Rio Ferdinand

[ESG]

well it seems 2 b good enough for the FA this a/noon

[Laz]

Que?

[ESG]

press statement regaring that tw.at ferdinand

[Colin Zeal EFM]

They've threatened to pull all United's players out of the Turkey match.

 

Doesn't add up to me. So Ferdinand 'forgot'? Okay, fair enough, but Man Utd officials know before the game who is to be tested, and even if it had slipped Rio's mind, surely they should've called him up on his mobile and hauled him in later that evening for his test.

 

He was injured for the Champ Lge game mid-week, and my hunch is that the club doc gave him a 'little something' to keep him going for the [****!!****] game.

 

Two years suspension he's looking at. That ain't a great return for £29m! No wonder United are spitting chips!!

 

 

[ESG]

Spot on Colin

the older i get the more i hate these so called "sportsmen"

 

the incident was over 2 weeks ago

[Brew]

It's black and white. The FA law states that if you fail to or refuse to give a test when asked, you are guilty of an offence. He failed to when asked and is therefore guilty. His excuse that he was moving house and had a lot on his plate just makes him look even more stupid. He isn't paid £50k a week for nothing. It comes with certain responsibilites and doing a drugs test when asked is one of them.

[Laz]

Quote:

Brew said:
He isn't paid £50k a week for nothing.

He is now!

[Colin Zeal EFM]

United threatening to pull out all their Internationals from the England squad is big. That's the proverbial nuclear button, I reckon. The FA won't like that sort of blackmail one little bit.

 

 

[Colin Zeal EFM]

 

Ugly fker as well, isn't he.

 

 

[Little Miss Urchin]

Like with all Premiership players and clubs, nothing will happen. Maybe a 2 match ban and £500 fine or something (naturally to be paid by the club) but that will probably be it.

 

Glad I've seen sense and have become involved in non-league now.

[pabird]

He is one gormless parentless vacuum headed waster and it is crap that he "offered" to come back when the testers had finished and gone home for the day

He should be judged on "probability" I.E. found guilty and banned for at least one season

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I don't think he should be picked for England on the basis that he is crap!

Give me Terry or Southgit at the back any day of the week!

[AFF]

I'm not defending Ferdinand.

 

I watched the BBC news at 10 last night and heard the story. First thought "What a pr@t, but then he is a footballer". Second thought "Well O.K. Whatever the punishment to be delivered, why not roll up his sleeve at the next available moment and say 'Here I am. Do me now'?"

 

I caught the last few minutes of Newsnight and Paxo said that Ferdinand had done a test 36 hours after the 'forgotten' appointment and was negative. 2 weeks ago!

 

That might be a more interesting comment on the BBC news than on the superstar himself.

[pabird]

36 hours does allow some social drugs to be flushed through

Those drugs are on the banned list

This man-child earns? 100k a week and is smothered in advisors,agents and legal assistance.

So what do we get,a thick bling bling I want I want and I do not accept responsibility for my actions dummy

Since being the 30m top paid top rated defender in the league transfer into united it is obvious that season on season improvement is the furthest thing from his mind

The modern player at premier level owes more to the game than any other footballers in history, ban the idiot big time

 

[ESG]

I think it was because he had the munchies....

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

But he remembered on the day and contacted them after 2 hours but they had gone, surly they could of come back or arranged to meet in a service station!

[ESG]

course he did...

[ESG]

Rio

any truth ure favorite track is Clap by they must be giants

[Rob_the_Saint]

Duran Duran surely...

 

'They call him Rio and his head is in the sand'

[ESG]

nah the clap bits the clue....