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I blame the internet for a lot of these idiots.
The idiots were there long before the internet, but the internet has acted as a megaphone for idiocy and rewards trolling.
I blame the internet for a lot of these idiots.
Basic decency still transcends political allegiancesAfter Eric Dier snapped, let's turn the spotlight on the abusers too
Tottenham player found his tipping point and marched into the crowd but what makes fans think they can shout what they like?www.theguardian.com
The real scandal with Dier? A culture which lets fans dish out bile
Gawping bystanders with their phones are surely the most dismal part of the scene. As someone sagely observed on Wednesday night, Stanley Kubrick didn't have that many cameramen for Spartacus.www.dailymail.co.uk
Good to see that both the political left and right are turning the spotlight on the real issue at heart here.
For everyone but the actual politicians.... ?Basic decency still transcends political allegiances
I hear that the Utd fans were abusing Jesse Lingard as well last night and someone apparently called him the N word. What gives these people the right to shout abuse at footballers and think they can get away with it?
Because they pay 25-50 punds..I hear that the Utd fans were abusing Jesse Lingard as well last night and someone apparently called him the N word. What gives these people the right to shout abuse at footballers and think they can get away with it?
I had to disagree with this view entirely.
He hasn’t lost his head, if anything kept it calm, all video footage shows him going up, grabbing his brother, shouting over the noise and getting him out of the place.
Whether it’s my brother, son, dad, mother - I’m never walking by knowing they were in some kind of altercation, regardless of job, location or my own safety.
it’s just how I’ve been brought up, family first.
he absolutely did the right thing by going up there and getting his brother out of that situation.
to say he let people down is just plain wrong.
do you have brothers, or close family?
could you sit there and listen to them get abused?
I couldn’t and won’t.
funnily enough I deal with this on a level, so I probably understand the frustration a little more how frustrating it can be watching a family member play football and the reaction of fans, both sides have towards said family member.
must hard to hear - currently I take myself away from those situations , sometimes in a stadium environment you can’t. It ain’t nice hearing reasonably negative stuff about your family imduring a football match, let alone horribly negative stuff let alone plain abuse.
I hope Dier knows the majority of the fans back him 100%. You have to wonder if some of the crowd simply are jealous and resent footballers, the abuse they take is just odd particularly from their own fans.
Or I drink my beer, and I can't control myself. Which is really poor class to not be able to hold your liquor. Every stadium bastard, whether tall or short, old or young, has a profound beer belly, clearly never hits the gym, wouldn't even work up a sweat if his lives depended on it, and then stands tall (they always fucking have to stand) and scream out some drunken shit announcing how useless professional athletes are. So many times I've been wanting to say "Sorry dude, but how useful do YOU feel?". Really, if it wasn't for the revenue, PL would do the decent thing and completely separate live football from alcohol.Far to many fans are just air heads.
I pay my money, I can say and do what I like attitude.
What would you do if you saw your brother in trouble?
They think they can get away with it because there's so many people around them. People like that just hide inside the crowd shouting stuff they wouldn't even have the balls to say otherwise. This guy running off just shows how much of a coward he really is.I hear that the Utd fans were abusing Jesse Lingard as well last night and someone apparently called him the N word. What gives these people the right to shout abuse at footballers and think they can get away with it?