Great picture today in the Times of Bellamy smacking a shaven headed football hooligan in the mouth. Wish some of the Millwall players did that the other night. Surely the FA can't view the incident as anything other than acting in self defence?
'Fan' shouldn't have been on the pitch. You don't know what the bloke said, and after losing in the way they did i imagine it was extremely hard to hold back if something offensive was said.
Stweards were holding him though so a tad cowardly by Bellendamy.
[cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite]the shit hit the fan
Spot on. The fan was wrong and should be banned for coming on the field of play but for Bellamy to hit him when he was already restrained just makes the player look even more of an idiot than before.
And Clough was fined and banned from the touchline for the rest of the season for punching those fans who ran on the pitch.
Actually having seen the video clip for the first time I think I came to commpletely the wrong conclusion from looking at the photo.
I assumed the stewards grabbed the fan just as he reached Bellamy and Bellamy punched the fan at the same time. On the video the fan is restrained yards away from Bellamy. Bellamy walks over and just gives him a gentle shove in the face with his fist.
Actually having seen the video clip for the first time I think I came to commpletely the wrong conclusion from looking at the photo.
I assumed the stewards grabbed the fan just as he reached Bellamy and Bellamy punched the fan at the same time. On the video the fan is restrained yards away from Bellamy. Bellamy walks over and just gives him a gentle shove in the face with his fist.
Lordy, why is it that some players just can't seem to keep themselves out of trouble? It's always the same old characters that get involved in this stuff, time and again. If this had happened in a High Street on a Saturday night Bellamy would have got himself nicked for inflaming a situation that was already under control. One day soon there's going to be a very serious injury or worse at a game due to players not being able to control themselves and act in a professional way.
i hadn't seen the whole video until now, so didn't know that bellamy went over to the fan when he was already being restrained by stewards. Clearly bellamy shouldn't have gone up to him. But why did rio ferdinand have to get involved? to protect the honour of the idiot who ran on the pitch? no-one comes out of this well.
[cite]Posted By: BBClaus[/cite]nt over to the fan when he was already being restrained by stewards. Clearly bellamy shouldn't have gone up to him. But why did rio ferdinand have to get involved? to protect the honour of the idiot who ran on the pitch? no-one comes out of this well.
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Liking your work Rothko.
Stweards were holding him though so a tad cowardly by Bellendamy.
Shouldnt have done it as bloke was being held by stewards - no need to get involved.
Would much rather a player just clotheslined 'fans' who run past them.
Imagine the "fan" said, "I'm going to make your ma's face look like a decorator's radio you welsh c**t. Foouurrrrrr, threeeeeeee".
Bellamy is not exactly going to just say "Don't worry, he is restained, let's leave it"
Or this....
Great post Rothko!
Bellamy Punch
Would it be acceptable for a fan (or steward) to hit a player who jumped into the stand to celebrate a goal ?
Spot on. The fan was wrong and should be banned for coming on the field of play but for Bellamy to hit him when he was already restrained just makes the player look even more of an idiot than before.
And Clough was fined and banned from the touchline for the rest of the season for punching those fans who ran on the pitch.
Actually having seen the video clip for the first time I think I came to commpletely the wrong conclusion from looking at the photo.
I assumed the stewards grabbed the fan just as he reached Bellamy and Bellamy punched the fan at the same time. On the video the fan is restrained yards away from Bellamy. Bellamy walks over and just gives him a gentle shove in the face with his fist.
*shakes head*
Yeah, Ok maybe not so gentle!
But not a punch as I first thought.
Lordy, why is it that some players just can't seem to keep themselves out of trouble? It's always the same old characters that get involved in this stuff, time and again. If this had happened in a High Street on a Saturday night Bellamy would have got himself nicked for inflaming a situation that was already under control. One day soon there's going to be a very serious injury or worse at a game due to players not being able to control themselves and act in a professional way.
Apparently there were some ugly scenes in Manchester last night, Tevez and Lescott went out for a drink!
Edit: Apparently Bellamy approached him and the fan spat at him...
Agree with you on the Ferdinand bit.