Enough! Mr AVB

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This is football, not rugby, boxing or that funny American sport. You may go the whole season without a whack to the head. How many players can you name that have had serious brain trauma over the years? I'm struggling to think of a single one.

Peter Cech is the obvious one
 
I've just watched it back. Lloris asked for a drink. He was questioning why he had to leave the pitch. Part of the confusion was because he thought he was being subbed, when he was only being asked to leave the pitch, as happens with all injuries. And I can't be unsure that we weren't seeing the arrogant "Gallic shrug" from our Frenchman... "Why do you keep asking? It is not me with the problem."

Does the leaving the pitch for an injury rule apply for goalkeepers? I don't think it does. Playing without a goalkeeper is quite a hinderance i imagine.
 
Savage came up with the genius nugget that, even if we did qualify for the CL last season, Gareth Bale should leave because we wouldn't win the competition. This was two weeks after Dortmund had a prison shower romance with Factitious Madrid in the CL semis.

Add to that Savage's usual bull**** response to when someone disagrees with him, without fail he will say the person "never played football at the highest level." This is Robbie Savage, who played the same number of games in the World Cup, Champions League, or European Championships as any 606 caller: NONE.

It's part of his character to talk crap one minute and then follow it up with talking sense, it's why the show is popular as he winds callers up by going from a bellend to sounding intelligent, causes confusion.

Who would you rather? Jason Roberts and his mono tone voice who just says '' this is only my opinion '' every five seconds and then says '' caller what do you think'' in his pathetic voice.

I've had to turn the radio off when he comes on!
 
We know he lost consciousness because AVB has told us. We also know he couldn't remember the incident, again because AVB has told us. So surely the most logical and sensible action was to remove him from the field even if it was only as a precautionary measure ??

I don't know Spurcat, I'm not a doctor. <laugh>
 
We know he lost consciousness because AVB has told us. We also know he couldn't remember the incident, again because AVB has told us. So surely the most logical and sensible action was to remove him from the field even if it was only as a precautionary measure ??

Apart from anything else, another blow on the head later in the game could have had extremely serious consequences...
 
Ok, I accept your point here, so let"s go on what happened then rather than what could have happened.

Immediately from when the collision happened, the medical staff on the pitch were definite in their view that Lloris needed to go off. Dawson was picked up on camera saying "he's ****ed". On the touchline, AVB told Friedel to get ready which he did. Then Lloris who should have done what he was told, makes the decision to carry on. So a player has ignored medical advice and the manager who should be the one who decides substitutions has been dictated to by a player !

Then today, the club announce the medical staff declared him fit to carry on. Er, no they didn't, they did yhe exact opposite. I know because I saw it on my TV screen. And if he was ok, then why did they then send him for a brain scan ?

Sorry, but it was an irresponsible decision by AVB.

Firstly, I don't think AVB was "dictated" to by Lloris, I think the the GK confirmed he wanted to stay on, and AVB wanted him to stay on because he is a great deal better, even with a head injury.

Secondly, because he's a multi million pound asset. It's probably even written into his insurance contract.

I know i'd deffinitely run the rule over anything that had had an impact, that is of that kind of monetary value, be it human or otherwise.
 
Savage came up with the genius nugget that, even if we did qualify for the CL last season, Gareth Bale should leave because we wouldn't win the competition. This was two weeks after Dortmund had a prison shower romance with Factitious Madrid in the CL semis.

Add to that Savage's usual bullshit response to when someone disagrees with him, without fail he will say the person "never played football at the highest level." This is Robbie Savage, who played the same number of games in the World Cup, Champions League, or European Championships as any 606 caller: NONE.

This dismissive "you've never played at the highest level" so your opinion is worthless attitude, is fairly common with people involved in the game. I saw signs of this yesterday from Tony Adams when he was talking to Ben Shepherd on Goals On Sunday. There are 2 coaches at Spurs with the same attitude, who think fans should pay their money and keep their mouths shut.
 
There is no doubt in my mind that the human race is on it's way out. What a bunch of delicate flowers we now are. Ooooh! he's hit his head we need a full scale medical enquiry. Children practically locked in their bedrooms because their parents fear the big bad world is a danger to them.

Well the news is that this continual over protection, will only lead to a weaker human race. Protect yourself from germs and the first ones you came across will kill you. Refuse all risk and life will become very grey indeed.

The joke is that this all happens in a society which spends much of it's time sitting on it's arse stuffing it's face with ****. You don't need to just wake up and smell the coffee you need to take the risk of getting out there and grinding it.

The medical proffession has responded magnificently to the neo liberal society and has us exactly where it wants us; living in fear of living, but not to worry they are ready to bale us out, keep talking and taking the ****. <ok>
 
There is no doubt in my mind that the human race is on it's way out. What a bunch of delicate flowers we now are. Ooooh! he's hit his head we need a full scale medical enquiry. Children practically locked in their bedrooms because their parents fear the big bad world is a danger to them.

Well the news is that this continual over protection, will only lead to a weaker human race. Protect yourself from germs and the first ones you came across will kill you. Refuse all risk and life will become very grey indeed.

The joke is that this all happens in a society which spends much of it's time sitting on it's arse stuffing it's face with ****. You don't need to just wake up and smell the coffee you need to take the risk of getting out there and grinding it.

The medical proffession has responded magnificently to the neo liberal society and has us exactly where it wants us; living in fear of living, but not to worry they are ready to bale us out, keep talking and taking the ****. <ok>

I think you've just shut me up Spurf <laugh>.
 
This dismissive "you've never played at the highest level" so your opinion is worthless attitude, is fairly common with people involved in the game. I saw signs of this yesterday from Tony Adams when he was talking to Ben Shepherd on Goals On Sunday. There are 2 coaches at Spurs with the same attitude, who think fans should pay their money and keep their mouths shut.

...okay, be honest, who else read this and immediately thought of Sherwood?
 
The way that the media has stepped on this story is complete and utter bollocks and serves only to remind me why I never buy newspapers or go out of my way to watch the news on TV.

Anyone would have thought that Lloris had been involved in a car-crash the way that some of these dickheads have been spouting on.
 
Why was there none of this uproar after Townsend was knocked out last v Hull and then came back on?
Or is it only an issue with keepers being knocked out?
 
Why was there none of this uproar after Townsend was knocked out last v Hull and then came back on?
Or is it only an issue with keepers being knocked out?

I guess because the game wasn't live on TV and it wasn't made public until much later that Townsend had been knocked out. Nonetheless, Townsend did ignore the medics advise to come on, in fact it looked as if they were escorting him to the dressing room and he then broke free and just ran back on.
 
"and he then broke free and just ran back on"

Time for the Spurs physios to order a dart gun and a job lot of Ketamine then.