“Disgrace to the Premier League”

By Eric Beard

Fulham fans are a lively bunch. You don’t hear too many people bashing the way Fulham goes about with their business. So when the 20,000 Cottagers chanted “Disgrace to the Premier League” about Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers, there was reason behind the gesture. Not only had Wolves earned six yellow cards and a red, but Fulham’s living legend Bobby Zamora had his right leg broken by Wolves captain Karl Henry and won’t be back on the pitch for about four months..

Fulham managed to pull themselves together and fight back from 1-nil down to win 2-1 in injury time. But three points isn’t enough to compensate for four Zamora-less months. And the Fulham players knew that, as Clint Dempsey came right up to Karl Henry and verbally abused him like only a part-athlete, part-rapper could do. Clint’s colourful language essentially accused Henry of deliberately breaking Zamora’s ankle. Surely it’s a serious declaration to accuse a fellow professional of hurting another internationally, but did Dempsey’s outrage have merit?

(Source: matchcentre)