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Should a player celebrate scoring against his former team?

Should a player celebrate scoring against his former team?

  • No, its not acceptable

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The poll question based upon below news item.

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Luis Suarez will get a hostile reception in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Anfield, says Sky Sports' Phil Thompson.

Liverpool go into Tuesday night's return game against Barcelona trying to overturn a 3-0 deficit from the first leg.

Thompson was not impressed with Suarez's behaviour last Wednesday, and told Sky Sports News: "He made me believe what everybody else thought of Luis Suarez, going over and above that.

"I could understand now maybe what other fans thought of Suarez when he was at Liverpool. I hope the Liverpool fans and players give it to him, wind him up something rotten."

Suarez was a big favourite among the Liverpool fans as he scored 69 Premier League goals in his time there from 2011-2014, but Thompson is not keen on sentiment for the player who scored in Barca's win in the first leg.

"I've no problem with people celebrating goals when they play against their old teams. What he did at Liverpool was fantastic.

"Some of his attitude he had in the first leg was outrageous. I think he crossed that line. I know a lot of supporters out there were absolutely outraged at what he did."

Thompson, a former Liverpool captain, says his old club need to change their approach at Anfield if they are to reach the final for a second successive year.

"We have to be very, very streetwise, we have to be ready, that's where I think they had the upper hand in the first leg. Being streetwise, sort of play-acting, conning the referee.

"Winding him up sometimes only makes him play better, but this is Anfield. I think the fans do realise and I think he'll get a rough reception and I hope the players wind him up.

"He might get a little angry, but we're 3-0 down, we have to be street-savvy on that pitch."

https://www.skysports.com/football/...-thompson?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
 
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Seems like it's a football-only thing. Never heard of this in North American sports.

Plus, if you can't celebrate in a Champions League semi-final then when do you celebrate?
 
No. I think it is an honorable tradition that must be respected. It always peeves me to see players celebrate against their former clubs.
 
No. I think it is an honorable tradition that must be respected. It always peeves me to see players celebrate against their former clubs.

Depends on relation with fans, legacy at previous club etc
 
No. I think it is an honorable tradition that must be respected. It always peeves me to see players celebrate against their former clubs.

Not a Champions league follower by that sunds like dumb tradition to me.

So why even play against your former club to begin with if a celebration is going to provoke the "old" fans. When millions of dollars are traded to switch allegiances I'd say they are enough to cut old ties and loyalties and embrace the new ones.
 
Not a Champions league follower by that sunds like dumb tradition to me.

So why even play against your former club to begin with if a celebration is going to provoke the "old" fans. When millions of dollars are traded to switch allegiances I'd say they are enough to cut old ties and loyalties and embrace the new ones.

It is a symbolic gesture to show that you have moved on to a new club but you haven’t forgotten your relationship with the old fans.

You are already proving your loyalties to your new club by scoring, and not celebrating won’t hurt anyone.

Most players uphold this tradition and the ones who don’t are criticized. That won’t change.
 
Depends on what you mean by celebrating. Nothing wrong in doing it respectfully with a few hugs from team mates. I do not like what Suarez did when scoring against Liverpool a week back running around like a maniac with the purpose being to upset his former club. That will only have motivated Liverpool yesterday when they wiped that annoying grin from his face. Also depends how long you played for your former club as well. The longer you play the greater the feelings a player is supposed to have for them. Should remember what a former club did for you.
 
Yes they should if they want to. Flip the question around, should the former team celebrate a win or a goal against their former players new team? Why are corporations always given more priority than individuals?
 
One thing I dislike about league football since watching it for the first time after the World Cup is how players keep leaving and joining teams, the team you might once support will become something different, how does someone go about supporting a team this way?
 
I dont see a problem with it. Suarez scored a great goal in a semi final, he should celebrate with his new fans.

What I find more problematic is Suarez trying to kick, dive or cheat agaisnt his former team when there is no need.
 
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