Two sides to every story - Ousmane Dabo

[Will M]

If somebody jostles me I lean in to kiss them. On the lips. Usually puts the frighteners on em and they soon scarper. And if they dont, I get a snog. Win win.

Are you a left leaner or a right leaner, if you go in right I'm sure they won't be able to resist you Matty old son

[OldSchool]

Joeys POV btw..in the interest of fairness...



We were preparing to play Manchester United in the derby. That summer we’d signed Dabo: he was a French international and he’d come from Lazio as a big name player. He used to smoke cigarettes and seemed to me like he didn’t give a **** about his football. He was just picking up his money and was over in England on a jolly up. We got on alright with each other, but we weren’t particularly close. I was ahead of him in the pecking order at the club and getting picked more than him. All in all we wasn’t having the best of times really. It was a frustrating year for him, I guess.
I told him I thought he was **** at football, he told me I thought I was big time and started swearing at me in French
In the run up to the United game there was a really tense atmosphere around the training ground, and everyone was putting a shift in. In one training game I went in a little hard on him, I think I left my shoulder in. He took exception to it and went in really late on me a few minutes later. But I saw it coming and jumped out of the way. Then we started insulting each other. I told him I thought he was **** at football, he told me I thought I was big time and started swearing at me in French. So training gets cut short, and we’re all walking off the pitch. He’s walking ahead of me with Sylvain Distin, and they’re chatting in French, I think Sylvain was telling him to calm down. But me and him are still having a pop at each other, and I just remember laughing at him and saying, dead sarcastically ‘Yeah, you’re a good player’. He literally just flipped and sprinted towards me, and when he got about a yard away, he pulled his fist back to hit me.
I thought: Right, we’re in a fight here
He was a big old lad too, so I wasn’t just gonna let myself get hit, so I punched him and took the wind out of his sails. But obviously he wasn’t gonna just back down after that, so I thought ‘Right, we’re in a fight here and I’m not gonna take any chances’, so I hit him again and I knocked him out. I think I threw two punches during the whole thing.
He started a fight, I responded and he lost
I got sent home from training so he could calm down and get checked out by the club. And a couple of days later, I got a call to come in to a meeting and was told that I was suspended until further notice. I think he got suspended too. But in the meantime, he went to the papers and the police and told them I’d attacked him from behind and that he wanted to press charges. By that point I couldn’t do anything or put my side of the story across until after the court case was finished. But I’ve always looked at it this way: he was a big lad, who liked to throw his weight about. He started a fight, I responded and he lost. And the only way he could get his own back was to go to the papers. Pathetic really.

This is one for our resident King Solomon! Whatever he says goes.

[QPRDave]

I'm sorry Stanley76 but you have gone right down in my estimation for starting this thread.You and all the mods for that matter know how divided fans are on this player yet you quote in bold the bit where some nobody of a player says JB's a coward and slagging him off.Are you looking to get posters banned? I just don't get it, Joey is in France, hopefully rebuilding his career.......... just leave it.

[DeepcutHoop]

I'm sorry Stanley76 but you have gone right down in my estimation for starting this thread.You and all the mods for that matter know how divided fans are on this player yet you quote in bold the bit where some nobody of a player says JB's a coward and slagging him off.Are you looking to get posters banned? I just don't get it, Joey is in France, hopefully rebuilding his career.......... just leave it.

Some nobody of a footballer, that JB got a 4 month suspended sentence for assaulting, and is now blaming on that player on his website. (after pleading guilty, oddly given his version of events)

Perfectly fair that the player in question can reply.

As it's a QPR player and one that seems to be gaining a messiah like quality to some QPR fans, it's useful to see both sides of a story, as has been said.

[QPRDave]

Stanley76????????????

[vblockranger]

Some nobody of a footballer, that JB got a 4 month suspended sentence for assaulting, and is now blaming on that player on his website. (after pleading guilty, oddly given his version of events)

Perfectly fair that the player in question can reply.

As it's a QPR player and one that seems to be gaining a messiah like quality to some QPR fans, it's useful to see both sides of a story, as has been said.

I'll always root for the QPR player if theres a scrap and this fella looks like a loser to me :-)

[OldSchool]

Stanley76????????????

King Solomon

[vblockranger]

Stanley76????????????

get the normal flannel mate i wouldnt bother Dave....totally unbiased in his viewpoint and opinion as a moderator of course.........ahem :-)

[Kirill]

Stanley76????????????

Sorry about him not replying to you in the first 5 minutes, he probably went out for lunch or just popped to the loo, which is totally inexcusable of course and we will deduct it from his wages

[paulmason]

still the same old woman, good to see you don't change, as for horrible little person, you say the nicest things, next
time whisper in my ear, much cosier that way.

I think in a previous life i had you as a pet and must of treated you badly..............but then you probably still need a good kick in the dangly bits

Go and slam you fingers in the door you pathetic excuse of a person.

[QPRDave]

King Solomon

No it's me QPRDave Wasn't he something to do with Arthur Scargill? Opened a mine or something???

[Stanley]

I'm sorry Stanley76 but you have gone right down in my estimation for starting this thread.You and all the mods for that matter know how divided fans are on this player yet you quote in bold the bit where some nobody of a player says JB's a coward and slagging him off.Are you looking to get posters banned? I just don't get it, Joey is in France, hopefully rebuilding his career.......... just leave it.

Dave, as I've said before I'm totally ambivalent on the whole Barton issue. This story came out on sky sports today so I posted it. Joey has given his version of the events and now Dabo has exercised his right of reply. Absolutely no need for anyone to get banned and no reason at all why it cant be debated sensibly if thats what people want to do; and if they dont then they can simply ignore it, and not make a bigger deal out if it than is necessary. If people no longer want to talk about it or they're not interested the thread will just slip down like all the rest and be forgotten.

[Kirill]

Go and slam you fingers in the door you pathetic excuse of a person.

Children, behave!!!!

[MattyRangers]

Meeeoooowwww! Can we have some milk in saucers over here please

[QPRDave]

Sorry about him not replying to you in the first 5 minutes, he probably went out for lunch or just popped to the loo, which is totally inexcusable of course and we will deduct it from his wages

Not that at all Kirill, I just addressed Stanley and got some monkey sticking his massive predjudiced oar in again