Stool on the Loose.
Emmanuel Adebayor has received his verdict from the FA, receiving a 25,000 pound fine and suspended two-match ban for his field-long sprint to celebrate in front of the traveling Arsenal fans. The ruling, however, smells of rank hypocrisy and perhaps a bit of favoritism on the part of the FA, but maybe that’s just the norm for the FA these days.
If you recall a mere week ago, the FA decided not to hand Manchester United’s Gary Neville any punishment for his celebration of United’s injury time winner against Citeh in front of the traveling fans of Citeh. He was not charged with improper conduct, he was not fined, and he did not receive any ban. Why is that?
Adebayor was the actual goal scorer for his celebration. He was on the field, he scored the goal, he was playing, he had broken a sweat. Neville, on the other hand, was an unused substitute that was not getting into the game since United has used all of its substitutes. He ran out of the bench area to pointedly celebrate in front of the away fans.
Both of the players went out of their way to celebrate and gloat in front of the opposition fans. But, one of these players was much more deserving of actually celebrating his goal, since he actually was playing and scored the goal.
So, why is Adebayor’s penalty so much harsher than the non-existent penalty for Neville?
Could it be because the FA favors Manchester United?
Sir Gin Blossom is rarely if ever reprimanded for speaking his mind about match officials when others are. United gets extra seconds of stoppage time to score goals. United seems to get the calls it needs to put them back into a game.
Or perhaps it’s because the FA doesn’t like Citeh’s new wealthy owners. But, it most certainly should not be for other misconduct in the match by Adebayor because the FA already suspended him for that.
Either way, the punishment meted out to Adebayor is not consistent with Neville’s punishment. The least the FA could be is consistent in its punishments and that does not mean being consistent in being lenient on Manchester United. It means being consistent in its treatment of incidents involving all players and squads.
i still think the FA are on the Old Trafford payroll.
If I’m correct his two match ban is suspended, or in other words useless.
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the Neville and Adebayor celebrations were completely different. Adebayor went out of his way to get at the Arsenal supporters. Neville ran up to the pitch and faced the Citeh fans briefly before retreating. He wasn’t nearly as inciteful and wasn’t the focal point of the fans in any case. I think ManU gets away w/ murder but also see Adebayor as a much bigger jackass in these instances.
That would be a fair point IF Neville were playing.
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how about the time robbie ysb fowler scored against utd for city and celebrated with his 5 fingers … was there a ban in that situation ? and why hasnt craig bellamy been banned for slapping that utd fan ?
but of course we all agree, the fa are on man utd’s payroll, and liverpool fc are the saints of football
Don’t think there was, but considering that was in front of the United players and not taunting the fans as both Adebayor and Neville did, I have no f**king clue what your point is.
Though Fowler did get suspended for his goal line snorting celebration, and the homophobic one … so yeah, a Liverpool player getting suspended really does a lot to prove the point that … wait what was your point?
gary did get fined a couple years ago for celebrating in front of liverpool fans. refs do seem to give United, along with the rest of the b4, some unfair advantage but the FA often rules against United unfairly in situations like this. the real question you should be asking is why it was okay for thierry henry to do this same celebration to spurs fans a few years ago but now adebayor must pay a price for it. the FA is wildly inconsistent but this was a poor example to use.
in truth, fans really need to put on their big girl panties and not flip out when players do stuff like this, since the fans dish out abuse all day long and then act indignant when a little of it comes back to them.
How do the FA favour united? Adebayor almost caused a riot (partly Arsenal fans fault). Of course people forget that Neville is not the only one to celebrate a goal in front of away fans in that game – Shay Given turned round to united fans to celebrate the equalizer.
What about the Rio Ferdinand missing drugs test? A Manchester City player also missed a mandatory drugs test at about the same time, but was he banned for months and months and fined ridiculous amounts? No? Surely if the FA favours United then this is a bad decision?
What about suspending Evra for 3 games for punching a Chelsea groundstaff, despite having no evidence whatsoever that Evra even threw a punch.
People may believe the FA favour United, but thats probably just to cloud the fact that Manchester United are the most successful team in recent years. The reason is not the FA, it is Sir Alex Ferguson.
How about you do proper research, and not write cliches with no evidence to back it up.
At Old Trafford Craig Bellamy walked 20 yards towards the pitch invader who was already being restrained, and slapped him through the face – he got a warning. Clearly the FA are out to get City.
Basically, Adebayor has been fined about two days’ wages (gasp) for nearly starting a riot. His “ban” is only activated if he does something stupid like this again, so as another poster said, it’s useless.
Neville was ecstatic when his team (he is club captain, remember) scored the winner and he ran down the touchline to celebrate it, then THOUGHT for a second and stopped and turned back. He did not stand there taunting the fans. The two incidents are not the same, so why should the punishment be? I think Ade got off lightly.
Yes, the FA are inconsistent, but to say they favour United is pathetic and smacks of sheep-brained idiocy. United have also suffered from this inconsistency, as pointed out by Drabik. The “big four” probably do get the benefit of the doubt more often, but this sort of sensationalist conspiracy theory crap is almost painful to read.
Negouai got stuck in traffic on the way to his drug test, Ferdinand straight up didn’t show. Excellent point.
And as for Evra, the punch was only one of the four charges, the others which he admitted to. And he could not prove his defense that there were any racial statements made.
Also, Chelsea got fined more than Evra did in that situation.
/Proper research.
que pedo pinche pendejo f**k all the foot boll players.
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