Firstly he never gave the finger he made some sort of hand gesture nobody could see for sure what it was.

Secondly it wasn't directed at either set of fans. It was directed at the absolute bag that was giving him abuse for no reason.

Reading all these various accounts of what happened, it seems to me that we aren't a million miles away from an 'Eric Cantona' moment occuring at a Wire game.

Personally, while I'm as hacked off as anybody about recent displays, and that certain players need to be looking at themselves in the mirror very closely, I cannot condone supporters singling out players for abuse.

By all means criticise the team as a whole, even boo if you want to, but picking out individuals can only produce a negative effect....Having read the evidence, if I was King I wouldn't be too keen to give my all for supporters whose idea of 'supporting' is to dish out drunken abuse.

The problem is that some people who watch us are genuinely thick and have no idea about acceptable behaviour. They always like to pick a scapegoat, be that King, Monas, Clarke, Penny or previously Wedge.

They tend to ignore the other 16 who took part and just pick on one.

I have it on good authority that it's nearer an alledged £180K per season, but still a wee bit more than Noble earns coaching Wigan for example.

Because he was the closest person to abuse unfortunately.

When we are talking about abusing players, what are we referring to.

Personally I think fans are entitled to shout things like 'you're not fit to wear the shirt' or 'you are rubbish' etc. as they are part and parcel of being a Rugby player.

I don't think it is acceptable when it becomes personal and non-RL related.

What was it yesterday?

What?

He was a target for the angry fan because he was only 6 foot away from him (after he'd gone to the siding to get closer to the pitch). Scapegoat-a-rama.

Only going from the evidence on here, it seems that those doing the abusing of King were the type of pondlife who seem to thrive in an athmosphere of negativity, simply because it gives them chance to vent their ill educated opinions.

By all means criticise the team, but I get the feeling the people who were baiting King are not bright enough to even come up with a 'You're not fit to wear the shirt'.

I agree that what Matt King has done is disgraceful and infantile but he has put up with a lot of unwarranted abuse from fans IMO.
King by all accounts had quite a solid game yesterday and not one of the ten tries were scored down his wing, so you cant blame his defense on this one.

How people can complain about him disrespecting the fans is bizarre as most of the fans have been disrespecting him throughout his Warrington career.

I was next to the man shouting at him, and he gave as good as he got, although Kingy shouldn't have done it, i don't think that people like this man should be allowed to hurl abuse like that, as I have said, King was the easy target standing on the wing TBH.

I still think it's Penny's fault

Is the good authority King, his representative or Andy Gatcliffe?

We will swap you mathers phelps smith and coley for him??

Clubs at fault for paying so much money for the player, he is not going to turn it down. but with that money he is taking comes the pressure.
He is obviously a class player can he take the pressure and what do the club and fans expect from a star man at centre? The influence he can have on a game is surely limited. your star men whether home grown or imports are nearly always 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Cant expect him to come into the middle and start running the show can you?

No thanks

Throw in a tin of Uncle Joe's and you're on.

tony smith will sort out any indicipline that is for sure

Shoul never play for the wire again!!!!!!!

Why What Has He Done?...

Nothing

that the whole point of this thread keep up

Hand gestured towards his own set of fans who paid good money and took the time out to travel for a 400 miles round trip.

thats all that matters to you isnt it........jesus christ that result was worse than the 80 nil at saints..............

Out Of Order, At The End Of The Day Rugby League Teams Are The Fans Teams, They Pay There Money Which Keeps The Clubs Going And Pays The Wages Of Players So They Have The Right To Voice There Opinions...

Im saying that King had quite a relatively good game yesterday and he doesn't deserve the abuse he receives week in week out.

Why is he receiving abuse when his game was good