Thatchers Assault

[drew]

Anyone just see the blatant assault on Mendes, he knocked him clean out!

 

[pds]

I was about to start a thread of the same name before I noticed this one.
Absolutely horrific and Mendes could have been killed with the brute force he was hit with.
No matter how much I liked Thatcher when he was here that was a disgrace and he deserves a lengthy ban.

 

[drew]

I hope the FA act on it despite him being booked. Its worse than anything ive seen in Rugby!

 

[pds]

I hope the FA act on it despite him being booked. Its worse than anything ive seen in Rugby!

Agreed. There is no way he can get away with it even if the referee has already 'punished' him. It defies belief that he only got a yellow card. If I was the ref I would have chucked him out the ****in stadium.

 

[drew]

I felt sick, did you see his leg twitch? Reminded me of Apollo in Rocky when he got taken out by Ivan 'I will break you' Drago

 

[pds]

The below taken from SkySports.com.
Apparently he suffered a fit or seizure.





Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp was left fuming by Ben Thatcher after his tackle on Pedro Mendes.

Pompey's draw at Manchester City was marred by Thatcher's ugly challenge on Mendes, which saw the Portuguese ace stretchered off and also suffer a seizure.

Thatcher appeared to catch Mendes in the face with his forearm five minutes into the second half at Eastlands and the City man was lucky to escape with only a yellow card from referee Dermot Gallagher.

Redknapp was furious with the challenge and admitted he knew it coming from Thatcher.

"I knew exactly what was coming five seconds before it happened," said Redknapp.

"As soon as I saw Ben Thatcher running into the corner, I knew what was coming. I would have bet my life on it.

"Off the field, you could not meet a nicer boy. Unfortunately, on the pitch, he is capable of doing things like that. It was an horrendous challenge and totally out of order.

"Pedro is in hospital and won't be coming back with us tonight.

"He suffered some kind of fit or seizure, we had to give him oxygen, and he wasn't in a great way when he left the stadium, but we will see how he is tomorrow."

 

[OldGit]

Saw the title and thought she'd got her handbag out again.

 

[mitcho_uk]

The below taken from SkySports.com.

Thatcher appeared to catch Mendes in the face with his forearm

Slight understatement. Mike Tyson would of been proud of that punch.

 

[mitcho_uk]

Does anyone have a video clip of this?

 

[OldGit]

Could well end up with an assault charge, I reckon

 

[Real Sharapova]

Could well end up with an assault charge, I reckon

Qiute right - I am no friend of Lee Bowyer, but if he gets hauled up before the beak for his handbags with Dyer, then he should be.

 

[leicester_til_i_die]

It's not the first time this season, he got sent off in Man city's tour of China, two bookable offences, but got with a similar challenge except he punched the blokes lung

 

[leicester_til_i_die]

It's not the first time this season, he got sent off in Man city's tour of China, two bookable offences, but got with a similar challenge except he punctured the blokes lung

It is not the first time Thatcher has been in trouble this season.

On the Blues' pre-season tour of China, the former Tottenham was sent off against Shanghai for two bookable offences, but not before putting an opponent in hospital with a punctured lung after a similar challenge, which also went unseen by the referee.

Without the benefit of a replay, Pearce opted not to offer an opinion on Thatcher's conduct, claiming the full-back had enquired about Mendes' health after the game.

"I certainly hope it was an accident," he said.

 

[leicester_til_i_die]

It's not the first time this season, he got sent off in Man city's tour of China, two bookable offences, but got with a similar challenge except he punctured the blokes lung

It is not the first time Thatcher has been in trouble this season.

On the Blues' pre-season tour of China, the former Tottenham was sent off against Shanghai for two bookable offences, but not before putting an opponent in hospital with a punctured lung after a similar challenge, which also went unseen by the referee.

Without the benefit of a replay, Pearce opted not to offer an opinion on Thatcher's conduct, claiming the full-back had enquired about Mendes' health after the game.

"I certainly hope it was an accident," he said.

 

[Melton Fox]

We need him back here and fast. Somebody with passion and bollox

 

[Blaby blue blood]

They should throw the book at him, he should get a similar if not longer ban than cantona. It was a horrific challange (if you can call it that), and the look of intent on his face, makes my spine tinggle.

 

[drew]

He could of easily killed him. The amount of force involved could of snapped his neck or fractured his skull.

 

[drummindefender]

think he'll be in for a hefty ban and fine

 

[Melton Fox]

Bloody Hell, I've just seen it. Unbelievable

I am usually a great admirer of Stuart Pearce, but for any manager to defend that is absurd. Thatcher should be punished & Stuart Pearce should be the first to start proceedings.

It's undefendable

 

[LS6_Fox]

Is it on the tinterweb anywhere, I've not seen it?