How Do You Think The Club Should Deal With Leigh Griffiths?

He could possibly be done for inciting it though.

I've said before that if they are going to do Griffiths for this then surely they have to identify as many as possible from the video and charge them as well. Or are they above the law?

That being said, "beyond reasonable doubt" doesn't apply when dishing out football sanctions, common sense will suffice for that.

 

Possibly done for inciting it? :smiley-laughing002: Do you know how easy that would be to defend? If the fiscal seen that on the police report he would fall over laughing and throw it in the bin. Possibly even complain to the Police for sending him * to read! How stupid are some people! Inciting it? Who is to say he did incite it, another guy in the pub could have started the chant which was inaudible in the video then the joined in then the rest. Inciting a football chant, heard it all before now. It didn't even sound like he did start it actually if you listen to the video. So that's more defence to him.

I am specifically discussing criminal prosecution here. Because certain idiots (like yourself) in this thread are actually anticipating him getting charged for this. It's laughable we are even discussing it.

Inciting it:smiley-laughing002: Too funny. You should actually get a job with the Daily Record, they like writing comical ludicrous * like that.

I wouldn't usually reply to posts to your unless you are personally attacking me but that one just took the * *!

 

Don't think it would be as easy as 'throwing it in the bin' while laughing about it. He's a high profile footballer and any court will be able to see the impat he could have on fan behaviour if he choose the start singing chants of that nature.

If they did ' throw it in the bin ' then that means the SFA or Celtic themselves will be left to punish him accordinly.

Your posts and what you bring to a debate would be great if you stopped the insults which ruin the post.

 

You're a balloon that's going on ignore.

 

incite


verb
verb: incite; 3rd person present: incites; past tense: incited; past participle: incited; gerund or present participle: inciting


1.
encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).

He started the song therefore he encouraged it. If it's shown to be racist or discriminatory in nature then he could possibly be done for inciting it.

 

Yeah, well, because, it's ridiculous.

The problem I have with those posts is there won't even be a prosecution in the first place. The police are investigating, they say that about anything with what they have had complains about. And you know fine well who has been complaining, bitter huns phoning up hoping they can get him done while they are doing the * salute at the same time holding up an Israeli flag!!

So when I am hearing supposed Celtic fans on here saying things like he could be done for inciting it.

Regarding your part in bold, that's incredibly silly to say that, do you not see that? I have said it about 3 times in this thread already, just because he is a high profile footballer doesn't mean he can be charged. Of course, if there was any case in the matter, and there was sufficient evidence for guilty verdict, then he could make an example of him by giving him the maximum penalty.

And he didn't start the chant, there is no way you can prove that. I've got some videos of Celtic tunes from pubs in my phone, and like what happened in that hibs pub. A couple of boys started the chant at about the same time, then the rest of joined in. You can't hear the two boys in the video that started it or see them just like in that video. And Griffiths being a legend around those parts, the whole pub joined in more than they probably usually would. But the judge cannot discriminate against him because of his line of work and say well I am going to charge you without evidence because you are a famous footballer and should know better., everyone is subject to the same book of law.

 

Exactly. I bet Malloy was all up in arms (well had an erection) then Abu Hamza was done for 'inciting terrorism' a while back by calling on Muslims to blow up areas of commerce.
Many Irish Republicans i am sure have been charged with incitement too i am sure.

I also agree with your point about the others in the video - you can't single one person out, even if he is the most identifiable.

 

With all this furore I'd be wanting my release if i was griffith's I reckon. He's getting it from both sides to be honest. He's being singled out for extra treatment from the MSM because he's a Celtic player, and he's getting it from our support as well.

The guy is on a hiding to nothing. I'd be happy enough with my release, allowing me to head down south as a free agent, pick up a tidy signing-on fee and play my football somewhere where my own fans won't be booing me and giving me pelters during the warm-ups, and where the media won't be up my * everywhere I go.

He probably has to be asking himself if it's worth all of the hassle.

 

Just think, if he could behave himself these things would all disappear.

Maybe one day he'll ask himself why these things follow him around all the time.

 

To be fair if he didn't act like a total bell end then he wouldn't be in this situation!
He can't moan about the heat when he is in the kitchen telling people to go back to their own country, * anything with a pulse and singing songs of questionable nature.

 

No they wouldn't, he was already on a hiding to nothing from the day he signed with us. The reaction on this very forum showed that there was a fair chunk of our fan base just waiting on him * up so they could say "well, I told you so".

Not to mention that the media were always going to be all over him from the moment he signed for us.

All I'm saying is, maybe he'll be asking himself if it's all worth it? He could probably make similar money down south, and he'd get much less hassle.

 

That's a lot of *.

Who wants a Celtic player to fail, utter nonsense.

99.99% of people on this forum were willing to give him a chance.

 

Aye, everyone was very supportive of him, which is why the threads discussing his arrival were among the most moderated during that time.

Back to my point, I still think he must be wondering if it's all worth it. He could get his release and * off back down south where no one really gives a * what he does.

 

It's a real shame that he hasn't came up and apologised or even owned up to doing what he did. An apology and saying that he knows he's on his last legs but will prove himself from here on out and I think most the support would accept that. His silence is deafening sadly.

 

His lawyers will be telling him to keep it clamped, until the police investigation is out of the way.

 

No fan is going to be happy about every signing that we make. A lot of people didn't want him here purely for footballing reasons, and weren't really bothered about his off field antics. I personally didn't want him for a mix of both reasons. However, once he pulled on the strip, I got behind him 100%, as did pretty much every single one of the Celtic support. When you go out and carry on the way he did though, it's only natural that some of our fans are going to be on his back, especially considering the nature of the offence in this case. I'm actually surprised we have a lot of fans defending his actions to be honest. He brought all this on himself.

 

Show me once piece of evidence that showed he started? And are you putting me on ignore? Aww, sweetheart, don't please!

 

The fact that all you did there was go into defensive mode and slag me off, shows how desperate and pathetic you are being.

 

Agreed.

The treatment from the MSM was to fully expected. They will be loving this along with every other bitter hun in the country.

But what they will be loving just as much is the way our own fans are treating him. The way our board treats our own players is disgusting as well. Fining one of your players for attending his friends funeral. And of course you got the usual Celtic fans condemning the guy for it. At least the ones that go to the games and are vocal get behind our players. It's just your fans here that sit discussing football in the live match thread week in week out mainly.

 

Defensive! Do you know the meaning of the word? Far from it? That was barely even passive aggressive! You just got a heavily deserved slagging.