Gaspode Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Ivan Toney has been suspended from all football and football-related activity with immediate effect for eight months, fined £50,000, and warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 What a total idiot a really talented football who doesn't possess a brain. I would have made it more. Deserves everything he gets. Hope Brentford aren't paying him whilst suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Can't train until September 17th at the club. Extend that Dubai holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I bet he didn’t expect this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 He’s got June & July off anyway. So 6 months really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Boycie said: I bet he didn’t expect this? Was talk of a year so he's had a right result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 38 minutes ago, Boycie said: I bet he didn’t expect this? He had a grand on it would be a year or longer. So guess what he'll be doing to pass the time whilst he can't play professional football 🤔 MarsdenRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleover ram Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Nice of Southgate to cap him ahead of Balogun, who we’ve now just lost to the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncredibleKoosh Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Who are Brentford's sponsors again..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 5 hours ago, ziggyram59 said: What a total idiot a really talented football who doesn't possess a brain. I would have made it more. Deserves everything he gets. Hope Brentford aren't paying him whilst suspended. The amount of bets suggests it’s an addiction. It’s easy from the outside to call this careless, idiotic behavior. But addictions are addictions. It goes beyond doing it for potential earnings. Gambling, just like alcohol, smoking or drug addiction, is an illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 15 hours ago, Bris Vegas said: The amount of bets suggests it’s an addiction. It’s easy from the outside to call this careless, idiotic behavior. But addictions are addictions. It goes beyond doing it for potential earnings. Gambling, just like alcohol, smoking or drug addiction, is an illness. So gamble on the Dogs, Gee Gees, flies climbing up a window. Plenty of ways to lose money "safely"! Grimbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 21 hours ago, ziggyram59 said: What a total idiot a really talented football who doesn't possess a brain. I would have made it more. Deserves everything he gets. Hope Brentford aren't paying him whilst suspended. why has this riled you up? It's not criminal. It's not drink-driving, drugs, fighting, stealing, sexual assault/abuse, racism, domestic violence or fraud. If the football authorities feel so strongly about betting on football matches, perhaps they shouldn't have sold their soul to betting companies for sponsorship. I agree(d) with Joey Barton's sentiment when he got done for it, the level of hypocrisy is shameful. Betting on games you're involved with... yes... throw the book at him, however, he's got a problem and they should be helping him, not furloughing him for the rest of 2023! angieram, Premier ram, Bris Vegas and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) Interesting to see how this compares to bans for racism, violent behaviour or off field offences. And in a sport that welcomes every penny the betting industry throws at them. He might be a bit of a twonk but this is disproportionate beyond belief. My only caveat is that I say this with no evidence that he was betting on games he was playing in. Edited May 18, 2023 by BaaLocks therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) Peter Swan got an 8 year ban in the 60’s so this is nowt, I could understand it back then, players were paid relatively normal wages, so the temptation to fill out your pay packet was much higher. Toney has no excuse, the addiction thing doesn’t wash - bet on the dogs, the boat race, Major League Baseball, but not the sport you are (highly) paid to play in. Just plain stupidity and lack of personal responsibility… Edited May 18, 2023 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, BaaLocks said: Interesting to see how this compares to bans for racism, violent behaviour or off field offences. And in a sport that welcomes every penny the betting industry throws at them. He might be a bit of a twonk but this is disproportionate beyond belief. My only caveat is that I say this with no evidence that he was betting on games he was playing in. Other bans won't come close, we all know that. The question is, why are gambling bans punished so severely? The only conclusion I can come to is, they don't want any kind of accusations of match fixing or booting balls out to raise the numbers of corners etc. It's a valid concern where in isolation the ban looks pretty fair, however they have to bring other bans inline and show a much tougher stance against issues like racism otherwise the whataboutery will get louder. angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 minute ago, RoyMac5 said: This is the problem fot Toney now. And probably forever. People will make jokes about him and his addiction. They will chant about him and distrust every miss. He's going to have to be a super-strong human being to come back anywhere near the player he has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Feel sorry for the Brentford fans. Massive blow to them for next season. This punishment will arguably hurt the club more than the player. angieram and Comrade 86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 Just reading that the FA are asking FIFA to ensure that the ban is worldwide as there are suggestions that otherwise he may go abroad on loan to see out the ban…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 11 hours ago, Andrew1 said: Peter Swan got an 8 year ban in the 60’s so this is nowt, I could understand it back then, players were paid relatively normal wages, so the temptation to fill out your pay packet was much higher. Toney has no excuse, the addiction thing doesn’t wash - bet on the dogs, the boat race, Major League Baseball, but not the sport you are (highly) paid to play in. Just plain stupidity and lack of personal responsibility… Peter Swann got banned for accepting a bribe and throwing a match not betting on games he wasn’t involved in don’t think that’s a fair comparison. I’m not condoning Toney he was a fool,but you get less of a ban for attacking a referee alanmarklewis, Premier ram and Comrade 86 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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