Seamus Coleman

[Barnfred 55]

Everything i have ever heard from him or read about him proves him to be a very humble, thoroughly decent and grounded human being! We can only hope for three things, 1) that the break was clean. 2) that no infection entered the bone and 3) that he is more Peter Reid than Petr and that he comes back without any lingering psychological anxiety about it happening again! Ross Barkley suffered a terrible break and so hopefully he can offer Seamus some comfort and advice!

As for the team, well they have to man up and play for him against the rs and Manure! As for Wales, the entire team should wear get well soon Seamus shirts at their next match.

As for us, rise above it, stop infighting, do not hound Ashley Williams, nor Taylor. Show we are better than a pack of rabid dogs. i doubt Taylor intended to break his leg, despite what many are saying. Had Seamus not been standing on that leg, it would have been a yellow and Seamus would be playing in the Derby! At the speed it happened, there is no way Taylor timed it so that Seamus' standing leg was the one he got?

Lots of emotion about still, because one of our favourites has been badly injured and we all feel for him, but it was very, very ugly on here last night and i hope that ill feeling doesnt spill out into our support of our players or the prolonged hounding (on social media) of any players?

Brilliant post mate. One of those you wish you'd done yourself.

I agree with every word you have written apart from your view on Taylor. I agree that he didnt go into the tackle intending to break his leg. In over 40 years of watching football I've only ever seen one professional footballer ever do that, but best not go there hey.

That tackle was wreckless in the extreme and if you go into a challenge in that fashion theres always a chance something like this can happen. That's why the player has to be held accountable.

The punishnent should fit the crime. He'll end up with a 3, maybe 5 game International ban, but can carry on playing week in for his club.That's the same as giving a drink driver who run over some kid 6 points and a 3 month ban.

The authorities need to be seen to be strong here and set an example to try and prevent players making these challenges in the future. They happen all the time and it's pure luck that players legs aren't broken more often.

And if Taylor plays at Goodison next season he deserves to be booed. He has to be held accountable for his actions.

 

[paulbefc]

Terribly sad news. The fact that Coleman is such a great man before a footballer makes it that bit more upsetting.

Taylor's challenge was reckless and over the top, but there's no way he's gone in intending to cause that. He most certainly IS "that type of player" now, if indeed he wasn't already, but hopefully he and everyone watching the game learned from it that that kind of tackle has no place on the pitch at any level of the game.

In Williams' case, his instinct was to keep his teammate on the pitch and clearly he didn't realise that Coleman was badly injured until much later on. He's done nothing wrong at all.

Chris Coleman could have phrased his comments better, but I don't think, having watched the interview, rather than reading clickbait headlines, he said anything that outrageous.

Well done to Shane Long.

 

[crockyblue79]

Snivelling RS out already.Just heard somebody discussing it in a local shop."Awful tackle, shame he's out the derby; I'm a red myself but would sooner beat Everton with their full team out " he proclaimed.Proper patronising f*****s ain't they?

 

[Jags..class]

Last night i was gutted about him missing the Derby and relized this injury could end his career and I'm worried about a Derby. Felt ashamed

Hope he can recover from this.

 

[matty1878]

Snivelling RS out already.Just heard somebody discussing it in a local shop."Awful tackle, shame he's out the derby; I'm a red myself but would sooner beat Everton with their full team out " he proclaimed.Proper patronising f*****s ain't they?

Already seen disgusting tweets from them mocking his injury they're horrible disgusting cu***

 

[Jags..class]

I've just read that the ref could have taken the sting out of the game with bale challenge on O'Shea minutes before coleman injury and did nothing.

 

[Barnfred 55]

...there used to be a rule whereby a players salary was covered by his FA if he's injured on international duty but I don't know if that still applies.

Think it depends in the FA. There us an agreement with the English FA to oay a certain percentage. But it isnt a FIFA rule I dont think. Can you inagine an FA like Congo having to cover someones 200k pw wages for 12 months. Not sure what the situation is with the Republic. I wouldnt imagine it would be much.

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Good tweet from Didi Hamann...sadly for us and Séamus, had the ref done his job here and sent Bale off, Coleman wouldn't have a broken leg today....

So f'n angry!.....

Don't think there's a player in football with a better attitude and character than Seamus... Worked so hard to improve his game, you could see how much he was improving defensively over his first 3 seasons with us, all the way to becoming the best Right back in the league....

No cheating, no play-acting, no BS.... Never made one dirty challenge, always fair always just competitive... Proper player!...

 

[JLW]

Already seen disgusting tweets from them mocking his injury they're horrible disgusting cu***

Just seen a tweet with one bellend saying maybe the new ground can fix his leg!!!

 

[Eggs]

Think it depends in the FA. There us an agreement with the English FA to oay a certain percentage. But it isnt a FIFA rule I dont think. Can you inagine an FA like Congo having to cover someones 200k pw wages for 12 months. Not sure what the situation is with the Republic. I wouldnt imagine it would be much.

..12 months out will total a lot of salary. Given the incident involved there's probably an argument that the Welsh FA should pay. I've not seen anything from Taylor by way of an apology, I'm not sure if he went over to Coleman after the incident or just walked off.

 

[Azza]

Some of these posts. lol



Any way, surgery today according to SSN.

 

[N.S.N.O.]

...there used to be a rule whereby a players salary was covered by his FA if he's injured on international duty but I don't know if that still applies.

What about the €30-40m a player as good as Coleman is worth?

 

[Yid4life]

Terrible news.

I hope Coleman makes the best recovery possible.

I know Toffees and all proper football fans everywhere wish him all the best.

 

[GlosBlue]

Found this article from an Arsenal fan's point of view...
http://arseblog.com/2017/03/seamus-colemans-injury-sadly-inevitable-neil-taylor-kind-player/
...They make some very good points.

Absolutely gutted as Seamus is one of the nicest footballers in an era full of big headed primadonnas.

 

[efc.1878]

Surgery in Dublin today according to SSN.

No words, absolutely gutted. If one player did not ever deserve that it was him. Can't wait to belt your name out at Old Trafford and the Pitt. Stay strong, get well soon Seamus.