The bottle incident could have been avoided

[Canard]

If the crowd acting up and players abusing referees really did any damage to a sporting code, soccer would have died 50 years ago...

Soccer, in Australia, has suffered black eye after black eye with respect to crowd behavior. It's probably their single defining characteristic.

Regardless we don't want to end up a code with mindless thugs in the crowd ala Wanderers etc

 

[BuffaloRules]

Soccer, in Australia, has suffered black eye after black eye with respect to crowd behavior. It's probably their single defining characteristic.

Regardless we don't want to end up a code with mindless thugs in the crowd ala Wanderers etc

It's a beat up mate...

Half a dozen people out of 40,000 throwing a bottle...

I remember the throwing cans incident at the Origin game in the 80's at Lang park was much more prolonged, but every year Channel 9 replays it as a famous Origin memory and the commentators crack jokes about it...

 

[Card Shark]

That was then, this is now......2015.

 

[BuffaloRules]

That was then, this is now......2015.

It will be replayed and laughed about this year by the same commentators so outraged about the incident yesterday...

 

[drago brelli]

Put Tony Abbott on the gates, turn around any supporter who looks like he'd throw a bottle

Firstly he would produce a green paper followed by a white paper into the possible incident. Following that he would only go after the Labor voting people who looked like they were going to throw a bottle.

 

[KiamaSaint]

Get upset at a game, boo the ref off.

To instead throw bottles or king hit opposition supporters, says plenty about some Dogs supporters.
This is not the first time.

Embarrassing for the game.

Agree, we have all felt ripped off at one stage. No doubt some of us have felt like throwing stuff. The thing is, you just don't do it. It is as simple as that. I hope these fans are not only banned for life but criminal charges are also brought against them.

 

[woodyk2]

AFL fans must be p#ssing themselves.

 

[BuffaloRules]

AFL fans must be p#ssing themselves.

Yeah, better their fans just stick to racially abusing players...

 

[woodyk2]

Yeah, better their fans just stick to racially abusing players...

And that never happens in the NRL bwahahahahaha

 

[BuffaloRules]

And that never happens in the NRL bwahahahahaha

Haven't heard any racial abuse yelled out at an NRL game in 20 years...

Certainly no incidents reported in the media unlike the AFL fleas...

 

[woodyk2]

Haven't heard any racial abuse yelled out at an NRL game in 20 years...

Certainly no incidents reported in the media unlike the AFL fleas...

Sheesh I have !

 

[BuffaloRules]

Sheesh I have !

Really?

What did you do about it?

 

[The Rosco]

Was anyone dumb enough to throw beer?

Alcohol may not be a commodity in big demand in that particular crowd area

 

[woodyk2]

Really?

What did you do about it?

Stuff all. Name calling is just name calling to me. Nobody was deprived of employment, healthcare, education etc. Ive never seen a bottle thrown though.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Stuff all. Name calling is just name calling to me. Nobody was deprived of employment, healthcare, education etc. Ive never seen a bottle thrown though.

I havent heard it because at the games I go to, you would be very likely insulting someone nearby that would no doubt be taking some offence..

Must be different where you go to games..

 

[Usain Bolt]

The amount of Dogs fans on Twitter saying they're switching to AFL makes me question how big a fan they really were?

 

[LatK7]

The amount of Dogs fans on Twitter saying they're switching to AFL makes me question how big a fan they really were?

They'll all be back when they beat Saints next week.

 

[dogslife]

I miss the days of a good old fashioned riot

 

[Timmah]

Yawn.

Shit happens from every fan base. Not long ago a souths fan exposed himself on television. We had a queenslander urinating om a seat.

In short. ..way to many feral people in our society.

Thank you linesmen, thank you ballboys.

That sums it up. We have a societal issue of people thinking that sort of behaviour is acceptable. It's not.

 

[Timmah]

Haven't heard any racial abuse yelled out at an NRL game in 20 years...

Certainly no incidents reported in the media unlike the AFL fleas...

You must watch on TV because it happens at *every* game.