It's not official, it's just a guess. It's by far the most well-supported club on here, and I'd say between one third and one half of the members here are ManU supporters. But since we have no reason to assume otherwise, it's the normal FM base population that's voting, and most of them think he should have been punished. If you take out all of the ManU supporters, than a very large chunk of those who thought he shouldn't have been banned would not be there, and the poll would be overwhelmingly in favor of him getting punished.
Yet you keep on dodging the fact that all of this swearing on the field is never done intentionally, right into the camera. You claim this type of thing happens all of the time and that it goes unpunished (and that therefore, Rooney's punishment is unfair and inconsistent), but you still haven't been able to show one example of anyone doing what Rooney has done. Never before have I seen a player in-game intentionally walk up to the camera, lean into it, and swear into it. You act as if the whole thing was an accident, and that "cameras will catch swearing on the field" but this was completely different. It wasn't some player who happened to be swearing with a mic nearby, this was a player who in the middle of his goal celebration walks right up to the camera, leans into it, and says the F word. My first thought was "what an idiot, he's going to get punished."
You bring up the fact that no other player has done this, including Rooney, and that it was a one-time mistake, and that's what I've been saying all along. It was a unique, one-time mistake and that he should be punished. You denied this claim repeatedly, and now you're accepting it, so I'm glad we're on the same side, and I'm glad that you've admitted that the FA isn't being inconistent here. Harsh, maybe, but that's a different discussion. Unfortunately an apology won't do, and maybe the punishment is harsh because they're making an example out of him, but Rooney has no one to blame other than himself. Many of the ManU fans in this thread have been biased in claiming the FA is out to get him and they've certainly been biased in exonerating him from any responsibility. Giggs would never do something like this. And I can't believe none of you is pointing this out. If a player on my team did the same thing, I'd be furious with him, and I wouldn't spend all of this time defending him and attacking the disciplinary body for punishing him. My first thought would be that he's an idiot and that the whole thing was his fault. You have to be a professional out there, you're paid millions and I expect my players to have the self-control not to do something stupid like that that could cost the team.
And as far as my 'vendetta with Wayne Rooney' goes, I personally dislike him, but I would have had the same exact reaction if Terry, Fabregas, Gerrard, Tevez, etc. did this. Any player stupid enough to walk up to the camera mid game, lean into it, and say the F word deserves a ban. It's funny though that you claim I'm biased when you're the one whose team is involved in this situation and you clearly have reason to be biased, and your posts have proved this.
