Blackpool thread

[Lord Love Rocket]

That's your opinion but a load of rubbish Hughes was poor last night and as for Johnson as soon as he went to ground very poor defending on his part.

[AccyMad]

Coley wants the FA to step in & investigate the events of last night

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47469972

If they do, they should include reading some of the racist comments about our keeper on Blackpool's fans forum

[Lord Didsbury]

What’s the big problem? One plastic bottle chucked at the keeper? What’s to investigate?

No issue with the flares. Doesn’t everyone actually (secretly at least) think they are ace? Can’t belueve Coley thinks any different. They are only banned because of health and safety gone mad.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Lord Didsbury

What’s the big problem? One plastic bottle chucked at the keeper? What’s to investigate?

No issue with the flares. Doesn’t everyone actually (secretly at least) think they are ace? Can’t belueve Coley thinks any different. They are only banned because of health and safety gone mad.

So do you think flares are ok then?

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Lord Didsbury

What’s the big problem? One plastic bottle chucked at the keeper? What’s to investigate?

No issue with the flares. Doesn’t everyone actually (secretly at least) think they are ace? Can’t belueve Coley thinks any different. They are only banned because of health and safety gone mad.

Seriously?!?
Firstly, it wasn't one plastic bottle - all sorts of rubbish was thrown at him & the bottles (plural) weren't empty & they weren't still full of beer either if you get my drift.
Secondly, maybe you don't have a problem with the flares but a lot of people do & rightly so when they can cause breathing problems as they did last night to a large section of the main stand

[KiTChener]

Originally Posted by Lord Didsbury

What’s the big problem? One plastic bottle chucked at the keeper? What’s to investigate?

No issue with the flares. Doesn’t everyone actually (secretly at least) think they are ace? Can’t belueve Coley thinks any different. They are only banned because of health and safety gone mad.

No issue with the flares? What kind of pi**ock are you?
D'you think they were invented to be thrown at football matches?
How you can think they are 'ace' makes me wonder how you became a 'Lord' at such a tender age! (Presumably, you are under 16?)

BTW, hopefully, CCTV will identify your fellow pi**ocks who threw bottle & flare!!

[Twenty Eight]

You can all go on and on about the bottle incident - rules are rules. He threw it back into the crowd “lobbed” whatever you want to call it.
It’s a sending off offence.
All he had to do was pick it up and hand it to the official. The incident gets reported and we stay with 11 men.

[ferret man]

Originally Posted by Twenty Eight

You can all go on and on about the bottle incident - rules are rules. He threw it back into the crowd “lobbed” whatever you want to call it.
It’s a sending off offence.
All he had to do was pick it up and hand it to the official. The incident gets reported and we stay with 11 men.

Rules are Rules unless your a ref then you have your own set

[Revived Red]

Originally Posted by Lord Love Rocket

That's your opinion but a load of rubbish Hughes was poor last night and as for Johnson as soon as he went to ground very poor defending on his part.

Always pleasing to find a master of understatement on this forum.

[Twenty Eight]

Originally Posted by ferret man

Rules are Rules unless your a ref then you have your own set

So go on tell me what rules the ref “invented” for sending him off ?

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Twenty Eight

You can all go on and on about the bottle incident - rules are rules. He threw it back into the crowd “lobbed” whatever you want to call it.
It’s a sending off offence.
All he had to do was pick it up and hand it to the official. The incident gets reported and we stay with 11 men.

I don't think anyone's saying it wasn't a red card offence, what Dimi did was wrong but we are saying it was understable, he's only human & as I said in my original post the incident could have been prevented if the ref had done what he should & stopped the game when he was being showered with missiles, it's a shame the FA won't be able to accept there were mitigating circumstances to explain his actions

[Dav1d]

Well Andy holt has said a few fans might spoil it for everyone, beer prices back up etc

https://twitter.com/andyhholt/status...308792832?s=21

[Exile on Spencer St]

Not sure it was just the price of the beer.
Lots of comments on one of the Blackpool fans’ forums that there were no or few checks on underage drinkers and not enough stewards to stop people taking their booze onto the terrace.
If true, then cheap beer + 14-17 year old boys = tears before bedtime.

[monkey hanger]

Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St

Not sure it was just the price of the beer.
Lots of comments on one of the Blackpool fans’ forums that there were no or few checks on underage drinkers and not enough stewards to stop people taking their booze onto the terrace.
If true, then cheap beer + 14-17 year old boys = tears before bedtime.

if the fa investigate fully the incidents on tuesday night stanley will not come out of it without some form of censure or fine due to what exile has written above. there is always some who are going to spoil things for the majority and its surprised me that blackpool fans have actually not come in for more criticism for their actions. if it had been stevenage or luton i doubt their flares would have been thought of as fine.

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Dav1d

Well Andy holt has said a few fans might spoil it for everyone, beer prices back up etc

https://twitter.com/andyhholt/status...308792832?s=21

That would be a shame, we've had similar & larger crowds on recently with no such incidents - yes Blackpool fans were on a high after recent events at their club but that was no excuse for their behaviour. I'd keep the way we welcome fans as it is but maybe when we play Blackpool next season don't give them the same privileges