ive just seen ben thatchers elbow on pedro mendes and i think its the worst ive ever seen bye a long shot he needs banned 4 a long time

Lol you get Thatcher mid-week and you get Zidane 2 months earlier, football is turning into wrestling as of late lol and i love it

its nt lyk he did it on puporse

please tell me your joking there....

its nt lyk he did it on puporse Oh dear that grammar is awful!

i went to the liverpool game 2day omg aggers goal was amazing

I've seen better

elbow was disgraceful!!

even i score better goals than agger

aggers was good but zamoras was much better

thatcher should be banned forever
he was a disgrace in that game and all he got was a yellow and rooney got a red for pushing the guys head ¬_¬

permanent ban? thats a bit harsh especialy as cantona only got a few months 4 karate kicking a fan n rooney did deserve to be sent of if jsut for the sheer stupidity of pushin sum1 in the face 5 yards from the ref in a pre season game

nah he didnt and anyone see chelsea today
savage got carded for no reason when it should be essien who gets it

that elbow is a disgrace, the player should be ashamed of himself. it might be said that he feels bad, but we have not seen his re action to how serious he hurt the player.

if it was up to me, a ban from football for a good while. a heavy fine, and an apology to mendes and his family for putting his life (yes his life) in jeapordy.

an extremely serious incident in my view.

his life? He was unconcious and the medical team were on hand .......

yea it was disgraceful,im all for tough playing football and hate the way soccer players cant take tackles anymore but that was just horrible and unprovoked they should defanitly make an example of him.long ban.

I cant believe he only got a yellow! he wasnt even going for the ball from what ive seen of it!

yes it was awful but he only got a yellow as from the refs position he couldnt see the elbow for what it was, another example of why tv replays are needed in big decisions

imagine a guy did that to someone in a bar, elbow them and leave them unconscience and needing an oxygen tank and having to go to hospital

would he be charged? probably

just because its a sport hes involved in doesnt make it any better

Good point, and taking another look confirms it.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6350551520137715640&q=ben+thatcher

It was like some sort of CCTV footage you might see on crimewatch UK. And he's done it before, so he obviously didn’t learn his lesson the first time!

Edited at 20:10 Mon 28/08/06 (BST)

Yes it was on purpose, even hearing someone deny it makes me so irratated, the fellas a thug, and yes he has done it before twice. Punctured a Chines fella lung, and elbowed Nicky Sumerbee in the face in his Wimbledon days. If I ever see him I'll spit in his face.