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Blatter needs to butt out say Blues chief

March 9, 2008

Fifa President Sepp Blatter has come under intense criticism following is comments regarding Martin Taylor’s challenge on Eduardo which resulted in the Croatian suffering a compound leg fracture.

Blatter publicly ripped into Taylor stating that the tackle was an “attack” and seemed to suggest that the Birmingham defender had meant to cause a serious injury and did not just seriously mis-time time the tackle.

Eduardo coud be out of the game for up to a year but Taylor has both publicly and privately apologised for the event which is said to have left him emotionally scarred. The Arsenal midfielder has been said to have accepted the apology following a meeting between the two in the Birmingham hospital where he was staying.

The President of Fifa has however stated that he would welcome longer bans for dangerous play than the mandatory three matches although his comments to the BBC that ” this is to destroy another player and that is not the aim of our game” have elicited much criticism, especially from Blues Chairman David Gold.

Gold responded to Blatter’s comments by stating -

“It is outrageous and disappointing that a man of Sepp Blatter’s standing, the top man in world football, is coming out with inflammatory statements like this which cannot be good for the game”
Taylor has an almost impeccable discipinary record, averaged around 1 yellow card per season, but Blatter’s comments have made him out to be the monster which he quite clearly isnt. Accidents do happen in football, some worse than other, but the notion that this was anything other than a freak accdent is nothing short of ridiculous.
Blatter should keep out of English league matters and stop showing himself up with stupid, ill thought out comments.
Winning is Everything supports Martin Taylor and hopes that he can put this behind him - whilst also wishing Eduardo a full and speedy recovery.

Written by The Pieman · Filed Under Arsenal, Birmingham, Premiership 


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