Robbie Keane is this personified. Whenever he has scored against a team he has previously played for he slopes off with a stern look on his face leaving his team mates celebrating around him.
I also remember Grant Brebner scoring against us and he was almost holding his hands up apologising to us.
People who do that seem to be held in high regard for some reason because they don't wan't to disrespect their former employers or the team they support but I see it the other way...I see it as being simply direspectful towards the team that they play for now and the team that pays their wages. It's also disrespecting your current team mates.
I can't remember a Hibs player ever doing this but if he did I'd be going mental. He's one of us and should be celebrating with us 100%. If he didn't I'd question his loyalty to the shirt.
If I was lucky enough to be a professional footballer and ever scored at Easter Road for another team I would go mental...and probably in front of the East. Not because I disrespect hibs but because I know people in there and I am playing for the team who's shirt I wear...and that's all that should count during the ninety minutes.
To me, people like Keane aren't fully commited to their shirt...which is why he has probably moved on so much in his career.
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02-02-2010 11:17 PM #1
Players not celebrating out of respect.
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02-02-2010 11:22 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Personally, I don't see celebrating/non celebrating as respectful or disrespectful.
It's simply down to the players choice.
As long as he is fully committed during game play, then it shouldn't really matter whether he celebrates or not.
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02-02-2010 11:30 PM #4
I don't really care what a player does, the fact that he's scored a goal suggests he's fully committed. Celebrations are generally overdone now anyone. It's refreshing to watch old football matches of Hibs and see the players simply pat each other on the back and get back to the halfway line. There's a certain amount of confidence and self belief displayed when player's don't really celebrate (as if it's all just business as usual).
Footballers are too quick to forget where they came from and who helped make them what they are. Petulantly goading people who were once your family (and did nothing abhorrent to you) always strikes me as a slap in the face. For me, I think it's the teammates of the player who scored for them who are being disrespectful if they can't fulfill their mate's simple wish to refrain from jumping around for one bloody second.
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02-02-2010 11:32 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think celebrating with your team mates actually shows commitment during play. If you don't celebrate then you are alienating yourself in some way from the rest of your team and putting personal preferences first during the ninety minutes.
As for Derek, I can't remember that but how long did he last at Celtic?
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02-02-2010 11:32 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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02-02-2010 11:34 PM #7
Carlos Tevez refused to celebrate when he scored against his former club West Ham for Man City.
When he scored against United I seem to recall a celebration!
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02-02-2010 11:35 PM #8
I remember Thompson at that game too - he left badly but always thought that was a mark of respect. Don't see how that could be taken badly.
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02-02-2010 11:38 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The matches you were watching must have been from the fifties.
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02-02-2010 11:50 PM #14
Henrik Larsson didn't celebrate his goal for Barcelona against Celtic in Glasgow.
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02-02-2010 11:53 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I could never "go mental" with another team if I scored at ER.
I would probably have a light celebration, but that would be it.
The away fans would be too busy cheering to pay any attention to what i'm doing after the goal.
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02-02-2010 11:57 PM #17
Did people not kick up a big fuss when Murray gave Hibs fans the finger at Ibrox?
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03-02-2010 12:17 AM #19
I actually respect players that don't celebrate when scoring against former teams. And for the record I dont think Deek's was a celebration his momentum carried him into the unwashed.
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03-02-2010 01:07 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I was standing right behind the goal in that match.
The ball came across the goal with Law having his back to goal just in front of the line.
The world seemed to stop Law hesitated for a moment and then cooly backheeled the ball into the net.
Seconds later the final whistle went and City had won at Old Trafford in the League for the sixth time out of seven matches (the other was a draw).
The truth landed that United were down. In fact they needed a real combination of results to stay up and would have gone down even with a win as Birmingham also won.
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03-02-2010 01:15 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He got a goal for them against us didnae intend to do anything other than raise his arm, but was carried away with the momemtum of his teamates IMO
What do you expect him to do...smack their faces and run to the East stand to plead for apologies
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03-02-2010 01:53 AM #23
And Hearts strikers don't celebrate if they score...
Hard to celebrate when you are in shock !
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03-02-2010 09:11 AM #25
Go to 3:39 on YouTube - Hibs 3 Celtic 2. This is a great way to disrespect a team that kick-started his career. Disgusting
Great game mind ;)
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03-02-2010 09:24 AM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not doubting you but cannot remember it.
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03-02-2010 09:34 AM #29
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Riordan did celebrate his goal against us. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, as I think players should celebrate scoring, even when against a club they used to play for.
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03-02-2010 09:38 AM #30
Im no a big fan of players over celebrating a goal anyway, to celebrate going 1 nil up like you have just won the cup in first half is too much, just a little celebration is fine, and keep your head on the job still to do..then if that done at end of the game, then celebrate away..
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