http://www.dcunited.com/index.cfm?section=main&cont_id=174713 Well, at least he won't be injuring any of his former teammates... yet.
Appropriate I feel like the action is appropriate. I don't think he meant any harm. It was very fair of DC to post the disciplinary report. I found it quite insightful, and quite different from any report or post I'd read. On thing that stood out to me was that Hristo was back kneeling by the player's side and apologizing 46 seconds after the incident. It sounds like he stayed there and spoke Spanish to him until emergency services arrived. I wish a speedy recovery to the AU player.
bravo.. move on.. Sorry Hristo.. I call for a complete termination of the singing or chanting of anything relating stoichkov to this incident.. Who agrees?
Tough decision for the disciplinary committee to make, but it's a just decision. Too bad we'll miss out Hristo at the home opener. Best wishes to the AU player.
Aside from agreeing that we can all move on now, I saw one statement in the report which caught my attention. In the conclusions section there was mention of "... the Leagues dissent initiative in 2003 to deal with dissent by issuing a yellow card". I am all for clamping down on the carping by the players after every call, but this is something I will have to see before I believe it will be enforced.
Probably 4-6 months and who knows. If he fully recovers, and that maybe a big if, it shouldn't cost him anything. He won't miss a season of play. As far as the medical bills, who knows. There's insurance and the possibility that the team or Stoitchkov will pick up the tab.
Re: Re: Hristo's Punishment [R] I would hope that Hristo would offer to pick up a good portion of it, esp that not covered by insurance.
Is it usual for the league to provide the public such a thorough report of its analysis and findings/conclusions? I didn't expect such a detailed public report. It seemed objective, balanced and fair. It was quite similar to numerous recent posts on "The Tackle" thread since that video clip became available, and as such, while being insightful, it didn't included anything very surprising or unexpected.
You know what I say.......Give the guy a game off and leave it at that. Sorry that's the way i see it.
Its not like our team was built around him. So two games, thats what, about a total of a half a game missed?
It won't be the only games that Hristo misses. I'm frankly suprised that he didn't injure his foot tackling the kid and miss the next four weeks of training.
I found this statement interesting: Gazidis: "Unfortunately, in the aftermath of the injury, inaccurate descriptions of the incident were publicly circulated by those who did not have the benefit of reviewing the video evidence or interviewing those involved in and around the incident. The discipline imposed upon Stoitchkov is in line with MLS discipline to players involved in comparable incidents over the years in MLS games."
are you trying to tell me that Bigsoccer posters arrive at conclusions without having knowledge of all the facts and evidence?
I am shocked and appalled. I've always thought of BigSoccer as the Algonquin Roundtable of soccer discussions, where we calmly and rationally discuss the facts, and only the fact. Sachin
Nice of DC United and the league to post the displinary report - good damage control and PR. Having read it I feel that the punishment is just. As a fan I will miss Stoitchkov playing at the home opener.
So, with Hristo out for the first 2 games, how do you see this affecting DCU? I do think it's a fair call with the 2 game suspension, but will it really hurt us not having him for 2 games? Just curious as to what you guys think!
MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis issued the following statement: "Our hearts go out to Freddy and we wish him a speedy and full recovery. The Committee ruled unanimously, having seen and heard all the evidence available to it, that, however serious and tragic the injury to Freddy Llerena, Hristo Stoitchkov's challenge was made in the course of the game and was a play on the ball which was between the two players." OR, In otherwords: Hristo showed up at my door last night at 3 am, and said he would kill me and my family if we did anything serious to him. Also he said that he owns me and the rest of the league so we better watch what we say....... Said Hristo Stoitchkov: "I accept the decision of the league. I deeply regret that Freddy was injured on the play and I wish him well in his recovery." or............. "I own the league, and I will kill that kid if he tries to score on me again" Sorry............ this was just a little fun. I actually like Stoichkov, I have never seen this incident photoage, so I can not say whether the tackle was reckless or not, no matter what the people on BigSoccer say it was a bad challenge or not.