Kanji Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I've played the game my entire life - I don't see how anyone who has stepped on a pitch can say that was clean or not as bad as it looked. Like what has been said before, scissor tackling is absolute disgusting way to tackle and It's just as bad as going stud-in. The whole freaking point of a scissor tackle is to take the trailing foot...Hm, looks like thats going for the player not the ball. I can't wait for the return fixture. De Jong would be smart to feign an injury or be left at home. Give them hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 De Jong does this all the time though. His job is to pass the ball sideways and tackle hard. He was sent out to get stuck in to our most talented and threatening player, I have absolutely no doubt it. Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this. Exactly. All of those players comfortably play that role without damaging opponents, they all time their challenges and are disciplined players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merseyside Mag Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Cabiasso in my opinion, is one of the best players i have ever seen in that position. He doesnt everything by the book, and does everything right. Against Barcelona last year he was tremendous. Yet, i believe that the premier leagues lack of balls too do anything severe about things like this incident, are making players like De Jong, Henry, Cattermole, and even a certain Joey Barton in the past, not think twice about going into a challenge like the one we seen on saturday. As has been said time and time again, lengthy bans need to be handed out to ensure stuff like this is going to happen again (or karma towards De Jong). However i am very happy with the performance of the team on satruday and no doubt will do all their best to beat wigan in 2 weeks time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Cabiasso in my opinion, is one of the best players i have ever seen in that position. He doesnt everything by the book, and does everything right. Against Barcelona last year he was tremendous. Yet, i believe that the premier leagues lack of balls too do anything severe about things like this incident, are making players like De Jong, Henry, Cattermole, and even a certain Joey Barton in the past, not think twice about going into a challenge like the one we seen on saturday. As has been said time and time again, lengthy bans need to be handed out to ensure stuff like this is going to happen again (or karma towards De Jong). However i am very happy with the performance of the team on satruday and no doubt will do all their best to beat wigan in 2 weeks time. You're right, Cambiasso is the best. He's just an outright brilliant allround defensive midfielder and on pitch example-setter. De Jong (and the others) should maybe watch him play and learn a thing or too. To be honest, I doubt they care too much to make an effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 All the Marseille fans have gone now I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 De Jong does this all the time though. His job is to pass the ball sideways and tackle hard. He was sent out to get stuck in to our most talented and threatening player, I have absolutely no doubt it. Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this. Essien was prone to a few leg breakers when he first signed for Chelsea, seems to have wiped that out of his game now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 De Jong does this all the time though. His job is to pass the ball sideways and tackle hard. He was sent out to get stuck in to our most talented and threatening player, I have absolutely no doubt it. Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this. Essien was prone to a few leg breakers when he first signed for Chelsea, seems to have wiped that out of his game now though. Mikel has been a horrible little shit too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Sooooo.... Are we looking at 6 months until he is ready to return? I'd make that 4 months solo rehab and two getting back in with the lads - sound about right? As much as I'd love to see him back asap, hope nobody rushes the comeback until the leg is 100%, if that means he only plays 5 games at the season tail then so be it - his future is more important that fitting in anohter 4-5 games on a risky judgement call Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 If his injury is no more than we already know then he'll be back as good as ever once he gets over the mental scars. I don't think anybody will rush him back as it's not worth it and we haven't rushed players back here since Souness left the club. Owen rushed back so that he could play for his beloved England but that wasn't the fault of the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pedro_de_geordieo Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hot topic on Talk Sport now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 If his injury is no more than we already know then he'll be back as good as ever once he gets over the mental scars. I don't think anybody will rush him back as it's not worth it and we haven't rushed players back here since Souness left the club. Owen rushed back so that he could play for his beloved England but that wasn't the fault of the club. Roeder made Shola play despite him having a serious career threatening injury that needed an operation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 sick of arguing with folk at work today who honestly think the rules state that if you get a slight touch on the ball it doesn't matter how you tackle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Shola has played matcheswith injuries throughout his career, when others havent (Martins, Viduka etc) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Curls Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 If his injury is no more than we already know then he'll be back as good as ever once he gets over the mental scars. I don't think anybody will rush him back as it's not worth it and we haven't rushed players back here since Souness left the club. Owen rushed back so that he could play for his beloved England but that wasn't the fault of the club. Roeder made Shola play despite him having a serious career threatening injury that needed an operation. Yet he's still that amazing footballer he was then, now. Take a bow shola Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Shola's best spell as a Newcastle player was during that era too. It just shows you how crackers he's been as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Shola has played matcheswith injuries throughout his career, when others havent (Martins, Viduka etc) Haven't played & haven't had injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hot topic on Talk Sport now Heard some right c*** on 5Live defending De Jong to the hilt!! He even went as far as blaming Ben Arfa for the injury saying that he left his standing leg in the way, when he should have got out of the way of the tackle. What a prick! Had a southern (probably London accent) but couldn't make out who it was. Pleat and the host sounded bemused and tried to disagree with him, then brought the Dutch journalist on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hot topic on Talk Sport now Heard some right c*** on 5Live defending De Jong to the hilt!! He even went as far as blaming Ben Arfa for the injury saying that he left his standing leg in the way, when he should have got out of the way of the tackle. What a prick! Had a southern (probably London accent) but couldn't make out who it was. Pleat and the host sounded bemused and tried to disagree with him, then brought the Dutch journalist on. The guy should be shot, and then blamed for not dodging the bullet. Yeah, that'd go down well in court. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 De Jong does this all the time though. His job is to pass the ball sideways and tackle hard. He was sent out to get stuck in to our most talented and threatening player, I have absolutely no doubt it. Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this. Essien was prone to a few leg breakers when he first signed for Chelsea, seems to have wiped that out of his game now though. Essien and Obi are both strong, physical players, but neither of them are dirty like De Jong. Essien is very throws his body around a lot, but rarely seriously injures players. Obi is often very cynical and can be nasty, but I cannot think of him doing this kind of damage to others on the pitch. Compare the career incidents of these players to what Nigel has done in the past six months. All the players I listed are physical, energetic player, by virtue of their position. I hope Tiote can develop the same way. However, it is only De Jong that is committing malicious attacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 How dare Ben Arfa have the ball and stand up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 He told the Chronicle: "I'll be back. I will be working hard to play again in a black-and-white shirt and to perform again for the brilliant Newcastle fans" i love him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Has anyone got a link for the video of De Jong slapping hands with his team mates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8669/nigeldejongtackle.th.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4315/dejonga.th.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 At least we'll have him back for the last few games of the relegation battle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 At least we'll have him back for the last few games of the relegation battle. Can't work out if that's positive or horribly negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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