Man City v United - Rio the coin catcher

[Arriba]

No excuse for the fan throwing the coin, but players are pretty much allowed to get away with murder on the pitch and get nothing more than a slap on the wrists. They know they are untouchable and do whatever the fuck they want.

A player 'giving it large" to the opposing fans is obviously going to wind them up and is asking for trouble. If they did the same thing to someone outside of a football ground and got knocked out as a result I think a lot of people would say they had provoked the attack.

 

Hahaha. Its a bit of teasing on the players part. Why people want to then throw coins or attack them is pathetic. Goading from players and fans shouldn't be discouraged as it adds to the whole thing. Fans going overboard is their problem and theirs only and of course if they break the law then come down on them.

[janaage]

Agree with Arriba. Used to love opposition players goading us, then we have the last laugh, or have to wait for next time around. John Aldridge a particular favourite.

[Batch]

Well said Arriba.

Though it winds me up when fans have given stick, swearing and god knows what else to a player, then when the player gives some back they cry off to the nearest steward.

[TheMajorSTFC]

Nice to see Rio on the X Factor this evening, sporting a nice cut above his left eye!

[Stef Troll]

So Rio Ferdinand had a 2p piece thrown at him...

He's not the first black man to be caught by a copper.      

[Peacocks-Lucky-Coat]

I remember chucking a sausage roll at steve phillips when we played rovers away a few years ago. I was pretty hammered and I felt great for about a week after

[4D]

Agree with Arriba. Used to love opposition players goading us, then we have the last laugh, or have to wait for next time around. John Aldridge a particular favourite.

Aldridge, what's the score? Aldridge, Aldridge what's the score?

[Dozno9]

Danny Mills on 5 live just now slagging Paolo off for his actions last year at Oxford and comparing a pre-meditated action 'dancing on the pitch' v Rio's snap celebration.

[Barry Scott]

Seriously a match ban for celebrating a goal? This is why I'm going off football, it's all taken way too seriously. Football's just a game, it was a goal, a last minute goal, in a local derby, a local derby that's key to the championship race. Yeah thinking about it maybe Rio should have quietly applauded his teammates's goal whilst offer his condolences to those unlucky plucky City supporters.

I'm not the only one then. The whole ever increasing media frenzies (racism, JT, anything footballers say or do) and constant outrage over all of this, by pretty much everyone, is making me disillusioned. It no longer seems to be about sport, it's simply politics, money and the new craze of canned outrage.

I think I've only seen us play once in the last 4 home games. All the bollocks that now surrounds football is not something I care for or give a fuck about and it's causing me to realise I want no part in the constant drama. It's a fucking game and it should be about fun and the highs and lows, not the agendas of those who care not for the game.

[fittons_coaching_badge]

Did we get into strife for the bottle that was chucked at agbonlahor from the town end during the cup game?

No place for any of this in football.  Man city looking at footage but that many coins were thrown it can't be easy to identify qho threw the one which hit Ferdinand.  Unless they go for everyone caught throwing a coin, which they won't.

[jonny72]

I'm not the only one then. The whole ever increasing media frenzies (racism, JT, anything footballers say or do) and constant outrage over all of this, by pretty much everyone, is making me disillusioned. It no longer seems to be about sport, it's simply politics, money and the new craze of canned outrage.

I'm the same, but find it is only really an issue with the Premier League. The Football League still seems to be about the right things. Can't stand watching Match of the Day anymore, just makes me angry especially with the constant blaming the referee for everything that goes wrong.

[inept and tiresome]

Agree with Arriba. Used to love opposition players goading us, then we have the last laugh, or have to wait for next time around. John Aldridge a particular favourite.

It always got the crowd going...
Who was the Bolton player that wound us right up?

[tans]

John fucking McGinlay

[Ardiles]

I think I've only seen us play once in the last 4 home games. All the bollocks that now surrounds football is not something I care for or give a fuck about and it's causing me to realise I want no part in the constant drama. It's a fucking game and it should be about fun and the highs and lows, not the agendas of those who care not for the game.

There are going to be a lot of us that agree with this.  Love the club, but there a parts of the game that I want nothing to do with.  Swindon fan first, football fan a distant second...for me.  Not black & white exactly, but that's the way I'm feeling more & more, I think.

[inept and tiresome]

John fucking McGinlay

That's the fella.. Brill times