Player: Christian Negouai (Manchester City)
Offence: Missing drugs test
Punishment: No ban, £2,000 fine
Player: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Offence: Missing drugs test
Punishment: 8 month ban, £50,000 fine
Player: Kolo Toure (Manchester City)
Offence: Taking banned substance (in diet pills)
Punishment: 6 month ban
Player: Paddy Kenny (Sheffield United)
Offence: Taking banned substance (in cough medicine)
Punishment: 9 month ban
How the FA can justify these punishments is beyond me. Surely has nothing to do with Manchester City supporting chairman, David Bernstein…
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What more would we have expected!
Fuck the FA.
we have CL Final to look at.
hate iittttt
And his ban gets backdated to his original test so he only misses pre season….fa bunch of United hating cunts!!!!
6 months!!!!! Are they taking the piss? Is nobody going to question these fucking clowns?!
@slouchie1472
Where did you read that? That is outrageous!
Cunt
Why did they even bother to ban him for six months. Would have been better had they compensated him for the loss of football the poor lad suffered due to not playing. And compensate his team as well for not being able to field him :-@
Rio just sue those cunts at FA. PLEASE.
fuck em lads no matter what them twats do it dont stop us racking up the trophies
someone needs to start a campaign to FUCK THE FA OFF. Their show is over and time they went to the cronicles of history.
Fucking scum bastard cunts, I hope they all die.
Colbert – It’s on Sky Sports News now mate. It is backdated to March 2nd.
On BBC website his ban starts from when he was suspended on 2nd March
Fucking joke as usual….not surprised!..
He’ll be back playing in early september
He was banned by Citeh from the date of the test (2nd March I think), from now to August there is no football. So in effect the FA have banned him from possibly 4 games at the start of 2011/2012 season.
As wise man once said “If you are not sure what you are doing, just make it up as you go along!” This is the logic in use by the FA.
Fucking joke as usual,not surprised.
He’ll be back playing in early September!
its a farce, the ban should have started from august, not now FUCK IN HELL
utter cunts.
FA = Fascist Assholes
How can they even contemplate including pre-season. It should be started from the opening day of the season or worked out on a match basis!
I bet he’s back when we play the berties.
Im just thinking, didnt Rio miss the test near the start of the season. The ban was imposed in January and ran from then?? So in effect Rio missed an entire calender year!!!!!!
Toure must be laughing his cock off at the FA.
HOW did he get away with that…….
There must be some arm of the law that can look at the huge discrepencies between punishments handed out to different players for the same (if not lesser) offences! Is there no way Rival clubs can band together and oust the biased twat on the grounds of inpartiality! I’m getting proper fucked off with this now!
Forgive my ignorance, why shouldn’t his ban start from when he was tested?
The Sun has Toure’s smiling face beside the article. Says it all!! No bigger ABU’s than those guys!
One of the twats said he shouldn’t get more than 3 months!!!
Wish iwas suprised.
But i’m not.
the fa are proper full o shit…Bernstein is blue bell end
Fuck the FA, Fuck David Bernstein. All a bunch of fuckin cunts.
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Off topic – How long have the Websters had a conservatory on Coronation Street??!!
I’m seething now. What happened to that beautiful game played on the field?? Suddenly amidst awaiting a cracker of a match, we have a corrupt FIFA trying to come out clean. FA being run like a private body providing preferential treatment to their favourites. A footballer’s affairs grabbing the headlines. A game being decided even prior to the whistle being blown.
Can someone explain, WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING??
evening lads…. did anyone see the fucking disgraceful cunt fuckhead called michael henderson on the daily fails character assacination of fergie? the fucking smarmy little cock sucker accusing fergie of being a cheat and i wont even say what else but my fucking blood is boiling after seeing it the shit eating donkey headed arseways faced basterd fucking prick he needs bad shit to happen to him!
I heard this story on Five Live and I am furious. An athlete would have faced an automatic two year ban yet Kolo Toure gets a pathetic four match ban. This is a disgrace and it should be reported to FIFA. Our FA coming the holier than thou with FIFA yet the FA is without doubt the most corrupt organisation in existance. I wonder what the anti doping agency will make of this. David Bernstein is a fraud and the Fa should charge themselves with bringing the game into disrepute. However I won’t be holding my breath. Tell me someone how on earth can they justify this?
Who would really have expected anything more/different ?
What’s much more interesting to me is the report in the Online Guardian that SAF is set for a summer spending spree”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/25/manchester-united-summer-transfer-budget
If this is true – and who really knows until the deals are done ? – I’d be happy with one new keeper and a real, top-quality midfielder (either Daniele De Rossi or Wesley Sneijder or ??? Sandro ???, who really impressed me as he eveolved into the EPL game in the second half of the season). Beyond those two new signings, I’d like to see the club cement its relationship with Chicharito and Nani by tearing up their contracts and giving them both big, big raises.
We all know, of course, that this is a “crop” squad; how great would it be to see this “crap” squad hoist the CL trophy to go along with winning hte EPL by 9 points ? Getting the key guys signed and happy will be at least as important as bringing in new blood.
The club is now making money hand over fist – 60 million in TV rights for the EPL plus a bonus for being the winners and how much more for their win ( !) in the CL ? Add to this the continued expansion of those commercial rights and the massive revenues from match-day revenues, the Glazernomics formula is coming good – for them AND for all UTD fans who want to see the team win everything, all the time.
SAF has assembled a squad of terrific players – just compare UTD’s bench in the CL with those who don’t make the starting eleven for Barcelona – and it is a terrific sprinkling of youth and experience. I’m excited about the u18s, too. So the future looks rosy – rosey red.
So, don’t worry about the FA who have tried every means to thwart UTD’s hegemny this year; they failed – and they will fail again next season. And the one after that, and so on and on.
Piss take by that insipid wishy washy public schoolboy Bernstein. What’s even more of a piss take is he will be back playing in sept. Just at start of season.
Great comment by ballague who puts it down to a pro at the very top of his game who needs to sustain that level to be there when citeh hit it big. These jokers are hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
Denise. Great post.
Denton. Hello mate. Yeah fergie has got it spot on again and the FA youth win was a real bonus. Testament to the coaches at all levels. That team are great to watch and you can tell they have grown up together. They play just like the first team and that also applies to all age groups. Exciting times.
Mikekelly. Hi pal. Well you would think there would be something solicitors or barristers could do to expose these corrupt bastards BUT it seems that aint the case. Nowt ever gets done. They are almost untouchable it would seem. I honestly thought United would take them to task over the blatant oover the top charges meted out to fergie and rooney.
Not surprising.
denton davey – Sneijder is staying at Inter.
Off topic (somewhat), but I was very amused to read that Fulham got its Europa League spot for coming in 2nd in the premier league fair play standings to that renowned center of fair play, a team that already had qualified for the CL, freeing the spot for the Cottagers, yes . . wait for it . . . Chelsea. What a fucking joke.
Someone must remind me
Who are the FA again?
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denton davey – I think fergie has bleed every drop of blood out of our 2006 to 2011 squad has he possibly could, his investments he has made in that time period he has done everything he could out of the guys, which has helped bring home 4 titles in 5 years. Now this is the right summer to invest, doubt its schneider but we are gonna bring in a phew quality players to plug the gapping holes in the squad that is gonna be lost, has VDS, PIG, hargreaves, will be leaving with possible departures of brown scholes and owen to follow suit. For my feeling 6 new faces will replace the 6, 4 new signings and 2 youth players that is my feeling
Enough of the Sneijder rumor please…he is NOT joining us!
Fergie could have snatch him when he was kicked out of Madrid, and didn’t….why would he now?
In my opinion Cleverly is going to get his chance. We will probably be looking for box-to-box CM, but don’t expect a big name
After watching Neville’s testimonial, I must come out and say I wish we would get Becks back. His passing was immaculate, and his corners better than what we’ve done all season. I know it won’t happen, and has too much baggage. But seeing him in a United jersey again just kinda made me forget about all the media circus he brings with him
Withdraw all cooperation from every FA department other than ones we are legally bound by,and make it public why.Also notify them any future actions taken against the club or any of its players will be resisted by all means at our disposal including legal. Supporters in future should take all complaints about the FA direct to the club by email and demand they respond to our fears about fairness affecting our club.
The 6 month ban is retro active, so, he’ll only miss a couple of weeks of next season as Summer is “included”.
Nice ban!
Well no point getting in a fit about this what did we expect, does make you do a double take when the FA point out FIFA’s odd practices, like my old nan says “its the pot calling the pan sooty arse”
To be fair, the retroactive ban is fine and fair, whats retarded if if he gets a six month ban (which is ridiculous, it should be equal to Paddy Kenny’s), then it should be broken up from when he was first banned by City till the end of the season, and restarted the first day of next season. Its simple, all bans should be the same if similar circumstances.
loughie21 making good sense at 22:07. The ban should commence from the test result date, and be served during the season. Being ineligible for selection when there are no games scheduled is pointless.
Ah well. Have sent my weekly comment/complaint to the FA. All are pointless but it makes me feel better knowing I’m being a tiny irritant united supporter to the poor sod who has to answer them. How can these discrepancies in the treatment of utd players go on?!
Six months?? wtf? So he misses only a month of the regular PL season? What!Fucking What!
I just laff at the lot of the pathetic,twisted,ABU,scum sucking,cock sucking trampy fuckin` dimwits that they really are,let`s just enjoy Saturday night,losing as Fergie will obviously point out….is NOT an option,so,the lads know where they stand,let`s get behind them in this one and have a great laff @ EUFA,FA,AND SHOW THEM WE AIN`T EVEN STARTED YET….And Lineker can fuck off as well the cunt,I hope he chokes on his fuckin` crisps and his elephant sized ears fall off…..what a complete twat he is…RED ARMY WE SALUTE YOU!!
Was that goin` too far?? Like I give a fuck anyway.
I`m off to Barca website to give the cunts some abuse…anyone know the hotel they are staying at?? I`m sure someone must know….he he he,keep the cunts awake,it`s all part of the build up….
Happy Days…..
WTF should the the retroactive ban be fine and ok. Seem to remember that when we banned Eric for 6 months the FA said that was shit and added what another 3 months on top of that.
So if you miss a test bur DO NOT fail a test myou will get a longer ban than if you actually fail a test. Now that seems so much more sensible. If Toure had been a United player we would have had questions in parliament debates in the US senate Dick Pound the drugs guy all out demanding the death penalty. But if he doesnt wear a united shirt well WTF should they even bother wasting time on it?
I expected this as much. It has always been one rule for United and one for the rest. Look at the problems Fergie has had recently. The only reason they gave him a warning and started giving the rest of the managers a warning for the compliment Fergie gave Webb was because of the backlash.
To pen a line”fuck `em and their fuckin` law” Lyrics courtesy of The prodigy……
@Gaz: yes I saw that…it’s beyond disgraceful, it’s venomous slander and words fail me. I didnt even bother posting it on this blog cos I felt that action in itself is a disrespect to the great man. It’s a sign of the times that mediocre nobodies are allowed to get away with abusing great men who they are not fit to tie the shoelaces of. Institution-pulling-down is not only a favorite pastime, but a highly lucrative profession, it seems.
Just contacted Fucking Arseoles and stated my disgust,what a joke,the media should pick up on their shite inconsistencies and bias,who gives a sad fucking blue bernstein that much power.Does anybody know if fa will comment on made up policies if they get enough complaints about this?
can Fa be held accoutable for all this shite? Someone has to make them stiop making laws up and follow strict laws. send this to the FA, it shouldn´t be hard to follow.
Swearing:
Fine £10.000 for shittyplayer
2 games ban for Unitedplayers
Fine £40.000 for the rest.
Missing drugtest:
a clap on the shoulder for shittyplayer
38 match ban for unitedplayer
18 match ban for the rest.
answearing questions before, after and during games in tv ragarding refs:
Manicni, payraise £10.000
sir Fergie 5 match ban and a retro phone
the rest: FA must call the manager in question and give him a reprimind.
If just the Fa can make this official it will be so much easier to follow and noone would be angry with them.
united doesn´t care, they can do whatever they want, we just roll over them with our mighty army on the battlegrounds all over England.
@T. says:
Very funny and so true!
Thought Scott would run something on this.
As a blue, I’m obviously pleased that Toure has got off lightly but understand where you guys are coming from. The ‘punishment’ is a joke. To suspend a player for six months, for taking a substance without fully checking it deserves a longer sentence, but to suspend him during the close season is pathetic.
Then to back date it to March, means he’s already served two months so it isn’t going to make any difference at all. In reality, the FA should suspend a player for the duration of a playing term, meaning between August and May, so technically he should be suspended for the first four months of the new season, but the FA will never agree to such a radical change.
whether it has anything to do with Bernstein or not is open to the conspiracy theorists. I can’t slate the guy as he saw us through a very difficult period, but something is seriously not right at the FA at the moment
Anyway, good look against Barca
WHY AINT I SUPRISED ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE READ COVER EVERYTHING CONSIDER THIS A MAD RANT COME ON TOMORROW
Ha ha,Blatter in trouble,conniving conning cheating bastard he is…
Got this back from FA,surprise surprise,”can’t comment on individuals but every case is different” response.Bollocks.
Thank you for contacting the Football Association.
For details of the punishment handed to Kolo Toure, please review the link below:
http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/toure-suspended
With regards to your comparisons with other cases, each case will differ in circumstances and are therefore treated on their own merits.
Kind regards,
Gary
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