Adebayor Goal Celebration

[Chris]

:YAWN:

I've been to many. I've never acted like those pricks did in response to adebayor. They looked like typical immature hooligans.

Thats good for you then, if your team is losing and a player gets right up close to goad you and you can show no emotion to it thats great restraint. Fair play.

[EwarWoo]

Thats good for you then, if your team is losing and a player gets right up close to goad you and you can show no emotion to it thats great restraint. Fair play.

Show emotion or throw coins / bottles / photographers plastic tool, they're the same thing hey?

Always nice to welcome the strawman to a discussion

[Chris]

Football supporters do silly things hence why it was ****ing idiotic of him to goad them. Then again you think he left for the "love" of City fans which says it all really!

[BFG]

Show emotion or throw coins / bottles / photographers plastic tool, they're the same thing hey?

Exactly. Most fans would get caught up in the moment and get quite angry but throwing things or trying to storm the pitch is complete stupidity.

[EwarWoo]

Then again you think he left for the "love" of City fans which says it all really!

Thought, not think, I'm not one of this kiddies unwilling to admit to the possibility of ever being wrong. But what that as to do with that post I have no idea.

Adding a red herring to your strawman?

[Chris]

But what that as to do with that post I have no idea.

It was embarassingly clueless so its hard to take any other opinion from you on the matter seriously, thats all.

[EwarWoo]

It was embarassingly clueless so its hard to take any other opinion from you on the matter seriously, thats all.

Ah, right, where as thinking it's OK to storm the pitch and throw things is the height of wisdom. You must be operating on a higher plain to me as I don't quite understand that

[Chris]

Ah, right, where as thinking it's OK to storm the pitch and throw things is the height of wisdom. You must be operating on a higher plain to me as I don't quite understand that

HAHAHAHA Saying football supporters do "stupid things" is thinking its ok to storm the pitch and throw things? Erm right, ooookkk!

I havent once said it's ok, im just saying you can see why it happens, theres 3000 people, plenty of whom will be steaming, angry that their team is losing, and when some cunt is goading you a reaction is likely to happen.

You're obviously an angel who's never reacted to anything, so thats fair enough, not everyone else is though.

[Neil Young]

Show emotion or throw coins / bottles / photographers plastic tool, they're the same thing hey?

Always nice to welcome the strawman to a discussion

I don't care what the provocation is, I think there is no place in the game for so-called fans who throw photographers on to the pitch.

I hope the FA throw the book at th...er, no, hang on...

[EwarWoo]

I don't care what the provocation is, I think there is no place in the game for so-called fans who throw photographers on to the pitch.

"Photographer's plastic stool", all part of the same word

I hope the FA throw the book at th...er, no, hang on...

[Red_Polo]

Photographers 'plastic tool', ooh-err

The Arse fans who threw lighters are tossers. Adebayor is a complete cunt for his provocation but especially for that stamp. He should get a 5 game ban bare minimum.

[Marky]

I reckon he'll get 4 games.

[rudedog]

I don't agree at all. If a bunch of small brained retarded football fans react in the way that they did, just because he ran to celebrate and taunt them, then that's their problem. They'll be complaining next that scoring against them is trying to wind them up. Pathetic. They gave him stick when he was at the club and taunted him throughout the game. Fair play to him for his reaction. If they can't take it, don't dish it out.

Its a common belief in Psychology that crowd behaviour and individual behaviour are two completely different things - crowd psychology is a branch of social psychology dedicated to trying to understand why collectively, crowds can seemingly behave so differently to the individuals within. People can lose their identities in these situations and act in ways they wouldn't normaly.

If the above it to be believed then inciting a crowd like Adebayor did is a pretty irresponsible thing to do.

[MrsB]

Its a common belief in Psychology that crowd behaviour and individual behaviour are two completely different things - crowd psychology is a branch of social psychology dedicated to trying to understand why collectively, crowds can seemingly behave so differently to the individuals within. People can lose their identities in these situations and act in ways they wouldn't normaly.

If the above it to be believed then inciting a crowd like Adebayor did is a pretty irresponsible thing to do.

Try to explain this to Adebayor … I really think he's not a bad person at all, just very immature and rather stupid – plus badly advised. Yes, he's apologising all the time for something (like someone mentioned in this thread), but I actually believe him every time. We probably expect too much from footballers, many of them will never behave like responsible, mature professionals. What baffles me though is that obviously no one advises these players how to behave better.

[Neil Young]

Its a common belief in Psychology that crowd behaviour and individual behaviour are two completely different things - crowd psychology is a branch of social psychology dedicated to trying to understand why collectively, crowds can seemingly behave so differently to the individuals within. People can lose their identities in these situations and act in ways they wouldn't normaly.

If the above it to be believed then inciting a crowd like Adebayor did is a pretty irresponsible thing to do.

That may explain why people behave like thugs or whatever else in crowds but it doesn't excuse the individuals within the crowd - they are still responsible for their actions.