Could some Hearts fans be in trouble...

[AguyIknow]

Watching on the telly yesterday I noticed one guy in the Hearts fans picked up the ball when it went out for a shy and threw it at the hawmaws of whatever Celtic player came to retrieve it - great shot btw. Then when the tim had the ball in his hand and was going toward the touchline to take the throw another fan punched it out of his grasp.

Had the first guy's actions happened on the street plod might have been involved and that incident, which I must say was a bit funny, was televised and beamed around the country. I suspect Anne Budge will have a word or two to say about it

[Mook1]

They should bring back capital punishment for the pair of them.

[AguyIknow]

Not at all - but given the brouhaha that surrounded the hibs fans coming on the pitch after winning the Cup last year and the fact that the guy who deliberately threw the baw at his baws (technically assault) then methinks plod could get involved if they were of a mind to.

Doesn't reflect well on the SPL in general, and on Hearts in particular, when the crowd can encroach and assault members of the opposition players or staff. Tynecastle has a brilliant atmosphere not least because the fans are so close to the pitch, but imho there needs to be a balance struck between hostile atmosphere and punters actually assaulting opponents.

Anne Budge who imho has done more for the SPL in the last year or two than anyone, spoke out previously about the behaviour of away supports - time she saw the beam in her own eye rather than the mote in the eye of others.

[ZombieSkelper]

Hertz also had one of their supporters swing a punch at Scott Sinclair earlier in the season after he scored the winner against them on his debut

A vile club, no wonder they're known as the diet huns

[Mook1]

Not at all - but given the brouhaha that surrounded the hibs fans coming on the pitch after winning the Cup last year and the fact that the guy who deliberately threw the baw at his baws (technically assault) then methinks plod could get involved if they were of a mind to.

Doesn't reflect well on the SPL in general, and on Hearts in particular, when the crowd can encroach and assault members of the opposition players or staff. Tynecastle has a brilliant atmosphere not least because the fans are so close to the pitch, but imho there needs to be a balance struck between hostile atmosphere and punters actually assaulting opponents.

Anne Budge who imho has done more for the SPL in the last year or two than anyone, spoke out previously about the behaviour of away supports - time she saw the beam in her own eye rather than the mote in the eye of others.

Anne Budge has been very critical of sections of the home support at Tynecastle at times.

[Hairdrier]

FFS what is the world coming to when folk are complaining about a ball being thrown back aggressively by someone in the crowd. Grow a pair or, in the Celtc players case, grow another pair.
Hearts were poor yesterday, not helped by their computer programme of a manager and his psychologist side-kick.

[Airdrieman]

The Jambos like a wee fight now and again. Did they sell out the home end?

[JackSnakes]

FFS what is the world coming to when folk are complaining about a ball being thrown back aggressively by someone in the crowd. Grow a pair or, in the Celtc players case, grow another pair.
Hearts were poor yesterday, not helped by their computer programme of a manager and his psychologist side-kick.

Complaining...
about a fat cnt
deliberately using an object to assault someone.

Tell ye what dough head, get yerself a football, walk up to some copper in the street, whack him in the baws with said football, then see how well your fkn excuse stands up in court.

FFS my lord, what is the world coming to when folk are complaining...

aye right...

I hope the fat cnt falls down the stairs and breaks his leg

[AguyIknow]

FFS what is the world coming to when folk are complaining about a ball being thrown back aggressively by someone in the crowd. Grow a pair or, in the Celtc players case, grow another pair.
Hearts were poor yesterday, not helped by their computer programme of a manager and his psychologist side-kick.

I don't think the ball was just thrown back, it was deliberately aimed at and hit the tim in a sore place. Ditto had it been aimed at his head and hit him there. As I say, given the way plod seemed to be all over the cup final last year, the jambo fan is very easily identifiable from tv footage and if he gets away with it then that's tacit permission for all fans of every club to behave in a similar fashion. I think that would set a bad precedent tbh.

Now I don't want to see Tynecastle having to leave the front few rows of seats empty or anything like that - it has it's brilliant atmosphere from having fans so close to the pitch, but there needs to be some restraint shown. Not all players would handle such a hit in the baws so calmly imho. I remember another player being hooked by a brolly from a fan at Killie I think.

Intimidating atmosphere is a good thing imho, and a big test for a visiting team. But if it spills over into fans actually physically "interacting" with opposition I think that's crossed the rubicon and could easily lead to a serious situation with some injuries.

I don't recall hearing Anne Budge giving out about the Hearts fan who threw the ball, or the guy who punched the ball out of the tims hand. Fair enough if she did

[Mook1]

I don't think the ball was just thrown back, it was deliberately aimed at and hit the tim in a sore place. Ditto had it been aimed at his head and hit him there. As I say, given the way plod seemed to be all over the cup final last year, the jambo fan is very easily identifiable from tv footage and if he gets away with it then that's tacit permission for all fans of every club to behave in a similar fashion. I think that would set a bad precedent tbh.

Now I don't want to see Tynecastle having to leave the front few rows of seats empty or anything like that - it has it's brilliant atmosphere from having fans so close to the pitch, but there needs to be some restraint shown. Not all players would handle such a hit in the baws so calmly imho. I remember another player being hooked by a brolly from a fan at Killie I think.

Intimidating atmosphere is a good thing imho, and a big test for a visiting team. But if it spills over into fans actually physically "interacting" with opposition I think that's crossed the rubicon and could easily lead to a serious situation with some injuries.

I don't recall hearing Anne Budge giving out about the Hearts fan who threw the ball, or the guy who punched the ball out of the tims hand. Fair enough if she did

What level of punishment would you like to see exactly?

We seem to have people who have a sense of perspective & don't think it matters a lot in the great scheme of things, we have Jack who hopes the boy breaks his leg going down the stairs & we have yourself, somewhere in between, havering an awful lot without making any sort of point.