fraser54 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 he has been suspended from the man city team for his horrific elbow on pedro mendes ball was goin out for a throw in and he he no intention for goin to the ball just went right through mendes with his elbow and knocked him out 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Manchester City have suspended defender Ben Thatcher following his challenge on Pedro Mendes. The City full back has been condemned from all corners of the game following his clash with Mendes, which left the Portsmouth midfielder unconscious. Thatcher was initially booked for the incident, so it was presumed the Football Association would not be able to take action - one reason why City have taken it upon themselves to suspend him, meaning he will miss this weekend's clash with Arsenal. City have stated that Thatcher is suspended from all first-team action until their own internal investigation is completed. The FA, though, have also announced that Thatcher will indeed face a charge of serious foul play. In a statement, The FA revealed they considered the incident serious enough to warrant a separate charge. "The incident is being considered as an exceptional case because The FA contends that the challenge was sufficiently serious that had Thatcher been sent off, an additional sanction would have been merited," said an FA statement. Thatcher has until September 12 to respond to the FA charge http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=412316&CPID=8&clid=43&lid=4161&title=Thatcher+charged+and+suspended 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Interesting in the interviews after the game, both managers tried to play down the incident. Credit to Harry, but Pearce was wrong IMO and should have said what he saw or saw afterwards, cos seeing it again there can be no excuses. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 its the worst challenge ive ever seen in ma life worse than keanes when he broke a guys leg on purpose 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 its the worst challenge ive ever seen in ma lifeworse than keanes when he broke a guys leg on purpose Your lucky im no playing in the gersnet match then young man!!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo1873 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 is it no on youtube yet so the rest of us can see ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ribz Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5MyVrCXbE There you go geo. ----------------------------- 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo1873 0 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 gd shout Ribz! Holy shit, thats a better elbow that you see in the Ultimate Fighting Championship sometimes Thatcher needs strung up for that! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 its the worst challenge ive ever seen in ma lifeworse than keanes when he broke a guys leg on purpose Its certainly on par with it anyway, those 2 are the worst 2 iver seen along with Harold Schmachers assualt on the french boy in the 82 or 84 WC or EC. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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