Pigeonho said:
To each their own, but if it was the other way round there would be blood being sought on this forum for the culprits, and that 'celebrating a last minute goal' wouldn't be anywhere near an excuse, it would just be an act of **** from the person in the Stretford End who threw the coin. You can't really be condoning someone throwing coins, cutting a players head open just because he's gobby about football? Surely?
I'm not condoning it but at the same time I understand why it happened.
Some things in life are horrible but inevitable. You walk certain streets you get mugged. You piss in the wind and you get wet and you celebrate goals with opposition fans and you might get a smack.
I thought Adebayor Vs Arsenal was brilliant and the Arse fans reaction was hilarious, I didn't like them throwing shit at him but he had it coming and I understood it and could have predicted it.
I'm not advocating violence in any way. I'm soft and anti violence in general. My hatred for the rags is strong but not violent. Not physically anyway.
For me the Rio incident and the Pelli incident are as different as hearing that a rag in colours with his son got beaten up and hearing that a known trouble causer has been beaten. I'd never ever justify a normal fan getting hurt but I wouldn't cry over a known bastard getting what he's been looking for.