[Albion] Unai Emery

[Gazwag]

Well as the ban on soft drink tops for fans has come into force then the drinks bottles for players will have to be replaced by paper cups

 

[Knocky's Nose]

... but the speed with which he kicked it....

Could do a job?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

KILL HIM!

Have I overreacted to a water bottle being kicked?

 

[Napier]

I can't see his name without thinking......

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Ooh, you are awful...........

 

[Napier]

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[Napier]

Shirley not, but everyone does absolutely love to be "outraged" these days..

Thank goodness the fan it hit wasn't Disabled, BAME or otherwise. Emery would have been sacked, Arsenal would have been deducted 36 points and the fan would have been awarded £1.2m from the GoFundMe page, plus a VIP tour of the Emirates.

I'm joking btw. Just labouring the point.

You forget that Arsenal are one of the big teams, so normal rules do not apply.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Well as the ban on soft drink tops for fans has come into force then the drinks bottles for players will have to be replaced by paper cups

There is no ban.

 

[studio150]

I thought he conducted himself well on the touchline. There was one occasion where the ball went out for an Albion throw in close to him. Rather than the standard opposition manager reaction of letting the ball carry on into the wall, to stop us taking a quick throw in, he just picked the ball up by his feet and immediately gave the ball to Montoya (?). Also he shook hands and had a brief word with Bruno after greeting CG before the game.

Obviously in hindsight he would have preferred not to have kicked the water bottle, but he did walk over and apologise immediately and again on the full time whistle. Personally I would hope if the FA need to anything they just warn him to refrain from kicking water bottles in the future

 

[Gazwag]

There is no ban.

Mine was taken off yesterday

 

[Sheebo]

This fella also threw the ball back to us to take a quick throw, seems classy and apologised straight away and again after for the accident. Good on him.

 

[Juan Albion]

Depends who it is, of course. If it had been Roy, Jose or Colin, he would have deserved harsh punishment. No one cares about Emery.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Mine was taken off yesterday

Weird. We've taken 4 in since #flaskgate with no problem.

 

[Mayonaise]

Are we not in danger of taking all the passion out of football?

Emery charged with kicking a water bottle in frustration. Wasn't targeted at anybody but still gets charged by the fat cat suits at Lancaster gate.

Seems unnecessary to me

 

[Dave the OAP]

And quite right - I saw the anger on his face, just as he walloped the bottle (which was full of water). Sadly he caught it just right and it rose over the barriers and hit a fan. We've seen plenty of managers lose their shit in the dug out, but never in the years at the Amex have I seen one do that. It was reckless, and could have caused injury.

I appreciate that he was angry, and that he apologised after the incident and at the end of the game, but the speed with which he kicked it could have done more damage then it did.

You are right...it could have hit someone in the face killing them, then bouncing into another person and killing them, causing panic in the stands and many casualties.

I am absolutely OUTRAGED and he should be sacked and as we were all there and witnessed it we should all get COMPENSATION from the club, the FA, the PREMIER league, EUFA, the caterers and every one.

FFS. get a ****ing grip!

FFS

 

[Dave the OAP]

Ooh, you are awful...........

But I like you

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Gus got sent to the stand & fined for kicking water bottle over, and so did Wenger at Old Trafford.

The FA are ridiculous.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Are we not in danger of taking all the passion out of football?

Emery charged with kicking a water bottle in frustration. Wasn't targeted at anybody but still gets charged by the fat cat suits at Lancaster gate.

Seems unnecessary to me

To quote the BBC article

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was given a one-match ban after being sent off for kicking a water bottle down the touchline during his side's Premier League game against West Ham in 2016.

This didn't hit anyone but he was still charged and banned, the FA would have had to consider this when deciding if they charged Emery as the precedent had been set by their actions regarding that incident

 

[Knocky's Nose]

..... the FA would have had to consider this when deciding if they charged Emery as the precedent had been set by their actions regarding that incident

I think the technique and accuracy of the kick should be taken into account. He could teach his players a thing or two.

 

[amexer]

Its mad

 

[Weststander]

The FA automatons are showing zero flexibility in their zero tolerance of managers trangressions made in the heat of the moment.

It seemed a harmless incident by a decent bloke who repeatedly apologised straight away.