Is Brian Mullan an arrogant piece of s*** or he's standing tall?

These were Brian Mullan words after breaking Steve Zukuani's leg"

"Mullan says that his challenge on Zakuani Friday night in Colorado is “a tackle that I've done hundreds of times and would probably do again.”

Is he being arrogant or standing tall? Is he sorry or proud? In my honest opinion I think he should'nt have not said that. It's anti-professional and unethical in my opinion. Zukuani deserves a better treatment after he did that to him.

What do you want him to do? Lie?

Me too, that's why I have no problem with him saying it, because, you know, I comprehend what he was trying to say.

Writing skills for the win!

The only issue at this point is the overreaction of Seattle fans.

Not just sounders fans. I've seen plenty of other people overreacting.

I think that someone should watch the video where that quote is taken from, Mullan is on the verge of tears.

I think he deserves a ban, but he doesn't deserve the vitriol he's getting from people.

Good point. I need to keep my emotions in check and stop singling out one side.

It was a bad tackle, he broke another man's leg, he should be punished for being reckless. End of.

When I watched the game I couldn't understand why the commentators stated "Brain Mullan isnt a dirty player" as a way to defend the tackle as being not intentional. Does that statement even matter? Who cares what his reputation is, the fact was the player got angry, visably angry at a call not going his way; then went into full on torpedo mode towards the opposing player with the ball and made an angry challenge, anyone who has played knows exactly what I mean.

You are not trying to kill the guy, but you are sure trying to make a hard tackle and not really caring if the guy gets a little hurt. You want to take out the frustration and show the ref that if i can get tackled hard I will do the same.

That is exactly what he did, and he broke a poor guys leg in the process. Of course he feels like shit, it must be tough to know everyone saw you wig out and are responsible for ending a guys season and possibly his career. Maybe he should have thought about that before he went all roid rage.

I find his comment totally ridiculous, he is saying he would make that same angry at the ref challenge again...how pathetic.

Why no mention of Dane Richards ending the career of Preston Burpo?

Cause Dane is smaller than Mullan

Was that game the only game on at the time on a friday night? I didn't see it so I have no idea.

I think a lot of the reaction has to do with there being no other games on to watch and the injury happening very early in the match.

Even people that are neutral that decided on a whim to watch a match would have seen the injury because it was in the first few minutes and stopped play for a very long time. The result of course whenever this happens is for whoever is in charge of replays to just queue up different angles so we can poop our pants at how horrible the injury was.

Completely clean play. Burpo hurt himself with a dangerous challenge.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?catid=1916&id=5505

Because Zakuani is 23 yrs old and is Sounders' top scorer while Burpo is about to retire in a couple of years anyway.

I feel bad for both of them. Mullen didn't go into the tackle thinking "I'm gonna break this ********ers leg!" It was an attempt at a tactical foul, that turned into a reckless foul.

I honestly don't think he needs more punishment than the red + 1 game. That moment is going to haunt him for the rest of his life.

That said it wouldn't bother me if he got suspended a few more games.

I don't think the situations are comparable due to the nature of the challenges. Your comment, however, is just being a jackass. I guess we got an answer to how (some) Sounders fans would have reacted had the situation been reversed.

he is a hack since way back but his style of play has been, and still is, condoned by MLS and the USSF officiating. i'm sure he will do it again as he's done it 100 times before only he was too slow/old to make contact or the intended victims were quick/lucky enough to get out of the way. i dont give two scheisses what he says after or whether he "meant to do it". thanks for robbing the fans of those teams who havent had a seattle visit yet this season of a chance to see one of the leagues top wingers, dbag!

I'll reiterate what I've said before.

The rules exist for a reason. There's a reason why two footed lunges are against the rules. There's a reason why going over the ball is against the rules. There's a reason why going studs up is against the rules. The reason for all of these is that they are extremely dangerous and likely to result in serious injuries.

Mullan did all of those things, and did so in retaliation. When you intentionally commit virtually every sin of the worst tackles all in one, and in retaliation to boot, how is it still intent to hack, and not intent to injure? Mullan's been a professional player for years, he knows exactly what happens when you lunge at a planted leg.

It doesn't matter if he was on the verge of tears and if he's "not a dirty player" (as if that means anything). You have to be held responsible for your actions. For me, anything less than 10 games is unacceptably low. Perhaps that's making an example of him, but you you know what? Tough shit, Mullan. I bet you still wouldn't trade places with Zakuani.

FWIW I am not a Sounders fan.

your statement is spot on. Let's not forget that SZ may never play at a professional level again. Most guys that accidentally break someone's leg look as if their parents just died. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NYOvi_TgJM&feature=related"]YouTube - Aaron Ramsey Horrific Injury Against Stoke 27.02.10[/ame]

I won't disagree with a 10 game ban.

What is ridiculous is all the people making him out to be some kind of diabolical psychopath. And that's the crap I object to.

What I hate about piece of s*** Brian Mullan is that he is not even sorry for what he did to this player. There is not doubt he was upset and frustrated with the referee and took it on the wrong person. I welcome a 10-20 games suspension for Mr. Mullan for doing this s***.

You're the jackass because I'm not commenting even commenting on your post.
You're also a jackass for supporting Mullan's actions.

What else do you expect from a player supported by Jasonma

Go ahead, quote my post where I supported Mullan's actions
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yeah, didn't think so.

Your post essentially said that it didn't matter if an older player on the verge of retirement gets his leg broken, it only matters if young players do. That's just a jackass thing to stay.

Edit..

way to take that quote completely out of context.