Samba upset by racism happening "in view of children"

[Paul Marin]

What Guus Hidiink doin' in Russia me don't know. If it turns out that it's one of his own fans, that would be quite interesting. And Jangle, Mo, Twan all a unu who want cry down Suarez, this is a more appropriate racism case fi unu fi spen' unu time pan...which one a unu ago a Russia fi investigate?

[Dunny]

Russia race row farce: Samba could face disciplinary action for throwing back banana directed at him


By Ashley Gray
PUBLISHED: 23:17, 20 March 2012 | UPDATED: 23:17, 20 March 2012

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Speaking out: Chris Samba said fans set a 'bad example'

Former Blackburn defender Chris Samba could face disciplinary action for his response to alleged racist abuse - amid a farcical turn of events in Russian football.
It is understood that Lokomotiv Moscow are considering asking for the Anzhi Makhachkala player to be punished because he threw a banana into the stands after Sunday's match.
An upset Samba, who joined Anzhi from Rovers last month, tossed the object back into the crowd after it landed by him as he left the pitch.
The two clubs have begun a furious war of words over the incident, with a Lokomotiv investigation concluding that the banana was in fact thrown at Samba by one of his own fans.



Anzhi responded by threatening court action if Lokomotiv could not substantiate the claim, while the race row threatened to become a sexism row over comments about the Moscow club's president.
Lokomotiv chief Olga Smorodskaya initially claimed that the incident did not happen, before later saying she feared it was a 'set-up'.
Lokomotiv spokesman Denis Novoselov then explained the club's position: 'We studied all the video from surveillance cameras, carefully reviewed the testimony of witnesses, and the results of this investigation found that the banana was thrown by a fan of the Dagestani team (Anzhi).'

Condemnation: Anzhi, coached by Guus Hiddink (above), slammed the incident


Powerful Anzhi consultant German Tkacheko hit back by suggesting that Smorodskaya was trying to shift the blame, adding: 'Of course, it would be proper to wait for the end of the official investigation.

'Without wanting to offend anyone, I won't say (Lokomotiv's statement) is nonsense, but it is precisely a female response.'

Anzhi vice-president German Chistyakov added: 'We are confident that this is nothing but an absolute nonsense and foolishness.

VIDEO: Samba targeted in Moscow...




'Initially Olga Smorodskaya was assuring us that such thing couldn't happen at all. Now we see a new "brilliant" explanation.

'Making such a statement the representative of Lokomotiv puts the reputation of our fans and correspondingly of our club in a bad light.
'In current situation we demand to provide us with the conclusive evidences or immediate and official refutation with an apology to our fans and the club.
'Otherwise the case will be brought before the court and the law-enforcement bodies.'


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[Paul Marin]

.. and this is the country hosting WC 2018?

It is amazing what petro dollars can buy. You don't see Texiera resign? Him get him donzi and gaan move to Forteleza.

[Lazie]

.. and this is the country hosting WC 2018?

[Paul Marin]

Sounds like a Suarez-Liverpool excuse.

Ah gwine start call you Jangle-II.

[Mosiah]

"In Russia 'to get a banana' means 'to fail a test somewhere'," said then director general Alexei Sorokin.

Sounds like a Suarez-Liverpool excuse.

[Twan]

dis wan dough look black to me....maybe in don't heet banana.

seriously ...he looks very RUSSIAN !!

[HL]

dis wan dough look black to me....maybe im don't heet banana.

[OJ]

and fergie had the nerv to say these was only something that happen at liverpool to John Barnse???? bad fergie..

[Paul Marin]

"In Russia 'to get a banana' means 'to fail a test somewhere',"

I guess Samba misinterpreted the context for which the banana was thrown. What say "yous" Peter and Paul?

Samba never do him research and know seh a deyso racism rampant.

I say two things: 1) Me nah defend Russia which is a known racist country when it comes to football and 2) once again, you show seh u nuh brite fi true. Here is a pop quiz, "if A <> B, and B = C, is A = C?" Donkey.

[Peter R]

HL, I know you are saying that tongue in cheek... the irony of the banana as symbolic of a black man, (monkey, from the jungle etc. ) is that primates have more in common with a caucasian physically (hairy, thin lips, pale skin below all that hair) than they do with a black man ... if black people want to throw anything dem should pick up banana an dash it back...after all, apart from the yellow skin (when ripe and after they "gas" it) it is quite white inside

The truth is that no one should be throwing anything at anyone... nor hurling epithets... what we (people) really should be doing is as we are seeing with the support for Muamba...

[HL]

Maybe black fans should start fling mayonnaise at white players. ...

[Peter R]

As an addition, to my comment, Roberto Carlos and Etoo have had bananas thrown at them in Russia so that argument about failing a test is really clutching at straws. Those acts have been correctly condemned as racist publicly so they cannot be saying otherwise as this is not unprecedented... therefore to say that it means otherwise in the context of football is absolute rubbish IMO.

[Hortical]

Star yuh ruff...

[Peter R]

Unless you are living under a rock in Europe, empirical evidence over the years has associated banana throwing with racism... no white person that I know of has had a banana thrown at him so I don't buy the throwing the banana explanation... to equate that with calling a man "negro" in the context that Suarez claims he used it is not the same IMO... but, I quite understand why you would call me/us out on this... the analogy is there to be made.