Banana man

Yeah I agree with you 50p

Ridiculous, in this situation (i.e. non racial) a coin is a massively worse offence than someone chucking a banana

Speaking after the game Bale was asked what he thought of Arsenal's chances of top 4?

Bale replied:

"The same way as I like my bananas, frittered"

But surely the point is you need a ban on fans throwing ANYTHING onto the pitch? I appreciate it was just a laugh, but you're getting into very grey and murky areas...

Banana's ok...what about a pineapple? Or a watermelon?? Or shedloads of bog roll?? (Whatever happened to that at Cup games??) Or you'll remember the famous beachball incident...

We should sing our songs and cheer on our teams til our throats are sore, but the players shouldn't be worrying about objects being chucked about full stop.



No?

It's the severity of the punishment that has riled me. Not that throwing a banana should be tolerated.

So many guys trying act clever with the quips on here.

It was funny I must admit but if he was not banned
then what message does that send to fans?
We might have people throwing bananas at Bale
every other game.
What if that Banana landed near a black player by accident?
In the end the Ban is justified.

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It does not matter what is being thrown by the fans, it s the action that is banned & you cannot distinguish between a banana, a coin or a bottle.
There was a warning prior to the game that there would be zero tolerance on misconduct of any kind.

If the idiot gets himself banned from both WHL & The Emirates then it is his own stupid fault.

I agree with both flashyflibble & Admin1.

Yes it was just banter so lets not get carried away, but on the flipside it puts Arsenal FC in a bad light, and its not like they will miss this one fan will they?

And further more, this time it was a banana, next time it could be a coin or a stone - and as a football club its not worth taking the risk.