Andrew Symonds is at fault himself

[archie mac]

Well said.No excuses for racist behaviour.

And rememeber that this is not the 1st time Indian crowds have made racist comments.Dillon & his wife had to cop a lot during a test at Mumbai.If this continues,those test centres should be banned from international matches.

A few idiots cause trouble and the other 99% pay the price? Just throw the morons out

 

[silentstriker]

First of all, Symonds is an annoying person and he needs to shut his mouth. I can't stand him anymore.

With that said, I don't care what he said, or who he provoked, the comments were completely over the top and unjustified. Completely not excusable and you certainly can't give those baboons in the crowd a pass by blaming Symonds.

I don't care what he did - it is never justified to resort to racist calls.

 

[Goughy]

Defending the indefensible.

Dont get what this thread is trying to achieve.

 

[silentstriker]

A few idiots cause trouble and the other 99% pay the price?

Yup, remove the stadiums from the international circuit. After two years of no income, the local boards will come up with a way to stop the crap.

 

[silentstriker]

Australian supporters had to put up with the idea that we apparently have the only racist crowds in the world - a

Could you tell me when people said this? Most just said that Australia seemed to have more of a problem than anyone else. And based on the touring parties say, that seems to be true.

 

[Salamuddin]

Defending the indefensible.

Dont get what this thread is trying to achieve.

Merely a case of saying keep your head down sonny and avoid controversies.

 

[silentstriker]

Merely a case of saying keep your head down sonny and avoid controversies.

No. Racial abuse is different from a controversy.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yup, remove the stadiums from the international circuit. After two years of no income, the local boards will come up with a way to stop the crap.

Like? I'm not condoning racism in any form but you're not going to stop it, and you can say it's a defeatist attitude and it probably is in a way, but it's the truth. You may be able to contain it, but there's no way to stop a bigot buying a ticket to a cricket match. That in itself is almost bigotry.

 

[silentstriker]

Like? I'm not condoning racism in any form but you're not going to stop it, and you can say it's a defeatist attitude and it probably is in a way, but it's the truth. You may be able to contain it, but there's no way to stop a bigot buying a ticket to a cricket match. That in itself is almost bigotry.

Put 1-2 security guards near the boundary whenever a player is fielding. About 15 guys would be more than enough. They just shadow the fielding players near the boundary behind the stadium. Any abuse gets a rifle butt to the face. Would stop it pretty quickly.

 

[sledger]

Well said.No excuses for racist behaviour.

And rememeber that this is not the 1st time Indian crowds have made racist comments.Dillon & his wife had to cop a lot during a test at Mumbai.If this continues,those test centres should be banned from international matches.

LOL at your username, i never knew that Mr Butt was a fish!

 

[Richard]

Put 1-2 security guards near the boundary whenever a player is fielding. About 15 guys would be more than enough. They just shadow the fielding players near the boundary behind the stadium. Any abuse gets a rifle butt to the face. Would stop it pretty quickly.

Spot the gun-nut.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Put 1-2 security guards near the boundary whenever a player is fielding. About 15 guys would be more than enough. They just shadow the fielding players near the boundary behind the stadium. Any abuse gets a rifle butt to the face. Would stop it pretty quickly.

Thanks for reminding me that you're an idiot. kkbi.

 

[Salmon Butt]

LOL at your username, i never knew that Mr Butt was a fish!

Typos can play havoc with your life.

 

[Salamuddin]

No. Racial abuse is different from a controversy.

I just don't know why people are discounting the possibility that the controversies that Symonds had been part of contributed to what happened at Vadodara ?

As I said Before I don't JUSTIFY what happened. I just feel Symonds was setting himself up to get a big cop out much in the way that I feel Sreesanth will probably get it this summer in Australia.
In both cases, the players concerned could have made things easier for themselves

Whatever happened to the virtue of keeping your trap shut and getting on with the job ? Avoiding trouble where you could ??

 

[archie mac]

Yup, remove the stadiums from the international circuit. After two years of no income, the local boards will come up with a way to stop the crap.

You can't stop it, you can try and control it, but you can't punish everyone

 

[archie mac]

I just don't know why people are discounting the possibility that the controversies that Symonds had been part of contributed to what happened at Vadodara ?

As I said Before I don't JUSTIFY what happened. I just feel Symonds was setting himself up to get a big cop out much in the way that I feel Sreesanth will probably get it this summer in Australia.
In both cases, the players concerned could have made things easier for themselves

Whatever happened to the virtue of keeping your trap shut and getting on with the job ? Avoiding trouble where you could ??

He will cop some crap from the crowd but if it is racist than that is not right and should be dealt with

 

[Salmon Butt]

You can't stop it, you can try and control it, but you can't punish everyone

There should be zero tolerance for racism.Ban a stadium for 5 years if it happens.That will be the biggest deterrent and will make sure the stadium authorities take more steps to ensure that it doesn't happen.

 

[archie mac]

There should be zero tolerance for racism.Ban a stadium for 5 years if it happens.That will be the biggest deterrent and will make sure the stadium authorities take more steps to ensure that it doesn't happen.

Your kidding right? Some idiot who does not care about cricket comes to the game yells out the "N" word and everyone pays the price

 

[silentstriker]

You can't stop it, you can try and control it, but you can't punish everyone

Why? If the board is unwilling to do anything about it, even though they can, then it should be punished. I certainly wouldn't want to play at a venue like that as a player. I wouldn't mind one bit if teams boycotted stadiums like Vadodara, Adelaide, etc.

 

[silentstriker]

Your kidding right? Some idiot who does not care about cricket comes to the game yells out the "N" word and everyone pays the price

That sucks for the board. I'd rather play in front of empty stadiums.