Gonna have to call you on this one mate
That was fucking pathetic. A quite literal example of a fan throwing his toys out of the pram cos his team were about to lose a game it looked like they might draw, even though better refereeing would have meant they'd lost anyway.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:16, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Nah, I know, was quite clearly a joke answer. Won't deny it, was laughing my arse off when it looked like he'd just poked himself in the eye.
Wiggins would probably get my vote anyway.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:20, Reply)

I did think for a second he'd managed to shove his own shirt in his eye.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:21, Reply)

And let's not forget, for balance, for those who hate Rio Ferdinand
The guy has not only behaved like a complete neanderthal toddler violent prick, he's also made Ferdinand look good. Twice.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:21, Reply)

Oh, I can't stand Rio
Still shouldn't have things thrown at him, but it's gone the other way before, when United fans threw a coin at Bellamy.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:22, Reply)

which has approximately fuck all to do with what, again?
Because whichever way you look at it, you're now just attempting to defend something indefensible by going "yeah, but 10 years ago one of their lot did the same thing"

Which is a bit fucking pathetic, mate.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:25, Reply)

Not my intention in the slightest, I assure you
That comment was aimed at those who find it disgraceful that it could ever happen to their precious Rio. (although I'm not sure why, there aren't exactly any of them on here...)

As I say, I think it's fucking ridiculous, and I do hope that the one who threw the coin is punished in a suitable way.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:26, Reply)

fair enough.
But it doesn't matter who the comment was aimed at. It doesn't make it any less ridiculous to invoke the "yeah but they did it first"

But then that's half the problem with football. The combined IQ of the crowd wouldn't trouble a remedial maths class.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:29, Reply)

This is very true

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:30, Reply)

I would genuinely like to know what the actual fuck is wrong with football fans.
It's not about wealth or class or "tribalism" (Rugby League fans aren't utter cunts all the time) and it's certainly not intelligence (I watch a lot of live Rugby Union and, frankly, football has no fanbase monopoly on retards) ... so what is it? Something about the game? It's not the money, fans have been being cunts since way before the PL era.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:37, Reply)

It's their low IQs and working class-ness.
Frightful oaves, the lot of them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:40, Reply)

You get the same people at cricket Monty, they just don't act as cuntish.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I've covered that, though. Same applies to Rugby League, without the same result.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I wish I knew.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:40, Reply)

I think the money has something to do with it
A lot of fans feel a sense of entitlement as a result of shelling out a fucking fortune to watch their team.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:42, Reply)

The 80s were pretty much "optimal cunt time" in football
it wasn't expensive back then. So not sure that's true.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:44, Reply)

Surely that had more to do with the rise of hooliganism?
Which is more about a small group of utter cunts making the rest of us look bad, no? Perhaps the lengths gone to in order to quash hooliganism have caused the frustration behind it to infect larger groups, the old "one bad apple" theory.

Perhaps this is utter bollocks.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:49, Reply)

It's probably no more or less bollocks than any other explanation.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:55, Reply)

newsthump.com/2012/01/29/shock-as-moron-discovered-in-45000-capacity-football-stadium/
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:04, Reply)

"With a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile, the opposing manager is great at kids parties"
Genius.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:35, Reply)

He should delete his account, if he's intelligent enough to use a computer,
and kill himself.

Ferdinand was really playing it up though. He was on the X Factor that evening and his trousers had run red with blood. Either than or he thought red trousers were a good idea.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:23, Reply)

wait .. you watch the X factor?
fucking hell.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:25, Reply)

I was forced against my will
That's the last time I choose Guantanamo Bay for my weekend excursion
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 10:28, Reply)