Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier broke into the stands and confronted supporters after their FA Cup defeat at home vs. Norwich City. ESPN FC’s Mark Donaldson and Steve Nicol share their thoughts on the incident with Nicol recommending the England international receive a hefty ban for his actions.
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what is very certain is that Dier would not have go into united fans stand or Liverpool or Arsenal or Chelsea or any of the big club fans stands to confront the fans because he would have been smashed. He knows it. Nowirch City is a smal club so he feels confortable.
Well when it comes to family
Anyone will lose his cool
There's no free speech of racist full stop.
Jose is a bit bias because you should know where your pay comes from so he should be banned for life.He should have been more Professional and people have their individual opinion because we don't care what was said in the first place.Could be muddle up
He shoud not ne ban for and reason he did what others will not do dose not mean he is not professional but that he is not a caword
What a wanker
scottish ?
Eric diet did well .I SUPPORT HIM. And I really want many slaps on Steve Nicole .
How about I call Nicol a son of a bi**h an he walk away ?
He should be banned for the rest of the season, you cant do what he did no matter what.
All this talk about mental health, yet fans are NEVER asked to stop their bile against players, WHY?!?!
Sorry but I support Eric in this. You have no right insult a player's family member like that
These people stress me like crazy
3 months…🙆♂️ that's really unfair let's not forget Eric is also HUMAN 😡
He don’t need punishment if he can’t do it then no fan can go abuse his family
Once he started talking and saying "you needed to have thinker skin" yea, he's a fukn racist!
Nothing should happen to him Steve nicol is an idiot
I think this case the both parties dier and the fan are at fault .the fan verbally abusing a player isnt acceptable however dier must have kept in mind that protocols are placed in such situations which he should have and if we want to confront the fan he could have just demanded that but instead he chose physical conduct hence dier is punishable
the most fair punishment could be
dier; wage cut for 3 weeks plus 3 match ban followed by public apology
fan- 1 or half season ban plus apology to dier and his family
Yet if he was black they’d be saying how wonderful he was to stand up to abuse.
Listen to Steve Nichol and this video and imagine they were talking about Raheem Sterling.
Double standards
Players going into the stand should not be allowed. He should get at least 3 months.
Why should a fan get a bigger punishment than a player??? There is no difference.
This is ridiculous! He's standing up for his brother! If the fan was being racist he'd be locked up but just because instead of being racist he was confronting Eric's brother. If there is a penalty it should be a fine not a ban! All this talk of thick skin?! Oh come on! Silly pompous melt! If you're younger sibling was receiving abuse you'd step in! It's instinct! ESPN is a load of rubbish!
get lucky
He cant do that because he's a professional player? Dude they are still human. 😅 I hope no one will insult you're family in front of you because you will not do anything because you're a professional 😑