coin throwing - embarrassed to be a Spurs fan.

[theShiznit]

Ian Wright having a pop at Spurs and our fans now, mug should think back to the death wishes towards Bale & Ade from their obviously classy fans!

Morons like him should just keep their mouths shut as they stir the pot even more.

Ian Wright needs to put his fat suit back on and give away more stuff to his audience members and STFU about Spurs!


(yes for the sake of this cus Ian Wright is Oprah Winfrey...)

 

[Legend10]

Check post 13 in this thread by the same poster, you may revise your opinion.

Ah ok, beg your pardon.

 

[Mustard]

Ian Wright needs to put his fat suit back on and give away more stuff to his audience members and STFU about Spurs!


(yes for the sake of this cus Ian Wright is Oprah Winfrey...)

I thought you was talking about his wife.

 

[theShiznit]

I thought you was talking about his wife.

No idea what his wife looks like.

Just know she's fat and/or ugly from group consensus.

 

[Wolf_Autopsy]

Definitely a salty move by our fans. Sing your songs, tweet your tweets, call his mother a dog, and his father a wanker..but keep your coins in your pocket!

 

[Glenn_Purvey]

Great diagnosis.

I was talking about the incident before lying on the ground then jumping up when arsenal got possession back...

 

[bomberH]

I was talking about the incident before lying on the ground then jumping up when arsenal got possession back...

But.... But...

The thing is ozil started the whole thing by winding up the fans signaling the score line whilst on the post when Walcott was down. They think because they are on a football pitch they are protected when they are just igniting the fire. How pathetic and stupid some of these footballers are amazzes me. I for one do not approve of the coin throwers but it could have easily been avoided if these footballers used just 1% of their brain.. Also did Walcott have any thought of the 5 people carrying him. The smile on his face tells you he was not injured.

Really?

 

[bomberH]

NOT what I said.

You would not expect a girl to stand provocatively in front of a KNOWN offender and shout "come and attack me", would you?

In that sense, Walcott should know full well that there are, un-fortunately, elements in that crowd who may well react violently when provoked.

That is all.

And Walcott didn't stand in front of the Spurs fans and say 'throw coins at me'.

Jeez. As I said, the only reason Walcott did what he did was because he was getting shitloads of verbal from us anyway. He didn't initiate it and he wasn't offensive. It's the idiotic fans who can't take banter from a player who are at fault here.

 

[Kingstheman]

To be honest, those fans would have been better off writing strongly worded letters, anonymously and sending them via carrier pigeon, critiquing his number of needless offsides.

 

[jambreck]

Ok then put it this way, he laid on the floor for 2 mins when we had the ball when arsenal got the ball back he jumped up and was caught offside. We got the ball back and went down the left, he run about 50 yards made a tackle then said he was injured again. I personally think he was not injured and (was) wasting time just like he did on 2 other occasions during the game.

Oops.

 

[jambreck]

You think putting his fingers up to indicate the score was a bad thing?
Considering the abuse being given to him - the chants of leave him to die...

THought his reaction was quite funny in all honesty, it's not like he called the fans wankers who were levelling a serious amount of abuse at him.

The Spurs fans who threw coins are idiots who fully deserve to receive lengthy football bans, if identified. I see nothing wrong with Theo Walcott responding to banter from Spurs fans with banter of his own. Sense of humour required.

However, on that note, the fuss that some papers and blogs have made about Spurs fans singing "Let him die" is just ridiculous.

That song has been around for decades. Guaranteed that every English club's fan base has sung it plenty of times over the years - including Arsenal fans. It is only ever sung, tongue in cheek, when there is clearly no threat to anyone's life - as was the case for Walcott on Saturday, with what looked to be, at that time, a minor leg injury. It's a silly overreaction by people who have little knowledge or understanding of fan culture. Anyone who takes the words at face value probably has little by way of sense of humour too.

When death has genuinely been on the line, Spurs fans have always behaved impeccably. Like two years ago, when Fabrice Muamba suffered cardiac arrest on the pitch at White Hart Lane. The fact that Muamba was an opposition player who had once played for Arsenal mattered not a jot to the Spurs fans who were there. At that moment, there was no club rivalry. There were only 36,000 human beings willing another human being to live.

Or take the day that Arsenal legend, David Rocastle, tragically succumbed to cancer at such a young age. Spurs happened to be the visitors at Highbury. The one minute's silence was impeccably observed by every Spurs fan. And, as fate would have it, Spurs were also the visitors to Stamford Bridge a few days after Chelsea owner Matthew Harding was killed in a helicopter crash. Again, a perfect observation of the one minute's silence.

Proof, as if it was needed, that Spurs fans know the difference between tongue in cheek banter and genuine, life threatening situations. We know where to draw the line. We know perfectly well when to show respect.

Compare and contrast to the small but highly audible minority of Arsenal fans who showed no such common decency or good judgement when they were the visitors at White Hart Lane a few days after Spurs legend, Sir Alf Ramsey, had died. They were unable to put club loyalties aside; to know where to draw the line. They failed utterly to respect the one minute's silence.

So forgive me if I choose not to be lectured on the subject by Arsenal supporting bloggers or journalists.

 

[Ironskullll]

I know a few guys who were involved yesterday.
They watch spurs all over England and europe and spend a small fortune doing it . There are hardcore fans.
To read about spurs fans, banning their own fans is laughable from someone who watched it on tv.

Pain does do weird things to the body. It might have been adrenaline. Bit like when you get a tattoo the first bit hurts then it goes away as your body releases endorphins and adrenaline then it hurts like a bitch when it wears off.

I know when I broken my arm and dislocated my elbow as a kid, I felt absolutely no pain, didn't cry at all. Body just goes into shock.

Agree. I broke my arm so badly it looked like an s-bend once, playing football, but because I was worried about a really important doctor appointment my missus had that afternoon, I felt absolutely nothing. Another time I'd done some ligament damage and it was sheer agony but when a dog started chasing me all the pain melted away in a split second. Another time I had the mildest of stud injuries and I was rolling around like no-one's business - miles worse. Odd thing, pain. I'd have thought any football supporter worth his salt would have experienced a little pain once in a while and understood that sort of thing.

 

[Ironskullll]

I'd never feel sorry for them, they get paid vast sums of money to make up for any name calling, and are largely totally protected from any danger. I feel more sorry for nurses on 18k per year working a nightshift getting abuse from guys pissed out of their heads.

I agree with the main sentiment behind your post though

The same guys who throw coins perhaps?

 

[Legend10]

I can't understand the hullabaloo about the mocked up images on Twitter of Theo holding up 6 fingers for 6 months out and 2 fingers for 2 world cups missed etc etc as it's just a bit of 'banter'.

 

[EastLondonYid]

I repeat my disgust for coin throwing etc...that doesn't make you hard,tough etc..infact cowardly imo.

But reading all the sympathy here on SC after the news of a goon player being injured and missing for months is a little insight into probably why the atmosphere at the Lane has changed lately.....and become zzzzzzz

I don't hope or wish for any player to get injured ....but i won't lose any sleep over any goon being out either ..fuck em.

 

[Glenn_Purvey]

But.... But...



Really?

Ok let me put it this way when you see Walcott on the ground on no less than 3 times before in the game claiming injury and then the act he tried to pull when lying on the floor when we had possession only to spring up when arsenal got the ball back only to be caught offside. Not only did he then sprint back and make a tackle on Rose he went down once again saying he was injured. My seat position was behind the goal so like the 99.9% of other spurs fans in the ground we all thought he was wasting time and faking injury again. I didn't have the benefit of replay as I was at the game and I did not watch the highlights as I hate doing that when we lose. Then to top it off walcotts smile on his face looked like a lad who just popped his cherry for the first time not a lad who has cruciate ligament damage. So yes I made the wrong view of things but I am even more happy now that the lad is out for 6 months. Karma is a great thing and lying on the turf claiming injury on 2 or 3 occasions before I believe he got his wish.

 

[teok]

How has this thread reached 19 pages? Embarrassing stuff indeed.

 

[TheChosenOne]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/06/theo-walcott-tottenham-fans-arsenal

Maybe this has been put up but I can't be arsed to look that far back.

 

[Dan Yeats]

The video of those so called "fans" should be passed to the police and a lifetime ban given for those found coin throwing.

I was embarrassed to be a Spurs fan watching those idiots.

Many of our followers really can't cope with the ups and downs of sport. They showed us all up yesterday and gave the Arsenal fan every reason to mock us. Who can blame them.

We should all strive to get these people thrown out of of having anything to do with our club. Now they are scum.

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The overwhelmingly positive response to the OP above make me slightly less embarrassed.

 

[whatsappnin]

I was embarrassed when we lost 5 nil at home to Liverpool. I dont think embarrassed is the right word in this context.