I tend to agree, i think that is EXACTLY what the French police mentality is and we have seen ample evidence of it over the last 3-4 days. Why risk getting into a serious ruck with a bunch of steroid fuelled muscle bound hard as fook Russians when you could instead randomly baton a slightly...
I imagine FIFAs response to calls to strip Russia of WC2018 will be along the lines of, "The actions of 150 so called fans will not be allowed to undermine the wonderful WC tournament our Russian friends will surely deliver and we are working closely with the Russian Football Union to address...
They seem to like to be hated the Russians, its being reported over there almost with a sense of national pride that their hooligans are rampaging through France dishing out a good kicking to any europeans that get in their way. Dreadful nation, dreadful people - a world cup there is a recipe...
French police were absolute cowards in Marseille, rather than take on an organised gang of 150+ tooled up Russian hooligans they chose instead to target the softer target of England fans the vast majority of whom were entirely law abiding fans just out to enjoy the event. I'm not saying that...