Very understandably Jamie Vardy does not like that his wife is called 'a grass' by football fans, up and down through the country.
Some may say that in the light of such a vitriol it was a natural response last Sunday to greet his goal by pointing to the Premier League Badge on his sleeve and remembering Spurs supporters that he had won one and Not that.
Actually true, but Spurs -fans could also have pointed out that last season he was wearing the EFL Badge on his shirt from Leicester City after something else he had achieved that they did not do that -relegation from the Premier League to the championship !
Vardy is a player I have a mixed response to. From my point of view, the celebration was just as ruled by resentment as good humor – he is always about to cause a confrontation somewhere.
But even more important, Vardy's reaction by waking up the oppositions, although it will be some satisfaction in the short term in the longer term, it will not be on the football field for that long in the longer term, albeit at the age of 38, it may not be that long on the football field !
If you want to dance with the devil, you play on his tune. You give it back to the crowd, fine, but you can't cry if it comes back worse.
You cannot beat the fans in such situations. If they get something – such as the Wagatha Christie case that thinks bad about Rebekah Vardy – and see that it bothers you, more will participate and you have created an even bigger problem for yourself.
I have a few experiences with similar situations. Once my girlfriend at the time was a good friend of Victoria Beckham. The rough songs that she called her always stepped on a football field must have been disturbing for both of them.
David never responded, or said something, and it eventually left. Silence is a more difficult reaction, but a more disciplined approach that does not give low resolution thinkers such as certain Boo-Boy fans any oxygen.
Less serious, as an owner at Crystal Palace I would be ridiculous by a segment of fans and media about the fact that I was always tanned, which was not surprising as I lived in Spain.
I answered through my program remarks in Headliner: the future is rosy, the chairman is Oranje. I thought it was a funny way to reduce the Mickey Ting. In fact, the opposite happened – it grew. I realized that the best silence is to ignore it.
That is what Vardy should do if he wants his wife to want to die. The more he responds, the more he risks that the songs become louder. I would say it is probably better not to respond. The purpose of the goal itself is the reaction.
With the risk of sounding like a killjoy, I have always found ridiculous goal celebrations as an overburdening of the pudding, especially when the team they have scored in parody fans they have scored.
If the players want to do it, ok, I don't want them to be robots, but they have to understand that if they go to the territory of the possible provision of fans, they invite problems.
The game is governed by traffic leaders and if there is a violation of the rules, they will find a way to punish you. Everton's Iliman Ndiaye discovered that during the weekend when he was booked to celebrate his penalty by chattering his arms like a seagull before the end of Brighton.
There is a difference between being a professional football player and being a fan. When players place themselves in the same room – by returning what they have received – they invite the challenge from those fans to double and you can't complain.
I understand why football players, including Vardy and Ndiaye, do. It is not great to scream, mock, antagonate and insult a stadium. But that's what fans do. Our game is based on division.
If you fade the border between yourself – a well -paid athlete – and them, the final result is one that you might not like. It is the box of a Pandora. Better for you to score, continue with the game and stand above what the fans do.
Of course I understand that this is easier said than done, because sport is a very emotional matter. There is no real logic in people who are invested in football that catches their lives. Fans spend all their money to travel up and down for hours to sometimes view terrible versions.
Grown adults sing the name of a 17-year-old child and can be banned by any aspect of their career and life. Broadcasters push microphones for inexperienced players and expect something that is useful to say.
It is a world that is not logical in many ways and you can't see it that way to the point where emotion is taken out.
I just think that a more experienced football player, like Vardy is, doesn't have to rub it in. Younger children may not be wise enough in the heat of the moment to know that there is a downside to generate the stands, but he should.
Vardy's rise from Non League to Leicester City and Premier League legend gives him a special status at that club, although there are some who think that his influence on the owners exceeds what a player should have.
In the boiler of a competition, keep silent when fans say things about you or members of your family – of which many are not true – is extremely difficult. I understand that.
But Premier League players such as Vardy are rewarded fantastically. He is the professional star, they are buying the ticket masses. You are not necessarily in the stadium for the same reasons.
If they go low, go above it. You save yourself – and your wife – a lot of hassle.
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