When people ask for stats and then get them, they realise they've lost a discussion and just try wiggle their way out...........
This is from the perspective of ONE football player. Although I would agree that one player taking part in any gesture because they were told to do it is one too many.
Begs the question of if the team were being told to do it, and against their will, wouldn't others be backing him up - they certainly should. But most I read about seem to indicate that the decision to do it comes from the players and as Swansea and other teams have showed, of they don't take part, it isn't an issue.
When people ask for stats and then get them, they realise they've lost a discussion and just try wiggle their way out...........