Football "mass Brawl"

[TAXI DRIVER 551]

Have the press lost the plot,describing the recent scuffles as mass brawls?I`ve watched the Man City v Chelsea incident and not a single punch was thrown.This over the top reporting can`t be good for the game.What`s your thoughts.

[Lenmcharristar 10,321]

The media needs regulation and to be held accountable, they get away with everything

[mushroom 14,138]

Gone are the days... and I only caught the tail end of it ???

 

Soft arse cnuts nowadays and that's not me trying to sound hard its just a fact. When I was a lad win or lose you stood up and that was that. Some lads got a cob on but hey. Now they're either cowards or cowards with a blade and 10 mates

[TAXI DRIVER 551]

Tempers were raised after a nasty foul.There was some pushing and holding and that was it..........,No mass brawl.

[lanesra 4,007]

Scuffle = a few quid

Mass-brawl = tens of thousands in fines

The FA need to keep there coffers topped up

[blackmaggie 3,377]

We had 2" sent off against sheff wed for pushing each other game has gone to pot when I watch some of the tackles flying in my local park on Sunday morn that don't even get a booking

Edited December 5, 2016 by blackmaggie

[lanesra 4,007]

We had 2" sent off against sheff wed for pushing each other game has gone to pot when I watch some of the tackles flying in my local park on Sunday morn that don't even get a booking

Couple of my friends went to your game Saturday , they said they got 2 sports for the price of 1 . . Football & boxing

Just trying for my tickets for fa cup game against your boys @arsenal

[blackmaggie 3,377]

I'm sure it will be a sell out and a decent atmosphere I just hope the plastics don't take all the tickets let us know how you get on if needs be I will see if I can get you sorted this end if you can't get on

[j j m 6,617]

The press always make it sound worse then it is

[lanesra 4,007]

I'm sure it will be a sell out and a decent atmosphere I just hope the plastics don't take all the tickets let us know how you get on if needs be I will see if I can get you sorted this end if you can't get on

Cheers for that mate , though I get them from Arsenal as they get the away tickets ..

[cragman 2,843]

I always laugh when they start pushing each other then when a team mate comes and holds them back and they know they're safe, they go ape shit to get the other man! Pussys

[gnasher16 31,601]

Footballers havent changed neither has society we still want to see the same passion and commitment and players are still willing to give it.......its the media that has changed look at the way the Norman Hunter/Franny Lee fracas was reported back in the day,its still an iconic football moment even to this day !...........yet if that actually happened in this day the media would report it as a lifetime banning offence possible jail sentance and the general public would be brainwashed into thinking a terrible terrible act had just been committed.......the football press in this country and the way our media treat our sportsmen is an absolute disgrace.

Edited December 7, 2016 by gnasher16

[WILF 50,647]

Totally agree with that mate and the worst bit is that we are seeing it creep into the game with rule changes and the way the game is refereed........it's why the sterlings of this world get away with playing at the top level IMHO

[Waz 4,293]

Footballers havent changed neither has society we still want to see the same passion and commitment and players are still willing to give it.......its the media that has changed look at the way the Norman Hunter/Franny Lee fracas was reported back in the day,its still an iconic football moment even to this day !...........yet if that actually happened in this day the media would report it as a lifetime banning offence possible jail sentance and the general public would be brainwashed into thinking a terrible terrible act had just been committed.......the football press in this country and the way our media treat our sportsmen is an absolute disgrace.

had to look it up..

 

[gnasher16 31,601]

You will understand it better than i do Wilf as you,ve played the game but the type of " high pressing " we hear about today seems to of taken a lot of the little 50/50 battles all over the pitch you used to see out of the game now....not just the centre forward/centre half tussles that were obvious but all the little midfield battles or right back/left wing that everybody knew was going on if you were engrossed in the game even as a fan.....i just dont think it suits a lot of our clubs particularly those that have a lot of English players.....my mate whos an Arsenal fan was explaining to me how whenever they play Walcott and Chamberlain they are instinctively looking to get down the wings and put the ball into an area where a centre forward would be......yet when they play without Giroud they are crossing the ball into an empty space as those boys have been raised to play the old fashioned English way......anyway ive gone off subject a bit here but i think its why we tend to see these silly brawls involving 20 players now rather than one on ones like back then.

Edited December 7, 2016 by gnasher16