1.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 07:52:30
Thanks for that Ed001.

I presume Vidal's fight not during a game, otherwise discreetly carrying a 3l bottle of vodka around during a game may have been a might distracting.

{Ed001's Note - sorry I should have specified it was in a nightclub. He would have got away with it if he had been on the pitch in a Bayern shirt....}

2.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 08:05:31
Sounds like he did anyway Ed if he only got a fine.

{Ed001's Note - true, he could have got a lengthy jail sentence.}

3.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 08:32:13
I'm surprised by that to be honest, a fine for doing that? unbelievable. They get away with it all of the time and it's wrong, they should be treat the same as everybody else, anybody else would've been put in jail but because he's a footballer he gets away with it? it's wrong and it does my head in. He's a thug who should no longer be part of the sport.

Thanks very much Ed, have a great Thursday mate.

{Ed001's Note - good point, when you actually think about it he did get away with it.}

4.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 08:54:08
A brain injury?! Christ. Also sad to hear about my fellow Taffy Cotterill. Is it me or are more professionals being a lot more open about mental health lately? Fantastic for awareness.

Cheers ed have a good one!

{Ed001's Note - I fear Cotterill will regret his decision. While depression is a big problem for footballers (sportspeople in general to be fair) that is often because of the removal of the sport from their lives. The routine, the sunlight and regular exercise are all very good for dealing with depression and he has now removed it from his life. I just hope he has good people around him.}

5.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 09:04:00
Excellent point actually. Like you say hopefully has a good support network and he can get this endorphins elsewhere. Cheers mate.

6.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 09:19:48
By the sounds of what he says, he already has a plan in place moving forward of helping people. A lot of people that suffer depression take a lot of joy and peace out of helping others. Sort of I can't control how I feel but I can help others not feel this way so it's a feeling of satisfaction and calm you maybe can't find the equalibrium for your own life. I hope this is the case with him and he finds true happiness in helping others as like ed says, if not, he could find himself very lonely and without the one thing he may feel made him someone.

7.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 09:53:11
That's how I look at it as well Ed, I'd understand if he'd dropped some litter and got a fine, that's normal but assaulting somebody like that and getting a fine for it? it makes no sense to me mate. I've seen people go down for far less. 800 grand is bugger all to him so he'll be laughing.

Who's pocket has he lined? what a prick. Sore subject for me I must admit, it winds me up big time because too many of them get away with stuff yet if you or I go and do something like that then it's game over, if you're rich you get away with everything under the bloody sun.

{Ed001's Note - very true, and then they even make you POTUS afterwards.}

8.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 09:53:40
That’s terrible regarding Vidal, as much as I love my football, players seem to be treated completely differently, like they’re bloody royalty. A fine is nothing compared to what’s that poor chap on the receiving end will have to deal with for the rest of his life!

These players can afford the best lawyers, so they get away with everything. Imagine if say you or I did this, prison sentence for GBH!

On another note, I listened to most of Peter Moore’s interview conducted by Steve Hothersall whilst traveling into Manchester office, he made some really interesting points regarding the club.

9.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 10:41:40
The world is normal again, thank you Ed. I just want to echo what others have said about Vidal. To assault someone with a bottle and cause brain damage should carry more than a fine. Absolutely ridiculous how he is getting away with that. He's probably strutting around like he can get away with anything. I'd argue that he got away with attempted murder. That my be hyperbole on my part, but the point is if you or i did the same thing, we'd be thrown away.

{Ed001's Note - welcome mate.}

10.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 10:44:16
Cheers Ed, can’t help thinking Real Madrid’s viewpoint would be a total opposite one had they been asked first. Cutting off noses to spite faces and all that. It may be the cynic in me, but although being the loudest, they are definitely not the most suitable ones to be making a moral standpoint on anything.

That West Ham deal still makes me sick. Be as nefarious, greedy, underhand and ignorant as you like, but when you are a Premier League club especially, do it on a private commercial basis and don’t play around with (effectively) tax payers assets. Why should the people of London (or anywhere) have had to stump up for the construction of West Ham’s stadium, then potentially subsidise them playing in it as well? It makes my blood boil seeing those two horrible vampires sat in the stands rubbing their hands together, both looking like they’ve got a bear trap attached to their legs. Saying that, it doesn’t take a lot for me to get narked off about something nowadays, so whatever.

{Ed001's Note - I think Real Madrid would be against anything Barcelona want and vice versa.}

11.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 10:49:30
wow he got away with a fine. really players should be a role model, these are people that are looked up by a lot of the younger generation. shame people like this continue to be in the top tier of football.

you make a good point there ed001, while we are a strong team, and a team that not many would like to up against, we are massively lacking in the trophies department, something that has to change beginning with this season. players will join us, but their ultimate goal will always be to win trophies.

{Ed001's Note - cheers mate.}

12.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 14:31:49
Thanks Ed nice one. Wenger Man Utd manager by end of the season? Stranger things have happened.

13.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 13:28:49
Exactly Ed. I'm glad I aren't the only one who thinks this way. Hope you're having a good day mate.

{Ed001's Note - yes mate, you?}

14.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 15:42:51
Cheers for that ed, it’s very much appreciated. A months wages for an assault, it must be great to live a life with repercussions. Hope the victim takes him to court and gets at least a few months wages to pay the medical bills. I'm absolutely disgusted.

15.) 18 Oct 2018
18 Oct 2018 17:35:13
Very good actually Ed thank you very much mate!

{Ed001's Note - glad to hear that.}