Adebayor Goal Celebration

[Neil Young]

Not so sure about that Neil. If the booking was given by the ref for excessive celebrating, which a yellow card is sufficient. If the FA look at as crowd encitement there are not undermining the ref

I was asking the question rather than making a point.

[Assassin]

I was asking the question rather than making a point.

I was trying answer, but it looks like it might have come across as a point

[MrsB]

1. Emmanuel Adebayor knocked a steward unconscious

At least that's what we thought when we read various headlines over the weekend. In reality, of course, he did nothing of the sort. And while Adebayor's goal celebration was moronic and egomaniacal, the fact that he alone has been blamed for the resulting disorder is a reflection of the entirely inappropriate amount of moral power that has been given to the modern football fan. They are allowed to abuse footballers in as disgusting a manner as they please, and yet those players are not permitted to respond in even the most polite of terms.

The envy of supporters has dehumanised footballers, as it does in all areas of celebrity. Just as tabloid gossip columns – and we read them all, every day – revel in and poke fun at celebrity break-ups, as if the subjects are somehow immune to the crushing dejection of heartbreak, so fans seem to think that, just because a footballer earns £xxx,000 per week, they should have the capacity to laugh off hateful chants about incest, or their wife's sexual proclivities, or suggestions that they did not father their children. What absolute horse pucky. If fans give it, they should be able to take it. It's that simple, yet instead they hide risibly under the umbrella of "We pay at the gate, therefore we can do what we want". Yes, because that really applies in other consumer industries.

("Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend", TheSportBlog, guardian.co.uk)

[Kenneth]

1. Emmanuel Adebayor knocked a steward unconscious

At least that's what we thought when we read various headlines over the weekend. In reality, of course, he did nothing of the sort. And while Adebayor's goal celebration was moronic and egomaniacal, the fact that he alone has been blamed for the resulting disorder is a reflection of the entirely inappropriate amount of moral power that has been given to the modern football fan. They are allowed to abuse footballers in as disgusting a manner as they please, and yet those players are not permitted to respond in even the most polite of terms.

The envy of supporters has dehumanised footballers, as it does in all areas of celebrity. Just as tabloid gossip columns – and we read them all, every day – revel in and poke fun at celebrity break-ups, as if the subjects are somehow immune to the crushing dejection of heartbreak, so fans seem to think that, just because a footballer earns £xxx,000 per week, they should have the capacity to laugh off hateful chants about incest, or their wife's sexual proclivities, or suggestions that they did not father their children. What absolute horse pucky. If fans give it, they should be able to take it. It's that simple, yet instead they hide risibly under the umbrella of "We pay at the gate, therefore we can do what we want". Yes, because that really applies in other consumer industries.

("Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend", TheSportBlog, guardian.co.uk)

If it were actually a fact, rather than a convenient and contrived statement allowing a rant about society.

[Neil Young]

I was trying answer, but it looks like it might have come across as a point

No, not at all. I was just clarifying my post.

Enough of all this 'after you, Claude' stuff.

[Assassin]

Add that to Adebayor's mum allegedly being called a 'whore' by some Arsenal fans during the game

I think this is a great song from Spurs fans

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZPRBtfgV94"]YouTube - Adebayor Song- Tottenham v Arsenal 8.2.09[/ame]

[Shaggy]

Is it the "Adebyaor, Adebayor, his Dad washes elephants and his Mum is a whore"?

[Assassin]

Is it the "Adebyaor, Adebayor, his Dad washes elephants and his Mum is a whore"?

Yep, just what you want to hear when you are being stretchered off

[Shaggy]

The Mancs sing that too

[Assassin]

The Mancs sing that too

Have you heard the Gooners Ashley Cole song?

[Shaggy]

Aye...if it's the one about mobile phones and bottoms

[Guest]

This is despicable to be fair Assassin. This is absolutely disgusting. I'd ban them all.

[Assassin]

Aye...if it's the one about mobile phones and bottoms

Here it is

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES5EWE_CLVk&feature=related"]YouTube - The funniest football song/chant ever[/ame]

[Shaggy]

That's the one. Heard that at Anfield once...think it was the Cup game when we did the 'justice' chant for 6 minutes (and more)

[johnly]

They're a fun bunch the Goons, I mean Gooners aren't they? He seems to be happy saying 'cunt' does that lad, bless him