EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR'S behaviour during Manchester City’s 4-2 win over Arsenal on Saturday will inevitably come under scrutiny in the coming days. He can expect a ban and a fine, and in truth, can count himself lucky. Everybody knows his relationship with the Arsenal supporters soured towards the end of his time there, but whose fault was that? Yes.....you guessed it, Adebayor’s himself.
He thought he was better than he was, and talked constantly about joining AC Milan. That deal never happened, and so it was time for the beanpole hitman to backtrack, and reiterate his love for Arsenal. It was too late though; the damage was done and he was never going to be flavour of the month again.
Adebayor talked recently about how the Arsenal fans turned on him, but why was he surprised? These people pay the highest ticket prices in the Premiership, and have every right to turn on a player when he shows such a blatant disregard for them, their manager and everything the club stands for.
It’s one thing if it was Thierry Henry or Dennis Bergkamp calling the shots, but Adebayor was dining out on one half-decent season; it’s not like they couldn’t cope without him.
His kick on Robin Van Persie, if intentional, was a disgrace. But to run the full length of the pitch, to purposely antagonise a set of supporters who had done nothing but support him until he threw it all back in their faces, was one step too far. It’s just a shame that one of those missiles that were thrown on to the pitch didn’t hit him in the face; he deserved it.
He thought he was better than he was, and talked constantly about joining AC Milan. That deal never happened, and so it was time for the beanpole hitman to backtrack, and reiterate his love for Arsenal. It was too late though; the damage was done and he was never going to be flavour of the month again.
Adebayor talked recently about how the Arsenal fans turned on him, but why was he surprised? These people pay the highest ticket prices in the Premiership, and have every right to turn on a player when he shows such a blatant disregard for them, their manager and everything the club stands for.
It’s one thing if it was Thierry Henry or Dennis Bergkamp calling the shots, but Adebayor was dining out on one half-decent season; it’s not like they couldn’t cope without him.
His kick on Robin Van Persie, if intentional, was a disgrace. But to run the full length of the pitch, to purposely antagonise a set of supporters who had done nothing but support him until he threw it all back in their faces, was one step too far. It’s just a shame that one of those missiles that were thrown on to the pitch didn’t hit him in the face; he deserved it.
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