Bannan arrested following M1 car crash (now suspended by AVFC)

[London Villan]

In a peverse way the little bit of good which might come out of it is that Ireland might see Bannan pressing the self destruct button and take his own finger off it.   Or put another way he will lose the title of squad's biggest dick head.

He's probably been having lessons off Ireland in how to behave...

[Villanation]

Bannan has been suspended by the club while an investigation is carried out into the allegations made over the weekend. He will not be available for Sunderland.

Any more banana skins we can slip up on.

[mrfuse]

Really disappointed with Bannan whatever he was up too, what was doing out all night?
To be a top player like he could be im afraid its something that cant be done at that level.

[Villanation]

Really disappointed with Bannan whatever he was up too, what was doing out all night?
To be a top player like he could be im afraid its something that cant be done at that level.

You've probably heard the rumour that Arsenal want him in Jan.

[Des Little]

What a cock.  And a small one at that.

[Chris Smith]

I think everyone accepts that drink driving is wrong but here are degrees of wrongness. There are a lot of people who have one or two drinks believing they'll be ok but fail a breath test yet other people are ok after the same. We don't know the circumstances of this case and should refrain from being judge, jury and executioner until we do.

[Lizz]

Its well known Bannan is a piss head, I hope its not true but I doubt it.

I've probably misunderstood the intent of your post, on the one hand you're implying something is true, and then you're hoping it's not true. It's interesting how rumours develop.

Out of curiosity, is Paul Merson still a pundit on Soccer Saturday following his recent arrest?

[Barca 2011]

Looks like we've got another Lee Hendrie??

[pav]

Minus the tan

[olaftab]

Minus the tan

and the talent!

[Barca 2011]

Minus the tan

and the talent!

but potentially the very same self destruct button??

[SashasGrandad]

Somewhere on another thread someone bemoaned the fact we don't have any heroes.

The saddest thing (if we lose a young talent like Bannan) will be the fact that he has not followed the guidance on the club - or the guidance wasn't good enough or delivered in the right way.

Bannan could be a hero - those of us who remember another short arsed Scot - Archie Gemmill - know what an influence he was for club and country. We have only seen a few glimpses of Bannan's potential. On Saturday if his shot in the first half had been a bit lower - it would have set off the crowd and raised the spirits, we might have been able to defend a 2-0 lead with 10 men! (Well you never know). In the second half he won a corner and was the only player to try and raise some enthusiasm from the Holte. BUt it was far too little.

What we need from Bannan is for him to show that he can be a tough little Scot with fire in his belly - not 10 pints of lager.

If McCleish wants to win over the doubters - Bannan is his chance. Put him up against a wall, apply a firm grip to his testicles and spell it out. "you have got the abilty, but you need to put it about a lot more, become an annoying little git who upsets the oppostion and stops them playing, and then play the passes we know you can, and score a few goals"

And if that works try the same with a few more of the prima donnas.

Bannan might be a pisshead who will slowly drop down the leagues and end up at Shrewsbury like his mate - or he could be a hero.

He needs to decide.

Our club's management need to support him to make the right decision.

[Vanilla]

You have to think it is correct for the club to suspend him for the Sunderland game as it has been announced, but you  do start to wonder that we are floating into the same choppy waters as last season with incidents like this. 

[pestria]

Considering that on average 3000 people are killed or seriously hurt each year as a result of drink driving, its not something that we can sweep under the carpet if Bannan and Collins are guilty.

Hopefully they are innocent.

Just for the record ....

594 people died as a result of drink driving in the uk (1 in 6 of road deaths).

[SteveD]

I never drink and drive personally but wonder if suspending him is a little OTT? That's surely what the criminal justice system's for, and if convicted he'll be rightly banned, fined and incovenienced. If if was the 48hrs before a match, fair enough. I'm sure the nine hours locked up will have given him a jolt and it would be better making him sweat on the training pitch.