FAO Adam Hammill

That's just about as abusive as <i>"what're you f-ing clapping for? Get off"</i> that your mate said, so I don't really see the huge problem here. Had he dropped the naughty F-word off, I think it would have been a perfectly appropriate thing to say, to be honest... Obviously it wasn't very professional of Hammill to react like that, but I think that you've overreacted a little here. When you started this thread and talked about Hammill punching the ambulance driver, I thought that he has actually assaulted your mate or something. You shouldn't have brought that up in my opinion because it doesn't really have anything to do with this incident.

 

I think it's abuse. The guys just run his proverbial's off for 90 odd minutes, comes over to clap the fans despite the result and someone tell him to eff off - no question at all that it's abuse.

I suppose he could have wandered off down to the tunnel without showing any passion or care in the world like many others have in recent times.

 

Why is it perfectly acceptable for your mates to shout and swear at him? He deserves to respond.

 

You're assuming people are defending him because he is our best player, Mark. In any job other than football if a customer abused an employee like that the company would refuse to do business with the customer. I know my employer would.

 

Really ?
"Serves lads reyt, he should have ****ted them and they would have warranted it. Let's have a go at our best player, our only player who we can rely on to get us out of this mess."

 

Fair enough, you did say 'some' on here. What about my second point?

 

If your company kept giving the customer a substandard product he didn't pay for then said it was the customers fault you might reasonably expect the customer to get pissed off

 

I was given no promises when I bought my season ticket, indeed as a long time supporter you could argue that I should have known what I'd get. And who said it was the customers' fault?
But my point is that football is nothing like the normal customer supplier relationship.

 

So this thread is about a footballer walking angrily and returning a swear word back to someone who has abused him. ******* get a grip.

 

Tbf that's virtually the only post of that ilk.

The real issue is whether it's acceptable to abuse a sportsman..or any other member of society for that matter, because the 'great individual you' is p****d off and therefore well within his rights to say anything to anyone.

 

Is that it? Christ...

 

I think the real cause of the problem is this new trend of players coming over to applaud fans win, lose or draw. If fans have seen their team lose but the players have put up a real fight and tried there best then they'll always get applauded back but when they've just put in yet another poor performance after many other poor performances then fans aren't going to return their appreciation to the players .
A quick clap and sod off down the tunnel would be the best option , don't stand there and get the monk on when fans don't join in the pointless clapping of a **** game. Sport isn't like a business especially football , it's a passionate hour and a half where emotions run high especially when things are not going your way.
If a boxer goes down easy in the second round and refuses to get back up he'd get dogs abuse if he then started standing on the ropes applauding all the fans at the end , he'd be shouted off and booed out of the ring .

A lot of problems of late have been caused by Barnsley players and the Manager coming over to fans who are at the end of their tethers anyway and not liking being told a few home truths of how crap they are. I find it all a bit patronising if I'm honest after yet another defeat. You can tell most of the time it's Johnson trying to do his PR bit to keep the fans on side and not genuine respect for the fans.
A quick clap from the half way line would be best then clear off because most of us have seen enough of you for the week. Don't start coming over and getting involved. We pay to see the rubbish on the pitch the players get paid and that's why emotions are different between fans and players at the final whistle.

 

Players showing their appreciation for thousands of fans turning up to support them is the issue here? Seriously?

I'm pretty sure they're not after any form of appreciation in return, just not to be shouted and sworn at.

 

Looked like he ran over to kiss and make up with the guy at the end...