Sue Villereal!

[urban.spaceman]

4 hours ago, Walshy5 said:

Grounds to sue surely! Putting one of our best defenders out for most of the season in a friendly thus having a knock on effect. We could stand to lose millions by the amount of league positions it will cost us.

Walshy's made himself judge Judy and executioner.

[MPH]

9 hours ago, LestaFox92 said:

You cant get into a boxing ring and then cry because you got punched.

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 But we didn’t climb into a boxing ring, we wanted to play a game of football.

[LestaFox92]

4 minutes ago, MPH said:

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 But we didn’t climb into a boxing ring, we wanted to play a game of football.

No but he did step on to a football pitch where people have known to have their leg broken it's part and parcel of the game.

[Xen]

6 hours ago, LestaFox92 said:

No but he did step on to a football pitch where people have known to have their leg broken it's part and parcel of the game.

When you step into a boxing ring being punched is the bare minimum of what you'd expect. It's completely incomparable to this.

 

When you step onto a football pitch, being able to walk off of it at the end of a game is a pretty reasonable expectation, wouldn't you say? Not least of all when its a pre-season friendly with literally nothing riding on it. Having your leg broken is not part and parcel of the game - excessive force and serious foul play are explicitly outlawed by the rules of the game ffs. Using your analogy it's more like a boxer punching his opponent in the back of the head whilst he's already down on the mat. Very much something you would not expect to happen in any reasonable setting.

 

 

There's no way we could sue Villareal for it - it'd set a precedent which would genuinely ruin football - but we have every right to be furious with them/the player for how they've had such a drastic negative impact on how our season has started.

[boots60]

The best thing about this thread is the number of posters taking the OP seriously.

 

[Duquesne Whistle]

16 hours ago, phoneticerror said:

Spanish Sue. 

Careful.

You're only two letters away from another pandemic there. No one needs that.

[Stadt]

SUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

 

 

That’s what I was saying when Maddison came on

[KingsX]

I'm not keen to sue Villareal ...

 

but I would bring back a certain player if it we get them when they drop into the EL knockouts.

 

 

Stop to talk bullshit.

 

Take care of it on the pitch.

Edited 26 September 2021 by KingsX

[LestaFox92]

7 hours ago, Xen said:

When you step into a boxing ring being punched is the bare minimum of what you'd expect. It's completely incomparable to this.

 

When you step onto a football pitch, being able to walk off of it at the end of a game is a pretty reasonable expectation, wouldn't you say? Not least of all when its a pre-season friendly with literally nothing riding on it. Having your leg broken is not part and parcel of the game - excessive force and serious foul play are explicitly outlawed by the rules of the game ffs. Using your analogy it's more like a boxer punching his opponent in the back of the head whilst he's already down on the mat. Very much something you would not expect to happen in any reasonable setting.

 

 

There's no way we could sue Villareal for it - it'd set a precedent which would genuinely ruin football - but we have every right to be furious with them/the player for how they've had such a drastic negative impact on how our season has started.

It was a challenge tho not a high boot off the ground could of happened to anyone saying it was like rabbit punching someone already knocked out is ridiculous  but yeah walking off the pitch a reasonable expectation but there is also a chance you could be injured in mutiple ways in any sport or contact sport.

 

[Vardinio'sCat]

Hi Sue, welcome to FT.

[MPH]

On 25/09/2021 at 22:33, LestaFox92 said:

No but he did step on to a football pitch where people have known to have their leg broken it's part and parcel of the game.

 

Potentially career ending tackles should NEVER be accepted as’  part and parcel’of  the game.

[lanefox]

Turning into Liverpool 

[BenTheFox]

On 25/09/2021 at 18:01, Walshy5 said:

Grounds to sue surely! Putting one of our best defenders out for most of the season in a friendly thus having a knock on effect. We could stand to lose millions by the amount of league positions it will cost us.

Serious Liverpool-like statement. No thanks

[An Sionnach]

There are going to be some seriously bonkers arguments on here if we lose to Crystal Palace. The Villarreal player was stupid but these things have always happened in football. Wesley has demonstrated an excellent attitude and he will be back pretty soon I suspect.

[st albans fox]

Am I the only person that see the irony in a poster named after Walshy making this thread !  
 

(or has that been spotted already)

[LestaFox92]

9 hours ago, MPH said:

 

Potentially career ending tackles should NEVER be accepted as’  part and parcel’of  the game.

I have a solution

 

 

[MPH]

1 minute ago, LestaFox92 said:

I have a solution

 

 

 

or, and here’s a novel idea… we could actually punish tackles like it  so we at least give a binary response as to their acceptability 

[gerblod]

That would establish a precedent which could easily swing back the other way.

It wasn't Villarreal that crocked Wes - it was one of their players, and there's nothing in any contract that has a specific clause penalising reckless play. Now, if he'd managed to smuggle a pistol onto the pitch and used it, that would be a police matter...

Haaland didn't sue Keane, did he, and that was as blatantly intentional as any foul I've seen so what chance Leicester or Wes doing it?

[MPH]

3 hours ago, gerblod said:

That would establish a precedent which could easily swing back the other way.

It wasn't Villarreal that crocked Wes - it was one of their players, and there's nothing in any contract that has a specific clause penalising reckless play. Now, if he'd managed to smuggle a pistol onto the pitch and used it, that would be a police matter...

Haaland didn't sue Keane, did he, and that was as blatantly intentional as any foul I've seen so what chance Leicester or Wes doing it?

 

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I said punish the tackle not the club. 
 

SEND HIM OFF. 

[WigstonWanderer]

First thought when seeing his thread was that Susan Whelan was going to Villarreal 

Edited 28 September 2021 by WigstonWanderer

[filbertway]

I still maintain it wasn't even that bad a tackle, the bloke even won the ball. Not great but I've seen plenty worse, Perez's accidental one on Lanzini looks tonnes worse and Lanzini has been fortunate to come out of it alright.

 

If Fofana doesn't step across to block off the Villareal player, I'm sure he doesn't get injured. Just unfortunate that he was expecting a shoulder barge but the guy has slid in round the side from the back.

 

Can't blame the bloke for trying to get a bit of man and ball after having his achilles scraped a few moments before.

 

The most disappointing was the lack of empathy from Villareal and the player, that was tonnes worse than the challenge itself for me.

 

 

[Bert]

Might as well try and sue VAR too

[Adrian]

There are 2/3 next level players in squad...fofana was one of them without a doubt 

[Pliskin]

She makes a cracking Viccy sponge! Always seen cackling at local church fairs. 

[whoareyaaa]

Sounds like something chubby brown would say