De Jong

[Benwell Lad]

It looks like the FA are doing nothing about De Jong.

 

Frightened about upsetting their Arab pay masters no doubt.

Remember when football used to be a proper sport ?

[James]

It looks like the FA are doing nothing about De Jong.

 

To be fair to the FA, they tried doing Essien for a hard tackle the ref had incorrectly down in his report as a fair tackle, and FIFA threatened them with all sorts of sanctions.

 

Sadly the FA are tied down by FIFA who have no sense.

 

If Newcastle want some justice, they will have to take the legal route.

[Bad Mongo]

City are a big club now.

[Guest palnese]

City are a big club now.

 

They'll never be a big club in my eyes.

[Beren]

It looks like the FA are doing nothing about De Jong.

 

To be fair to the FA, they tried doing Essien for a hard tackle the ref had incorrectly down in his report as a fair tackle, and FIFA threatened them with all sorts of sanctions.

 

Sadly the FA are tied down by FIFA who have no sense.

 

If Newcastle want some justice, they will have to take the legal route.

 

I'm picturing Lionel Hutz as being the only who would take this case on.

[Village Idiot]

Masked vigilantism is the only answer, imho.

[Thespence]

Match report:

 

"The scores were either side of a sickening injury to visiting lock Gavin Quinnell, who was caught in the left eye by the boot of opposite number Dan Hodge. It looked like an accident and there was certainly no reaction from the Llanelli players towards the Keys man. "

 

http://www.campaignseries.co.uk/sport/8429017.Jones_kicks_Keys_to_victory_____Cross_Keys_27_Llanelli_19/

 

Today:

 

Welsh rugby player Gavin Quinnell has permanently lost the sight in his left eye following an incident during Llanelli's Welsh Premiership game against Cross Keys.

 

The Scarlets also stated the matter is now in the hands of Gwent Police, who are investigating an allegation of assault.

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gDIBxA44Hnc0Rkb9CQVLLwEVf3Sg?docId=N0147681286461690495A

 

Ref did fuck all as well.

 

[Guest GeordieAce]

Has this cunt come out and apologised yet?

[Kimbo]

Has this c*** come out and apologised yet?

 

No, and he won't, i doubt he will wish Ben Arfa a good recovery or anything like that either, he didn't with Holden. He's not that type of lad though, snd he's honest, whatever that means.

[Decky]

The joke of it is, if his behaviour in the last year is anything to go by he will end up seriously hurting another player. Does it really take another serious injury before the likes of the FA have the stones to take players like him on? I wonder what the reaction would be if he broke someone like Wayne Rooney's leg.

[cp40]

The joke of it is, if his behaviour in the last year is anything to go by he will end up seriously hurting another player. Does it really take another serious injury before the likes of the FA have the stones to take players like him on? I wonder what the reaction would be if he broke someone like Wayne Rooney's leg.

 

 

people at the top of the FA, are being very well 'looked after' by the rich clubs.

[Mick]

It looks like the FA are doing nothing about De Jong.

 

To be fair to the FA, they tried doing Essien for a hard tackle the ref had incorrectly down in his report as a fair tackle, and FIFA threatened them with all sorts of sanctions.

 

Sadly the FA are tied down by FIFA who have no sense.

 

If Newcastle want some justice, they will have to take the legal route.

 

That was almost 5 years ago that FIFA wouldn't allow the FA to take action, I think they might think again after what De Jong had done recently.  It wouldn't hurt the FA if they referred this to FIFA to test the water.  As has been mnetioned, FIFA didn't stop the FA when they charged Ben Thatcher after only originally being shown a yellow card.  I'm sure that the Thatcher ban came after the Essien tackle.

[James]

It looks like the FA are doing nothing about De Jong.

 

To be fair to the FA, they tried doing Essien for a hard tackle the ref had incorrectly down in his report as a fair tackle, and FIFA threatened them with all sorts of sanctions.

 

Sadly the FA are tied down by FIFA who have no sense.

 

If Newcastle want some justice, they will have to take the legal route.

 

That was almost 5 years ago that FIFA wouldn't allow the FA to take action, I think they might think again after what De Jong had done recently.  It wouldn't hurt the FA if they referred this to FIFA to test the water.  As has been mnetioned, FIFA didn't stop the FA when they charged Ben Thatcher after only originally being shown a yellow card.  I'm sure that the Thatcher ban came after the Essien tackle.

 

Just seen this:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9071151.stm

 

D'Hooghe also said that if referees fail to spot bad tackles, then football authorities must be able to punish players retrospectively.

 

Newcastle United have expressed frustration that the Football Association, under current Fifa rules, cannot discipline Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, because match referee Martin Atkinson did not award a free-kick for his recent tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. The challenge resulted in the Newcastle United player sustaining a broken leg.

 

D'Hooghe said if there is clear video evidence, an FA should still act, adding: "It's not because it's not been seen on the field that suddenly nothing happened."

[Mick]

 

Just seen this:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9071151.stm

 

D'Hooghe also said that if referees fail to spot bad tackles, then football authorities must be able to punish players retrospectively.

 

Newcastle United have expressed frustration that the Football Association, under current Fifa rules, cannot discipline Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, because match referee Martin Atkinson did not award a free-kick for his recent tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. The challenge resulted in the Newcastle United player sustaining a broken leg.

 

D'Hooghe said if there is clear video evidence, an FA should still act, adding: "It's not because it's not been seen on the field that suddenly nothing happened."

 

Reuters are carrying the story, I see no reason why the FA can't go back to FIFA and just see what happens, unless they think the tackle was justified.

[ponsaelius]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9071151.stm

 

[madras]

 

Just seen this:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9071151.stm

 

D'Hooghe also said that if referees fail to spot bad tackles, then football authorities must be able to punish players retrospectively.

 

Newcastle United have expressed frustration that the Football Association, under current Fifa rules, cannot discipline Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, because match referee Martin Atkinson did not award a free-kick for his recent tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. The challenge resulted in the Newcastle United player sustaining a broken leg.

 

D'Hooghe said if there is clear video evidence, an FA should still act, adding: "It's not because it's not been seen on the field that suddenly nothing happened."

 

Reuters are carrying the story, I see no reason why the FA can't go back to FIFA and just see what happens, unless they think the tackle was justified.

isn't that kind of what happened with ben thatcher, the FA got dispensation from FIFA to do him outside the normal rules ?

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I really want to see a 'fair play board' or something like that. They would review the weekend's games and apply retrospective punishments for diving and dangerous play.

 

Obviously would be difficult to extend down the whole football league, where all games aren't filmed... but the Premier League would be a good start.

 

Ironic that pretending to be injured and injuring people on purpose can be on the rise at the same time.

[Raconteur]

Masked vigilantism is the only answer, imho.

 

That's what I say - maybe the Ultras can finally live up yo their name

[wormy]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1344873_de_jong_furore_stinks

 

Put that in a national newspaper, so people from places other than Manchester reply with comments. I'm sure there won't be as many ridiculous 'Finally someone speaks some sense!' comments. Absolutely embarrassing. So the blue half of Manchester are the only people that see this tackle is hard, but fair? And the rest of the WORLD is blinded by stupidity? Of course

[jdckelly]

 

Just seen this:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9071151.stm

 

D'Hooghe also said that if referees fail to spot bad tackles, then football authorities must be able to punish players retrospectively.

 

Newcastle United have expressed frustration that the Football Association, under current Fifa rules, cannot discipline Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, because match referee Martin Atkinson did not award a free-kick for his recent tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. The challenge resulted in the Newcastle United player sustaining a broken leg.

 

D'Hooghe said if there is clear video evidence, an FA should still act, adding: "It's not because it's not been seen on the field that suddenly nothing happened."

 

Reuters are carrying the story, I see no reason why the FA can't go back to FIFA and just see what happens, unless they think the tackle was justified.

and hurt one of the big sides with a ban? yeah that will happen

[Guest Haris Vuckic]

Premier league = £ .

 

£ = Shiehk

[Exiled in Texas]

Asking the referees to step up and call more Red Cards is extremely unlikely to happen.  That's like asking referees to call more Penalties (and that includes those against Man Utd at OT).  It's hard enough for a referee to determine a clear stonewall penalty case in the first place, let alone call marginal ones that will decide the games.  Can you imagine what Fergie would do to a referee that called a PK to "Make a Point".

 

It's tough enough as it is to be a referee and call a fair/honest game (which clearly will not please both sides). The disciplinary reviews should be taken offline and done by a video review panel - one that does not have to go back in the middle of OT in a weeks time.

 

The NFL manages to handle incidents that are missed by the referee but are determined to be dangerous by a review panel, so it about having the will to do something about it, because the way is obvious.

[madras]

Asking the referees to step up and call more Red Cards is extremely unlikely to happen.  That's like asking referees to call more Penalties (and that includes those against Man Utd at OT).  It's hard enough for a referee to determine a clear stonewall penalty case in the first place, let alone call marginal ones that will decide the games.  Can you imagine what Fergie would do to a referee that called a PK to "Make a Point".

 

It's tough enough as it is to be a referee and call a fair/honest game (which clearly will not please both sides). The disciplinary reviews should be taken offline and done by a video review panel - one that does not have to go back in the middle of OT in a weeks time.

 

The NFL manages to handle incidents that are missed by the referee but are determined to be dangerous by a review panel, so it about having the will to do something about it, because the way is obvious.

why ? they done it with tackles from behind, professional fouls and some hand balls and the rules are already in place for them to do it as many of the refs asked about the incident have said it was a foul.

[Thespence]

Leave me alone! Hatem Ben Arfa snubs Nigel de Jong hospital visit after horror tackle

 

Nigel de Jong has been told he cannot visit Hatem Ben Arfa in hospital because he was responsible for the winger’s broken leg.

 

Newcastle’s Ben Arfa is recovering in a Manchester hospital after surgery on his left leg, which was broken in two places by the Manchester City midfielder’s mistimed tackle at Eastlands last Sunday.

 

Despite the furore over the legality of De Jong’s challenge, the Holland player was said to be devastated by Ben Arfa’s injury and had indicated he would like to see the France player before he returned to the North East.

 

However, when a City official contacted Ben Arfa’s representatives to arrange an initial visit for himself on Wednesday, he was told Ben Arfa didn’t want any visitors from the club. It is understood that City have instead sent a gift to the hospital and will respect Ben Arfa’s wishes.

 

Meanwhile, De Jong has decided to let the dust settle on the incident and his subsequent exclusion from the Holland squad before making any decisions about his future under Bert van Marwijk.

 

The coach responded to De Jong’s challenge by dropping him from the squad to face Moldova and Sweden in Euro 2012 qualifiers in the next few days.

 

Van Marwijk told the 25-year-old in a phone call on Monday that the ban would last for  two games, but it is not known if De Jong will agree to come back.

 

FIFA’s medical chief Dr Michel D’Hooghe stepped into the row yesterday, attacking Holland’s roughness in the World Cup final and calling for tougher sanctions to punish ‘criminal and brutal’ tackles.

 

In a separate move, Newcastle have sent a video of key decisions to Premier League referees chief Mike Riley and asked for his observations. The move follows a letter they sent to the FA calling for De Jong to be banned.

 

The Tyneside club were unhappy with referee Martin Atkinson’s performance at Eastlands and included more than De Jong’s tackle in their video. It also featured the two penalty incidents — one awarded against Mike Williamson for his ‘foul’ on Carlos Tevez, which the Toon claim was not a foul and was outside the box, and one not given for Joleon Lescot t’s foul on Shola Ameobi.

 

The club highlighted Tevez’s goal celebrations, when he ran to the City bench and off the pitch, which they say warranted a second yellow card. They also asked Riley for comments on other decisions they feel have gone against them this season.

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1318686/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-snubs-Nigel-Jong-hospital-visit-horror-tackle.html#ixzz11o00GAVf

[Greg]

There has been an article in France with his agent saying that stuff about him refusing to see De Jong is bollocks.