londonjambo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Havent seen this referred to elsewhere but if I've missed it, apologies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7274812.stm I can understand that he's upset about what happened to his brother but I'm not sure the "celebration" was appropriate. Wonder whether the victim's family were watching. Any thoughts ? GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Drago Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I wonder how he'll celebrate on hearing the news his brother has just been bummed in jail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Havent seen this referred to elsewhere but if I've missed it, apologies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7274812.stm I can understand that he's upset about what happened to his brother but I'm not sure the "celebration" was appropriate. Wonder whether the victim's family were watching. Any thoughts ? GC When you hear what his brother, who sounds a complete tool, did the to the victim it seems a bit tasteless, but there's no law against it. Having said that, he might have just been showing solidarity with most of the British players plying their trade in the EPL, as most of them have been banged up or nicked for something at some point the chav morons that they are! Lets face it, footballers aren't paid for using their brains, this just goes to highlight that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I wonder how he'll celebrate on hearing the news his brother has just been bummed in jail? Splutter (coffee all over the keyboard!!). Brilliant! PMSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 My thoughts. His bro most likely deserves all he gets. Timmy is a good lad and a family man, and wouldn't have done this lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Maybe a player scoring against Everton could honour Cahill Sr.'s victim by laying on the ground taking an imaginary kicking to the head. Wrong. Just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Wrong. Just wrong. Aye, showing support for a family member is shocking. Never seen anybody do that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 What exactly did he expect to achieve ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Drago Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Aye, sticking up for a family member is shocking. Never seen anybody do that before. would it be ok for a member of gary glitters family to so something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 would it be ok for a member of gary glitters family to so something similar? depends if they are any good at football I guess, otherwise they'll probably get in trouble for invading the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Drago Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 depends if they are any good at football I guess, otherwise they'll probably get in trouble for invading the pitch. good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 If he was saying "if you're watching, bruv, I'm thinking of you", that's maybe OK. If he was saying "my bruv is in jail for a crime he didn't commit / shouldn't be in jail / whatever", then hell mind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 If he was saying "if you're watching, bruv, I'm thinking of you", that's maybe OK. If he was saying "my bruv is in jail for a crime he didn't commit / shouldn't be in jail / whatever", then hell mind him. I'd suggest its most likely the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonjambo Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Aye, showing support for a family member is shocking. Never seen anybody do that before. I could understand it if there was some doubt about his brother's guilt - if it was part of a campaign to have his case re-heard, for instance. I also appreciate that he was showing his support of a family member (as opposed to showing support for the actions of that family member). However, I thought it came across almost as if he was trying to make out that his brother was being wrongly imprisoned. When he did it, I genuinely thought he might be making the gesture to show solidarity with those guys held prisoner in Iraq. I also couldnt help wondering how the parents of that little boy who was shot and who were paraded round Goodison in their Everton tops must have felt. Lets hope for their sakes the murderer's brother doesnt turn out to be a professional footballer. Just seemed wrong somehow. GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Australian in convict shocker. Hold the front page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonjambo Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Australian in convict shocker. Hold the front page... Tut tut, Boris. Racial stereotype. Not good for your socialist credentials ;) GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Tut tut, Boris. Racial stereotype. Not good for your socialist credentials ;) GC Ach well, you have to draw a line somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Aye, showing support for a family member is shocking. Never seen anybody do that before. There's a time and a place. If my brother had savagely kicked the head of another bloke, leaving him partially blinded, I would be ashamed of him. Yes, I'd try to give him support as a family member but I would do so privately. Were I as high profile as a Premiership footballer, I would not risk causing offence to his victim by such a public display. Sure, if he felt his brother was wrongly convicted and was boosting a campaign to bring justice but he wasn't and he isn't. The guy has had since January to think something up in response to his brother's conviction and this is the best he can do? And he's supposedly 'articulate'? Nope - it's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Didn't Panilla get booked for making a cradling gesture up at Aberdeen? Rules up here must be different. hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Ach well, you have to draw a line somewhere! Talking of which, Robbie Fowlers celebration of 'sniffing' the line at a derby after getting pelters from the Evertonians about being a cokehead, that was utter genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Talking of which, Robbie Fowlers celebration of 'sniffing' the line at a derby after getting pelters from the Evertonians about being a cokehead, that was utter genius. Yes it was. But his reaction to Graeme Le Saux was quite simply bare-faced cheek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar the Horrible Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Skacel got booked just for scoring at the tattie bowl? I though this was in bad taste but not a crime footballing or otherwise? But it's a bit like hearing Ronnie O'Sullivan trying to make viewer feel sorry for him that his dad could not be there to support him when he became world Champ, but he did managae to see it on Prison Telly? I was gobsmacked his dad was in for murder FFS:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddy Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I thought at first he had just been watching "The wall" on tv and got carried away hoping "Pink" might be watching. However now I know what it was for remind me to celebrate in front of him when one of his family getting beaten up by a thug. Clever? Guy is an IDIOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Busby ! Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 To be fair to him, at least he didn't have a pair of shades and a fold up stick hidden away just in case he scored ... Now that would have been tasteless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kearney19 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I thought at first he was doing the X Factor pose but its up to him how he celebrates a goal, even though the reasons were a bit dodgy. Theres no exact rule against a celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife jambo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I wonder how he'll celebrate on hearing the news his brother has just been bummed in jail? lol, sitting on the corner flag?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowestjambo Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I wonder how he'll celebrate on hearing the news his brother has just been bummed in jail? For effect, he should do it when they next play Arsenal............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Ian Malcolm Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 If Joey Barton does something similar at Goodison they'll go ape-**** (pretty sure the lad his brother killed was a scouser?) I suppose it was a natural progression from Cahill's previous celebration of pretending to punch the corner flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Ian Malcolm Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 If Joey Barton does something similar at Goodison they'll go ape****. Pretty sure the guy his brother killed was a scouser? Pretty brainless from Cahill. I suppose you could argue it was a natural progression from his previous celebration of punching the corner flag - Violence = locked up and bummed in the showers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompleteIdiot Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 http://www.theage.com.au/news/Soccer/Brothers-in-arms/2004/11/27/1101495458292.html?from=moreStories Sean took a break from soccer at a critical time and is also now based in England, where he has returned to the game to "play for fun'' at part-time level in the lower leagues, his father said. He plans to make his move to Britain permanent and is set to join the police force and begin training in January next year. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makween Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Your brother doesn't stop being your brother because he does something that you disagree with. Don't think that he's done anything wrong here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Complex piece of machinery us human beings. Professional football player scores a goal and celebrates by putting his hands in a position as if they were handcuffed as a tribute to his brother, blood relative. Football supporter(s) get arrested by the police for commiting a crime at a football match and they get lots of people, majority not a blood relative speaking up for them on various websites as, they support the same team. Regardless of the rights or wrongs just proves that life on earth can be a little weird at times. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I read he had been stressed letely and had been feeling bad about what happened to his brother. Wonder how stressed and bad the partially blind guys family are feeling. Stupid celebration in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I read he had been stressed letely and had been feeling bad about what happened to his brother. Wonder how stressed and bad the partially blind guys family are feeling. Stupid celebration in my opinion. The partially blind guy....seems you forgot the rest of your sentence. If you knew much about the case, you'd have said "The partially blind guy who was part of a gang dishing out racial abuse outside a nightclub at 2.50am........" Doesn't get quite such a sympathy vote when it's put like that though does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The partially blind guy....seems you forgot the rest of your sentence. If you knew much about the case, you'd have said "The partially blind guy who was part of a gang dishing out racial abuse outside a nightclub at 2.50am........" Doesn't get quite such a sympathy vote when it's put like that though does it. In post #5 you tell us his brother "likely" got what he deserved. All of a sudden I'm am a$$hole for feeling the lads family has been forgotten in all this. Make up my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Big Everton fan myself and a big fan of Cahill. Probably wasn't the wisest thing to do from himself but you could see the emotion on his face when he scored, obviously got the better of him. Wouldn't vilify him for what he did but it wasn't the cleverest thing he'll ever do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamboRobbo Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 In post #5 you tell us his brother "likely" got what he deserved. All of a sudden I'm am a$$hole for feeling the lads family has been forgotten in all this. Make up my mind. I never said anyone was an a$$hole. Just pointing out a few facts of the case, as it seems most people on here are making judgements based on tabloid newspaper reports rather than facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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