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First off, I haven't seen the full incident properly... I was watching on iFollow and perhaps like many, have seen the 2 minute highlights where you can see the bottle coming down and Waterfall starting to react.
However, if true and Waterfall has thrown it back 'aggressively', he has to go. We'd be screaming 'red card' if it was the other way round, and quite simply, allowing footballers to get away with this will only lead to problems for the whole game.
However, whilst I've heard plenty said about Waterfall, there's been nothing about the idiot who threw the bottle. Where is Mansfield's statement saying they are reviewing CCTV etc., or at the very least giving a condemnation of the actions of a member of their support? The FA will stick their ore in as usual and fine/suspend Waterfall, but I do wonder if they will be contacting Mansfield Town for their response to the situation and their failure to ensure safety to the players?
Surely, this should be considered a very serious issue? If the bottle had injured one of our lads, or a coin (or worse) had been thrown, where would we be on the debate? We simply cannot have a situation where projectiles are thrown from the crowd, yet in my view, this is something that seems to be creeping in and 'accepted' more and more these days. At Sincil Bank, I've seen numerous cases in the last couple of years where balls have been thrown back to opposing players aggressively, yet nothing seems to be said or done against this. Worse still, it seems to get a laugh more than any kind of condemnation. It's not funny... it's disrespectful, aggressive behaviour and it needs stamping out.
Footballers, whatever their faults, are human beings, and I don't think there is another job in the world where someone would tolerate bottles, coins, food etc. being thrown at them, and not react in some form or another. Therefore, why are we expecting them to behave like a statue when faced with this kind of behaviour? Luke Waterfall is a good, honest pro who has fought hard to get a regular place in the side this year, not to mention fight like hell as captain of the club to get us back in the EFL in the first place. Now he gets a 3-game ban at a crucial stage of the season because he's reacted to an idiot throwing projectiles at him. This doesn't sit right with me, and I dare it doesn't with the overwhelming majority of fair-minded football fans.
Like I said at the beginning of this, I don't have any great beef about the red card, but if that doesn't go along with a full condemnation and investigation from the FA and Mansfield Town, then something is seriously wrong.
I await developments with interest.
However, if true and Waterfall has thrown it back 'aggressively', he has to go. We'd be screaming 'red card' if it was the other way round, and quite simply, allowing footballers to get away with this will only lead to problems for the whole game.
However, whilst I've heard plenty said about Waterfall, there's been nothing about the idiot who threw the bottle. Where is Mansfield's statement saying they are reviewing CCTV etc., or at the very least giving a condemnation of the actions of a member of their support? The FA will stick their ore in as usual and fine/suspend Waterfall, but I do wonder if they will be contacting Mansfield Town for their response to the situation and their failure to ensure safety to the players?
Surely, this should be considered a very serious issue? If the bottle had injured one of our lads, or a coin (or worse) had been thrown, where would we be on the debate? We simply cannot have a situation where projectiles are thrown from the crowd, yet in my view, this is something that seems to be creeping in and 'accepted' more and more these days. At Sincil Bank, I've seen numerous cases in the last couple of years where balls have been thrown back to opposing players aggressively, yet nothing seems to be said or done against this. Worse still, it seems to get a laugh more than any kind of condemnation. It's not funny... it's disrespectful, aggressive behaviour and it needs stamping out.
Footballers, whatever their faults, are human beings, and I don't think there is another job in the world where someone would tolerate bottles, coins, food etc. being thrown at them, and not react in some form or another. Therefore, why are we expecting them to behave like a statue when faced with this kind of behaviour? Luke Waterfall is a good, honest pro who has fought hard to get a regular place in the side this year, not to mention fight like hell as captain of the club to get us back in the EFL in the first place. Now he gets a 3-game ban at a crucial stage of the season because he's reacted to an idiot throwing projectiles at him. This doesn't sit right with me, and I dare it doesn't with the overwhelming majority of fair-minded football fans.
Like I said at the beginning of this, I don't have any great beef about the red card, but if that doesn't go along with a full condemnation and investigation from the FA and Mansfield Town, then something is seriously wrong.
I await developments with interest.
