the following is an editorial response to Fabio capello's comments that the power of the Ultras of Italian football are what is killing Serie A.
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I think this article sums up the nauseating self-righteousness of the EPL and its even more nauseating fans.
It actually sounds like an over-simplified apologia for the behavior of the Ultras more than anything. Gillespie takes the EPL to task for not controlling fans outside the stadia... but isn't that what the police are for? Is it not enough that they've cracked down and with very rare exception, eradicated hooliganism inside the games? What they supposed to police the local pubs too? Are Serie A teams doing any of this?
The abuse aimed at Adebayor with the "elephant" chant cannot in any way be compared to the racism that Balotelli, among others have had to faced... I can't even believe he made that comparison with a straight face. Yes it's ignorant to automatically assume that there are elephants roaming about every African country, but how does that compare to telling a black Italian that he'll never be a 'true' Italian?
Then look at this bullshit
Anyway, as a direct result of the changes the FA put in place 20 years ago, there has been a gradual disappearance of anything resembling a decent atmosphere at most of the country's biggest grounds.
The exorbitant cost of ticket prices for Premier League games hasn’t exactly helped with this either. Prices are prohibitive to the point of obscenity. As a result, the average age of fans in the English top division has risen from 23 to 43 in the last ten years. In essence, a whole generation has been excluded.
So he laments the security changes that has reduce violence almost to nil... by bitching about how there's no "decent atmosphere" at most of the biggest grounds? I've never been to an EPL game... but I find that charge absolutely laughable. I guess by "decent atmosphere" he means there should be more 'moshing' about and more flares being tossed in the stands and on the pitch? This clown even goes as far as to praise the 200 Lazio fans who disrupted training and tossed "mild explosives" at the players... why? Because the players didn't "celebrate" with them. That's something to cheer on??
Reading that article come like sifting thru horseshit tuh find candy.