Dita's Slot Meter wrote:Don't think you have to be Einstein to work out what's happened there - Culturally, these Baltic and Eastern European nations are about 30 or 40 years behind Western Europe and still view black people as targets for the type of treatment that was common over here in the 70's and 80's.....It is no excuse, but its simply that they are still very, very backward in comparison with us.
Clearly they have a problem with racial abuse. It needs to be dealt with, and quickly.
But there are also issues with the holier than thou attitude that overflows from the English in these matters.
Racism is ignorant, but the comments from people like Sol Campbell in the build up to Euro 2012 are just as ignorant, and only cause further problems.
Quote:Unfortunately, UEFA will find a way to 'share' the blame and try to pin some of the blame on the English, whilst telling the Serbians to slap a few wrists and try to identify a few neo-nazi nutters who they can ban for life...
- The sad thing is that most of them are racist, simply by the environment they are used to living in, so banning half a dozen skinheads won't make much difference.
The England players did act like fools. It was already a bad situation, and after scoring a last minute winner the goalscorer chose to run to the Serbians and slide on his knees to them. Great way to diffuse the situation. Danny Rose booting the ball into the crowd, what a diplomat.
How many Serbs have you met? How have you determined that most of them are racist?
Quote:What should actually happen, but won't, is that these countries should receive points deductions in their World Cup qualifying groups and make it impossible for them to make it to the money making showpiece events that every country strives to be at.
Is this what happened to England after their supporters terrorised the rest of Europe during the worst days of English football hooliganism?
If England go out of a tournament and town centres across the country get smashed up, are FIFA going to impose sanctions for that?