Filho da Puta - oh, how the media is loving it
There’s more to Filho da Puta and the little Chelsea vs media episode than Mourinho mouthing off.
Filho da Puta - Portuguese for ’son of a bitch’.
Mike Riley - not a son of a bitch, but surely, referees as a whole must get much worse thrown at them from the crowd and the fans. Credit to Riley for not being bothered with this sort of trash, and credit for the FA to have their heads so far up their asses that they refuse to do anything unless the ref includes it in his match report.
Jose Mourinho - dead on about this being a regular part of the vernacular. In the media’s haste to attack all things Chelsea and to milk every little incident to the hilt, they conveniently ignore that this is nothing compared to what the players are subjected to by the fans - instead, the fans and the public are god (rather, the paying public) and the refs, players, clubs and managers are fair game.
Shame on the media, and shame on the fans.
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Well put.
This is non-news.
So by extending this logic, it is alright for players and managers to subject referees and officials to verbal abuse?
It’s BS to punish the players for using foul language while simultaneously doing absolutely nothing about the abuse they get from the fans. Did you see the Blackburn vs Man City FA Cup game? Barton went up to the City fans to give them his shirt, and the whole fkn section was swearing at him, calling him all sorts of things. The guy sucked it up, tossed his shirt in the crowd and walked off. Takes a lot of self-control to walk away like that.
It doesn’t matter what the players are paid, they shouldn’t be subjected to that sort of abuse.
That’s what I said - you can twist it around and interpret it anyway you want, but don’t put words in my wouth.
I’m not putting words in your mouth, I was “extending” the logic that you employed in your piece.
There’s no twist to it. Of course fans swear, and they will always swear. Racist abuse has been clamped down in the stands and terraces quite admirably in England at least, and that’s about all that can be done. The worst fans are ejected and permanently banned from stadia.
However, players, managers and officials are supposed to maintain themselves in a manner that does not reflect badly upon them as professionals and proponents of the sport. It doesn’t have to do with how much they’re paid, it’s about them being the center of attention in a sport that incites emotion in those present in the arena. Players and managers are held up on a pedestal by fans of any club, not the other way round. Therefore the responsibility is greater on these folks rather than the fans.
Oh, and Mourinho simply didn’t clench his fist and shout the profane words in frustration. He was pointing to the official and screaming them loud and clear, repeatedly. Fresh of him to compare what he did to any other human being swearing randomly out of frustration. Chalk and cheese. If Rooney can be sent off for swearing at the ref, then the manager can/should be punished too. Ditto for refs.
Stonewall case for bringing the game into disrepute. Its not a non-issue.
p.s. Pissed off? Whatever gave you that idea?
Disagree that this should be made such a big issue when the FA is deliberately hampering the refs from doing their job right.
Disagree that fans have been controlled.
Unfortunately, the worst fans are not always ejected - in every game there are blatant examples of fans being absolute cunts and then crying murder when a player or manager does it.
Mourinho should be reprimanded, yes, but the problem is that the larger picture, the bigger context, is not always seen by the media / governing authorities.