Footy Speak

Adebayor had until Wednesday, 6PM to appeal against charges for violent contact in the match against Arsenal the other week. He was accused of deliberately stamping on Robin Van Persie’s face. By not appealing, it seems that Adebayor has condemned himself to at least a 3 match ban. I think it would of been pointless of him to appeal however. This is beacause, the referee, Mark Clatenberg has mentioned that if he had seen the incident, he would of sent off Adebayor for violent conduct.

He is also charged, with regards to the same game for celebrating his goals in front of the Arsenal supporters, but not before running the whole length of the pitch. So that’s one of the 3 match bans settled (even though they don’t actually decide until Thursday (today)).

What do you reckon will happen? I think its awful that he’s going to get a 3 match ban. I think its ridiculous. No one can prove whether it was violent conduct or not – no matter how “obvious” people says it looked. At the end of the day – Robin Van Persie almost broke Adebayor’s leg with his two footed lunge, right before the aforementioned “incident” took place. Why should Robin Van Persie not get banned?