Player kicks injured owl on pitch

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

What a complete ****ing moron. Looks like he is going to get a ban anyway. A thought though...if this was England, and the offending player played for United, would there be no retrospective ban because the referee saw the incident at the time and so judged it then?!

The_Kew_Tour

niallo24 wrote: »

What a complete ****ing moron. Looks like he is going to get a ban anyway. A thought though...if this was England, and the offending player played for United, would there be no retrospective ban because the referee saw the incident at the time and so judged it then?!

and you were going so well and all till then.:rolleyes:

Blatter

That is disgusting.

I hope he gets charged for animal cruelty.

Chucky the tree

At least this lad will be easier to track down for 4chan.

mikemac

I'd love to see which rule they have in place for this event

But yes, a scumbag thing to do

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

and you were going so well and all till then.:rolleyes:

Just a joke for the day that was in it!!

Mr.Crinklewood

Must have been a Sheffield United fan.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

niallo24 wrote: »

A thought though...if this was England, and the offending player played for United, would there be no retrospective ban because the referee saw the incident at the time and so judged it then?!

Are you niallo27, are you niallo27, aaaaare you niallo27 in disguise? Aaaaaaare you niallo27 in disguise?

sonic85

dirty ba$tard. no need for that at all - love to have seen one of the opposition players kick him in the head

Zebra3

Heard it was retaliation.

5starpool

The owl clearly moved across in front of his foot.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

FOWL!

dahat

Did the opposition get a throw in after it?

Mr.Crinklewood

Zebra3 wrote: »

Heard it was retaliation.

Aye, the owl called him a twit.

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IvySlayer

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

FOWL!

Ya big hoot ya

Blatter

More on this.

BOGOTA — Panama defender Luis Moreno is facing sanctions after he kicked an injured owl that had landed on the field during a match for his Colombian club Deportivo Pereira against Atletico Junior.
The owl, which serves as a mascot for the Atletico Junior team and lives in the stadium, was being treated Monday at a local veterinary clinic in Barranquilla. The bird was expected to recover and had only a minor fracture to its right leg.
Fans of the Atletico Junior team shouted "murderer, murderer," after the incident on Sunday. The owl had landed injured near the corner of the field and was struck by a pass between Deportivo players, causing the referee to halt the game. Moreno then walked over and kicked it about three meters (yards) to get the owl off the pitch.
He said he did not know the bird was a good-luck charm for the opposition.
"I want to apologize to the fans," Moreno told reporters after the match. "I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it (kicked) to see if it would fly."
Pereira club president Francisco Javier Lopez said the player would be punished and he could also face sanctions from Colombian football's governing body.
"It made me very angry that he kicked the little animal," said Atletico Junior player Luia Paez, who scored one of the goals in Atletico's 2-1 victory. "It was already injured by being struck by the ball. I said a bunch of awful thing to him (Moreno). I was really angry."
Animal welfare officials said no laws in Colombia exist against cruelty to animals.

Hank Scorpio

"I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it (kicked) to see if it would fly."

nuxxx

nuxxx wrote: »

"I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it (kicked) to see if it would fly."

http://www.lunacanus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/OrlyTaitzOwl.jpg

McGrath5

Horrible thing to do.

Saint_Mel

Perfect Choice wrote: »

Horrible thing to do.

He didnt give a hoot!

salthillman

For Christs sake stop with the puns...

missingtime

Dont show this to Don Conroy.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

salthillman wrote: »

For Christs sake stop with the puns...

Ooh... someone's feathers have been ruffled....

Mr.Nice Guy

niallo24 wrote: »

A thought though...if this was England, and the offending player played for United, would there be no retrospective ban because the referee saw the incident at the time and so judged it then?!

Rooney would never have done this. He is a great admirer of owl ones.

Anyways I hope they punish this incident as it's pretty shocking.

King John V

There'll probably be a birden of pressure on the player to apologise for this.

seriousfizz

I don't see why they're using the fact that it's a club mascot to establish the wrong done. He shouldn't have kicked the bird, mascot or no mascot. His excuse is shocking, what a gob****e.

tallaghtmick

damn you all robbing the puns em lets see hes a birdbrain :pac:

Blatter

tallaghtmick wrote: »

damn you all robbing the puns em lets see hes a birdbrain :pac:

I think it's time to throw the towl in.

Deeper Blue

I hope he gets punished for that. Totally uncalled for:mad::(

dsmythy

It looked like the players wanted him sent off for it.

x in the city

niallo24 wrote: »

What a complete ****ing moron. Looks like he is going to get a ban anyway. A thought though...if this was England, and the offending player played for United, would there be no retrospective ban because the referee saw the incident at the time and so judged it then?!

wtf, what a retard

"I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it (kicked) to see if it would fly"


F|cking A+!!!

DEVEREUX

He's owlright, he survived.


I'll get my coat

Blatter

x in the city wrote: »

wtf, what a retard

"I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it (kicked) to see if it would fly"


F|cking A+!!!

X, when I first heard about it I thought you were the culprit in a Sunday league game.:p

I'll also get my coat

TanG411

Must have watched the Late Late Show last Friday.

In all honesty, it was uncalled for. Wouldn't suprise me if he gets a ban. No excuses for the kicking.

kryogen

Thats pretty harsh you know, no need for it

Are you a Liverpool fan Niallowhatever number you call yourself now?

J. Marston

Aww, thats fúcking horrible . The poor thing was just laying there, looking around.
What a bollocks.

Pierce_1991

He's just like Andy Carroll, kickin birds around




Now, where did I put my coat

Mr. Presentable

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

and you were going so well and all till then.:rolleyes:

Who pi55ed on your chips?

doncarlos

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Ooh... someone's feathers have been ruffled....

Whoo?

v3ttel

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

Who pi55ed on your chips?

niallo24.

abouttobebanned

Some top punnage guys!

smokedeels

who kicks an animal like that, scumbag.

Queen-Mise

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Some top punnage guys!

+1

Very thought crossing my mind, was thinking the name of this site should be changed to puns.ie

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

kryogen wrote: »

Thats pretty harsh you know, no need for it

Are you a Liverpool fan Niallowhatever number you call yourself now?

Nah mate I am actually a City fan which some would say is worse!

Mr. Presentable

From the replays it looks like the owl had come back from an offside position and wasn't active.

Yakult

Horrible thing to do, p***k was probably too afraid to pick it up.

What a very kind gentleman to get the owl off the pitch, the owl could have seriously hurt someone... :rolleyes:

Helix

he didnt really kick it anyway, he scooped it off the pitch with his foot

who can blame him for not picking it up? its all well and good now we know it was the other team's mascot, but ffs lads it couldve been a mangey diseased wild yoke

dfx-

So you leave it there like everyone else did until someone comes along to remove it..

Helix

dfx- wrote: »

So you leave it there like everyone else did until someone comes along to remove it..

i wouldnt disagree, but he didnt kick the thing

ctrl-alt-delete

I have been to 2 North east England derbies between Sunderland and Newcastle, and on both occasions there has been a magpie with it's wings clipped let loose onto the field,

The poor thing then gets abused by the Sunderland crowd, and it is normally on the pitch for the warm up, where the odd Sunderland player will try and cream the thing with the ball, the first time i witnessed it, the magpie was hit.

Horrible to see, and so uncalled for.