How can you not expect him to respond to the racism? All he did was kick a ball into a crowd he didn't throw his fists about! 


Exacty, he is a human being, not an automaton programmed to respond with knee jerk reactions to abuse however vile. It is no good castigating the Serbians for their lack of self-control and disgraceful behaviour and then excusing our own players when they show lack of self-control themselves. This sort of double standard is precisely why the situation cannot be improved.
But what Rose did is nothing in comparison to what Barton has done. At most kicking the ball away is a yellow card. Also Barton wasn't subjected to abuse like Rose was!

I agree totally with the condemnation of any form of racism, and of the behaviour of the Serbian players and staff after the game. But that doesn't excuse Danny Rose's action of deliberately kicking the ball at the crowd. Jordan Henderson is quoted as saying of the Serbian team "They are international players and should behave accordingly". I agree, but it goes for the England players too. Rose should have controlled himself and avoided an action that was likely to inflame matters further. Provocation is not an excuse -- as everyone will agree when Joey Barton pleads provocation after his latest on-field assault.![]()
The worrying part is, this is probably the crap that platini and Blatter will spout!

He didn't "kick the ball away", he deliberately kicked it with as much force as he could at the spectators. Had this been the only thing going on at that moment, there would be no argument about the referee's action in giving him a second yellow, and hence sending him off. But this specific issue has been clouded by the other things going on.![]()
He didn't "kick the ball away", he deliberately kicked it with as much force as he could at the spectators. Had this been the only thing going on at that moment, there would be no argument about the referee's action in giving him a second yellow, and hence sending him off. But this specific issue has been clouded by the other things going on.![]()
difficult one - but in what was a very hostile environment - with supporters trying to get on the pitch - with emotion that high - i dont think it was the brightest thing he could've done...that said, i understand him doing it and would probably react in a similar manner myself - but if some nutter had hopped onto the pitch as a result and done something?
barton gets himself an awful lot of abuse wherever he goes - certainly every match i've ever been to that he has played in...granted he deserves alot of what he gets...its just different in nature...

My mention of Barton was simply to point out that everyone accepts that "provocation" is not an excuse. Many things that shouldn't happen do so because of some sort of provocation. If Barton pleads "provocation" (as he did after the Man City sending off last season), nobody thinks it's an excuse for his loss of self-control. Nor is "provocation" any more of an excuse for Rose losing self-control in those circumstances last night.![]()
Not only that, what Barton did is a criminal offence. Kicking a ball is not a criminal offence. Even when you look at intention to cause harm, Barton fully intended to, Rose didn't. Also Rose is far ore justified to be upset about what happened than Barton did for what happened to him.
No Guru, the worrying part is that you consider what I'm saying "crap".![]()
BB Have you heard the old saying that when you are in a big hole you should stop digging!
Robbie, I respect your right to hold the opinion that you do, but I have to tell you, you are very much in the minority on that one!
