Sulley Muntari

[RangersMedia 35,961]

...gets racist abuse from Cagliari fans. Complains to the ref. Ref gives him a yellow card . Walks off the pitch and his manager comes out with this shite:

"Muntari was right, but he shouldn't have left the pitch. It's not up to us to dole out justice."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39766542 

[born a blue nose 90,721]

Seems to be a pretty big issue in Italian football. 

[giffnockger 4,840]

Mental the ref did fuck all.. surely will have to answer to whoevers above him? 

[RangersMedia 35,961]

14 minutes ago, born a blue nose said:

Seems to be a pretty big issue in Italian football. 

Aye, regular stadium closures/fines over there for fan behaviour. 

8 minutes ago, giffnockger said:

Mental the ref did fuck all.. surely will have to answer to whoevers above him? 

I can't believe he gave Muntari a yellow for complaining . He'll get hauled over the coals for that.

[born a blue nose 90,721]

Just now, psb07158 said:

Aye, regular stadium closures/fines over there for fan behaviour. 

I can't believe he gave Muntari a yellow for complaining . He'll get hauled over the coals for that.

They yellow card part turns it into a very weird story man they are will have to rescind that surely lol

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

Italian football is just horrible. 

[Gaz52 11,837]

Get him over to Rangers

[Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,686]

2 hours ago, born a blue nose said:

They yellow card part turns it into a very weird story man they are will have to rescind that surely lol

Yellow cards aren't rescindable normally but wow that's awful.

[Dickie1963 2,352]

I presume the yellow was for his reaction to ref but he is a grown man and should be above that. Not someone I would want in the trenches. Man up and let the Authorities deal with it 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 64,476]

Was just banter.

[MasterD 7,435]

Hope he got a second yellow for leaving the field.

[JamieD 18,893]

3 hours ago, Dickie1963 said:

I presume the yellow was for his reaction to ref but he is a grown man and should be above that. Not someone I would want in the trenches. Man up and let the Authorities deal with it 

Um, isn't that what he did by going to the ref?

[RangersMedia 35,961]

4 hours ago, Dickie1963 said:

I presume the yellow was for his reaction to ref but he is a grown man and should be above that. Not someone I would want in the trenches. Man up and let the Authorities deal with it 

He asked the referee to take action before going to the crowd himself and being ushered down the tunnel. 

You ever been racially abused?

[Dickie1963 2,352]

1 minute ago, psb07158 said:

He asked the referee to take action before going to the crowd himself and being ushered down the tunnel. 

You ever been racially abused?

I have been called an orange barsteward plenty.

I am maybe old fashioned but I want my players to ignore being called names and play the game.

 

 

[RangersMedia 35,961]

1 minute ago, Dickie1963 said:

I have been called an orange barsteward plenty.

I am maybe old fashioned but I want my players to ignore being called names and play the game.

 

 

I think racially abusing someone is a little more than calling them names. 

Theres a video on twitter. You can clearly hear the monkey sounds from a number of supporters and, alarmingly, eye witness accounts suggest a number of kids participating. 

[East London Loyal 420]

I don't understand racism, it's a stupid backward mindset to dislike someone based on their skin tone. Now cultural differences are a different story altogether and that's where division springs up.

Italians aren't renowned for being forward thinkers. 

[wullyRFC 5,230]

The ref should have waded into the crowd and sorted it out for him there's nothing worse in the world than racism.

[slimjim1690 4,534]

8 hours ago, psb07158 said:

Aye, regular stadium closures/fines over there for fan behaviour. 

I can't believe he gave Muntari a yellow for complaining . He'll get hauled over the coals for that.

Shouldn't have called the ref a wop.

[tannerall 25,935]

Lot's of folk missing the point it took a lot more balls for Muntari to make the huge personal and moral decision to walk off that park with no apparent support. rather than stay on. 

A brave gesture, and I hope he gets all the praise he deserves for setting that precedent. 

 

[born a blue nose 90,721]

41 minutes ago, wullyRFC said:

The ref should have waded into the crowd and sorted it out for him there's nothing worse in the world than racism.

Arse cancer has got to run it close

[tannerall 25,935]

Would be a great gesture of support if all the Gers fans at Sundays' Thistle game held up an anti-racism card on the 89th minute then walked out the park with our arms in the air singing "There's only one Sulley Muntari." 

Perhaps our resident Sun reporter could highlight this on the Sun website ?

 

[JamieD 18,893]

1 hour ago, Dickie1963 said:

I have been called an orange barsteward plenty.

I am maybe old fashioned but I want my players to ignore being called names and play the game.

 

 

If someone came into your work place and started verbally abusing you I would expect you to chin them, but if you were more sensible than that, you would probably take whichever action was most likely to allow you to go about your business free of harassment while avoiding a jail cell, no? Like having them escorted from the premises.

[SuperPapac05 3,383]

And if this happened in England, UEFA would be quick to shut down the league. It's fucking criminal how much these other nations get away with their serious racism problem. 

[JamieD 18,893]

I have come to realise that black players can't win when it comes to racism. If you kick up a fuss about it after the match, like Evra, you get accused of "playing the race card". If you back up your white team-mate who has been accused of racism, like Ashley Cole, you get called a "choc ice" by a fellow black player. If you actually respond angrily to abuse, like that Partizan player in Serbia, and give the crowd some back in return, you get sent off. If you calmly report abuse to the referee, you get booked and your manager criticises you, along with folk on the internet. Is the only acceptable response to racism to either literally or metaphorically backheel the bananas off the pitch like John Barnes, and pretend you don't care so that white people don't have to bother about it?

[Sonnybear1972 8,130]

I'd have sent him off for getting in my grill like that...