At the risk of being accused of being 'Old Skool'...

[Yesterday Once More]

I can't help thinking a more effective response to what could only be a tiny number of idiots making monkey noises in a televised match would be for the stewards/police to dive in and pull them out. No stopping the match, no "crowd announcements", no tv commentators spending the rest of the match making it THE talking point. Giving a tiny number of people the oxygen of publicity seems likely to be entirely counter-productive. It won't appeal to their better nature, and is only likely to give a few other people the idea that they can be the stars of the show.

As I say, call me old fashioned, but it seems barking to me....

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I can't help thinking a more effective response to what could only be a tiny number of idiots making monkey noises in a televised match would be for the stewards/police to dive in and pull them out. No stopping the match, no "crowd announcements", no tv commentators spending the rest of the match making it THE talking point. Giving a tiny number of people the oxygen of publicity seems likely to be entirely counter-productive. It won't appeal to their better nature, and is only likely to give a few other people the idea that they can be the stars of the show.

As I say, call me old fashioned, but it seems barking to me....

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[Sir C]

I can't help thinking a more effective response to what could only be a tiny number of idiots making monkey noises in a televised match would be for the stewards/police to dive in and pull them out. No stopping the match, no "crowd announcements", no tv commentators spending the rest of the match making it THE talking point. Giving a tiny number of people the oxygen of publicity seems likely to be entirely counter-productive. It won't appeal to their better nature, and is only likely to give a few other people the idea that they can be the stars of the show.

As I say, call me old fashioned, but it seems barking to me....

I'd say you speak a deal of sense here.

What I find most surprising is the use of monkey chants. It's 2019 for Christ's sake! Hasn't racism moved on since 1979? Got a little more sophisticated? Apparently not.

[Tony C]

It’s all bs anyway

Arsenal fan throws banana at Gareth Bale and gets sent down for racism

Tottenham fan throws it at Aboomerang and let off the hook

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

I'd say you speak a deal of sense here.

What I find most surprising is the use of monkey chants. It's 2019 for Christ's sake! Hasn't racism moved on since 1979? Got a little more sophisticated? Apparently not.

Isn't sophisticated racism a bit of an oxymoron, C?

Though I did like lobbing a banana at Gareth Bale. But that's not racist, is it? It's just speciesist cos he's a chimp.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

I'd say you speak a deal of sense here.

What I find most surprising is the use of monkey chants. It's 2019 for Christ's sake! Hasn't racism moved on since 1979? Got a little more sophisticated? Apparently not.

Isn't sophisticated racism a bit of an oxymoron, C?

Though I did like lobbing a banana at Gareth Bale. But that's not racist, is it? It's just speciesist cos he's a chimp.