Pitch invasions

[MAD_MAGPIE]

And playing behind closed doors hits the fans who are not causing the problem.

Which is the vast majority of us.

This is where I'm at. The vast majority of people who play by the rules should not get punished for those that do not. It's like when a teacher keeps the whole class in detention because of one or two. It's not fair on everyone else and the problem should be dealt with at source. Neither should the clubs be punished either.

It's about time people took responsibility for their own behaviour and actions. Especially when we are talking grown adults like in the case of the Forest fan earlier this week. It's about having respect for oneself and other people which are the key components of how a law abiding society should work.

It's 2022 we live in one of the most heavily surveillance societies in the world. It should not be hard to find the perpetrators and deal with them accordingly by handing out lifetime bans and custodial sentences. Weed them out and deal with them directly and don't let them spoilt it for everyone else.

[upthemaggies]

This is where I'm at. The vast majority of people who play by the rules should not get punished for those that do not. It's like when a teacher keeps the whole class in detention because of one or two. It's not fair on everyone else and the problem should be dealt with at source. Neither should the clubs be punished either.

It's about time people took responsibility for their own behaviour and actions. Especially when we are talking grown adults like in the case of the Forest fan earlier this week. It's about having respect for oneself and other people which are the key components of how a law abiding society should work.

It's 2022 we live in one of the most heavily surveillance societies in the world. It should not be hard to find the perpetrators and deal with them accordingly by handing out lifetime bans and custodial sentences. Weed them out and deal with them directly and don't let them spoilt it for everyone else.

We could start with the media not encouraging it, ie commentators creaming themselves at how great it is to see supporters sharing the moment and that it's all about them and this is why we do it and that this is how they get to be a part of it, by being on the pitch. mobbing players and literally tearing their kit off to their underwear in some cases.

[i961pie]

Once again another player is assaulted today, the Villa keeper. It may be only a minority of people doing this but it is a large minority that break the law by invading the pitch. Whether we like it or not running onto the pitch is illegal and the authorities have to try and stop this. One day some nutter will run on carrying a knife.

[jackal2]

Once again another player is assaulted today, the Villa keeper. It may be only a minority of people doing this but it is a large minority that break the law by invading the pitch. Whether we like it or not running onto the pitch is illegal and the authorities have to try and stop this. One day some nutter will run on carrying a knife.

The law is already in place stating no fans should enter the playing area. It doesn't say 'except after promotions or cup victories or the last game of the season'. The authorities need to take a zero tolerance approach to it, ideally by hiring enough security to prevent it happening, but for those who do get through, identify as many of them as possible with CCTV and start handing out lengthy if not lifetime stadium bans, not to mention putting them through the due legal process. There's no need for anyone other than players and officials to be the pitch at any time.