Interpolic Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 The tackle was a really nasty one. I mean real horror show. The kind that had some of the old men in the pub wincing in empathy, and these are men who go on about the full blooded tackles of the "old days" and think anyone born after 1965 is a poof. Pat sitting down at the end nearly lost his dinner. I've heard they're not even allowed to show it on TV without warning those with bad hearts and children to leave the room. But the worst part was what happened after. The Albanian midfielder who committed the tackle rolled a screaming Yohan off the pitch onto the sideline. The ref saw and heard it but turned a blind eye. The the entire Albanian bench got up and started stomping on him. All at once at first and then they took turns, cursing and yelling at him in a harsh tongue he didn't understand while raining down blow upon blow upon any piece of undefended flesh. The French team stood and turned their backs to all of this, like that part in Bloodsport where Chong Li kills the guy. Yohan looked up pleadingly, asking why no one was stopping this, why no one was coming to his aid? The look of pain and desperation in his eyes said that he didn't even care about vengence on his attackers at this point, he just wanted the suffering to end. But the ref wouldn't meet his eyes and Yohan prepared himself for oblivion. It was then a rogue group of Médecins Sans Frontières members who were attending the game during a holiday burst through the angry mob and carted him off to safety. Early reports from these brave souls indicate at least 18 broken bones, many of them multiple times. Bones can mend though; what else may have been broken today in Cabaye only time will tell. Amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Was listening to Mark Knopfler's "Why Aye Man" earlier...kept wanting to sing "Cabaye man" instead... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 fucking hell i thought everyone was taking the piss but he is actually injured then? awesome, gosling then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Marveaux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 f***ing hell i thought everyone was taking the p*ss but he is actually injured then? awesome, gosling then? everyone is taking the piss right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mimifrench Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I's not too serious for Cabaye... French coach just said in press conference that he hopes Cabaye could play on Tuesday. He also said that he's getting more and more important to the French squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I's not too serious for Cabaye... French coach just said in press conference that he hopes Cabaye could play on Tuesday. He also said that he's getting more and more important to the French squad. I'd rather he didn't play on Tuesday tbh! But the fact he could be considered for that game is positive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I's not too serious for Cabaye... French coach just said in press conference that he hopes Cabaye could play on Tuesday. He also said that he's getting more and more important to the French squad. Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Good news, and now let him be left out the squad just to be safe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I's not too serious for Cabaye... French coach just said in press conference that he hopes Cabaye could play on Tuesday. He also said that he's getting more and more important to the French squad. Great news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 The tackle was a really nasty one. I mean real horror show. The kind that had some of the old men in the pub wincing in empathy, and these are men who go on about the full blooded tackles of the "old days" and think anyone born after 1965 is a poof. Pat sitting down at the end nearly lost his dinner. I've heard they're not even allowed to show it on TV without warning those with bad hearts and children to leave the room. But the worst part was what happened after. The Albanian midfielder who committed the tackle rolled a screaming Yohan off the pitch onto the sideline. The ref saw and heard it but turned a blind eye. The the entire Albanian bench got up and started stomping on him. All at once at first and then they took turns, cursing and yelling at him in a harsh tongue he didn't understand while raining down blow upon blow upon any piece of undefended flesh. The French team stood and turned their backs to all of this, like that part in Bloodsport where Chong Li kills the guy. Yohan looked up pleadingly, asking why no one was stopping this, why no one was coming to his aid? The look of pain and desperation in his eyes said that he didn't even care about vengence on his attackers at this point, he just wanted the suffering to end. But the ref wouldn't meet his eyes and Yohan prepared himself for oblivion. It was then a rogue group of Médecins Sans Frontières members who were attending the game during a holiday burst through the angry mob and carted him off to safety. Early reports from these brave souls indicate at least 18 broken bones, many of them multiple times. Bones can mend though; what else may have been broken today in Cabaye only time will tell. Still POTT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hatem garrincha Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 He's impressed the French media anyway going by these ratings. http://www.leprogres.fr/sports/2011/10/08/les-bleus-dans-le-sillage-de-remy Lloris - 5 Debuchy - 6 Rami - 5 Kaboul - 5 Evra - 4 Nasri - 5 M'Vila - 5 Cabaye - 6 He confirmed his progression and all the good that we think about him. Blanc has found in the Newcastle player a valuable technical alternative. (Martin - 5) Malouda - 5 Gomis - 5 Remy - 7 (French ratings are generally 1 or 2 marks lower than over here) Nasri, Mvila and Martin 5 Hummm Nasri and Remy were the best players on the pitch yesterday. Cabaye made a good first half and worked a lot, but abused of long balls. Martin played differently, with short passes and made a beautiful assist for the 3rd goal. Nasri : 7,5 Remy : 7,5 Mvila : 6 Cabaye : 6 Martin : 6,5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Cabaye back in business? Gonna win 5-0 over Barca 2 (Tottenham). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 "I preferred to be substituted and not take any risk," he told L'Equipe. "It was a big pain, and I fear ligaments could have been damaged." Fingers crossed he's ok. He's a battling and feisty midfielder so I expected him to get a big knock or two at some point but even if it's serious we should have enough backup to cope. Can Ben Arfa play in his poisiton? I guess push tiote back and have arfa more advanced could work? Gosling could also feature in his place I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ben Arfa cannot play in Cabaye's position. Not in a million years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ben Arfa cannot play in Cabaye's position. Not in a million years. I'm confused as to how so many people think Marveaux is equally the right answer, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 With Cabaye out you'd have to bring Gosling into the centre, and give HBA an unrestricted creative role out wide at the expense of Obertan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 With Cabaye out you'd have to bring Gosling into the centre, and give HBA an unrestricted creative role out wide at the expense of Obertan. Or go diamond, though it would be a brave move to make, probably not the right one against the spuds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We're very weak in the centre behind our star pairing. Guthrie's nowhere near good enough to go like-for-like and I suspect Gosling is a similar story. Might be time to give Abeid a go but play Ba up front with someone else, either Marveaux or HBA, supporting him to give another body who can come deeper into midfield. Harsh on Best but we can't let Spurs control midfield at SJP, would be able to go without shuffling the pack if the games had been swapped and it had been Wigan next weekend instead. Having said that, my gut feeling is that Cabaye will be ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 cyoungdailymail Colin Young Yohan Cabaye told Newcastle he'll be fit for Spurs on Sun after he was injured in France's win over Albania last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 YEAH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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