us, he is entitled to the protection of the law of the country.
As far as I'm concerned refusing to warm up is the same as refusing to play. But in case the court is any doubt they could easily cause a witness C.Tevez who admitted that he wasn't in the right frame of mind to play.
Perhaps he could sue himself?
Perhaps he could sue himself?
bluefromleve32
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i thought the son shone out of tevez arse last year. i hate the **** now, i was the ugly argy fuck would fuck off back to his mud hut. twat!!
If there is any substance to this (which is doubtful), then the ramifications are huge. Sky's business model is built on using sport, and primarily football, to build a subscription base to sell their services. If some mard arse player tries to sue a pundit on Sky for expressing an opinion and wins this presents a huge problem for Sky and for that matter all other sports broadcasters. Therefore Sky will defend this with everything they have got. Kia, if you really think that you can take on the might of News International then please feel free to try but you will probably be ruined by it.
Surely Kia knows this. The phrase "the empty vessel rattles the most" seems very appropriate here. Kia and Tevez are just spouting off in a desperate attempt to regain some credibility and in the process are losing even more.
Surely Kia knows this. The phrase "the empty vessel rattles the most" seems very appropriate here. Kia and Tevez are just spouting off in a desperate attempt to regain some credibility and in the process are losing even more.
moomba said:As far as I'm concerned refusing to warm up is the same as refusing to play. But in case the court is any doubt they could easily cause a witness C.Tevez who admitted that he wasn't in the right frame of mind to play.
Perhaps he could sue himself?
No, it's not the same thing, because he was prepared to go on the pitch and play. He has claimed that he was and no-one can prove that he wasn't.
As regards his supposed statement the next day; had that been provable, then surely the Club would have had grounds to charge him with refusing to play but, as we know, they didn't do that. I'm quite sure that if they could have, they would have.