Sunday’s back pages should have been filled with pictures of Manchester City’s Emmanuel Adebayor for all the right reasons, after he put in a great shift for his new team and capped it off with a goal. City fans will forget they battered Arsenal last season yet still finished 10th in the league, and will claim Saturday’s result means they are one step closer to a top four finish. But that is what all the talk following their game should have been about – will they displace Arsenal and get in to the Champions League? Instead, all the discussions is revolving around that nasty piece of work Adebayor.
Immediately prior to kick-off, Adebayor was walking around in Arsenal’s half of the pitch, clearly keen to wind up his former club. I don’t see a lot wrong in that. Whilst he was kissing Arsenal’s badge not long ago and did promise to pay back the Arsenal fans with trophies at the start of the summer just gone, you can understand why some players may feel like they have a point to prove. Clearly Adebayor is one of them.
After scoring his goal he galloped 90 yards to slide to his knees in front of the Arsenal away support. This of course provoked an angry reaction. Whilst you can’t ever condone behaviour from fans which lead to one steward being knocked unconscious (I do hope it was the one who was particularly rough with our players in keeping them away from us after derby day three years ago, the day before we won the league and they wanted to celebrate with us!), you do have to understand why it happened and acknowledge that any group of supporters would have done exactly the same.
The whole episode just seems a bit desperate and unnecessary on Adebayor’s part though. He wasn’t playing against City’s hated rivals, he was playing against a team whose badge he was kissing a few months ago. To be so keen to prove a point against them is just a bit sad. Had he ran to the City fans behind the goal, showing the Arsenal fans he didn’t give a shit about them and was far more interested in the supporter’s of his new team, that would have had a far better impact. As it is, he’s shown himself as a player who still has hangups over his former club and will now likely face punishment for it.
Comparisons have been made between his celebration against his former club with Gary Neville’s celebration against Liverpool in 2006. It was claimed that Neville sprinted from one end of the pitch to the other to shove his badge in the away fans’ faces and that he rightly was fined £5000. Of course anyone who has watched a United game or two knows that Neville is never sent up for corners or freekicks from outside the box. In the seventeen years he has been playing Premiership football for us, he has scored just seven goals. Clearly his place for attacking set pieces is on the half-way line in anticipation for a counter-attack from the opposition, not in the box.
What is also forgotten is that the week before this match, Robbie Fowler scored against United for City and went straight to the United fans, holding up his five digits to represent the five European Cups of Liverpool. Our travelling support were of course incensed by Fowler’s deliberate attempts to wind them up. There was no media frenzy or FA condemnation or fine for him though.
Regardless, Neville did what he did, he didn’t regret it, and he became an over night complete legend for our fans, for sticking it to our rivals and making them go bonkers. I’m sure Liverpool fans enjoyed Fowler’s wind up almost as much. Tit for tat between two hate-filled rivals.
However, with Adebayor’s celebration he ran the full length of the pitch, far more concerned with Arsenal supporters than with City’s, showing a lack of respect for his former team mates as much as anyone else. Adebayor scoring against us and doing that would rightly be loved by City fans, but against Arsenal? It’s totally classless.
Still, the biggest event today was not his goal celebration but his savage kick out at Robin van Persie. Whilst RvP is no stranger to nasty challenges, even he wouldn’t be able to compete with Adebayor’s dangerous kick. An inch to the side and that would have been RvP’s eye gone and his career over. To do this to any player would be fucking horrible but a former team-mate? You have to wonder what the fuck was going through his head. Replays show there is no question of intent, with Adebayor clearly choosing to plant his studs in van Persie’s face.
What should have been a great day for City, Adebayor in particular, has been turned totally sour by their top-scorer. The fact that City could now travel to Old Trafford without Adebayor, as well as the injured Carlos Tevez and Robinho, adds insult to injury.
“Our governance team will take a good look at both of the incidents that have been highlighted and will come to the media with the answers early next week,” said FA chief executive, Ian Watmore.
I imagine the FA will be in a hurry to react because a volatile player who is awaiting punishment is not someone they would be wanting to send in to a derby clash. Adebayor showed clearly his emotional immaturity against his former club so who knows how he would behave in his first Manchester derby, with their rabid fans singing about Munich and ours responding by mocking their decades without a trophy.
Given that Adebayor is scoring for fun this season, I for one will be happy to see him missing for the game. Whilst the celebration was a bit daft, it’s his kicking of van Persie that will land him in the shit, and I won’t be complaining. This year’s derby has the potential to be a cracking match but Adebayor may just have swung it much more in our favour. Cheers!
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Man, i saw his stomp in RvP face. AdeBuyor is insane, That’s one of the nastiest thing i’ve seen, not just because of the stomp but because he did tottaly on purpose. Just sick.
Here’s the gif:
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And another stomp in the game:
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Arsenal fans going mental:
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great article, with Adebayor out suspended, ( for sure) as well as tevez and robinho injured, and questions overSanta Cruz’s fitness, an attacking lineup of petrov, bellamy and SWP should be fun to face up against.
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Scott,are you serious?
cracker of a game?.they will miss robihno,cuntevez,adebayor.we will rip them apart.4-0 to United.SAF will fire up the boys after all that shitty have done throughout the season.its what we do on the field that matters and like spurs shitty will be put back in their place.
Spot on Scott! What a joke of a club, shitty have become…couldnt believe Hughes making excuses for such behaviour….something for us to be prepared as well, as they have an argie c**t in their team, who wouldnt think twice to do the same in front of Sir Alex, whenever he gets the chance…though i hope one of our players breaks his nose before he tries it!
M.U.F.L
he is a fucking judas! he didn’t just kick rvp, he also stood on fabregas ankle in the first half… good player without character.. glad he isnt at our club! MUFC 4 EVER!
aww the poor bitters
looks like they might have to go with the 9-1 formation after all
with ”best centre back in the world” lescott able to defend all four back positions by himself
city were lucky…adebayor shoudnt of been on the pitch to score, arsenal should of had a pen from barrys clear handball and someone tells me richards was offside for his goal? not sure, have not looked propperly.
spott on as usual scott, this behaviour shows was a classless bunch of cunts citeh have signed. the contempt and selfishness shown by adebadbayor was awful.
one word of caution though…….if he gets banned and citeh appeal (which they will), won’t that mean he’ll still be able to play until that appeal is heard. which means he could well play against us?
I doubt it’s going to be a cracking game. It’s going to be United trying to bust their way through two flat ranks of shitty blue mercenaries for ninety minutes. Though I fully expect us to win, and win well, I don’t expect City to bring anything to the table in terms of entertainment. If they are lured, even for a moment, into actually trying to play football against us they will be taken to the cleaners.
Scott , fuck him if he does play, Vidic will nail the cunt. If it had been any of our players the media would be over them like a cheap suit. A three match ban at least. I cannot wait for Sunday. Ireland may be out now. There is no way Bellamy will be able to tear our midfield apart and bully them like he did Arsenal’s soft cunts. Not worried about Sunday at all, we need to bring the bitter fuckers back down to earth. Just hope Judas Tevez DOES play as I cannot wait to abuse him!
Doghouse – Spot on fella.
To be honest I think his treatment by Arsenal was not nice, they basically sold him to City behind his back – obviously he did not want to go there, so it feels great to score against them, respect to him for that! As for the tackle, thats just not on…
City have theor 2 biggest players who did not really want to go to them… I bet if Tevez ever scored against us he would do something stupid like that too, he would probs run up to sir alex ferguson, and cause a riot with the fans… but thankfully he’s not really a goalscorer!
Scott the Ted… Yet again, you turn to us for something to talk about.
Arsenal fans have been giving him shit for quite a while, so he runs over and gives them all a big fuck you very much… can you explain what you don’t understand about this concept?
As for all you clowns going on about ‘the stamp’… whilst it’s fortunate for both involved that RvP didn’t get caught in the eye (that would have been awful)… If somebody without a view of the ball comes flying in with the sole purpose of taking you out, and you jump the challenge then ‘accidently on purpose’ land on them on the way back down, that’s just hard luck. The little shit bag should not have initiated the incident in the first place (I actually reckon he meant to land on his hand to be honest). Against FC Thun, RvP kicked some guy in the face, so he can fuck off with his innocent act, the guy is a little shit bag, that should have accepted that he came out of that encounter 2nd best and got on with the game. And as for your high and mighty bunch… Keane on Haarland is so much worse for so many reasons, so calm yourselves down… Not to mention Eric’s little indiscression.
This ones for Jack… they guy that considers scoring four goals a stroke of luck… you got fucking DICKED by that lot in your last home game, you bought a penalty (and no, i’m not saying he dived, it was a penalty but he knew what he was doing) and needed them to score for you! And you say we were lucky, shit man…. you’re an absolute fool!!
As for counting the players we’ll have missing for the next game, that brought a smile to my face – that really is a sign of changing times. Considering derby days recently have been a bit of a lottery, you all seem very confident and cocky – i sincerely hope your team adopts the same attitude on the day. Even without Robi, Tevez and Ade… we have more than you realise.
Tickety Tock
I have no problem whatsoever with Adebayor’s “celebration” but his stamp on van Persie was clearly intentional as a close viewing of the video makes evident. For that, the appropriate suspension-precedent should be exactly what Keane-o received for his assault on Haaland.
It’s a pity that Adebayor is such a prick because he’s also a terrific talent – big, fast, strong, skilled, and dynamic. For the record, I’d like to see him in the team for Sunday’s derby because his absence (and Carlitos/Robinho, too) gives the Shitty a ready-made excuse for their humiliating defeat.
At least he won’t score with his hand again. Fucking cheating cunt.
BlueBoy – Fuck off with that shit tick tock statement you stupid fucking cunt.
Tick Tock
Hate Adebayor…He definetly fight for the money…..
Fuck off.
aww blueboy
i love how seriously youre taking yourself
even if you manage to do well this season
nobody cares
simple as
now jog on, im sure you could be looking for change in the street
mercenary
Blue boy..
Go on, jog on, walk on,
goodbye, bon voyage, fuck off.
Adebayor is a fucking dirty PIG and who ever says that was accidental is a fucking arse hole with his head up his mothers CUNT!It is so obvious how he looks down at RvP and deliberately stamps his cunt foot down….
anyways lets not cry over spilt gooner blood.
as for blueboy, i hope i get to meet you oneday
Lets just say, it will be fun…
they sound like a bunch of fools with that tick tock… i still cant think of the meaning behind that tick tock, apart from them not winning anything for a period longer than i have ever lived.
HAHAHA BLUEBOY…
‘WE HAVE MORE THAN YOU REALISE’
YA, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU HAVE MORE THAN US IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS WITHOUT A TROPHY…
ADE OR NOT, WE GONNA MAKE U CRY SO HARD THIS WEEKEND, THE WORLD’S GONNA HAVE A LAUGH!!!
i hope he plays against us so that vidic can nail the dickhead..
Worse than Cantona – he wasnt provoked and did it on purpose. Should been banned for a year
@Blueboy
Tick tock suck my cock.
Tick tock swallow my muck.
Tick tock off you fuck
- you helmet cleaning cock polisher.
It should be free for all on Martin Taylor for breaking Eduardo’s leg. I mean he is innocent, so it should be okay for any player to try maim him in return. What a daft argument.
I hadn’t seen the incident till now but, heard about it. My first thought was no way FA is going to let city be depleted for a derby game. But, after seeing it – if they rule anything but, a long suspension – I’ll be angry. No amount of passion can justify almost ending a players career, heck he should be charged with assault.
Still, if he does play, I can’t wait for Vidic to teach him a lesson. What a cowardly act by him …
The “tick tock” shit the bitters end every post with is as annoying as the dippers when they end their’s “In Rafa We Trust” or “YNWA”. Cliched shite.
and then theres mark hughes saying there was no malice in his challenge.
Sparky has really gone down in my books, once a legend, now a complete wanker.
guys…lets say Tevez play in the derby… do you think he’ll do the same thing like Adebayor?
haruglory_911-He won’t score in the first place.
King Eric-I DO trust in Rafa to give us the title.
Adebayor or no adebayor. We would show them there can only be one team in Manchester. I hope the idiot is banned for 6 games – 5 now and 1 against arsenal at the emirates. There is bound to be mass hysteria when he returns there after this outrage. Moreover, he said he is not scared to go to emirates as his inflated ego thinks he can score to silence them again. Banning him will restrict him to the stands AND get mocked/jeered while he can do nothing about it. I hope someone from the FA is reading this!!
i know managers are supposed to look after their players, but hughes is showing complete lack of class and morals here. That was as blatant a stamp as can be and he could easily fucked tintins eye up. Blueboy if ur gonna make an argument make a decent one, you probably don’t remember this coz u were watching kinkladze make one of his mazy runs to nowhere before eating his weight in doughnuts n leaving for ajax, but when cantona kicked the muppet united suspended him before the fa did. Unlike ur classless bag of shit club who count the biggest amount of hypocrites amongst their fans
I don’t really care about Adebayor’s celebration, he can celebrate whatever way he finds suitable, fine by me. He’ll just get more stick from the fans when he returns to Emirates Stadium.
But that stamp is really nasty and I find it really strange that Hughes claimed this was not a foul since there was no deliberate intent in it. Every sensible human being can see that Adebayor is not putting his foot down in a normal manner, he is stomping it down in the direction of RvP.
seriously who gives a fuck? rvp is a twat, adebayor is a daft twat. end of to be fair. scott, your articles are normally good but this is bandwagon shit mate.
Adebayor got no class, scoring by hand, stamping on ex teammate, run the full pitch just to annoy the supporters,Surely to get a ban. What a waste of time.
On the other hand, why all these gooners and city fan doing on this website anyway? Don’t they have their own? Such losers they are.
the truth is ‘everything will work out for UNITED’s good. Av continually told my co-supporters that there should be not anxiety about who and who will score the goals for us-the main thing is for the ball to enter the opponents’ nets (own goals or not). Tevez’s rants against SAF is well documented so will be his absence from the derby. And if Emmanu is banned it would be sweeter.
On a more serious note,i believe Man u will gain from Citeh’s sudden quality of play- the other members of the big four will sweat it out against Citeh but Man u has already gotten used to all the pressures that come with playing against them. We will surely gain from all the points that Arsenal,Chelsea & Liverpool will drop against CITEH.
Really dirty tackle. Very glad he’ll be out.
berbatov to score hatrick on derby…that will be something to go mad about..and the look of tevez face…come on berba
he should be suspended, but even if the FA fail to do that, it would be way more satisfying to see Vidic murder him and United win by 4-0 or something…
if cuntevez plays in the derby game, he’ll slip, break his own ankle and forced to retired..
haha, adebayor might have some unfinished business with rvp at Arsenal so while they’re on opposite side now, Ade think this is my chance…
Good article.
While usually I would have no problem with Ade’s celebration (after all football is about emotion and banter), his circumstances are somewhat different. Arsene Wenger plucked him from obscurity, his career at Monaco was going nowehere. He developed him, allowed him to learn from Henry and made him into a player who can be devastating, seemingly when it suits. By celebrating in front of the fans, he not only stuck it up the fans, but also the club and Wenger. Without Wenger, Ade would be just another footballer. And for this reason, what he did on Saturday was very poor judgement.
His stamp on RvP was totally classless.
The stamp was out of order but I think his celebration was fair game to be honest – If you give it you have to be able to take it. It was a tit for tat issue between Adebayor and the arsenal fans, nothing to do with city and nothing to do with Wenger. A bit self involved and contrived maybe (like stevie me last season) but that’s up to the player in question, sometimes being a fan you have to take things like that on the chin and move on.
You guys are just scared of adebayor. aren’t y’all?
A very talented player – lets hope his sportmanship can improve.