Nani's Showboating: Great Or Unnecessary?

What do you guys think about Nani's showboating yesterday. A lot of people have condemed him. Arsene Wenger condemed it and Fergie cautioned him.

Me, I loved it. Where do you stand?

for me NANI was the man of the match. not rooney. though rooney was great too in terrorising the gunners defence but NANI was the pain in their backside

@ Akinalabi,

Me would rather discuss GAYnners' 72nd RED CARD under ARSEne WenGAY.

I was shocked when WenGAY was complaining about the showboating.
How moronic and myopic can this gaffer be? The same side that tried to do the freak penalty-kick with Henry and Pires?
NANI should be left alone to enjoy his football in England.

I doubt Nani would have done that if the game was 0-0 or 2-1.
If WenGAY and his buncha over-rated featherweights don't like it. . . they shouldn't have conceded 4 goals in the 1st place.
Hleb and Fab4 can return the favour anytime we concede 5 to the GAYnners.

The showboating is looking for trouble. Watch how he gets tackled in his next few games. It's not professional, and not necessary. Showboaters have the highest number of injury in professional football.

Noffin is wrong with what the guy did, it show confido.
what out this clip on showboating L'ass players showboat as well.
http://www.thefootballblog.co.uk/video-some-showboating

Jealousy will not kill some people. 
What is really paining Wenger is that his team was disgraced seriously but of all things to complain about - he chose the showboating. Yeye man!

My take

Showboating is still part of football, afterall when teams play "keep ball" and the crowd goes "EH" "EH", its still show boating. Nani's kindda showboating is fair enough if he wants to keep doing it but showboating comes with its own risks, why d heck do u think Ronaldo does not do that many party tricks anymore anymore.

So showboat if u want but do it at the risk of lossing a limb, the likes of Savage, Mokoena (Heck the entire Blackburn team), John Terry, Essien and co will not stand and watch u do that sort of nonsense in front of them

A simple question, Was it illegal? If it was the ref should be blamed for not booking him. Very soon step overs would be unnecessary when playing Gayners

Nothing to blame again now its Nanis stunts he can do whatever he likes on the field The ref can book him if its illegal

Stupid

i may be an arsenal fan but it was entertaining for nani to do that.

You all should just put a sock in it.

No one said "showboating" was illegal, what people are saying is that, it was immature for Nani to do that to fellow professionals.

@ Dayo

When a opposition team member is injured, the other team is not really obliged to kick out the ball until the ref blows his whistle, but fair play makes them do it, same way that the ball is given back to the opposition when play resumes. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE COMPULSORY, but footballers do it as a sign of respect.

Thats why when Kanu broke that rule and Arsenal scored a goal instead of giving the ball back in an FA cup game against Sheffield United i think, many people were livid. Now did Arsenal and Kanu do anything wrong NO!! they were within their rights, but it went against the ethics of the game, and Wenger conceeded to a replay of the game to calm tempers.

You talk about Henry when he and Pires tried that pen kick, they were both vilified by all and sundry (and rightly so). And Henry came out to give an apology, saying they didn't mean it as a sign of being disrespectful.

Same thing that happened when a keeper was delaying a particular game against Arsenal last season, when Arsenal finally scored, Henry ran and took the ball and dropped it in front of the keep in a form of jest, was that illegal NO!! But he was vilified in the press for showing a lack of class and respect for the opposition.

Now Nani can do whatever he likes, but for SAF to also caution him, shows that he overstepped the boundaries, Games between both clubs have been heated affairs, and usually went beyond footie into other stuff.

Of recent, it had calmed down and returned to it being a football game, with respect being shown by both sets of players, Nani's decision could have destroyed all that, and created an avenue for something i believe both clubs and Managers wouldn't want (SAF is not Jose Maureen, who wants his players to disrespect the opposition).

United beat Roma 7-nil, did you see any United player juggling the ball , Liverpool beat Besiktas 8-0 did you see any Pool player juggle the ball , Arsenal beat Slavia Prague 7-0 did you see any Arsenal player juggle the ball

So to round off, no one is against Nani joining a circus, but to fellow footballers, it doesn't show class when you do that. Evra is skillful, and does some "nutmegs", that in itself is not really considered "showboating". Hleb does some dribbles, that in itself isn't considered "showboating".

In Spain, Nani would have been praised for that move, but the footballing culture in England is different. same way bulling and insulting your opposition is not seen as a big deal in Italy, as it might be in other countries.

It sounds sweet now cause it was against Arsenal Let him try it against Chelsea or a hard team like Blackburn (why wasn't someone like Nani around when the Crazy gang Wimbeldon team were in the first division).

When he gets kicked hard or tackled to injury, you all will start to shout. but you forget that fellow players don't like that, thats why C Ronaldo was always seen as a Pansy. Eric Cantona showboated, but every player knew he was hard and would fcuking kick ur teeth in as well Do you think Roy Keane would have stood there and watch Nani do that Keano would have given him a good rollicking on the pitch for even thinking about it. (And if you know Keano, you would know what i was talking about).

I remember Clemens Westerhorf used to bench Jay Jay for the same offence, yet because it involves United beating Arsenal, oh i guess its ok Well Thank God you gaffer has some sense, and told the lad, he doesn't need to do that. Same way Gallas didn't need to kick him in retaliation.

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Chacal

Sometimes i actually wonder whether you live in England leave sentiments aside, you and i know that "showboating" is frowned upon in England, it is seen as grandstanding. that is why even if Ronaldinho comes to England, he will not be praised if all he does are Tricks and Flicks.

YOU KNOW THIS!! Like i said, if Nani was in Spain, that trick would have been praised, but in England it is frowned upon. In Scotland, Nani would have been seriously injured by the opposition for doing something like that, if that had been a match between Celtic and Rangers . Skill is one thing, Showboating is another.

I have no problem with Nani "farting" the ball into the net, or any other party tricks he can come up with, but for you to come here and say it wasn't disrespectful is absolute rubbish

Does that have any bearing on United's display? HELL NO! United deserved their victory, but even Fergie realised that, that behaviour was uncalled for, same way Gallas's kick was uncalled for.

CALL A SPADE A SPADE MATE!!

  GOONER 89

Yeah as a good manager he realised nani shouldn't do that but Asswengay said after the match that he supported the kicking from Gallas and Coy. Are trying to make your la'prof look stupid by saying the kick was uncalled for but he was in support of it.

@Loyika

Maybe its because such skills exhibition is frowned upon in England that England hardly produces technically gifted players .

You alluded to the Fair Play rule,is "showboating" against fair play? So playing "keepy-uppy" is now on the same level as ignoring and taking advantage of the injury of opposition players. 

Presumably,Gallas' kicking of Nani is on the same level of unacceptability as Nani showboating.With such reasoning by Arses,no wonder they are all generally regarded as knuckleheads.

Thats why Mancs will aways be Spastic clowns

Man Servant

I metioned the "fair play" stuff to Dayo in relation to his "illegality claim", not as a point in itself, so whats your beef

Chacal

As usual, when it involves Arsenal and Man United, you leave all decency out the window, so this arguement is pointless.

For the record, i am not saying that Nani has no right to showboat, what i am saying is that it wasn't necessary and was in bad taste, make of that what you will, I would say the same thing if it was an Arsenal player (i think i castigated Cesc here on Nl for his petulance and even go as far as calling Eboue a cheat whenever he gets up to his usual antics. I even criticised Henry for his behaviour with the "dropping the ball in front of the keeper" incident, here on NL. And i would do they same if Nani was an Arsenal player).

But i guess everyone is different, anyways, seems Gallas got away with the kick;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7251650.stm

Oh well, that ends that!! we shall renew this in April. let me go focus on our game with Milan.

  GOONER 89

 

Now its the FA that want us to win the league

12 games to go mate, we shall see who ends up with what

By the way, Capello reckowns we will do in the Old Lady;

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/02/18/Champs-Lg-Capello-on-ArsenalMilan/?facets/sport-space/great-britain-locale/

What is your conspiracy theory on that, The FA forced him to say that as well

Can't wait for the EPL games to re-start, so we can end this stuff ASAP. Although the CL promises some cracking encounters across board as well.

  GOONER 89