Quote Originally Posted by HaylePie View Post
Evra has almost certainly endured 20+ years of stick - wrong shirt, poor game, wrong colour skin etc. It is relentless for these guys.
If this happened in any other workplace then action would have to be taken but it seems strangely acceptable in football. Maybe the guy had just had enough and flipped. I don't usually condone violence but I doubt the guy he kicked was a randomer - any money you like that he was a baying, in-your-face loudmouth, the type that likes to give it but cries like a baby when he has to take it (I'd love to see video footage of the guy and his mates immediately before the incident). Same with Cantona years ago. There is a thread on here re Steve Evans and how the 4th official should be protected from his foul language - so where is the protection for footballers? Some serious hypocrisy in the beautiful game. The man flipped - he's human.
I would gladly take any amount of verbal stick for a fraction of what Evra gets paid & although I agree about the hypocrisy if a fan attacked a player in such a way he would in all likelihood get locked up, let's see if there is also hypocrisy in the sentencing.