Tiger Wife Vows To Stay Away

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THE wife of besieged Richmond coach Danny Frawley has vowed not to take their three children to the footy.

Anita Frawley took her stand yesterday after fans spat and screamed abuse at her husband and his players during Friday night's match.

Mrs Frawley said the frenzy left her feeling threatened and frightened and had sapped her enthusiasm for the game.

She told the Sunday Herald Sun she was terrified at Telstra Dome, where the Tigers were crushed by Adelaide by 75 points.

"I did not feel safe walking around to my seat," Mrs Frawley said.

She arrived at half-time to see a man trying to leap over the boundary and bash her husband.

"I felt so ashamed. There is no man alive who deserves that treatment. You are not allowed to do that in the street so why at a football match?" she said.

Police will meet with the AFL over the incident and expect to charge two men, who also face being banned by their club.

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou condemned the behaviour and warned that boorish spectators would be severely dealt with.

He said both police and the AFL's football operations department would investigate the man caught on camera spitting on players and coaches.

Police are expected to charge a second man, 25, who allegedly spat at Frawley at half-time, with offensive behaviour.

Mr Demetriou said if the men were found to be members of the Richmond Football Club, their memberships would be automatically cancelled.

Superintendent Mick Williams described the behaviour as unacceptable and said police would seek meetings with the AFL and Richmond over other incidents during the post-match frenzy.

Frawley said fans spitting at players and coaches was intolerable.

"Everyone's pretty dirty around the club and why wouldn't you be? But that's overstepping the mark," he said.

He said any increased attention on the conduct of fans might lead to supporters getting more out of control – at all clubs.

Mr Frawley's mother, Shirley, said yesterday she and husband Brian had to keep moving seats to avoid the abuse on Friday night.

His sister, Anne, said that the crowd behaviour would probably keep her family away from future Tigers games.

Tigers president Clinton Casey feared that media coverage of the events encouraged riotous behaviour.

Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire was appalled by the incident.

Richmond has lost 17 of its past 19 games and is on the bottom of the ladder.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,9384018%5E19742,00.html
 

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It is one thing to be angry at the performance of both Spud and the team as a whole. It is a right to be able to speak out in protest over it - such as the succinct and forthright 'Boo-ing' that occurred at half time.

When this becomes personal, physical or violent, then this is a problem. Danny does deserve to know of our displeasure at how things are going but does not deserve to be assaulted or abused in this manner. He does not deserve to have his family terrified in this manner.

Ironically enough, I don't think many Richmond supporters have a problem personally with Spud. As a general rule, we like how he wears his heart on his sleeve and his refreshing honesty. In fact, the only problem we have with him is that his team is underperforming and this is ulitmately his responsibility.

All I can really say is that at this point in time, I am really becoming ashamed to be a Richmond supporter. As has been pointed out often this weekend, we are the disgrace for our boorish behaviour.

I just hope those responsible suffer something akin to public castration .
 

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Mrs Frawley said the frenzy left her feeling threatened and frightened and had sapped her enthusiasm for the game.
Stiff **** !

Who gives a Shirt what she has to say as long as she and the kids
were not abused or harmed in any way.

Stay home then.
Make him dinner,count the money he's making,whatever.

Your husband should have been told by someone close to
him he wasn't up to it long ago but
instead
the ferals have taken upon themselves to drive him away.
You married a dud.

How pathetic the media is chasing comments from the coaches wife.

This is just another Frawley putting another nail in our coffin.

I refuse to be emabarassed to the point of ridicule because of
some clown who spat nor will I sit by and listen to comments
made by his family that further casterate our club by
dragging all of us thru the quagmire of spuds in-capabilities.

Amazing how we're all copping it now,huh.

Stupid bitch.
 

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I gather she's not enjoying her footy any more.

Welcome to the club, Anita - we're not enjoying it either.

Seriously, shame the family is being targeted - and good on them for supporting Danny - but really, all it's doing is taking the focus off Danny's performance as a coach and the performance of the team.

Jail the slagger, and let's get back to focusing on Richmond.
 

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In 50 years when we finally win a flag the story at the club
will be,"50 years ago they spat on us we were so pathetic.
The people who did it were charged by the police and banned from the club
but it still happened."

Unfortunately it's the present.
 

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Let's just hope that Danny isn't sacked prematurely ... especially during this week.

I'd hate those weak bastards to think they had some sway in it.
 
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How many weeks should the "scream and spit" squad be given to turn the team's performance around. I mean, they have had two big goes now (and no doubt some less well covered goes before this) and the team hasn't improved at all. If the side lose to the Hawks then I'd say its time for action. Those hyper-ferals better get ready for some performance based scrutiny.
 
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