I thought it was funny on MOTD, only because I knew the score, but had I been watching live I wouldn't have been laughing. I'd have been pissed off, not with the celebration, just with the goal. However if he'd been ours & done that, I'd have loved it, same as when Boyd did the glasses at Forest!
Thought he'd injured himself and might go off. Thought it was funny especially with the physio. Difference between him and Boyd v Forest was that the forest fans had been goading Boyd.
I liked the celebration. It was like Meyler's headbutt. It doesn't mean anything specifically just a reference to what happened. It's a lot better than those silly dances a lot of players do.
Double standards? Yeah I remember them, aren't they summat to do with the entertaining way that a a few twats responded to the Fraizer Campbell goal celebrations when he's scored against us?
The best laugh of the day was the ****ing sprinklers drenching the cameraman, the dugouts and the first 10 rows of the West. I've never seen those sprinklers in that location before. The old ones were outside the 18 yard boxes before the pitch was relaid.
I've finally got around to reading this thread. Have you thought about seeing if it's possible to get a Sense of Humour transplant, Strov?
I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that both Boyd and Austin ended up on the losing side. Damn karma!
When the FA charge a player for inciting the crowd, like when Adebayor ran the length of the pitch just to troll the Arsenal support, it makes me angry that they offer an excuse for anti-social behaviour. When Charlie Austin did his limping, the only appropriate response is to laugh at the same time as telling him to **** off. The Premiership like a pantomime, and just as camp.
I think players should be able to tell fans to **** off. They're supposed to be upstanding members of society (er) but if the people who are giving you **** all game are a bunch of ****ers, why can't you tell them to eat a dick? If you were in the pub and some pissed up **** came over and randomly started taking the piss, wouldn't you be annoyed? I'd love it if a goalkeeper was about to take a goal kick, the fans behind him were doing that "you're **** ahh" thing and just before he kicked the ball, he turned round and gave them two middle fingers. I used to do it playing for Coalville, we used to get loads of **** from other fans (me included) and one game I dropped my shorts slightly so my posterior was showing and bent over to pick up the ball. I got booked for it. ****ing joke, if fans are willing to give it to players, they should be able to give it back.
I see both sides. I found it funny but also wondered why? He must of obviously really wanted to come here, shame we didn't sign him but knowing our luck as a club he'd be the next jimmy Bullard
Fans are just too precious, they give it out from a distance, sat in the stands or on the internet and then cry when the players have to audacity to give a bit back. Good on Austin, great goal, funny celebration, just glad we won in the end.
This whole goal scoring palaver is just too stupid to even bother with, Denis Law's arm in the air was sufficient acknowledgement to a goal scored but now we get a pantomime act that is not even funny. Shirt off, kicking a corner flag and then some sort of dance routine, what a load of bollocks you've done what your were being paid to do not some pantomime act. Mind you what with the rolling about after the slightest bump from an opponent, ie Matic of Chelsea, you have to wonder if its football at all these days.
I thought it was quite amusing, and agree with the HDM I think it showed that he is a bit pissed off not being with us, rather than the DQPR.
It had occurred to me, John, that with the many quotes of SB - saying "We missed out on that one. Big regrets" and then the Austin pantomime that, were QPR to get relegated, he'd think of coming to City.
