Roy Keane

[Tim]

Since it was supposedly a premeditated offence then had this been brought up in a court of law then he would have gotten a heavier sentence than had he not admitted (and it was not proved) it was premeditated.

 

This is also like the Dennis Wise incident. The FA basically were saying that it was ok for some1 to break a colleagues jaw while they were sleeping. If any of us did that at our jobs then we would probably get sacked and criminal proceedings brought against us. It is a similar sort of case here. If you were to do the equivalent to a rival of the company you work for then no doubt proceedings would be brought against either you or your company (in which case you would prob get fired for it)

[Guest Andy]

I thought it was a training ground incident.

 

Surely it would have been taken further had the lad been asleep when he attacked him.

[Tim]

The reports I heard were that he was attacked while he was asleep at teh leicester training camp.

 

As for the Keane thing. Apparently the FA have it starting in November as that is the expected time of his return from injury, else it would prob have been effective a week earlier.

[Al Campbell]

The problem lies with other clubs. Imagine if a world class talent like Owen had acted like Keane. We could stick him on the transfer list as punishment but then he goes to one of our rivals and they profit from the incident.