Wenger calls for lifetime ban for Taylor
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Livid Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger called for Birmingham defender Martin Taylor to be banned for life after his horror tackle left Eduardo da Silva with a broken leg.
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Yes Taylor deserve to be ban for life!!! wat is he thinking? wondering if someone instructed him to kill off our key player?
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eh hello, ur gallas kick nani also nvr say anything leh.
but den, kick until broken leg, dats bad~
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Originally posted by hiphop2009:
eh hello, ur gallas kick nani also nvr say anything leh.
but den, kick until broken leg, dats bad~
Nani shouldnt have showboated at the first place.
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Sickening injury.
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sarpot the life ban...
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i think shld enforce strict discipline on him~
dun say life ban la, probably too harsh, but banning him for like 1 to 2 years would be a gd enough punishment
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Myb AW was fuming at that point of time so he blurted the word lifetime i guess.
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Ban Martin Taylor's sorry ass ... This is what Chelsea fans must have felt when Stephen Hunt drove his knee onto Cech's skull
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Originally posted by hiphop2009:
eh hello, ur gallas kick nani also nvr say anything leh.
but den, kick until broken leg, dats bad~
nani's case is peanuts la
this dudu one you watch you know
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his ankle twisted until v ugly le..scary
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Ask Martin Taylor to break RnR's legs too.
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AGREE !
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Will eduardo come back as our fox in the box? Or will he deteriorate?? Many players who came back frm horrofic injuries were...bad or shit.
I think the jersey nubmer 9 is hexed!!
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dudu still young in prime. 25 only. if like ronaldo 31 then its ok going to retire soon.
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Originally posted by Trump_Card:
Ban Martin Taylor's sorry ass ... This is what Chelsea fans must have felt when Stephen Hunt drove his knee onto Cech's skull
Of course!! And Cech has never been the same since he came back from that horrific injury!!!
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Lifelong ban for Birmingham's Taylor
http://www.petitiononline.com/mataylor/petition.html
just in case the 1st link not working.
click on the link and sign the petition.
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The ankle is the most impt part of a footballer's legs i think.
You can have a hamstring injury, knee injury or foot injury but most of your skills will not be lost. Knee injury cannot jump as high as before or will be painful when you land (affect basketballers more). Ankle injury also have this jumping problem.
Sadly, if you injure your ankle, you have to relearn a lot of dribbling techniques all over again and with the fear of aggravating your injury again.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=zB4vD3EvSjE
the incident
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one day le. still can't get over it.
every time think of it can't help but feel sad..
sian moody moody.
can't relax till i know his okay.
and AW took his words back le.
even though i can never believe it wasn't intentional.
ESP after those pics of him LAUGHING.
!(#*&@(*&#!
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Manager Arsène Wenger has revealed that when defender Martin Taylor apologised to him after the match against Birmingham City, he had to rethink his comments and thus retracted them.
Wenger said: "He came to see me after the game and said it was completely accidental.
"I thought about it and said if it was accidental I had to retract my comment.
"We do not want to be a club who is seen to be wanting revenge or anything. We try to play football in a fair way."
The press have also tried to pin Wenger down to being responsible for the death threats that have come Taylor's way, but Wenger reacted strongly to the accusations, quipping that he is to blame for everything in this country.
Wenger added: "Are you sure? Yes, I'm responsible for everything in this country.
"How much unemployment have you? I'm responsible for that as well.
"I am responsible for what I say but I came out and retracted what I said. I didn't want to go overboard. I take that responsibility.
"But people who make death threats have to feel responsible for what they do. It is idiotic and not accepted but I do not want to be responsible for that."