Drogba has been been a great feature for Chelsea, an awesome player but he is also consistently in the headlines for the wrong reasons. He's a diver and petulant character. If we thought Ronaldo is such a Diver and Rooney. a short-tempered & ill-mannered player, then in Drogba we got the person who embodies both Ronaldo and Rooney's negative traits.

He deserves a few match ban for throwing a coin into the Burnley crowd. Hope it isn't just another one of those "hefty" fines

he deserves a complete minimum of a three match ban and a complimentary fine

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I would rather see Drogba punished for his diving and play acting
but it was a foolish thing to do throwing the coin back at the Burnley fans.......

Maybe he should think again about celebrating scoring a goal in front of away fans in the future?

I don't think giving the finger towards Burnley's away support was a very clever idea either.........

If away fans are going to give players stick on the other hand should they not expect some back?

I think he should have tried to hit the coward who sent the coin instead of sending the coin back which might have injured an innocent party.

The fan who threw the coin should be banned from any football stadiums in the country. As for Drogba, he should know better. Throwing the coin back into the crowd was mindless and idiotic. The coin would almost certainly have hit another fan who had absolutely nothing to do with the original incident! That could have been a man, woman or child.

The FA need to stamp this sort of thing out immediately, and a 3 match ban is not sufficient. I think Chelsea should have taken action against the player by fining him a few weeks wages. The FA need to throw the book at him.

To compare incidents, Eric Cantona's infamous kung fu kick got him banned from football for 9 months! The person he kicked was guilty of threatening language and behaviour towards Eric, and some say he had what was coming to him. The Kung Fu kick was classed as assault on a fan.

So why is this not treated the same way? Whether the coin hit a fan or not, it is irrelevant. If it did hit a fan, then it is assault plain and simple.

What are your opinions? Can you compare the two incidents?
What if that coin had taken someone's eye out?

It's a pretty stupid question if you ask me. If they find out which fan it was that threw it they will ban in from ever going to that stadium again probably and maybe even he wont be able to watch Burnley again. So the minimum Drogba should get is a three match ban and a big fine. He should of recieved a straight red card so that means he should get at least a three match ban and if it was up to me it would be at least a 5 match ban. I am not just saying it because he plays for a club I cant stand, because if a Spurs player did it I'd be disgusted and want him to be banned. There is no place for it, if the players are doing it they can't blame fans for throwing them at the players.

3 match ban, easy. Same as Carragher got for it a few years back.

In answer to the thread ,yes he should be punished the same as Carragher was punished and the fan should be banned for 3 years. Players should not interact with fans in a hostile manner. The only thing that would justify chinning a fan is if a player is on the filed and a fan runs towards him in a threatening or aggressive manner.
Sorry Drogs your my man ,but you crossed the line bro ,time to pay the price.

Was a 3 match ban enough for Carragher back then though?
What if that coin had cut open an innocent fans head? Do you think he would be punished further? If so, then why? The crime was the same, it is just the outcome being different.

Similar I guess to the Eduardo tackle on the pitch, where some were calling for a lengthy ban purely because of the injury suffered to Eduardo, however the crime itself was just a clumsy tackle therefore was dealt with as one.

I beleive the punishment must meet the crime.

whether Carragher's punishment was enough or not is irrelevant in my opinion. it set a precedent that it would be pretty hard to justify extending without claims of xenophobic bias and the like.

You don't think there was a little more to that tackle that put Eduardo out. I don't think it's any secret for anyone who has watched football in the last 4 years that in order for those lesser teams to have a shot against Arsenal they have to be intimidated. Being very physical is a tactic that player used to gain some sort of advantage and fair enough.BUt , when that tactic ends up the way it does then a price has to be paid for his gamble. 3 match ban for that tackle is outrageous ,he should have been out for as long as Eduardo was out if there is any fairness in the world. Clumsy is rushing in ona wet pitch ,slipping over and causing such an injury. What that player did was blindside Eduardo ,the brazilian didn't see it coming and taylor controlled that whole situation.

If Drogba gets any worse punishment than Carragher that would be something no one on this planet can logically justify to me.It's either racism or nationalism simple as that.

Drogba committed the same act as Carragher so he should get the same punishment. Just Like Martin Taylor committed a red card tackle like anyone else, and rightly only got the same punishment as anyone else.

3 match ban and a heavy fine.

If he cut open someone's head then sure, extend the ban and the fine. Otherwise, just keep it the same as the Carragher incident.

I hope they find the guy who threw the coin in the first place though.

Me too.

I'd definitely give him a hefty fine with the ban, but also make him do something for the communitee or a charity.

Actually, scrap the fine, he's already given enough back...

Yeah, he deserves it. But ideally need to find the guy who threw the coin and punish him too.

If the fan gets away with it, so should Drogba.


Shouldnt need to put up with that kind of thing when playing.

Did they ever catch the sniper who kept attacking Drogba in the games?

I am just playing Devil's advocate however it is a relevant question I feel.

Why does the fan deserve to be banned for life, however Drogba, who has done the exact same thing in retaliation, only gets a 3 match ban?

I just found the following post from a fan speaking about the incident



I personally think he makes a great point, and has obviously read my earlier post above

All this speak of racism is rubbish, and should also be stamped out. The Carragher incident in my opinion was not dealt with as it should have been in my opinion. He should have had a longer ban, as should Drogba now. Does it really take a fan to lose an eye before the FA realise just how dangerous an incident this was?

Doggy: you can't compare the Drogba and Cantona incidents, and I'll tell you why.

Cantona was only verbally provoked. More importantly, he retaliated in a very violent manner by charging the Palace fan twice and actually kicking him. Drogba on other hand was physically provoked. Also, although he threw the coin back into the crowd, no one was hurt. And let's be sensible about this, it wasn't like he did a 50 metre run up and hurled the coin into the crowd like a Brett Lee beamer was it? He tossed it into the crowd rather than threw it, and it was obvious he did it to make the point that they shouldn't have thrown the coin in the first place.

This is why I say that the punishment should be relative to the damage caused, or the intention to cause the damage.

oh, i assumed he threw it into with force, out of anger. I wasn't aware he only tossed it into the crowd to make a point. In that case, i'm not so sure he should even receive a ban. But, i haven't seen it, so i don't know for sure.