Yeah I saw this too. Commendable from them. I think they were quite upset and ashamed of their fans in that moment.
City fans disgusting behaviour | Aeroplane and monkey gestures | Do not dox please
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Sterling in fairness should have awarded us the 3 points and issued a couple of stadium bans. Hypocrite.
Yeah exactly. Given he didn't get into the crowd and take the fan out he clearly doesn't care about the issue.
Bitters. Small time club and fans.
Can go feck themselves, racist pieces of shit.
feck off with the moronic Sterling criticism and deal with the fecking scumbag in question.
feck off
feck off
I thought some of the city players were upset with what was going on and tried to stop it.
Definitely looked like B. Silva and Mahrez tried to stop their own fans from being idiots. It didn't work though.
Good man. Thank you for posting this.
That is what I saw, as well. I have no doubt any normal human hated what those asshats were doing and the racist behavior. Undoubtedly that definition of normal humans included most City fans and players, as well. We can be rivals in sport, but when it comes to human decency most of us are on the same page, important to remember.
Looks like he'll be out of a job on Monday. He doesn't seem the sharpest knife in the drawer either. He has a history of racist comments if you have a look on Twitter.
Absolutely wrong to put the burden of a systemic cultural problem on one individual, no matter what history he has with it. He's one man. Yes it would be good if he'd made a statement, but he shouldn't be vilified for not doing so.
The responsibility is on the club to take the appropriate action (lifetime bans for the fans involved).
He's getting absolutely dogs abuse on Twitter and Facebook. People tweeting his employer (who've already said "they'll look into it" = P45)
And amazingly, he actually replied to someone on Facebook (that was stupid) and said it was just a screenshot making him look bad and he was putting his hands in his pockets.
The only thing I don't like is there are pictures of his family/kids everywhere now.... they've got to go to work/school, it'll be shit for them.
The power of social media is scary at times.
Respect to the City players who tried to calm the crowd, and respect to the many City fans who condemned these idiots. Not all City fans are knobheads. There are many at every club, Chrissakes I've seen some total idiots who follow United. It was absolutely shameful, but unfortunately racism is becoming stronger in this country. Brexit seems to have helped it fester.
I'd hardly consider it commendable when they spent the previous minute bitching about time wasting while Fred and Lingard were having objects thrown at them. Waiting until Fred was actually physically assaulted to stop complaining to the ref about time isn't commendable.
Pathetic isn't it?
Yeah, it can be a bit of a lynch mob out there, you have to feel sorry for his family/ dependents having such a massive idiot for a father.
Third behind Leicester
Has Sterling or any of his team mates tweeted to condemn that City fan. I know the club have published a statement but heard nothing individually.
fecking cnuts
Other than going over and putting every racist under citizens arrest, what is he supposed to do.
People criticising Sterling are closet racists. If I were Sterling and black players were getting abused nearby you'd be hesitant yourself to go running over to the crowd to try and cool the situation. Not like he's magically exempt from racist abuse because he speaks out about it. You can say all you want but these players deal with the hurt behind closed doors and it does hurt. You can say all you like about how much they get paid but it doesn't change anything.
I really think it's ridiculous to criticize Sterling in this scenario. Poor form. Sterling is not the issue. Racism and fan behaviour is.
Shocking stuff really.
Shocking stuff really.
Typical idiot fans ruining it for the rest of us. Throwing things at footballers as if they're war criminals instead of just blokes playing for the other team. It's as bad as liverpool fans chucking things at coaches. What sort of an imbecile is so riled up about the derby they resort to nonsensical racism. As if we don't have black players or one trying to lead a campaign against it. The d***head has no place at the club and no place in football or society tbh. Only idiots make aeroplane gestures too, regardless of it being stupidly insensitive generally, the amount of people with city links on that plane...
Another game we deserved to lose due to poor defending, this season very much looking like another write-off ala 2013 or 2015. just hope it results in the manager changing things rather than the club changing managers.
Another game we deserved to lose due to poor defending, this season very much looking like another write-off ala 2013 or 2015. just hope it results in the manager changing things rather than the club changing managers.
Definitely not Sterling’s fault, c’mon people what are we like? It’s simple racism, reflects badly on the individual and the club and should be dealt with accordingly.
If you look up "pleb" in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of that ignoramus.
Good on you
A couple of issues we need to clear up in this thread. Firstly, Sterling may be the most high profile British player pushing for action against racism but that doesn’t mean he is tasked with sorting it out, the Stewards, Police and FA should be dealing with these matters. I’m not sure why people have such an obsession with him but I can probably take a quick guess as to why.
Secondly, it’s important not to generalise a fan base and group all city fans as “racists”. The actions of one individual doesn’t mean City should be deducted points or play their next home match behind closed doors, every club unfortunately has its share of idiots and punishing the other 99.9% doesn’t help the cause in any way. City were great to come out straight away and denounce the fans gestures which sets a clear example going forward that any racist actions that take place will be dealt with swiftly and not just brushed under the carpet.
Secondly, it’s important not to generalise a fan base and group all city fans as “racists”. The actions of one individual doesn’t mean City should be deducted points or play their next home match behind closed doors, every club unfortunately has its share of idiots and punishing the other 99.9% doesn’t help the cause in any way. City were great to come out straight away and denounce the fans gestures which sets a clear example going forward that any racist actions that take place will be dealt with swiftly and not just brushed under the carpet.
Again the reason he is being called out here is simple as he was stood there looking directly at the incident and acted like it was nothing which people find rather puzzling.
Thats the reason and nothing else
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Got it
The guy next to him, what is He? looks exactly like a dwarf
What gets me is the stewards standing directly in front of him not batting an eyelid.
The people having a go at Sterling are out of order.
Yeah looks like he could lose his job and don't feel in the least bit sorry for him. He will seriously regret doing that in front of the TV cameras.
I bet many of them would if they could (i.e. were it widely acceptable/consequence free).
Fecking Sterling. What a hypocrite. Just stands there.
Did anyone else notice that when McTominay started fronting up to the racists dick heads in the crowd, several City players started trying to rough him up?
Tells me everything I need to know about those players.
Tells me everything I need to know about those players.
Unbelievable, right? Reminds me of when the sun ran a headline blaming the killing of two teenagers in Sheffield on Sterling's tattoo.
I think Joshua's a gooner.
Have I missed something? Why do people keep talking about Sterling in relation to this incident?
Steady on Balotelli was an ok player at best.