How bad was this chant by Arsenal fans

[southern_sid]

So if you say to someone "I wish you had been murdered along with your mates" that's ok if it's to a tune?

Mate, the amount of things I hear at the football would never be said on the street.

Its football, get over it.

 

[JBizzle]

The issue here is not singing a song at your rivals. Every club does it. The issue is the content of this particular song. Frankly, I would never sing a song about events that results in actual deaths. Adebayor crossed a line when he over celebrated but taunting him about the deaths of his friends and wishing him dead is too far in my book.

 

[Smythe]

Mate, the amount of things I hear at the football would never be said on the street.

Its football, get over it.

pretty much agree with this......cant believe Rednapp making such a big deal after spurs have spent years giving Sol Cambell loads of abuse...one particular song was on here a couple of years ago, cant remember it now. Its just football......always has been always will be whether you agree with it or not...if you dont then dont sing such songs.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

footballers are only human.......seeing his mates getting shot to death before his very eyes must've been a highly traumatic experience for him

mocking him for that is the behaviour of a grade-a **** in my view

 

[JBizzle]

footballers are only human.......seeing his mates getting shot to death before his very eyes must've been a highly traumatic experience for him

mocking him for that is the behaviour of a grade-a **** in my view

Absolutely.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

footballers are only human.......seeing his mates getting shot to death before his very eyes must've been a highly traumatic experience for him

mocking him for that is the behaviour of a grade-a **** in my view

It's football though. Anything and everything is acceptable.

 

[Chesney Christ]

So are you lot saying you wouldn't join in in songs about Murray if he did an 'Adebayor' in front of the north stand? Bloody hypocrites.

Err, no. I wouldn't join in a song about one of his friends dying. You?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Mate, the amount of things I hear at the football would never be said on the street.

Its football, get over it.

So if you say it in a crowd from a distance that's ok.

There is a theme with you isn't there. Someone ELSE throwing a bottle at murray is fine. A crowd chanting a murder-based song is fine. Both because they are the WIMPS way of carrying out thuggish behaviour. Someone doing this in person would be SAD. Doing it behind the veil of thousands is just PATHETIC

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

I personally dont give a shit.

yet you keep posting on this thread. f*** me, you're full of self-importance.

 

[The Ringleader Returns!]

Pretty sure a Spurs supporting member on here posted it last season...

Spurs supporting member?


f*** yourself.

 

[southern_sid]

So if you say it in a crowd from a distance that's ok.

There is a theme with you isn't there. Someone ELSE throwing a bottle at murray is fine. A crowd chanting a murder-based song is fine. Both because they are the WIMPS way of carrying out thuggish behaviour. Someone doing this in person would be SAD. Doing it behind the veil of thousands is just PATHETIC

That thread was about grassing on a fellow fan, and yes there was loads on here who would grass.

Football fans around the world have always sung offensive songs, it aint nice but it happens, thats football.

You are a proper soaking wet lettuce.

 

[Gus is god]

I put up for years people singing songs about me being adopted and i tell ya what it broke me at school so much so i didn't go. Just.as his a Football player don't stop him being a human being.

seagulls

 

[Durlston]

When Adebayor played for Manchester City at the Emirates in April 2010, some bloke near the front shouted out to him about the shooting in Angola, Adebayor clearly heard it, looked at him and just laughed at the Gooner. In that situation he handled himself with dignity and made the fan look a fool.

 

[NMH]

Glenn Murray, Glenn Murray,
His father keeps ferrets,
and his mother is a whore.


Allegedly.

I have met his parents, up in Cumbria funny enough (total coincidence, they were watching a Manure game at a pub and we happened to be sitting at the same table).
Nice people. I would hope they feel a deep shame about their lad now though, after committing treason.

 

[Weststander]

...aimed at Adebayor:

It should have been you, it should have been you,
Shot in Angola. It should have been you.



Right up there with those hilarious Munich, Istanbul, Hillsborough chants.

Same game Spurs sang the anti-Wenger song, and Arsenal stuff about Redknapp.

All bad, and both as bad as each other.

 

[Samej]

...aimed at Adebayor:

It should have been you, it should have been you,
Shot in Angola. It should have been you.



Right up there with those hilarious Munich, Istanbul, Hillsborough chants.

It`s not new that is what fans sing it is sick, but so is modern comedy, listen to sean lock it`s part of todays culture

 

[Davemania]

Sure it is, and these are only words:

Don't be a dickhead, it's not just a song.

Chill out, hardly new is it, fans of rival teams chanting offensive/obscene things at opposing players. Water off a ducks back in my opinion. What annoys me more is people getting on their moralistic high horse.

 

[alan partridge]

Chill out, hardly new is it, fans of rival teams chanting offensive/obscene things at opposing players. Water off a ducks back in my opinion. What annoys me more is people getting on their moralistic high horse.

Nightmare that isn't it? Why can't they all just chill out and we can have a right old knees up, sing some songs about real life murders and the like, yeehaw!

 

[ArcticBlue]

I'm not saying the Arsenal fan's were right, But Spurs Fan's are probably the worst of all fan's when it comes to offensive chants. It's just the way football is, it will never change

Sadly you are probably right. I was talking to a Chelsea STH who used to go to the Bridge in the 80's and he saw Chelsea fans throwing bananas at Paul Canaville (1st Chelsea black player) as he ran down the wing. This mentality of ignorance and hate seems to be hard to erase from football.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Chill out, hardly new is it, fans of rival teams chanting offensive/obscene things at opposing players. Water off a ducks back in my opinion. What annoys me more is people getting on their moralistic high horse.

I'm perfectly calm and I also understand it's nothing new. The point is, it shouldn't just be something you have to deal with because you're a footballer. These bellends get away with things when they're at a football match just because they're at a football match which I don't think is right.

Nothing to do with claiming moral high ground.