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Arsenal v Birmingham - Eduardo Injury

February 23rd, 2008 . posted by admin

Update: Wenger says his initial post match comments that Birmingham captain Martin Taylor “should never play football again” were “excessive”, after Eduardo suffered a horrific injury during yesterdays clash at St. Andrews.

(AFP) Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva was taken to hospital after suffering a horrific injury in Saturday’s Premier League match at Birmingham.

Eduardo was clattered by Martin Taylor’s lunging tackle just moments after kick off at St Andrews. Taylor was sent off but the Brazilian-born Croatian needed more than eight minutes of treatment for what looked to be a serious ankle problem before being carried off on a stretcher.

Arsenal’s players were visibly upset by an injury, with several unable to look at Eduardo. The television network broadcasting the match live in England refused to show replays because the injury was so horrendous. Attention: this footage is not for the faint-hearted.

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343 Responses to “Arsenal v Birmingham - Eduardo Injury”

  1. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

  2. Darn, the video is removed due to violation.. =(

  3. THIS IS NO FOOTBALL

    Hope Eduardo recovers fast and that he stays in good shape as he was before the injury. Too bad he won’t get to play in the Euros as that was one of his dreams… Get well Dudu

  4. it was definitely a red card

  5. Watch the MOTD Highlights, thanks to Fred!

    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28974277

  6. Pictures: (view at your own risk!)
    http://www.4thegame.com/media/gallery/3379.jpg
    http://www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1203772672438_618.jpg
    http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ty/g/p/2008-02-23/U2030P6T12D3490541F44DT20080223213031.jpg
    Another one
    http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/796/eduardomr5.png

  7. A ban I think, not a red card!

  8. i saw the tackle on youtube moments after the game. it was disgusting. some say it was similar to alan smiths when he was on untd.
    all the best for eduardo.
    arsenal was playin like **** after that….theo came to the rescue scoring the 2 goals…and we had the 3 points until clichy lost his concentrration and gave a penealty….it was a tuff game for us in every way.
    2nd time clichy made a mistake like that this season…

    poor edu. was def one of the dirtyest injuries in football in recent years. reminds me of cisse a lil bit

  9. If this is not red, what is?

    Anyway, I hope Eduardo gets well soon.

    And Taylor should be banned for as long as Eduardo is still injured….

    A shame he cant go to Euro now….

  10. See this and reply again….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpHufZEaFe0

  11. Get Well Soon Eduardo!!!

    :(

    Somebody should break Taylors Ankle!x(

  12. were can i watch this vid plz

  13. That idiot player should be banned , i would never allow him to play football ever … He ruined Da Silva’s career x(x(x(x(x(x(x(

  14. birminham couldnt take it eduardo was to quick for birmingham so they just injured him

  15. This is more than horrific. No way was he going for the ball, his cleat went right in his leg. This is not only a red card for this guy, but he should be banned from the game. There is no excuse to make a tackle like that. da Silva’s career could end over that, and that is not right. I hope da Silva can just get better

  16. http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=o_MsodygTJY

  17. An Everton Fan Here….

    Wish him a speedy recovery…i hope that does not end his career….god bless all

  18. Taylor is a ****. There is no way in **** that he was going for the ball. I agree he should be banned for as long as eduardo cant play if not lifetime. Thats the kind of **** that makes football ugly, stupid **** like him

  19. For those who think this was an absolute disgrace, I urge U to contact Birmingham city FC at reception@bcfc.com and tell them exactly what u think about martin Taylor, Get well soon eduardo

  20. From a Manchester City Fan…get well soon Eduardo…u were a great player at Dinamo Zagreb, and u were amazing at Arsenal…i am hoping that your career does not end because of this…get well soon

  21. :o omg!!! wow! i feel bad for eduardo yo and am a manutd fan, he’s ankle was just dangling in the air after d tackle.. taylor should be banned for d rest of the season. dat was pretty harsh!!!!

  22. patrick u are a retarded , and i am sure u ‘ve never played football, i am so sorry for the guy ..

  23. I’m a Spurs fan and I wasn’t bothered ny Cisse’s two breaks or even Larsson’s, but this one has really distressed me, maybe it’s his age or the way he looked so lonely when he was down clutching his leg, crying for help, I am truly horrified ny this injury..

  24. I’m a Spurs fan and I wasn’t bothered ny Cisse’s two breaks or even Larsson’s, but this one has really distressed me, maybe it’s his age or the way he looked so lonely when he was down clutching his leg, crying f0r help, I am truly horrified ny this injury..

  25. Kill this Mother****er Tayler Die Die Die.
    Unfair its shocking me. **** what a Son of a *****!

  26. that was a red card wat and it was in 2 mins [-(
    he should not play for a long time

  27. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you like a moron patrick? did you look at the shape of edurardo’s leg? at most a yellow card?…what a ******* you are. You should slap yourself

  28. if you guys watch that video closely, he did not touch any of the ball, rather what he hit was just above eduardo’s ankle. If you really watch it, you see his leg actually shift to the inside while his foot remains stationary on the ground. he’s out for the rest of this season AT LEAST. whoever said Taylor should’ve only gotten a yellow card, stop calling yourself a football fan right now.

  29. what kinda idiot would say that the tackle did not warrant a red? i don’t care if mother teresa made that tackle, a reckless tackle can be just as bad as a malicious one.

    then for every tackle that causes injury we can say “oh he’s a decent bloke, was probably trying to get the ball, it was an accident”

    **** off

  30. It’s a bad tackle but not as awful as it sounded when people were calling it a horror tackle. Though, it was badly timed.

    Poor Eduardo. Broken tibula, ankle and shin. Ow.
    :o

  31. 3 Fracture On 3 diffrent Place! ohhh :(

    Get Well Soon Man

    Raj (MAN U Fan)

  32. PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!
    PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!
    PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!
    PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!
    PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!
    PETITION TO BAN MARTIN TAYLOR FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR LIFE!

  33. I think theres a chance Eduardo will never play again, look at this picture

    http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ty/g/p/2008-02-23/U2030P6T12D3490541F44DT20080223213031.jpg

    His foot is completely detached

  34. Also, I noticed how ever comment supporting the bannig of Martin Taylor has +1 or more…/:)

  35. [-(, absolutely unacceptable ! Having ruined Edu’s career, having most certainly dented AFC season , this CRIME deserves a tougher punishment. Birmingham FC, MR Taylor, you all will pay for it. Just wait until you comeback to the Emirates, you will regret for your lifes.

  36. On second look, that was an destructive tackle :(:(:(

  37. EDUARDO WILL LIFT EPL AND CHAMP LEAGUE TROPHIES ON CRUTCHES !!!

    ARSENAL FANS WILL TAKE CARE OF MARTIN TAYLOR

    MARTIN TAYLOR BETTER GET POLICE PROTECTION NOW !!!

  38. :o
    i cant believe that someone would say that the tackle ‘only warrented a yellow card’. i’ve never heard such **** before. there should be a lengthy ban for taylor.
    Eduardo is an excellent player and i hope he does play again, it would be a shame to loose such a talent. ave never felt so sick when seeing a video of a tackle.
    its a disgrace, you cant even call taylor a proffesional footballer coz after seeing that its obvious that he has no control what so ever.
    wishing eduardo a full recovery
    Sarah (manchester united fan)

  39. M Taylor, if I was you i would get myself a new place to live and ideally a new club. You will pay for it, no doubt about it.:-w

  40. oh jeez, that was horrible. I hope Eduardo does play again. just look what happend to Henrik Larson and Cisse!

    - Come on Eduardo Da Silva! YOU CAN RECOVER!

  41. i just read the injury analysis, it looks like there is irreparable nerve damage and torn ligament, this one is a lot worse than larssons and cisses. it looks like he may never play again

  42. the ankle break looks like it’s the same type as alan smith’s from a few years back. hope he gets better

  43. A ban I think, not a red card!

    have u actually seen the photos that is a totally disgraceful challenge taylors foot is way too high… i’m a spurs fan and of course i think that *** hole should be banned… is football a new game to you

  44. A ban I think, not a red card!

    have u actually seen the photos that is a totally disgraceful challenge taylors foot is way too high… i’m a spurs fan and of course i think that *** hole should be banned… is football a new game to you

  45. A ban I think, not a red card!

    have u actually seen the photos that is a totally disgraceful challenge taylors foot is way too high… i’m a spurs fan and of course i think that *** hole should be banned… is football a new game to you

  46. He is my one of the favourite soccer players :(( Hopefully he will be treated well and will continue playing soccer for the rest of the life. :)

  47. I’ve never been one who think players should be criminally accused of thier actions on the field, but Taykor should really be, to set an example that these kind of things should really not be allow to happend. Just look at the grin on his face after ther tackle. If eduardo never play football again and this put an end to daily bread, Taylor should really be delt with. Disgrace to birmingham fc and to the english game.

  48. that f..U..C…KER never aimed for the ball… he meant to bring him down for a foul. He knew what he was doing but i don’t think he meant for it to be that bad… I’d ban the Retard so long as eduardo is out.

  49. I feel for Eduardo and I really hope this isn’t the end for the guy… Good luck!!!

    Being totally honest, I have seen far worse challenges that fortunately have not resulted in serious injuries to the players…

    It was a very lazy attempt to win the ball (imo) and catching Eduardo where it did, caused the terrible injury…

    I think the only person who can honestly say whether it was meant or not is taylor himself…

    But, I think it was more of a freakish accident than anything else…

  50. ha ha ha the **** deserved it. ****** *****

  51. Clearly a dive, Eduardo should have been booked for simulation.

  52. this tackle reminded me of that son of a ***** roy keane similiar challenge to some one.
    Guys must be banned for life for such sort of actions.

  53. Idiot!!!!

  54. **** TAYLOR I HOPE HE ROTS IN ****

  55. From the looks of it, Eduardo got a horrible break. He would be lucky to play again. You can check out the video on footytude.com.

  56. real shame that didnt happen to ronaldo,,,, whos with me. the blokes a tossa

  57. ha ha ha the **** deserved it. ****** *****

    What a brainless **** you are

  58. your an idiot joe……

    hope eduardo gets well soon.
    hes a top player.

    im a utd fan but its always horrible to see anyone hurt playing the game they love

  59. what the ****? call yourself a football fan JOE your just as pathetic as those who go on about munich and hillsborough. your just a small minded ******* whos jealous of people with talent. get a grip of yourself mate. people will start laughin at you. and by the way no-ones with you!

  60. what about the arsenal captin sulkin n then tryin 2 hit the blues fans n they was only kids n if that was my teams captin ill b in shame 4 what he had done [-x[-x

  61. Look, its a horrible injury, but taylor went in with only one foot raised which should mean it is only a yellow, but he does raise his studs which is why the red card was given, so he’ll get an automatic 3 game ban. I cant understand the people coming on here saying he should be banned for more, it was a late tackle with studs raised, but it wasn’t violent or maliscious play. Its very unfortunate that such an injury has happened, but he’s young and hopefully can make a full recovery. All the best to Eduardo

  62. All you idiots claiming that taylor did that on purpose to take him out for as long as possible… its complete bullshit

    Comments from Wenger saying he should never play football again just shows how much of a bad looser he is, if his team dont win, he makes excuses for them.

    Even steve bruce has released a statement, saying that taylor would never intentionally do that. Your using it as an excuse because you couldnt beat the mighty blues even with 10 men. And yes i do know what im talking about because i was there and the tackle happened right infront of me, and we all thought it was just gona be a yellow.

    p.s
    10 MEN, WE ONLY NEED 10 MEN, WE ONLY NEED 10 MEN

    and yes, get well soon eduardo, but everyone knows he didnt mean to do it.

    Keep right on blues fans :)

  63. Man… I hope Eduardo gets better and the sick dog Taylor suffers. Actually, I bet Taylor’s feeling pretty bad after that tackle

  64. luke ****, that has nothing to do with this. Although I feel he should get a season ban, I know he doesn’t deserve it.

  65. I don’t think Taylor deserves the flack he’s being given in these comments, I agree the tackle was horrific and it did disgust me, but that’s no reason say he should rot in **** or die. He made a bad tackle and Eduardo paid for it, these things happen in football.

    I wish Eduardo all the best and hope Taylor gets fined and banned efficiently..

  66. taylor should be having sleepless nights after that tackle! Terrible.

  67. Criminal!
    Mater ti jeben na zutome kartonu!!!

  68. Taylor to be jailed fo 3-5 years

  69. i just read the injury analysis, it looks like there is irreparable nerve damage and torn ligament, this one is a lot worse than larssons and cisses. it looks like he may never play again

    Where the **** did you get your “injury analysis” article. Stop lying about serious **** like this. Hope you get some permanent nerve damage for wishing others to get damage like that. *****.

  70. @DAN

    The reason for the huge fuss is, Edourdo paid for Taylors stupid decision making. Eduardo leg might be broken, Taylors obviously is not. Thats why the fuss.

  71. If a man destroy profecional carrier of player, he should response for it anyway

  72. It was eduardo’s 13th game for arsenal…
    How unlucky!:(

  73. RY

    You think Taylor decided to break Eduardo’s leg?

    It was a misjudged tackle and I don’t believe there was any malice, the fuss should be over Eduardo not Taylor.

  74. @Dan

    Take a look at taylors face and tell me otherwise.If I’m not blind , he does seems to be girnning.

    http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taylorsenasmijesiolu8.jpg

  75. I don’t understand how people can say Taylor did this deliberately. Eduardo was too quick-footed for him, and passed the ball as Taylor was sliding.

    Yes, it was a horrible injury, but it was just a mistimed tackle, it could happen to anyone.

    To say he should be banned for as long as Eduardo is injured, or he should be banned for the season is stupid! Ben Thatcher got an 8 or 9 game ban for what he done, and he went in with intent- without hurting anyone!

    This guy has just made a sloppy tackle, i’m sure he’ll realise the seriousness of it once he gets a good look of it, so just stop getting on his back!

  76. Listen, I have had my leg broken in a football match and I know the player who inflicted the injury. If you have played football you would know that from time to time you are late for the ball because you either underestimate the speed of the opponent or you just misjudge. Sh*t sometimes happens, I feel for eduardo but thats professional sport, taylor didn’t mean it, it just happened.

  77. to be honest…u cant really see the horror in the snap there…if u watch the one where cisse breaks his leg against blackburn..oh my god..u would seriously puke up!

  78. I’ve been hearing a lot of nonsense on here as if Taylor has commited some kind of capital crime, and it leads me to question how many of you have actually played or experienced football first-hand at any decent level. As someone who has I’d like to shed some light on a few issues:

    1. Eduardo, I feel for him, but at that, he’s ‘an unlucky guy’ at most. Imagine the exact same tackle while Eduardo’s foot is in mid-air; Eduardo falls down, get’s up and takes the free kick…simple. It’s just unfortunate that his leg is rooted to the ground at this exact moment, wich means his leg can’t recoil and hence the break is caused.

    2. It’s a ‘YELLOW card’ at most. Think about what you need 2 do 2 get a red card. On this occasion,: There was NO lunge…It was ONE footed…his other leg DIDNT EVEN leave the ground…Taylor’s foot was sideways as opposed to upright [which would have suggested malice]

    The plain and simple truth: Taylor went for the ball, eduardo’s a step ahead and he catches him…You see a LOT worse week in week out on MOTD. Fair enough it’s a horrific injury, but you’re letting your hearts ruin your heads. Taylor’s not dirty, do you honestly think he set out to brak Eduardo’s leg?

  79. From a Liverpool supporter, I hope Eduardo can fully recover from this. I imagine after a few surgeries and screws he should be alright. Even thought it’s difficult to see, it looks like the break might have been just that and without serious ligament damage. We’ll see. It’s tough seeing a young, talented player go out like that.

    Whoever said the red wasn’t deserved is completely incorrect. It is obvious that Eduardo was going to be first to the ball and that he was already passing it. Sliding in from the front like that as he was passing to the side is completely uncalled for. Taylor could have pulled his leg back at the last second if we wanted. Absolutely unacceptable on Taylor’s part.

  80. i’m a HUGE liverpool fan and do not have much love for arsenal, BUT aside from that this is a sad day in football. Eduardo has both talent and class and that’s undeniable (coming from a liverpool fan!). I don’t necessarily think taylor deserves a life ban, because the tackle was not intentional….BUT can’t deny the fact he has probably ruined the career of a promising player….hope Eduardo recovers fast

  81. brilliant!!!:d

    wat a excellent tackle wasnt taylors fault that eduardo was in the way :-?

    KEEP RIGHT ON BLUES

  82. joe, you are a **** head. i hope you break your ankle too…this evening! x

  83. joe, you are a **** head. i hope you break your ankle too…this evening!

    edu…hope you recover real soon.

  84. Wenger went absolutely ballistic in that interview.

    He referred to taylor as ‘that guy’. Ha Ha!:))

  85. Who Cares Its An Arsenal Player :)
    Up The Spurs Yid Army Yid Army !!!!!!!!

  86. I still can’t believe those who come on here and challange others football knowledge or the level they’ve played at and say these things happend, like at if it is something thats common. Talors had no business going in like the way he did. How many times do you these things happend in the english game. Useless, talentless defenders just picked in the side to intimidate small, young skillful players. an absolute shame.

  87. Oh my god! This one looks terrible :( :(
    GET WELL SOON EDU!! #9

  88. chris and all the likes of you, you sound like a football hooligan. anyone who loves football would not wish that on any player. remember arsenal are still on top… in a few months spurs would finish on top four too how ever only when you turn the table upside down!

  89. There are some real nasty people in this world, they must have been abused by their dads or somthing, you dont ever wish pain on someone, it will come back on you 3 fold. I will leave God to decide your futures, and i hope it short. Regardless if Eduardo was an Arseanl player he is still and footballer trying to make a living for his family. Hese only 23. You Chirs who surports a jewish team and call themself the Jews lol! Your scum for saying who cares its an Arsenal player. I would never wish any pain on someone, but Matin Taylor and you Chris ( by the way all the Chris’ i know are gay, not sayin u are, bu the chances are high ) i wish that the both of you get brain damage and become useless and have care. Then i will be happy!

    LOL!

    Come on Arsenal, Lift the cup!

    And i wish for Eduardo to be ok first off and to able to walk again, then maybe to play again. He was great.

    Long live Arsenal! Kill the Jews!!! ( ie Yids )

  90. I still can’t believe those who come on here and challange others football knowledge or the level they’ve played at and say these things happend, like at if it is something thats common. Talors had no business going in like the way he did. How many times do you these things happend in the english game. Useless, talentless defenders just picked in the side to intimidate small, young skillful players. an absolute shame.

    Oh come on…The tackles ARE common, you see them EVERY WEEKEND…it’s just that this time it happened the way it did, i don’t know how you cant see that

  91. taylor is an IDIOT!!!!
    Hopefully eduardo will be treated well

    p.s.: hey shorey shut up or i will kick you like my definition for an excellent tackle!

    p.p.s: dudu sve najbolje!

  92. Who Cares Its An Arsenal Player :)
    Up The Spurs Yid Army Yid Army !!!!!!!!

    Don’t talk much scum of north london…. Come on you Blues….

  93. good luck eduardo, should have been Ronaldo

  94. @ D man

    Really these things happend.
    Why don’t you scroll down and take a look where taylors foot is. then tell it’s simply a common tackle.

    http://thegoonerforum.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/eduardo-da-silva-injury-pictures-two-footed-tackles/

  95. TOMORROW LONDON WILL BE BLUE…..SPECIALLY WEMBLEY

  96. Hey why are you guys cheering your own teams?%-(
    Go somewhere else!:-h

  97. keep the faith……

    Chels for the cup

  98. **** u taylor

  99. hey chris….there are some things more important and beyond football rivalries….imagine berbatov or keane was injured like Eduardo….show some respect

  100. The guy below me does not have a clue.
    He is a complete turd.

  101. **** u stupid british

  102. **** u stupid british

  103. **** u stupid british

  104. This is why I like the Spanish la liga. At least the entertainment comes from goals and not tackles;)

  105. :o Some of the comments on this forum are frightening.
    Taylor is obviously a thug and shouldn’t be playing professional football but the game has turned into a win at all costs circus. Eduardo WILL recover, it’ll take about 10 months. Taylor will be back to intimidate and bully in 3-4 weeks.

  106. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    ARE you on 300 pounds of crack? *** do u mean at most a yellow card??? u sayin tht breaking someones leg only a yellow card?? uu fagget his career might be over n u sayin taylor didnt deserve red? woooooooooowwww.. thts just ****** up man [-(

  107. Get well soon Dudu

  108. bob u dont no any thing about football n Taylor made a gd tackle so what r u on about if he didnt make the tackle alex would of had a go at him but a captin 4 any team sould nt gd 2 try n hit little kid in the stands

  109. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    ARE you on 300 pounds of crack? *** do u mean at most a yellow card??? u sayin tht breaking someones leg only a yellow card?? uu fagget his career might be over n u sayin taylor didnt deserve red? woooooooooowwww.. thts just ****** up man[-([-(

  110. A United fan here and I can’t tell you how much this saddens me. This is a terrible accident and I hope he recovers soon. Can any of you possibly imagine the pain he is in ? Men this is very sad and the more I see the reply(which I have stopped doing), the more I get shocked. Unlike many Arsenal players, he has a great character in my opinion. He is often focused on playing the game than tryn to tackle or argue with referees. What happened to him is something I wouldn’t even wish to my worst enemy(I don’t know who that is)…

    I know Tyler might not have intended that to happen but he needs to be punished very well. The FA and other football governing bodies need to take serious measures against such individuals in order to reduce such things from happening again. His football ambition even for that matter his life could be ruined. Anyway I hope he gets better…

  111. martin taylor does not deserve all of this he was playing football and it was an accident ! you are all a disgrace

  112. Heard this one?
    Wigan boss Steve Bruce says “Some would say it is not even a yellow card.” ??????!
    :o

  113. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    ARE you on 300 pounds of crack? *** do u mean at most a yellow card??? u sayin tht breaking someones leg only a yellow card?? uu fagget his career might be over n u sayin taylor didnt deserve red? woooooooooowwww.. thts just ****** up man[-([-(

    i dont think he deserved a red card its what you call football and it wasnt done on purpose

  114. That was awesome!

  115. Hi all footytube viewers.
    I’m writing to tell you that it was entential to take him down, but not to do as muhc damage. i didnt expect a red card as i got the ball so all you haters can get a life. I hope eduardo da silva has to get his leg amputated the w4nk3r. rip madeline mc cann. katie french was a ****. heath ledger was a ******

  116. grow up that was well out of order

  117. tayloru treba dozivotno nogomet zabranit!!!!!!!!! zatvorska kazna za taylora!!!!!!!

  118. grow up that was well out of order

    Shut the f*ck up aiden u qu**r

  119. He should’ve worn shinpads.

  120. yeah right your the big man are ya thats not funny at all its people like you that should be banged up

  121. Liverpool fan here - first off I hope Eduardo plays again for Arsenal. It was a really bad tackle and unfortunatley for Eduardo - a freak double (or from what I’ve read triple) break. Only Martin will know whether he meant to do it intentionally or not. Doubt he’ll be banned for more than the three games due to the red card.
    Again I do hope Eduardo makes a full recovery and plays again. Such a promising talent.

  122. That wasn’t meant to sound as harsh as it did. I meant surely it must have had some force to break shinpads (if it did)

    I have actually just confused myself.

  123. Hi all footytube viewers.
    I’m writing to tell you that it was entential to take him down, but not to do as muhc damage. i didnt expect a red card as i got the ball so all you haters can get a life. I hope eduardo da silva has to get his leg amputated the w4nk3r. rip madeline mc cann. katie french was a ****. heath ledger was a ******

    YOU should get your head amputated!:d

  124. quote from TRUTH: “ARE you on 300 pounds of crack? *** do u mean at most a yellow card??? u sayin tht breaking someones leg only a yellow card?? uu fagget his career might be over n u sayin taylor didnt deserve red? woooooooooowwww.. thts just ****** up man”

    No, because you dont take them to hospital and check what the damage is before you decide whether to issue a red card, you look at the challenge, and make a decision.
    Now at the time there wasnt much reaction from the aresnal players or any of the fans, it looked like a bad tackle, but not one so serious.

    And thats why for me and the other people who were actually there, we think it was only a yellow.

  125. Hi all footytube viewers.
    I’m writing to tell you that it was entential to take him down, but not to do as muhc damage. i didnt expect a red card as i got the ball so all you haters can get a life. I hope eduardo da silva has to get his leg amputated the w4nk3r. rip madeline mc cann. katie french was a ****. heath ledger was a ******

    YOU should get your head amputated!:d

    totally agree

  126. If you look at the pictures you will see evidence that Taylor meant no harm. As he first makes contact his head is facing the ball, and as he goes through the tackle he sets his arms down to stop and get up and is watching the ball roll away.

    Horrible accident, and best of luck to Eduardo.

  127. quote from TRUTH: “ARE you on 300 pounds of crack? *** do u mean at most a yellow card??? u sayin tht breaking someones leg only a yellow card?? uu fagget his career might be over n u sayin taylor didnt deserve red? woooooooooowwww.. thts just ****** up man”

    No, because you dont take them to hospital and check what the damage is before you decide whether to issue a red card, you look at the challenge, and make a decision.
    Now at the time there wasnt much reaction from the aresnal players or any of the fans, it looked like a bad tackle, but not one so serious.

    And thats why for me and the other people who were actually there, we think it was only a yellow.

    we watched it on tv and at first we couldnt see why taylor had been given a red card , like you say it didnt look serious , i wish taylor all the best and hope to see him again soon at st andrews

  128. Hi all footytube viewers.
    I’m writing to tell you that it was entential to take him down, but not to do as muhc damage. i didnt expect a red card as i got the ball so all you haters can get a life. I hope eduardo da silva has to get his leg amputated the w4nk3r. rip madeline mc cann. katie french was a ****. heath ledger was a ******

    YOU should get your head amputated!:d

    totally agree

  129. OUCH!!!!!!!! PRETTY HARSH. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE CISSE’S INJURY. DEF A RED.

    BEST WISHES TO EDUARDO. HANG IN THERE MATE. ;)

  130. OUCH!!!!!!!! PRETTY HARSH. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE CISSE’S INJURY. DEF A RED.

    BEST WISHES TO EDUARDO. HANG IN THERE MATE. ;)

  131. Arrgh, the prt where you can see the bone, makes me want to vomit!
    Anyways, instead of battling it out whether it was a red card, or whatbot, lets all just pray that Eduardo makes a speedy recovery, and that his career isn’t over.
    Amen.

  132. After all is said and done, if footballers can’t accept the risks of getting injured, they should protect themselves. If they don’t and end up injured, it’s their own problem. As much as I have the scum of Arsenal, Eduardo is a talent. The comments of “Wait until Taylor comes here, we’ll bang him up” are the reasons that we hate you c**ts. And if you “Londoners” are all that hard, why knives and guns and s**t.

    He’s not even from london anyways!!!!!!!! HA:d/:d/

  133. Just because he broke his leg, it doesn’t mean it immediately warrants a red, as some of you would suggest. Anyone remember Richard Wright’s collision with Luc Nilis? The most sickening leg break I have ever seen, Nilis never played again, and Wright was never the same goalie, but it was never intentional, as I don’t feel Taylor’s tackle was. I’m sad for the guy and hope he makes a full recovery, but some of your responses are way over the top. Lifetimes bans should be reserved for the kind of filthy scum, such as Roy Keane, who openly admitted he went in to end Alf Inge Haaland’s career, and Ben Thatcher who took out Pedro Mendes clearly hoping to do as much damage as possible. I hope you recover soon, Eduardo and Johnny
    White.

  134. thats terrible.

    That could be career ending. I really hope hes okay. No matter who you are a fan of, that’s not good.

    The scary thing is, its not really THAT bad of a tackle. Mistimed and a little bit high.

    And you wonder why players like Ronaldo jump and dive to get out of the way of some of the tackles…

    Im sorry for Eduardo, and for Arsenal. That’s terrible.

  135. Dirty dirty dirty bastard8-|Hope he returns soon.

  136. There’s no reason for the red card. That’s totally a yellow card. But ok, I accept it.

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  139. Ban him until Eduardo recovers.

    I know how Taylor feels - once I broke a fellow’s shin pad and was so horrified I offered to take myself off the field. I was lucky, he wasn’t hurt much, so my offer was declined.

    A real man takes responsibility for his actions, no matter how unintended.

  140. I hope he dies and Arsene gets shot and Fabregas catches AIDS:-?

  141. If you want to see a disgusting leg break, this is the Luc Nilis one, his leg is literally bent round Wright’s.
    http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/sportinjury/nilis_326×350.jpg

  142. My God. What a horrendous tackle! Eduardo is quite an excellent striker, I’ll admit, even if I’m a strong Man Utd fan, but wow…what a terrible tackle.

  143. Hi, a Man united fan here. I just saw the videos of the incident, and just want to wish eduardo a speedy recovery. he was a great player and hopefully he gets back on a football pitch again. I have been reading some comments from some people here saying that eduadro deserved it. No one deserves to have there career ended by a moment of madness by another player. A lot of people were complaining on BBC about arsenal players being thugs in the wake of scenes from last weeks FA cup game. I have to disagree with those people because nani had no right to show boat. he was trying to rub it in arsenal’s face which is not nice
    Anyway’s GET WELL SOON EDUARDO. Oh and whenever man utd are knoced out from cup tournament the next team i always cheer for is arsenal.

  144. in my opinion taylor’s ban should last until eduardo returns to play football again! this animal should get a lesson

  145. hope he recovers fast … not nice to c at all nut tayor probabl didnt mean it?!:-?

  146. Hi, a Man united fan here. I just saw the videos of the incident, and just want to wish eduardo a speedy recovery. he was a great player and hopefully he gets back on a football pitch again. I have been reading some comments from some people here saying that eduadro deserved it. No one deserves to have there career ended by a moment of madness by another player. A lot of people were complaining on BBC about arsenal players being thugs in the wake of scenes from last weeks FA cup game. I have to disagree with those people because nani had no right to show boat. he was trying to rub it in arsenal’s face which is not nice
    Anyway’s GET WELL SOON EDUARDO. Oh and whenever man utd are knoced out from cup tournament the next team i always cheer for is arsenal.

    oh man i love u….

    -gooner forever

  147. If i was Taylor i would be lucky to get a red card after what i had done. It would be hard to play with fellings what i have done. If he had only yellow, it would certainly come revenge from one of arsenal players.

    If I (even acidently) did this I would be happy to be sent off and even I would go away by myself, if i wasnt.

    Poor Eduardo, i hope he will be back soon and Gunners burst this to win EPL for him.

    and OT: I think that wasnt penalty in the end of the game and clichy made fair challege, he played ball and player made little dive, i think.

    I am also interested what will Taylor say about it.

  148. Arsenal Kicks As s (AKA)…Very Sad…I love this player…he has a style and very active….today we lost one of our best strikers. Everyone hates and envy Arsenal because they are awesome and show a unique performance. It’s the devil eye…so many of our players are injured…It’s unfair..
    What’s killing me is the penalty kick that they were given @ min 94. W T F. anyhow, it’s all good..We need Van Persi and Rosicky back and hope within a couple of moths Edu will be back in action..

  149. I am an arsenal fan and but I have to say some of you people have no football knowledge. Taylor DID NOT mean to break Eduardo’s leg. It was a late challenge and that is it. Eduardo is extremely unlucky and the tackle is sickening to watch. When i was much younger i broke my leg in a very similar way playing sunday league football. I knew the guy who did it to me (he want to same school as me) and he was distaught. He actually came to hospital with me rather than play the rest of the game. I am sure that Taylor feels like **** tonight, for something this bad human decency dictates that he will feel bad. you would have to be pure evil to be satified with yourself for doing that and the reaction of the players was amazing to watch. They were really shook up. Get well soon EDU

  150. eduardo, plz get well soon!

  151. EDUARDO, GOOD LUCK from CROATIA. Svi smo uz tebe.

  152. […] Martin Taylor’s horror tackle on Eduardo who breaks his leg Download (FootyTube video + discussion) […]

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  155. Taylor DID mean what he did - it may be true that he didn’t want to break his leg, but he DID intend to hurt him, it is freaking obvious. Steve, I also play Sunday league football, but there is a huge difference here mate - look at the replays, Taylor goes NOWHERE NEAR THE FREAKING BALL, he goes directly for his foot! It’s true that he didn’t intend to happen like this - he simply wanted a hard tackle that will keep Eduardo a little stressed until the rest of the game, SO IT WAS intentional.

  156. Its good to see the whole of the footballing community, fans of all teams, being respectful about this.

    Its terrible that this had to happen. Again, I wish Eduardo a full recovery, and I hope that he doesn’t end his career here. A tragedy… It wasn’t malicious, just a bad tackle, and it could have been anyone. I’m really sorry for him and for Arsenal.

  157. lol.
    football most have injuries la. swt. DIE LA U EDUARDO.
    u just a such young player. not good as CR. go to ****. useless at epl. GOGOGOGO MAN UTD ! :d:d:d:d:d:d

  158. wait hold on, for the idiots who really say they have a idea about football and who mostly imply that they might have, than I have to say this!!
    it does not matter if Taylor meant it or not to tackle Eduardo, but he wrecked someone’s career and should now pay the concenquences!
    one example!
    if I have a gun and I press the trigger by mistake and I shoot someone, does that mean I’m innocent cos it was unintentional?
    no for sure, cos u would be charged for manslaughter at least!
    so…come on people, stop acting like fools and use ur brain’s!
    and who said this is football, whoever may u be please go and watch k1, mma, ufc or sports like them, but not football!
    cos u don’t know nothing about it!
    u even know the term football?
    it says foot to the ball not foot to foot!
    oh and if I would cause to someone such a horrible tackle I would go apologize and than would be prepared for the concenquences, that’s how it should be!
    but do you see Talylor doing that?
    no…

  159. There are some real nasty people in this world, they must have been abused by their dads or somthing, you dont ever wish pain on someone, it will come back on you 3 fold. I will leave God to decide your futures, and i hope it short. Regardless if Eduardo was an Arseanl player he is still and footballer trying to make a living for his family. Hese only 23. You Chirs who surports a jewish team and call themself the Jews lol! Your scum for saying who cares its an Arsenal player. I would never wish any pain on someone, but Matin Taylor and you Chris ( by the way all the Chris’ i know are gay, not sayin u are, bu the chances are high ) i wish that the both of you get brain damage and become useless and have care. Then i will be happy!

    LOL!

    Come on Arsenal, Lift the cup!

    And i wish for Eduardo to be ok first off and to able to walk again, then maybe to play again. He was great.

    Long live Arsenal! Kill the Jews!!! ( ie Yids )

    **** off mate. You’re telling him about morals and you’re chanting kill the jews.

  160. This injury to a beautiful young player is heartbreaking. Eduardo is finished at the top level; a striker cannot come back from such a shattering injury.

    For those who are interested let me give you one referee’s opinion (career 800+ matches). If you come in high, studs up, with your weight in the tackle and catch a player above the ankle then I am sending you off. Dean was in great position; got a good look and made the right call. There was, I would guess, never any doubt in his mind. I will never accept such tackles because they can lead to career ending injuries, as we now have abundant proof.

    I doubt Taylor meant to ruin him. He just meant to stop him, foul or fair. A player of mediocre talent at most, he will become known mainly for destroying the career of a far superior footballer. That may be, after his match or season ban, punishment enough.

  161. Coming from a Villa fan with a house full of gunners lol, i watched the match today (as i do with all the arsenal matches on telly) and i must say it was a herific tackle by taylor, after watching the replay on MOTD it made me nearly puke,

    anyway, its a sad loss to the team but he is in very good hands now and hope for a big return for him in the new season

    get well soon from me and all the gooners in my house

  162. This injury to a beautiful young player is heartbreaking. Eduardo is finished at the top level; a striker cannot come back from such a shattering injury.

    For those who are interested let me give you one referee’s opinion (career 800+ matches). If you come in high, studs up, with your weight in the tackle and catch a player above the ankle then I am sending you off. Dean was in great position; got a good look and made the right call. There was, I would guess, never any doubt in his mind. I will never accept such tackles because they can lead to career ending injuries, as we now have abundant proof.

    I doubt Taylor meant to ruin him. He just meant to stop him, foul or fair. A player of mediocre talent at most, he will become known mainly for destroying the career of a far superior footballer. That may be, after his match or season ban, punishment enough.

  163. I feel for Eduardo, and Arsenal football club, but this was just an unfortunate accident. The tackle was fractionally late and slightly high, but was not malicious at all. Best Wishes for a quick recovery, From THFC

  164. Clearly a dive, Eduardo should have been booked for simulation.

    youre not funny.

  165. I feel desperately sorry for Eduardo - the result of the tackle were horrific and I feel almost in a state of shock. This was truely a bizarre and fortunately rare incident. Who could honestly say they would expect to see a man’s foot effectively snapped off in a football game as a result of a mistimed tackle? It was an accident. I have some sympathy for Taylor, he surely did not mean to break Eduardo’s leg. Who knows how he’s feeling tonight or if he can sleep? If I did that to another human being I’d feel that I would never want to play the game again. Here’s hoping that Eduardo recovers and plays again.

  166. I think it is not a question of whether that retarded dude intended to take off Eduado’s leg or not, as some of you suggest.

    Whether accidental or intentional, he probably ended someone’s career. There should be a very harsh punishment for this so as to send a strong message that football will not entertain such nonsense.

    I don’t care whether that guy (I can’t even say his stupid name!!!!) is a saint or not. He needs to learn his lesson. Otherwise, we ll keep saying in future “I doubt whether Mr X I knew will do something like this”. Well, he did it. I ll hate to see that dumb captain play again. If he does, I ll have to turn off the TV.

    By the way whats wrong with these small teams like Birmingham, Reading playing nasty. Remember Peter Czech’s incident too?

    Good luck to Edu. Good luck to Arsenal.

  167. A ban I think, not a red card!

    have u actually seen the photos that is a totally disgraceful challenge taylors foot is way too high… i’m a spurs fan and of course i think that *** hole should be banned… is football a new game to you

    Barry, you didn’t understand English? I meant a red-card is an “understatement” as the guy should be banned from playing football again. A red card didn’t capture the event at all!

  168. Before anyone decides whether or not Taylor is innocent please look at this picture http://www.index.hr/images2/Taylorsenasmijesio.jpg
    As far as I am concerned a lifetime ban isn’t enough and he should be locked up for such viciousness. If Eboue would have done the same thing and ended Rooneys career he would have been hung out to dry and noone would give him a leg to stand on but due to Eddy being a Arsenal player (a talented one at that) there are some ****** sitting at home saying it was a yellow card. How can a Premier League Player go in for a tackle with such venom to rip the mans foot off his leg and say that it was “clumsy” or “Eduardo was too quick” the player is earning thousands of pounds a week and think those are excuses? I think its ******** and I hope karma comes round to get him.

    Good Luck Walking again Eddy and if you ever put the shirt back on I will be there to see it with the biggest smile.

  169. Before anyone decides whether or not Taylor is innocent please look at this picture http://www.index.hr/images2/Taylorsenasmijesio.jpg
    As far as I am concerned a lifetime ban isn’t enough and he should be locked up for such viciousness. If Eboue would have done the same thing and ended Rooneys career he would have been hung out to dry and noone would give him a leg to stand on but due to Eddy being a Arsenal player (a talented one at that) there are some ****** sitting at home saying it was a yellow card. How can a Premier League Player go in for a tackle with such venom to rip the mans foot off his leg and say that it was “clumsy” or “Eduardo was too quick” the player is earning thousands of pounds a week and think those are excuses? I think its ******** and I hope karma comes round to get him.

    Good Luck Walking again Eddy and if you ever put the shirt back on I will be there to see it with the biggest smile.

  170. unlucky i am a west ham fan but will hope to see u bac soon:)>- DIE TAYLOR DIE

  171. A sincere good luck wish to Eduardo frm a utd fan. Hope he get well soon. Agree with Nat that it was an unfortunate bizarre accident. God bless Eduardo.

  172. I demend that Taylor gives apology speech!!!!!!!!! [-(

    I’m also a Untd fan, but I would’ve honestly turned off the tele after seeing that. Not only out of respect for Edwardo, but because we got footytube to keep us up with games. I have trmemndous respect for all FIFA players regardless of favorites and none deserve that harsh of an injury.

    The poor guy is now going to miss out in the Euro tourny and this Taylor guy, as sorry as he probably is, needs to make a public statement apology to Edwardo!:-?

  173. This is quite a blow to all football fans, regardless of club. Eduardo was really fun to watch when he played Manchester United the other week and I wish him a speedy recovery.

  174. I really dunno what’s the fuss about.. I’m sure u guys seen alot more dangerous tackle than that.. like sliding tackle or 2 footed tackle..
    It is nothing malicious.. Just clumsy from Taylor.. and REALLY BAD LUCK for eduardo..

    Get well soon EDUARDO.. Premier league will be less exciting without your dribbling skills..

  175. One of the Worst Tackles ever…
    One cannot even look at the pics!! its really painful…
    Get well soon…

    If the video is seen at normal speed, then it is clear that taylor had committed himself before the ball was pushed by Eduardo. But, taylor deserves to be banned!! why was his foot so high?? definitely not going for the ball!!
    Lets hope arsenal recover from the shock soon… i want to see a close finish at the end of the season… i think this time it could go upto the very last day of the season…
    It could happen to anyone… its Eduardo today, could be anyone tomorrow!! this matter requires serious investigation… may the guilty be punished …

  176. real shame that didnt happen to ronaldo,,,, whos with me. the blokes a tossa

    u sad *******, wishing an injury like that on anyone u are obviously a ******* wanker..humanity is lossed on you as a united fan i was wanting birmingham to get summat out of the game but after that im not bothered i elt sick whe i saw it n i feel sick at how the man must be feeling both him and taylor the picture of him grinning looks bad but is it without thought think about how fast it happened dont start a whole detah campaign against the guy it was a red card but there are similar fous its just they dont all end up like that..if u wanna seee ronaldo or anyone else like that u r sick n u need help ure not a football fan

  177. GET WELL SOON EDUARDO!! You have to wear the famous Arsenal shirt and show us your full potential again!! I hope you make a speedy recovery!!

    I strongly condemn Alex Mcleish’s comments after the match and also Steve Bruce’s. What if it was the other way round? God forbid, but what if Taylor had his leg snapped by a tackle? I’m pretty sure that Alex Mcleish would have ‘dug’ into the opposing team’s player and manager.

    This is just a very nasty tackle and this kind of behaviour needs to be abolished from the world of football along with racism. In my opinion, the game should have been called off due to the feeling and emotions of Arsenal’s players. Hleb, Fabregas, Adebayor, Gallas were all clearly shocked by the horrific injury and this affected their performance. Just imagine what Sagna was going through because prior to the game, his brother who was only 29 passed away. He played the game with personal heartache and when he saw Eduardo’s fate unveil before his own eyes; i’m pretty **** sure he was close to a breakdown.

    Being an Arsenal supporter, i would like to take this opportunity to wish Eduardo Da Silva a speedy and full recovery and if all goes well i hope to see him play a live game in the future.

    GET WELL SOON!!

  178. GET WELL SOON EDUARDO!! You have to wear the famous Arsenal shirt and show us your full potential again!! I hope you make a speedy recovery!!

    I strongly condemn Alex Mcleish’s comments after the match and also Steve Bruce’s. What if it was the other way round? God forbid, but what if Taylor had his leg snapped by a tackle? I’m pretty sure that Alex Mcleish would have ‘dug’ into the opposing team’s player and manager.

    This is just a very nasty tackle and this kind of behaviour needs to be abolished from the world of football along with racism. In my opinion, the game should have been called off due to the feeling and emotions of Arsenal’s players. Hleb, Fabregas, Adebayor, Gallas were all clearly shocked by the horrific injury and this affected their performance. Just imagine what Sagna was going through because prior to the game, his brother who was only 29 passed away. He played the game with personal heartache and when he saw Eduardo’s fate unveil before his own eyes; i’m pretty **** sure he was close to a breakdown.

    Being an Arsenal supporter, i would like to take this opportunity to wish Eduardo Da Silva a speedy and full recovery and if all goes well i hope to see him play a live game in the future.

    GET WELL SOON!!

  179. GET WELL SOON EDUARDO!! You have to wear the famous Arsenal shirt and show us your full potential again!! I hope you make a speedy recovery!!

    I strongly condemn Alex Mcleish’s comments after the match and also Steve Bruce’s. What if it was the other way round? God forbid, but what if Taylor had his leg snapped by a tackle? I’m pretty sure that Alex Mcleish would have ‘dug’ into the opposing team’s player and manager.

    This is just a very nasty tackle and this kind of behaviour needs to be abolished from the world of football along with racism. In my opinion, the game should have been called off due to the feeling and emotions of Arsenal’s players. Hleb, Fabregas, Adebayor, Gallas were all clearly shocked by the horrific injury and this affected their performance. Just imagine what Sagna was going through because prior to the game, his brother who was only 29 passed away. He played the game with personal heartache and when he saw Eduardo’s fate unveil before his own eyes; i’m pretty **** sure he was close to a breakdown.

    Being an Arsenal supporter, i would like to take this opportunity to wish Eduardo Da Silva a speedy and full recovery and if all goes well i hope to see him play a live game in the future.

    GET WELL SOON!!

  180. real shame that didnt happen to ronaldo,,,, whos with me. the blokes a tossa

    good luck eduardo, should have been Ronaldo

    U dont deserve to be a human!!

  181. Stop all this “ban him for life talk” It wasn’t malicious just bad timing and bad luck. I’m sure Taylor is feeling pretty bad right now after injuring another player. I know, why don’t we just ban tackling from the game completely?

  182. kakav idiot taylor!

  183. Just want to say hope Eduardo recovers soon and well. Arsenal will revenge Eduardo by winning the premier league!!! And Taylor you make me sad that you play football you *******.
    >:p

    ps. Good job Walcott 2 very nice goals, is this his break true to being an Arsenal legend? I sure hope so.:)>-

  184. what’s worst is mcleish’s comments after the match.

    “He is distraught” — Martin’s distraught about the lad’s injury,” rued the Scotsman.

    “I need to see that again. He didn’t feel he made much contact with Eduardo.

    LOOK AT THE BLEEPING PHOTOS/VIDEOS THEN MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. IDIOT COACH.

    mcfaddens comments:
    “I’m not so sure about [Taylor’s] tackle, I never really saw the tackle,” he revealed. “It was a terrible injury, I’ve seen his leg and it didn’t look too clever.

    “You could see they were a bit shocked by it, we managed to go in the lead. We just have to get on with it when things like that happen.”

    BHAM IS PLEASED WITH THE DRAW? THEY WERE SITTING IN THEIR OWN HALF FOR MOST OF THE GAME UNTIL THE LATE PENALTY. WHICH WAS BOGUS BC CLICHY GOT THE BALL.

  185. http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=596860

    theres the link to the article.

  186. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    You can go **** yourself! It was a very tragic tackle and very stupid of taylor to do that. Suppose that you were eduardo, would you still be saying that was only a yellow card foul? So, shut the **** up!! You *****.

  187. Think the Ref saw the injury and then decided on the red card. Possibility some refs would have just given a yellow if it hadn’t been so bad an injury. Safest place for taylor was off the pitch anyway as the arsenal players would have been takin chunks out of him. Hope eduardo recovers and manages to play again.

  188. aiden ur a c”t… what u know about football!! eduardo was a great young talent and that is an atrocious tackle… no doubt a sending off!! he was unlucky that he mistimed it so early in d game no intentions but still a terrible tackle!! i hope both players taylor and eduardo recover from this cos is distressing for both

  189. I am amazed that people are able to even mock something as horrible as this. Taylor with complete intention to foul Eduardo-although not injury him for life I believe- and stop the forward progress of play. It was and hellishly high one footed studs showing tackle and Taylor should be banned at least till May. Taylor was intentionally fouling and should take the consequences for his action.
    Eduardo best of luck in recovery, a real shame about Euro 08- Arsenal at the top still
    heres to the fair play and the rest of the season/:)

  190. All you saying Taylor should be banned are talking rubbish.
    Tackles like that happen every week and players get a warning from the ref. I feel for eduardo but it was never intentional just really unlucky.
    Do any of u remember the roy keane tackle/kick on the man city player? That ended his career should he have been banned?? No ur all talking rubbish. I watched the game live and it looked like a normal poor tackle no malice or intent. The ref wasnt even going to book him until he saw the leg was all floppy.
    Anyway i hope we can see the genius of eduardo once more but shut up about banning taylor. Ban eboue he is one dirty player, He broke Terrys foot ban him. Ban terry he broke Rooneys foot!! See my point???

  191. Lets make football into a non contact sport like netball hey??
    Great idea!! yes it wasnt a good tackle but at the end of the day it was really bad luck.
    Hopefully he will b alright though Cisse had 2 of these injurys and hes back playing, henrik larsson too when he was at celtic.
    Best wishes eduardo!!
    Go wales for the 6 nations!! CYMRU AM BYTH

  192. what hapnd 2 rooney n terry r completely different!! hav u seen his tackle r are u just a stupid idiot who knows nothing taffy?? grow some balls and stop tlkn rubbish bout other teams! this tackle was mistimed but if he only gets a 3 match ban that is injustice to eduardo who will most likely miss 18 months>??!!! wheres the justice there tell me

  193. :((
    Eduardo is too good for birmingham, this is why that scum Martin Taylor did this to him. Arsene is right he should never play again…. All that **** about him being distraught i’m not falling for it. The only person who is ditraught is EDUARDO, this could possibly end his career. I wish and hope that EDUARDO’S condition improves he is an unbelievable player and certainly did not deserve this.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO

  194. :((
    Eduardo is too good for birmingham, this is why that scum Martin Taylor did this to him. Arsene is right he should never play again…. All that **** about him being distraught i’m not falling for it. The only person who is ditraught is EDUARDO, this could possibly end his career. I wish and hope that EDUARDO’S condition improves he is an unbelievable player and certainly did not deserve this.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO

  195. I don’t know about eduaro but hope he will play soon. Also I hope man utd leads the top of the epl by this chance. :)

  196. i hope fifa take serious action towards Martin Taylor……………….

  197. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    You can go **** yourself! It was a very tragic tackle and very stupid of taylor to do that. Suppose that you were eduardo, would you still be saying that was only a yellow card foul? So, shut the **** up!! You *****.

    Michael you are WRONG. It wasn’t malicious nor was it stupid. IT WAS BAD TIMING and unfortunate for Eduardo. Calm the **** down, dude.

  198. :((
    Eduardo is too good for birmingham, this is why that scum Martin Taylor did this to him. Arsene is right he should never play again…. All that **** about him being distraught i’m not falling for it. The only person who is ditraught is EDUARDO, this could possibly end his career. I wish and hope that EDUARDO’S condition improves he is an unbelievable player and certainly did not deserve this.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO

    They only SCUM around here are you Arsenal fans. http://www.footytube.com/smilies/yahoo_love.gif
    :x That said, OF COURSE he didn’t deserve it! What a ridiculous thing to say. You sore losers imply that he meant to do this and your ******* WRONG man.

  199. I am amazed that people are able to even mock something as horrible as this. Taylor with complete intention to foul Eduardo-although not injury him for life I believe- and stop the forward progress of play. It was and hellishly high one footed studs showing tackle and Taylor should be banned at least till May. Taylor was intentionally fouling and should take the consequences for his action.
    Eduardo best of luck in recovery, a real shame about Euro 08- Arsenal at the top still
    heres to the fair play and the rest of the season/:)

    Another typical SCUM fan implying another player meant to do this. You guys are a joke. And Arsenal will not be at the top for long that’s for sure.

  200. i hope fifa take serious action towards Martin Taylor……………….

    FIFA have nothing to do with this numb nuts. The FA will apply the appropriate 3 match ban for a straight red card. “Move along now, there’s nothing left to see here”

  201. what hapnd 2 rooney n terry r completely different!! hav u seen his tackle r are u just a stupid idiot who knows nothing taffy?? grow some balls and stop tlkn rubbish bout other teams! this tackle was mistimed but if he only gets a 3 match ban that is injustice to eduardo who will most likely miss 18 months>??!!! wheres the justice there tell me

    Injustice? What a joke. Unfortunate you mean.

  202. It was a 50-50 ball maybe deserved a red card but not really a ban, but as the dude in the vid said, the only person who could tell if it was intentional or not is the player himself..

  203. Man… I hope Eduardo gets better and the sick dog Taylor suffers. Actually, I bet Taylor’s feeling pretty bad after that tackle

    Johnny, you’re the sick dog mate.

  204. A horrendous tackle done by brutal player.

    From Man utd supporter.

    Get well soon and hope for a speedy recovery.

  205. what hapnd 2 rooney n terry r completely different!! hav u seen his tackle r are u just a stupid idiot who knows nothing taffy?? grow some balls and stop tlkn rubbish bout other teams! this tackle was mistimed but if he only gets a 3 match ban that is injustice to eduardo who will most likely miss 18 months>??!!! wheres the justice there tell me

    “What i was getting at was that people get injured and its unfortunate bu u cant just say Taylor should get banned because Eduardos injury was worse. ”
    I saw it live u *** and anyone else who saw it live would agree. You probably just saw the zoomed in bit of the ankle snapping not the sequence of events. He will only get 3 match ban coz thts what a red card warrants. **** all this ban him forever ***** ***** numb nuts!!

  206. What’s all this about bad timing Wooly Mammoth? He caught him halfway up the shin. At what point would Taylor’s foot have got down to contact with the ball? Five seconds later?
    Just accept that it was a horrendous tackle. The comments from McLeish etc are irrelevant. He did what he did. And then he was grinning while standing over Eduardo. This kind of tackle should be punished with a half season ban. Then this thuggery might be removed from football.

  207. :((
    Eduardo is too good for birmingham, this is why that scum Martin Taylor did this to him. Arsene is right he should never play again…. All that **** about him being distraught i’m not falling for it. The only person who is ditraught is EDUARDO, this could possibly end his career. I wish and hope that EDUARDO’S condition improves he is an unbelievable player and certainly did not deserve this.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO

    They only SCUM around here are you Arsenal fans. http://www.footytube.com/smilies/yahoo_love.gif
    :x That said, OF COURSE he didn’t deserve it! What a ridiculous thing to say. You sore losers imply that he meant to do this and your ******* WRONG man.

    Actually you don’t have the right to say people are wrong. You are the one who need to meet therapist and shut your **** hole up.

  208. Everyone hates and envy Arsenal because they are awesome and show a unique performance.

    Wrong, first of all it’s not envy, it’s disdain. Your manager is a sore loser who spews hyperbole every time things don’t go his way. Furthermore Arsenal disrespect the English game by not taking English Cup competitions seriously.

  209. :((
    Eduardo is too good for birmingham, this is why that scum Martin Taylor did this to him. Arsene is right he should never play again…. All that **** about him being distraught i’m not falling for it. The only person who is ditraught is EDUARDO, this could possibly end his career. I wish and hope that EDUARDO’S condition improves he is an unbelievable player and certainly did not deserve this.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO

    They only SCUM around here are you Arsenal fans. http://www.footytube.com/smilies/yahoo_love.gif
    :x That said, OF COURSE he didn’t deserve it! What a ridiculous thing to say. You sore losers imply that he meant to do this and your ******* WRONG man.

    Actually you don’t have the right to say people are wrong. You are the one who need to meet therapist and shut your **** hole up.

    Yes I do have the right…wrong again mate!

  210. taylor knew what he was doing. These are professional football players and get paid alot of money. That tackle was amateur stuff and a disgrace. You never need to go into a tackle with studs showing. so to me that was intential.!!Players like Taylor know who is a threat in the opposing team and are told to make the first tackle count. He made it count alright.!! He should be banned for such a tackle. Shame!!
    Edu hope you get better soon champ. Our thoughts and wishes are with you.

  211. http://www.dailymotion.com/flash/dmplayer/loader.swf?rev=1198003828&lang=en&preview=http%3A%2F%2Fak.static.dailymotion.com%2Fdyn%2Fpreview%2F320×240%2F7523387.jpg%3F20080223202748&video=%2Fget%2F15%2F320×240%2Fflv%2F7523387.flv%3Fkey%3Db79e51620c3d78d41b3c928d08b6a5a813227f7%40%40spark%7C%7C%2Fget%2F15%2F80×60%2Fflv%2F7523387.flv%3Fkey%3Db79e51620c3d78d41b3c928d08b6a5a813227f7%40%40spark-mini&click=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics%40%40_blank&log=http%3A%2F%2Flogger.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Faccess%2Fx4h92z%3Fsession_id%3D%26referer%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.myanmarcupid.net%252Fcommunity%252Fshowthread.php%253Ft%253D6362%2526page%253D86%26country%3DUS%26blog_key%3Dx4h92z%26key%3D9glcvo52z60l7tl3tjwq8u0%40%40firstplay%7C%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Flogc25.xiti.com%2Fhit.xiti%3Fs%3D311102%26s2%3D188%26×5%3D%25%25v%25%25%40%40preview%7C%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Flogc25.xiti.com%2Fhit.xiti%3Fs%3D311102%26s2%3D189%26×5%3D%25%25v%25%25%40%40firstplay&info=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Frss%2Fvideo%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics&related=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Frss%2Frelated%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics%2F1%3A30&relatedAtEnd=0

    Did you guys see Eduardo’s cry! Mixtures of pain, shock and knowing that something terrible had just happened to him. Take time to watch this clip and look at his eyes while he was crying in pain.. I am so sad and at the same time angry.

    my prayers are with Eduardo!! :((

  212. What’s all this about bad timing Wooly Mammoth? He caught him halfway up the shin. At what point would Taylor’s foot have got down to contact with the ball? Five seconds later?
    Just accept that it was a horrendous tackle. The comments from McLeish etc are irrelevant. He did what he did. And then he was grinning while standing over Eduardo. This kind of tackle should be punished with a half season ban. Then this thuggery might be removed from football.

    Look at the video again Davo, he is clearly looking at the ball and making a move to get the ball from a STANDING position. In that moment (this is where the timing comes in) Eduardo changes the direction of the ball and his leg replaces the postion of the ball causing Martin’s foot to make contact just above his ankle.

  213. http://www.dailymotion.com/flash/dmplayer/loader.swf?rev=1198003828&lang=en&preview=http%3A%2F%2Fak.static.dailymotion.com%2Fdyn%2Fpreview%2F320×240%2F7523387.jpg%3F20080223202748&video=%2Fget%2F15%2F320×240%2Fflv%2F7523387.flv%3Fkey%3Db79e51620c3d78d41b3c928d08b6a5a813227f7%40%40spark%7C%7C%2Fget%2F15%2F80×60%2Fflv%2F7523387.flv%3Fkey%3Db79e51620c3d78d41b3c928d08b6a5a813227f7%40%40spark-mini&click=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics%40%40_blank&log=http%3A%2F%2Flogger.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Faccess%2Fx4h92z%3Fsession_id%3D%26referer%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.myanmarcupid.net%252Fcommunity%252Fshowthread.php%253Ft%253D6362%2526page%253D86%26country%3DUS%26blog_key%3Dx4h92z%26key%3D9glcvo52z60l7tl3tjwq8u0%40%40firstplay%7C%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Flogc25.xiti.com%2Fhit.xiti%3Fs%3D311102%26s2%3D188%26×5%3D%25%25v%25%25%40%40preview%7C%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Flogc25.xiti.com%2Fhit.xiti%3Fs%3D311102%26s2%3D189%26×5%3D%25%25v%25%25%40%40firstplay&info=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Frss%2Fvideo%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics&related=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Frss%2Frelated%2Fx4h92z_dudu-blessure_politics%2F1%3A30&relatedAtEnd=0

    Did you guys see Eduardo’s cry! Mixtures of pain, shock and knowing that something terrible had just happened to him. Take time to watch this clip and look at his eyes while he was crying in pain.. I am so sad and at the same time angry.

    my prayers are with Eduardo!! :((

    More hyperbole, why would we do that? Of course he’s in pain……yes let’s analyze in slow motion just how much pain he’s in….that’ll fix everything and make everyone feel better won’t it? Sheesh

  214. Wooly Mammoth, do u realize that you are a jerk!

  215. What a horrendous tackle , Nasty Challange from Taylor :o

    **** , Ban Him for a year :****:

    Gets well soonn , Eduardo !

  216. He has left his foot in & not really made any attenmpt to soften the impact, whether his was due to his poor vision of the incident as eduardo is so quick we will not know. Either a player has poor visual awareness when he makes a hard shape & leaves it in place, or he means to leave it in hard & cause damage. There was definately enough weight to the tackle to physically cut through a leg & make contact with the ground.

    The extent of the injury looks pretty severe I wish Eduardo a full recovery,

    I think Taylor, & perhaps Birmingham, should be made liable to cover some of the cost of Eduardo’s rehabilitation. Just as I think people who make horendous challenges or punch someone at grassroutes level of the game should liable to face charges for assualt. In certain cases if a tackle was deemed premeditated I would consider it harsh enough for a charge of criminal assult.

    In this case, I would feel the ref & fourth offical’s report should be reviewed very seriously, & the replay footage analysed in view toward taking the most apprropriate action based on the analysis of this evidence. The verdict should decide some osrt of tone for what can be expected for players who must indulge in needlessly overagressive/dangerous tackles.

  217. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU ?

  218. Im a Man United Fan. But im speaking from the bottom of my heart.

    The tackle does not deserve a red. That is an act of bad refereeing. The ref was giving a yellow, when he saw the seriousness of the injury, and decided to give a red instead. A ref should punish base on the tackle, not on the seriousness of the tackle, and that is not a tackle which deserve red. BUT!, my heart goes to Eduardo. He broke his foot in a game, and tribute should be given to him. If not for his socks and shinguards, i bet his feet will be somewhere else after the tackle. Really, that tackle is serious mis-tackle and his career might jus be over. If you guys watched the video, i think Taylor doesn’t really mind being sent off because he really thought from the bottom of his heart, that the injury is too serious for a soccer match. Last but not least, i hope i can see Eduardo play again for Arsenal. May you recover well and fast.

  219. What I hate most are those two ******* trying to exonerate Taylor. Eduardo’s had his ******* leg shattered, and all they’re talking about how distraught that clod-hopping hoofer is. Disgraceful.

    Taylor should be banned; I doubt he intended to break Eduardo’s leg, but he surely meant to do some damage.If you can’t safely defend against a guy of Eduardo’s skill, you’re not good enough to play in the Premier League. End of the ******* matter.

  220. maybe taylor should be hung sounds good to me:d

  221. eduardo, u are a great player
    hope you come back better then ever.
    very unlucky from taylors point of view.
    but should get suspended.
    gunners will still win the epl.

    best of luck da silva :((

  222. It was a clumbsy high challenge and probably should be a few match ban but as has been stated earleir Taylor went for the ball and screwed it up, it was not intentional to injure the player. There have been many worse challenges that could have resulted in similar or even worse injuries this season (all the 2 footed challenges). I think this injury happened because Taylor started from standing and eduardo had no chance to get out of the way like some of the two footed tackles. All in all not the worst challenge I have seen but definately the worst injury. Get well soon Eduardo.

  223. For all you jerks out there defending Taylor, shut your A-hole which happens to be your mouth. Do you know that this tackle is the only reason the World knows about Taylor or Birmingham football club?
    I must add that both Taylor and Birmingham contributed a lot to football… get real about the draw with Arsenal.

  224. get well soon eduardo

    from a man u fan.

  225. + just to add that a professional player who makes a tackle should know & be able to judge on an impact as to whether to take force away from his tacle when it meets flesh rather than ball. Having had my head split open by some leaving their leg in when collecting a ball from someone’s feet as a gk I feel that a professional player should not really in any tackle, especially in the case of a slide tackle, be leaving any more force/weight it it than is strictly nessecary to move a BALL (a light round object that mainly comprises of AIR.)

    not as much enegry/foce as will cleave through a leg.

  226. HE PAID FOR IT?

    what r u a f-ing retard?\
    things like these tarnish football and your saying they just happen?
    F-ing retard

  227. JOhn/bUrg as he was standing he couldnt have left with that much force i’d guess gravity played some part in it meaning it was pretty much his whole body weight rather than the force he went in to the tackle with as he was coming down on Eduardo. Which he obviously could’t control once he left his feet.

  228. All you idiots claiming that taylor did that on purpose to take him out for as long as possible… its complete bullshit

    Comments from Wenger saying he should never play football again just shows how much of a bad looser he is, if his team dont win, he makes excuses for them.

    Even steve bruce has released a statement, saying that taylor would never intentionally do that. Your using it as an excuse because you couldnt beat the mighty blues even with 10 men. And yes i do know what im talking about because i was there and the tackle happened right infront of me, and we all thought it was just gona be a yellow.

    p.s
    10 MEN, WE ONLY NEED 10 MEN, WE ONLY NEED 10 MEN

    and yes, get well soon eduardo, but everyone knows he didnt mean to do it.

    Keep right on blues fans :)

    Fxck U bas_tard.. Mother Fxcking Taylor shd be banned for Life from playing Soccer again!!! There was no respect for the game and the player. Everyone thinks the only way to stop Arsenal from playing beautiful football is to Play hard on them! Its time for Wenger to teach gunners to play hard football.. That shd have been **** painful for Eduardo, but i got the full faith that he is gonna come back and back stronger then ever. Those who really love footbal, plz pray that his career dont end this way.. Thanks.

  229. Im a Man United Fan. But im speaking from the bottom of my heart.

    The tackle does not deserve a red. That is an act of bad refereeing. The ref was giving a yellow, when he saw the seriousness of the injury, and decided to give a red instead. A ref should punish base on the tackle, not on the seriousness of the tackle, and that is not a tackle which deserve red. BUT!, my heart goes to Eduardo. He broke his foot in a game, and tribute should be given to him. If not for his socks and shinguards, i bet his feet will be somewhere else after the tackle. Really, that tackle is serious mis-tackle and his career might jus be over. If you guys watched the video, i think Taylor doesn’t really mind being sent off because he really thought from the bottom of his heart, that the injury is too serious for a soccer match. Last but not least, i hope i can see Eduardo play again for Arsenal. May you recover well and fast.

    So u r claiming tat u are speaking from the bottom of ur heart? hmmm.. ok. What if this had happen to Ronaldo?? Now u r thinking rite… Get real man.utd fan!!!

  230. real shame that didnt happen to ronaldo,,,, whos with me. the blokes a tossa

    good luck eduardo, should have been Ronaldo

    U dont deserve to be a human!!

    Arsenal Fan Here,
    Wad the FxcK are u thinking?
    Ronaldo is also a human. No player deserve this. U are a moron to think of other players tiz way. Please respect Football.

  231. http://thesportsgranola.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/eduardo-broken-legs-pics/

    Look at this pic and tell me its only a yellow card

    JASON
    Im a Man United Fan. But im speaking from the bottom of my heart.

    The tackle does not deserve a red. That is an act of bad refereeing. The ref was giving a yellow, when he saw the seriousness of the injury, and decided to give a red instead. A ref should punish base on the tackle, not on the seriousness of the tackle, and that is not a tackle which deserve red. BUT!, my heart goes to Eduardo. He broke his foot in a game, and tribute should be given to him. If not for his socks and shinguards, i bet his feet will be somewhere else after the tackle. Really, that tackle is serious mis-tackle and his career might jus be over. If you guys watched the video, i think Taylor doesn’t really mind being sent off because he really thought from the bottom of his heart, that the injury is too serious for a soccer match. Last but not least, i hope i can see Eduardo play again for Arsenal. May you recover well and fast.

    He didn’t break his foot genius he broke his f-ing fibula retard

  232. Interesting, yes I suppose specifically a tackle when you are coming DOWN on someone might have to be paid specific attention to in terms of a players technique. From a coaching perspective (& one that I hope would be enforced by the FA it’s referees / officials of the game) - advise players not to use that much force / weight especially from lunging tackles from a static position.

    I suppose in a tackle from a static position, rather than a tackle made at speed you are unleashing a short ’start-stop’ burst of energy, in this case ending in a downforce, rather than at speed trying to get a knick on the ball, generally from the side.

    I suppose, given that the tackle from behind is already banned, that this demonstrates that the tackles which can have the worst consequences in terms of injury now come from a lunging tackles from a static position that comes at a 90 degree angle against one who is travelling with pace or changing direction. Either way this is a grave technical error from the player /coaches involved.

    I think the analysis of video evidence & the referee, linesman & fourth offical’s reports will great interest,& also the FA’s official response in terms of their stance taken on this kind of ‘lunge’, but from my perspective, of that of a futsal player / coach, Taylor left his feet to make a challenge with his momentum taking him DOWN WARD with no control over force, from a perpendicular angle… well, everythings wrong with it technically!

  233. All you arsenal fans who are crying and want Taylor to be banned for life were singing a different tune when Nani got taken out after his little showboat last week. Just because he did a little trick one of your dumb players came sliding in with intent to stop him and your fans were saying ‘if only it was a little later…that would have shown him yadayadaya’ But grow up and realize 2nd place is all you’re good for.

  234. THIS MAN MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY AGAIN, WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO DISPUTING THE BALL THE NORMAL WAY, NO TACKLES AT ALL… NO WONDER PLATINI IS FIGHTING FOR TOUGHER LAWS, GO FIGURE..

  235. united fan wishes the best for eduardo

  236. guys, do u realize martin taylor is a PROFESSIONAL football player? ur not called a professional player if u misjudge every tackle u do.

    come on, u say it was a half hearted lunge from taylor? wow, wat kind of half hearted lunge was that, flying thorugh MID AIR and sliding his cleats down eduardo’s leg as eduardo was brought down…

    dude, if it was any half hearted lunge at all, taylor wouldnt hav flown through the air at all because ANY decent footballer would know that either he was going to win the ball, which was unlikely, or eduardo was going to get injured (seriously). if u were a footballer, since when would we want to threaten to end another player’s career?

    i myself am a defender but i NEVER try to fly thorugh mid-air at players with my sleats raised because any moron knows that the victim is going to get really, really injured.

  237. Definitely a Red PLUS some form of long term ban. That said I don’t believe that Taylor came into the tackle with intent to hurt Eduardo. I believe he was just PLAIN STUPID, CLUMSY and IDIOTIC and for that he deserves a ban.

  238. Im not a fan of Arsenal usually… but Eduardo has many years to play and enough skills to be a legends:(( He really dont deserve that s**t… So I hope that He comes back really fast;)

  239. idk but he didnt even show if anth was wrong, he was sarcastic. when injury like this happens and its unconciously done, defender runs up to victim and apologizes and not smiles sarcasticly. so he deserved red and when ref saw that sarcasm in him thats y he got red at first place and eduardos career is over for few years and arsenal lost title… no v.persie … no eduardo… come on…
    wish everything great to eduardo, to get well fast

  240. **** THAT TAYLOR…SHOULD BE BAN FOR AS LONG AS EDUARDO DOESN’T PLAY….FEELING DISTRAUGHT??NO HUMAN COULD EVEN FEEL DISTRAUGHT ABOUT DISPLAYING SUCH TACKLE..YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. AND U WOULD DO WELL IN A WRESTLING FEDERATION..QUIT FOOTBALL NOW KID.

    ~~~~~~~~God Bless Eduardo~~~~~~~~~

  241. #-o **** that hurts >.

  242. hope he’ll recover soon.. but I do still believe Taylor went for the ball.. just very late and eduardo nick the ball really fast, but you could see that he’s going for the ball.. it’s just the wrong place the wrong time, it was not intentional. Well, the FA will at worst extend his ban to 5 matches and give him some fines..

  243. I dont know how you can be sarcastic if you see eduardo’s leg with his ankle bent like that…

  244. 3 years =/..

  245. oh my goodness! i just saw the photos on youtube. get well soon, eduardo. sorry, croatia.

  246. wish eduardo a speedy recovery but personally i think arsenal more than deserved 2 win the penalty decision was wrong d ref couldnt even c d incident involving eduardo n cesc had 2 tell him dat eduardo has broken his leg n then he showed d card i wonder how r such refs trained nowadays no worries v r still 3 pts clear i know ars will be back with a bang after this setback
    long live the arsenal

  247. first off arsenal 4 life b secondly bout 48 hrs prior 2 the game i got a letter from mr wenger himself wishing me well on my issues i was happy as **** but i wasnt feeling right anytime someone was speaking about the game shut the **** up or superstitious some people may say an that leads on 2 my third point i dont give a **** what people say the grin on his face tells a story how high does his leg have to be to make a tackle yes edu’s studs wer in the turf but that’s where its supposed to be taylors studs aren’t supposed to be in edu’s ankle/shin i dont think he went out to break a guys leg you cant do that you dont do that but players/teams do go out to kick teams off the park or make a hard tackle so it was bound to happen a ban for life is a bit harsh but i would not cry if he did because it would be more than warranted just like his red but we all know the fa or the premier league wont ban him for life 9 10 15 games is the most id say they’d ban him for but nothing will bring eduardo back for our next game i just hope my man edu can recover however long it takes it does look bleak considerin open fractures like david bussts the guy never recovered i know his was much more serious and he should of never played football with the last name he had lol but miracles happen

  248. This is a horrific injury and I wish all the best for Eduardo. As for Taylor, I hope he reflects upon his action and not take it lightly. He was acting as if he got sent off for a routine tackle or something like that. This is a kind of injury that ends a person’s career. Wenger was acting understandably distraught of the incident. I believe the FA should look into this matter and send a strong signal to Taylor and the world that this kind of incident will not ever be tolerated. I wish all the best for Eduardo: be strong and we will see you play again soon. For Arsenal, focus on the championship race. Win it for Arsenal. Gallas and Wenger have to handle this matter as professionally as possible if they want to remain focused on this matter.

  249. if nobody wants to read my interesting story fair enough if people want to disrespect my comments or anyone elses then you better of locking yourself in a room because no-one cares:)>-:)>-

  250. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    Patrick, I hope you get the same attack one day you walk in the street. Or one of your family members do… You are Taylor sugar son, for he F your mother.

  251. get well soon eduardo!!!!will pray for u–from a manutd supporter

  252. Was very ugly :( Get well Ed!!! We are waiting for you to come back soon as possible!

  253. Players who make tackles like that should be banned for a year… how the heck can u make a tackle like that without malicious intent??? Footballers aren’t stupid, they know how to hurt a person *accidently*… just like stephen hunt (rhymes with ****) on cech [-(

  254. Should be banned for a long time for that tackle, ruining a guys career, might have to amputate…. and then birmingham drew the game with two dives after we helped the come up by giving them our fringe players dirty shtty league 1 club with no honour.

    i hope they go down and get smashed 10-0 by villa. Almost as bad as that dirty ***** roy Keane whoe PURPOSEFULLY tried to end haalands career and only got banned for a few games, ridiculous spineless fa.

  255. oh my god, taylor you such a good person..after this dont forget to tackle walcot, adebayor, fabregas, arsene wenger (if you can run to the bench) :-\

  256. This reminds me of something in American football. Many of you may know about when Lawrence Taylor (kind of ironic ey) destroyed Joe Theisman’s leg in a game… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_bJv_0z-k
    The one major difference between the two was after the play L. Taylor saw the injury, and cried for help and medical attention from the sideline. On the other hand Martin Taylor was grinning and walking away like nothing had happened. Martin’s actions are quite a disgrace to football, and sadly shows no respect for Eduardo and his pain now and in the future; if he can never play again. Lawrence Taylor said he could never watch a reply of that play and maybe someone should show Martin Taylor his poor tackle a few times. Its a real tragedy and hopefully one day he realize the true horror and pain he caused, and I hope he has at least had the class to apologize by now. Also, don’t wish pain or death upon Taylor, just hope he gets the right punishment, suspension, and fine for justice.

    By the way Joe Theissman has never blamed Lawrence Taylor for his injury and neither should Eduardo; it was a poor/bad tackle, and I’m not sure it was with malice, buts it is a sport and to play is a risk you take. People get injure on clean tackles let alone poor ones.

  257. I HAVE WATCH LOADS OF DIFFERENT VIDEOS OF THE TACKLE N I DONT THINK IT SHOULD OF BEEN A RAD…/:)

  258. This makes me cry and cringe everytime I see it. Eduardo’s birthday is on Monday and this is no way to spend it.

    Keep your heads up Eduardo!! Your coming back and scoring goals again!!!

  259. Alan Hansen almost cyring…
    Sad !

  260. the tackle was bad and mistimed (deserved a red!)but people calling for the end of a career for Taylor is just rubbish. He is at ball level not knee high like some shockers have been. Arsenal are there own worst enemy cos there is no team more disgraceful when it comes to conduct of their players and bad tackles! I’m a neutral and enjoy their football but what goes around comes around at times.
    All the best Eduardo

  261. I see these tackles almost every game in the EPL. Just a hard tackle with a bad outcome. Taylor should only get a small ban. I don’t think he went into that tackle with a bad intent.

  262. Hellllllo ? that was a red card and notthing else ! when this is football we should not wacht it anymore !

  263. Hellllllo ? that was a red card and notthing else ! when this is football we should not wacht it anymore !
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  264. all who thinks that this isn`t ban for rest of his life u are morons this insnt way u go to take a ball from player this was on purpose and taylor isn´t player for me anymore

    jebo me pas ak ga neko iz hrvatske ne nade i ne potrga!

  265. In fact, if I am Taylor, i will consider retirement….. since when u come back (if there’s a chance)…. will u go for the ball this hard again??? Probably not….Get well soon Eduardo….. hope to see u on the field again……
    btw, is his injury similar to A. Smith’s injury???? or is it more serious????
    And i think it was not a penalty….. Clichy obviously got the BALL first……….

  266. I’m no arsenal fan but that was pretty f***ing bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  267. In this kind of case its not whether you go in with bad intent or not, its the outcome. Taylor went into the tackle but Eduardo was to good for him, he out skilled him and Taylors tackle broke his leg. That has to be a straight red. Intent or not at the end of the day he put in a horrific tackle that could ruin Eduardo’s career.

  268. it is very sad and taylor shold be out until eduardo has recorved. he may never plsy again but if he does it will be at least 3 years.

  269. u r all idiots he never meant it so f**k off and whats all he better get police protection u r f**king stupid

  270. […] the game are all matters for small talk, no question, but they pale in significance compared with the incident that lead to Eduardo snapping his […]

  271. Charlie Day, stop calling others idiot. how do u know he didn’t mean it? regardless on whether he meant it, it was a DANGEROUS TACKLE!!! comprende???

  272. I had the same broken leg in Poland football match in division 6 ;/

  273. Arsene has retracted his comment about Taylor saying:

    “I feel that my comments about Martin Taylor were excessive. I said what I did in the heat of the moment. ”
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7261153.stm

    So are all the people on here calling for a ban or worse gonna follow suit?

  274. he was clearin gg for da silva leg…this sure is gonna deal a heavy blow to arsenal..hope he recover fast..that guy should be ban!!! not a red card!! i wanna complain man…. i feel ya da silva

  275. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you sure mate! to go in studs up shin high is not a red.. do you watch football?:-w

  276. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you sure mate! to go in studs up shin high is not a red.. do you watch football?:-w

  277. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you sure mate! to go in studs up shin high is not a red.. do you watch football?:-w

  278. I hope Eduardo recover fast. He is great player and I hope he will play football again. And about Taylor… He shouldn’t play football ever again and I have proof. You can see Taylor smiling to Eduardo.
    http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/redir/375594.aspx

    Eduardo, get well!

  279. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you sure mate! to go in studs up shin high is not a red.. do you watch football?:-w

  280. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you sure mate! to go in studs up shin high is not a red.. do you watch football?:-w

  281. I hope Eduardo recover fast. He is great player and I hope he will play football again. And about Taylor… He shouldn’t play football ever again and I have proof. You can see Taylor smiling to Eduardo.
    http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/redir/375594.aspx

    Eduardo, get well!

  282. Taylor is very stupid player!! He want to play ball??? No he want to play leg!!!! Idiot absolutly horrible play!!!

  283. All you arsenal fans who are crying and want Taylor to be banned for life were singing a different tune when Nani got taken out after his little showboat last week. Just because he did a little trick one of your dumb players came sliding in with intent to stop him and your fans were saying ‘if only it was a little later…that would have shown him yadayadaya’ But grow up and realize 2nd place is all you’re good for.

    jog on fella, take your stupid wishfull thinking unessasairy rambling and shove it up your northen number 2. which just so happenens to be where man u still are isn’t it?..

  284. All you arsenal fans who are crying and want Taylor to be banned for life were singing a different tune when Nani got taken out after his little showboat last week. Just because he did a little trick one of your dumb players came sliding in with intent to stop him and your fans were saying ‘if only it was a little later…that would have shown him yadayadaya’ But grow up and realize 2nd place is all you’re good for.

    jog on fella, take your stupid wishfull thinking unessasairy rambling and shove it up your northen number 2. which just so happenens to be where man u still are isn’t it?..

  285. All you arsenal fans who are crying and want Taylor to be banned for life were singing a different tune when Nani got taken out after his little showboat last week. Just because he did a little trick one of your dumb players came sliding in with intent to stop him and your fans were saying ‘if only it was a little later…that would have shown him yadayadaya’ But grow up and realize 2nd place is all you’re good for.

    jog on fella, take your stupid wishfull thinking unessasairy rambling and shove it up your northen number 2. which just so happenens to be where man u still are isn’t it?..

  286. it must be a red card. even if u go to the ball its not right to jump like an stupid idiot into your opponent and injur him like this

  287. A lot of guys are branding Taylor a disgrace and should be banned for life which i dont agree with. the player was distraught after that challenge clearly didnt mean it.

    I understand it was clumsy thats exactly what it was not intentional. he will feel guilty i can guarantee that.

    And just to wish Eduardo all the best and a speedy recovery(yn) the premier league was just starting to see the best from you!

  288. Even though what he did is bang out of order and he deserves every that is comin to him !!!!!!!!!
    Taylor should be banned for life and should move to east london ! haha
    and get better eduardo ! you will always be great player !!! Taylor *******

  289. A lot of you guys are calling Taylor a disgrace that is stupid!!
    he didnt know exactly what he had done and i know one thing he will feel guilty about this so get off his back he will feel this on him for a long time

    The tackle was clumsy not intentional or ruthless!! but on the othr hand i have to say a big get well soon eduardo and we hope to see u back in the prem showing us how good u r again.

    and hopefully his dream of a big international tournament will come true for him!!

    this is coming from a united fan.

    God Bless a speedy recovery

  290. Why would he be smiling if it’s not intentional? Just look at the photo!
    http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/redir/375594.aspx
    Once again, Eduardo get well!

  291. Taylor you are a son of ***** !

  292. Studs up, shin high, thats not clumsy or bad timing, its a red card at least and more because of the horrific result. I’m sure it wasn’t intended but it happened and there must be consequences…….the drunk driver never intends to maim pedestrians either.

  293. No way Taylor gets banned. Did we all see the same video? it was a clumsy challenge. Have you never went to win a 50-50 and the other guys a step faster than you? thats all that happened i do hope eduardo recovers quickly and it was a red but NOT a ban thats just ridiculous

  294. that man is a ******* crazy killer anti - football..

    he might be out of competition the same time than Eduardo..

  295. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/banmtaylor

    sing the petition

    p.s. i heard that eduardo has only broken tibula, not 3 bones…so that’s a good news.

  296. haha u deserve it ur as bad as martin luk at what use did to united players wen u got levered last week hahaha hope u dont play footie again

  297. Even though the challenge was absolutely horrifying, there’s no need to ask for Taylor’s ankle to be broken for his actions: you are pretty much convicting him for an unexpected accident; it was simply a very, very unlucky and consequential tackle that may end Eduardo’s career and has given Taylor a bad name.
    I wish him the best of luck for recovery and hope he returns.

  298. Even though the challenge was absolutely horrifying, there’s no need to ask for Taylor’s ankle to be broken for his actions: you are pretty much convicting him for an unexpected accident; it was simply a very, very unlucky and consequential tackle that may end Eduardo’s career and has given Taylor a bad name.
    I wish him the best of luck for recovery and hope he returns.

  299. However says that isnt a red card is deluded…that was a terrible tackle thats left a young players career in serious doubt.

  300. its clearly an unfortunate accident.. whats the point debating about this?!:)

  301. its clearly an unfortunate accident.. whats the point debating about this?! :) x

  302. What I hate most are those two ******* trying to exonerate Taylor. Eduardo’s had his ******* leg shattered, and all they’re talking about how distraught that clod-hopping hoofer is. Disgraceful.

    Taylor should be banned; I doubt he intended to break Eduardo’s leg, but he surely meant to do some damage.If you can’t safely defend against a guy of Eduardo’s skill, you’re not good enough to play in the Premier League. End of the ******* matter.

    Best get Clichy out the prem then eh?

  303. What is some peoples problem!! Yes it was a **** tackle, and yes a really bad injury!!! But are some of you people just idiots by saying Taylor should need protection and he`s gonna get `done`???? Get real.

  304. some one read my comment and respond number 247 peace:d

  305. :d/ get in that ******* is gone!!!

  306. :d/ get in that ******* is gone!!!

  307. hahhahahahhahahahha
    dats da funniest thing i hav ever seen
    hope more tackles turn out like dat:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:):)

  308. LOOK PEOPLE IT WAS A CLUMSY BAD CHALLENGE THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME IN FOOTBALL. THIS WAS JUST A FREAK INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE INJURY. HONESTLY THINK WITH YOUR HEAD, DO U THINK 2 MINS IN2 THE GAME MARTIN TAYLOR A GUY I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF B4 BUILDS UP THIS SINISTER HATRED 4 EDUARDO AND SAYS 2 HIMSELF “I’M GOIN 2 BREAK HIS LEG”. YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE. ITS A RED CARD, NOTHING ELSE. IF URE SAYIN BAN HIM 4 LIFE U R JUST AN ANGRY IDIOT OF A GUNNER.

  309. real shame that didnt happen to ronaldo,,,, whos with me. the blokes a tossa

    good luck eduardo, should have been Ronaldo

    U dont deserve to be a human!!

    Arsenal Fan Here,
    Wad the FxcK are u thinking?
    Ronaldo is also a human. No player deserve this. U are a moron to think of other players tiz way. Please respect Football.

    im an arsenal fan and wot u said just shows your a typical hooligan which the real problem with english football 2day. wise up.

  310. guys, do u realize martin taylor is a PROFESSIONAL football player? ur not called a professional player if u misjudge every tackle u do.

    come on, u say it was a half hearted lunge from taylor? wow, wat kind of half hearted lunge was that, flying thorugh MID AIR and sliding his cleats down eduardo’s leg as eduardo was brought down…

    dude, if it was any half hearted lunge at all, taylor wouldnt hav flown through the air at all because ANY decent footballer would know that either he was going to win the ball, which was unlikely, or eduardo was going to get injured (seriously). if u were a footballer, since when would we want to threaten to end another player’s career?

    i myself am a defender but i NEVER try to fly thorugh mid-air at players with my sleats raised because any moron knows that the victim is going to get really, really injured.

    he didnt fly thru the air, it was pretty much a standing challenge. u dont kno wot your talking about.

  311. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    Even if Eduardo didn’t get injured cant you see the guy lunged in with studs showing therefore thats an automatic red

  312. Dear all who are mentioning

    Half Tackles,
    Half Strength,
    Maybe not for yellow card
    Not running 15-20 yards

    and so on please replace in next picture:

    Player X has ball 30 yards away from goal
    Player X controls the ball on the ground
    Player Y tries to get to the ball tackling Player X 5 inches bellow knee (15 inches above playground)
    Player X suffered opened fracture (foot almost amputated).

    replace Player X with Rooney or Beckham
    and
    replace Player Y with any otherfootball player name.

    Well, you may continue discussion where player Y tackle is for yellow card or not and so on.

    I hope, for benefit of all of as humans that those guys, discussing in abouve mentioned way, do not have children to teach them about morality, sympathy and fair play.

  313. ”I think this guy should never play football again,”
    Totally agree with Wenger!!!
    it is just the ugliest tickle i have ever seen.

    Hope Eduardo get well soon…
    i am sure all Arsenal Fans are waiting the return of Eduardo.

  314. - Arsenal fan here and regardless of teams or supports this is just plain sick.
    - If this happened to Rooney, Gerrard or Lampard I would still wants smash Taylors face in.
    - Before you start arguing about 1 foot or foot tackles or he wasn’t running get your facts straight it dont take much to break someone leg and end a footballers career.
    - Watch when we play those **** again, you will see how we will return the favour to Taylor, thats of course if the In-bred tossers are in the prem league next season.

  315. Grow the **** up.
    Its a bad challenge by a non malicious player , red card is enough punishment.
    This is football , **** happens , get over it.
    Hope u get better soon eduardo

  316. Grow the **** up.
    Its a bad challenge by a non malicious player , red card is enough punishment.
    This is football , **** happens , get over it.
    Hope u get better soon eduardo

  317. this definitely not football, can somebody just stick out his leg blindly to tackle the ball? when he missed the ball, can he just stomp his leg down blindly with knowing that the player is still there??? football is a game with lot of passion, not a fight.patrick = pathetic…

  318. To any idiot out there who has called for Taylor to be killed, injured or banned:

    you are fools. you or I play football, knowing the risks of such an injury. I play rugby week in week out as well; a game in which many people die annually.

    If you get injured so horrifically - as Eduardo’s injury is - it is never simple or emotionless. Indeed, it is shocking.

    However, footballers - any sports man in fact - know the risks they run. Injuries such as this are part of the game. I watched the exact same thing happen to a friend in a play ground football game years ago. We didn’t try and kill or ban the other young lad - who was so shocked and saddened by the injury he inflicted.

    If Taylor had intent - something which I very much doubt, seeing as he is a professional running the same risks as Eduardo and this was very early on in a rather annonymous game - then I would encourage a greater punishment.

    There was no intent. Badly timed - yes. With the purpose to snap legs and ankles? NO.

    So you absolute idiots out there who post on here calling for Taylor to “die die die” or to be banned for ever, please take your mindless drivel and keep it in your very small brains.

    To Eduardo - my best wishes for a clean, swift recovery to full health. I hope you have the metal and physical strenght and support you will need.

    To Taylor - do not listen to idiots. Every footballer makes ill-timed or rash challenges; you are unlucky that your’s had such consequences. It was bad, but use this to learn and improve. Ignore idiots.

  319. i find it is good for manchester united but i think that taylor is a disabled son of a bitch:d/

  320. Joe
    You are right about bad comments on Taylor.
    He does not deserve those sick whishes (die, kill …)
    but he deserves to be punished and not only for game or two.

    Taylor had enough time to understand he will never catch the ball.
    Instead of getting leg back he raised it up.

    Why?

    That is something only Taylor knows.
    Leave that to his nights and dreams.

    I strongly disagree with your comment about sport.
    Sport like life contains PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for acts (includes tackles).
    Sportsman is not BULL TERRIER without emotions for oponent.

    If someone hits you with car on the street his punishment is that he can not drive car until he repair it?

    ONLY BECAUSE YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WHILE WALKING ON THE STREET YOU CAN BE HIT BY THE CAR?

    Wow

    PS
    I do not think Taylor did it with intention to break the leg.

  321. guys, listen up.. **** happens in football.. move on.. yes, that tackle was horrible, but there is nothing u can do rite nw.. it happened.. jz pray dat eduardo can play again his football..

    p/s:im a man utd fan.. i think its normal for me as a true red devils hating arsenal, liverpool and chelsea.. n to be frank, i dun reli think eduardo is a great player.. so im sure, arsenal wont reli feel his absence.. cheer up..

  322. guys, listen up.. **** happens in football.. move on.. yes, that tackle was horrible, but there is nothing u can do rite nw.. it happened.. jz pray dat eduardo can play again his football..

    p/s:im a man utd fan.. i think its normal for me as a true red devils hating arsenal, liverpool and chelsea.. n to be frank, i dun reli think eduardo is a great player.. so im sure, arsenal wont reli feel his absence.. cheer up..

  323. Mike,

    you are wrong. All players of any sport are removed of some degree of responsibility for their actions. The minute they take to the pitch this is the case.

    This is why when any players (ice hockey, rugby, football, even tennis) fight and ‘assult’ one another they are not criminally charged. This is reflected in the way the judiciary ignore such behaviour in sport and do not convict sportsplayers for on-field conduct.

    For instace, Joey Barton was arrested for assult in a night club, but has never been for hitting a player in the face whilst playing for Man City, as I remember him doing a while back.

    Your example of the car driver hitting a person, therefore, is wrong.

    All sportsplayers have some degree of responsibility - legally - removed when they partake in their sport.

    This does not, however, warrant or should not encourage sever misconduct or malicious play.

    Indeed, any player in any sport who is judged to have behaved in such a way is rightly punished by the sports official governing bodies.

    Taylor was punished for his poorly timed challenge with a red card. He will be banned for three games, if I am not mistaken. I don’t doubt that the tackle, being as late as it was, deserves such a punishment.

    However, the consequences - such a visually and physically horrific injury - do not mean Taylor deserves a great ban.

    Martin Petrov was fortunate to dodge a similar lunge from a Blackburn player a few games ago. He could have had the same injury. The B’burn player received a yellow card for the challenge. He didn’t get that punishment changed or increased by the governing bodies because they believed the potential injury could have been so terrible.

    As such, Taylor’s punishment should stand. It is sufficient. His tackle was poor. He recieved the appropriate sanction. Eduardo’s injury being so terrible shouldn’t mean that he gets even more punishment. There was equal chance Eduardo could have not been injured so badly. The challenge would have still been the same - but Taylor’s red card ban would not have, in this case, been extended.

    I agree, Taylor should have been given the red card. However, using the severity of the injury to justify increasing the punishment, when the injury was the result of an accident (albeit from Taylor’s poor play) and not the result of an intentional attempt to create such injury, is wrong.

  324. I feel really sorry for Eduardo because he himself isn’t an agressive player and doesn’t deserve this injury.
    Again, Taylor isn’t a rough player - he’s just unlucky, a red card was the right punishment.

    In the videos and pictures I’ve seen it looks as if his foot has actually snapped of, can anyone actually confirm the full extent of his injuries?

    I hope he gets well soon, I’m not an Arsenal fan but no one deserves that injury.

  325. u chattin bollox martin is a ledge eduardo is a *****

  326. Well Joe,
    I can not disagree with you.
    Problem with my way of writing is that my posts are surrounded with only black (kill) and white (give him a medal) comments so “I did not hit the spot”.

    Also comparing with car accident was little bit “extreme case” (even it is correct), and I agree with that.

    Whole idea was that sportsman like Taylor should not get away just with ordinary punishment, not because he is a butcher but because he has done something extremely bad.

    As I stated before, I do not believe that it was intentional, but standard way of punishment explains to young sportsman that “anything is regular”.
    Today’s lag brake, red card and three games. Tomorrow’s neck brake red card and few games.

    This is wrong message to them.

    Unfortunately, player (deliberately omitting Taylor) made something extremely wrong what is not in a spirit of the game and fair play.
    He should try to pull back leg when he saw the ball is only a dream.
    But he did not.
    Instead he hit like Titanic to Ice Berg.

    I am 46 year old professional player, suffered multiple fractures including head, arcades and arms, and guess … sport is not football, it is basketball. I have never hurt anyone, despite my 120 kilos, and in lots of challenges I have made a choice rather to be hurt then to hurt someone.

    I am just talking that there has to be a message “NO MORE”, for good of our kids and next generation. Message that is telling even you are sportsman some thinks are OFF LIMITS.

    Once, this message will be sent, there will be less incidents you mentioned.
    Obviously Didulica (goalkeeper) case was not enough.

    My post is here only to try to make sport better.
    Regards

  327. Well Joe,
    I can not disagree with you.
    Problem with my way of writing is that my posts are surrounded with only black (kill) and white (give him a medal) comments so “I did not hit the spot”.

    Also comparing with car accident was little bit “extreme case” (even it is correct), and I agree with that.

    Whole idea was that sportsman like Taylor should not get away just with ordinary punishment, not because he is a butcher but because he has done something extremely bad.

    As I stated before, I do not believe that it was intentional, but standard way of punishment explains to young sportsman that “anything is regular”.
    Today’s lag brake, red card and three games. Tomorrow’s neck brake red card and few games.

    This is wrong message to them.

    Unfortunately, player (deliberately omitting Taylor) made something extremely wrong what is not in a spirit of the game and fair play.
    He should try to pull back leg when he saw the ball is only a dream.
    But he did not.
    Instead he hit like Titanic to Ice Berg.

    I am 46 year old professional player, suffered multiple fractures including head, arcades and arms, and guess … sport is not football, it is basketball. I have never hurt anyone, despite my 120 kilos, and in lots of challenges I have made a choice rather to be hurt then to hurt someone.

    I am just talking that there has to be a message “NO MORE”, for good of our kids and next generation. Message that is telling even you are sportsman some thinks are OFF LIMITS.

    Once, this message will be sent, there will be less incidents you mentioned.
    Obviously Didulica (goalkeeper) case was not enough.

    My post is here only to try to make sport better.
    Regards

  328. Well Joe,
    I can not disagree with you.
    Problem with my way of writing is that my posts are surrounded with only black (kill) and white (give him a medal) comments so “I did not hit the spot”.

    Also comparing with car accident was little bit “extreme case” (even it is correct), and I agree with that.

    Whole idea was that sportsman like Taylor should not get away just with ordinary punishment, not because he is a butcher but because he has done something extremely bad.

    As I stated before, I do not believe that it was intentional, but standard way of punishment explains to young sportsman that “anything is regular”.
    Today’s lag brake, red card and three games. Tomorrow’s neck brake red card and few games.

    This is wrong message to them.

    Unfortunately, player (deliberately omitting Taylor) made something extremely wrong what is not in a spirit of the game and fair play.

    He should try to pull the leg back when he saw the ball is only a dream.
    But he did not.
    Instead he hit like Titanic to Ice Berg.

    I am 46 year old professional player, suffered multiple fractures including head, arcades and arms, and guess … sport is not football, it is basketball. I have never hurt anyone, despite my 120 kilos, and in lots of challenges I have made a choice rather to be hurt then to hurt someone.

    I am just talking that there has to be a message “NO MORE”, for good of our kids and next generation. Message that is telling even you are sportsman some thinks are OFF LIMITS.

    Once, this message will be sent, there will be less incidents you mentioned.
    Obviously Didulica (goalkeeper) case was not enough.

    My post is here only to try to make sport better.
    Regards

  329. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    are you like a moron patrick? did you look at the shape of edurardo’s leg? at most a yellow card?…what a ******* you are. You should slap yourself

    The shape of his leg is not the point, it is the tackle and the intent of the player. Sure the injury was terrible but do you think he meant to do that or was he just late. If you actually watch the highlight you can see Taylor was just a little late and was very close to playing the ball, there would be no reason to take out the player in that situation. A ban would be ridiculous

  330. For “canada boy” - I agree, they looked awful afterwards. Good that you call Theo ‘Theo’ and not Walcott. I used to go to school with Theo (in Compton), and it always sounds weird, and looks really strange to think someone I went to school with is now making $$$ and playing for arsenal!

    But good job on him, first 2 goals in the premiership, hopefully not the last.

    And that tackle was awful I agree, but I mean there was no malliscious intent. A red card, agreed, but it was fairly obvious there was no intention of damage from the defender.

  331. Well Joe,
    I can not disagree with you.
    Problem with my way of writing is that my posts are surrounded with only black (kill) and white (give him a medal) comments so “I did not hit the spot”.

    Also, comparing with car accident was little bit “extreme case” (even it is correct), and I agree with that.

    Whole idea was that sportsman like Taylor should not get away just with ordinary punishment, not because he is a butcher but because he has done something extremely bad.

    As I stated before, I do not believe that it was intentional, but standard way of punishment explains to young sportsman that “anything is regular”.
    Today’s lag brake, red card and three games. Tomorrow’s neck brake red card and few games.

    This is wrong message to them.

    Unfortunately, player (deliberately omitting Taylor) made something extremely wrong what is not in a spirit of the game and fair play.

    He should try to pull back leg when he saw the ball is only a dream.
    But he did not.
    Instead he hit like Titanic to Ice Berg.

    I am 46 year old professional player, suffered multiple fractures including head, arcades and arms, and guess … sport is not football, it is basketball. I have never hurt anyone, despite my 120 kilos, and in lots of challenges I have made a choice rather to be hurt then to hurt someone.

    I am just talking that there has to be a message “NO MORE”, for good of our kids and next generation. Message that is telling even you are sportsman some thinks are OFF LIMITS.

    Once, this message will be sent, there will be less incidents you mentioned.
    Obviously Didulica (goalkeeper) case was not enough.

    My post is here only to try to make sport better.
    Regards

  332. Birmingham its a soo little team… they could play in Coca Cola League 2!! With out Taylor !!!! He is a ….. NOT a football player[-(

  333. this is disgusting really disgusting. ******* taylor should be banned.
    get well soon Eduardo and you must

  334. THIS IS REALLY DISGUSTING. how can any professional footballer time his tackle this worst. taylor has done very wrong and he deserved that red card.
    GET WELL SOON EDUARDO.and
    COME ON ARSENAL……….. COME ON GUNNERS………

  335. it was like henrik larsson at celtic years ago :O
    hope he comes back as larsson recovered ! :O

    larssons a legend !

  336. taking away a leg of a soccer player is like cutting off the hands of an artist. it ** CKs up their career. eduardo was JUST getting in the groove of the arsenal beat, now he won’t be able to play. not angry at taylor, cuz it could’ve been anyone, and like the commentator said, he’s just a dumb clutz.

    my heart goes out to eduardo

  337. thats a bad tackle get well soon mate

  338. next one is ronaldo..

  339. While the red card was necessary I have become reconciled to the idea that a 3-game ban is sufficient.

    One incredibly unlucky part of this story is that Taylor is apparently the opposite of the storied ‘hard man’ of english football. Check out his press clippings– Graeme Souness lamented six years ago that he was too nice to make it to the top level; said he was the perfect son-in-law but that wasn’t what he wanted on his team! His nickname is ‘the gentle giant.’ Who knows– his manager may have told him to stick his foot in against Arsenal if wanted to keep his place in the starting lineup– we’ll never know. But he does seem the last guy in the league to set out to purposely clatter Eduardo.

    The reality is everywhere he goes the rest of his life the whisper will follow him– he’ll always be the guy who destroyed Eduardo’s career. They’ll be talking behind his back in the pub when he’s seventy-five and sitting there finishing a pint. That will be punishment enough.

  340. completely deserving of a red card and suspension should follow, 5 games min. horrible horrible horrible

  341. thst tackle was pretty painfull but didnt reallyu deserve a red it was more of a yellow cause he went for the ball but it wasnt his fault eduardo was 1 step ahead.

    dude **** you mother ****er you cant see what happendd to eduardo u ….yellow card ffs its a clear red man and he didnt ented to get the ball man im a playr and im a left back annd ikno whn should i tackle and whn i shouldnt ..there is alwaus timing but ttaylor jumped for no reson and obviosly he kno tht eduardo is gonna get the ball before him to he said let me give a slide or lets c my luck and thts a red card ffs

  342. what goes around comes around or is it gods will? Remember eboue’s leg breaker on J.Terry on dec 16th 2007 that left him out for 2 mths. NO SYMPATHY HERE

  343. too many of you arsenal fans forget that you are a dirty team, So dont keep going on about taylor. That tackle flamini done against nani at old trafford was just as bad. Flamini actually went for nani then and if he hadnt of jumped out of the way then nani could have broken his leg.

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