Chris Sutton slammed for incredibly irresponsible Peter Lawwell comments

Chris Sutton has been slammed for making what has been described by many as an incredibly irresponsible Peter Lawwell comments.

The former footballer turned pundit is paid to give his opinions, they tend to vary when it comes to reaction from viewers and fanbases.

On this occasion, it didn’t go down too well as he gave a conclusion over Peter Lawwell’s house being set on fire with petrol being poured over cars. The explosion tore through the house, thankfully however no one was hurt.

Chris gave his thoughts before the police even had a chance to find out what’s gone on and who was responsible for the shocking act.

He spoke with the media and lays the blame on football fans for the incident.

Fan site CeltsAreHere said: “Let’s get this clear, it might very well be the case but to actively pursue it with little knowledge of the event is dangerous.

“We found out yesterday there was a similar attack on Glasgow businessman James Mortimers home in Bothwell – his cars were set ablaze in a shameful attack. It’s by no means a forgone conclusion the motives for this attack

“Yet, Chris and the Daily Record’s angle was to say this incident will put players of coming to Glasgow. It’s really poor stuff from Chris and he’s overstepped the mark.”

Speaking to the Daily Record the Sutton went on a rant: “Would the terrible thing that happened to Peter put off someone coming up here?

“That would be for the individual to decide for himself. When I came up in 2000, I was aware of the rivalry to an extent and for the most part in the five-and-a-half years I was there, I enjoyed the back and forth between the fans. But there were always moments when people overstepped the mark. Over the piece, it is a brilliant city and you’re hoping that incidents like this don’t dissuade top managers and top players to come up to Scotland.

“But the image this is portraying is not good. I’ve had friends down south texting me this morning about the attack on Peter Lawwell’s house saying, ‘What on earth is going on up there?’

“It’s shameful. It’s giving Glasgow a terrible reputation.”

“This is the work of a couple of idiots, probably. And it’s not about the club they support – it’s about personal responsibility.

“I just don’t understand what goes through somebody’s mind to do that.

“How would they feel if their own families were subjected to such a terrifying ordeal? They’d be outraged.

“Thankfully, nobody was hurt but the consequences of the action taken by whoever carried out this attack could have been horrific. It’s bad enough with the damage to vehicles and the residence, as well as the trauma to the people inside the house.”

CeltsAreHere add: “It’s deeply regrettable that this was a tact and an angle Chris was willing to take without any proper knowledge of what’s gone on.

“As I say, it could very well be the case that it’s football related, but to put this into the mix less than 24 hours after the event is very poor.”

With Chris Sutton slammed for his ‘incredibly irresponsible’ Peter Lawwell comments, fans reacted to what they made of it…

@DanielOConnel18: What Chris Sutton said about the arson attack on Peter Lawwell’s house possibly putting players and coaches off coming to Glasgow is entirely reasonable. Whether it was football fans or anyone else who did it is irrelevant. It happened.

@andybearz: I’m no really sure but I believe Chris Sutton has just blamed Rangers fans for the attempted murder of Peter Lawwell & his family .. reading between the lines that’s what I take from it 🤔 In SNP run Scotland you no longer need evidence to throw accusations

@lizdouglas01: I thought he was getting at the green brigade or celtic fans.

@andybearz: It’s the ‘doesn’t matter what team you support’ bit that moved me more towards Rangers fans than Celtic fans. He would have just said he doesn’t deserve this after all the success he’s brought if he meant Celtic fans

@CBlack88: See the fact there has been another prominent businessman’s house attacked in the exact same way in the 24 hours before Peters house why are you allowing shite like this to be written before any facts come out?

@gindog20: Lawwell’s 1 of four houses in the same area to be targeted lately, this piece by Sutton is in his words ‘ridiculous’

@cw1873: Newco Sutton is just as much of a twat as Oldco Sutton was – He’s best ignored.

@monthedugs: He’s blaming football fans like the media and other far left politicians….pity none have until today highlighted that lolwells firebomb was the 5th in a week….na let’s blame Rangers fans Chris eh

@ThomasL56070931: Agreed! Both sets of fans getting blamed, when this looks more sinister because of the other attacks. This individual needs to be caught before someone is killed.

@j5_design: Very irresponsible journalism. As others have said, there have been numerous similar attacks in both Bothwell and Thortonhall. Seems nobody knew about them because they weren’t reported by MSM, but why care about facts when you can continue to profit from sensationalism, eh?

@The_Dog1888: Jumping to conclusions that this is related to celtic. Evidence points to this being arson attacks given 3 other properties in the area attacked in same manner in preceding days. This stuff needa to be kept out of media until investigations complete @chris_sutton73

@SBrad1967: This absolute nonsense. Pretty sure most cities in the world players are burgled etc. Recently in Paris and a spate of burglaries in Liverpool. Does it put off top players? Also no evidence it was anything football related.

@Dani1987C: Good to see that Chris Sutton is now a fire investigator and detective all in one.

@scott638: Chris Sutton when discussing the lawwell incident mentions that he knew about the rivalry when he came up to Scotland. So we have it confirmed it was a Rangers fan do we Chris? Ofcourse that is what your hoping for…Time will tell. #RangersFC

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