3 match ban is an absolute joke..didier drogba has­ acted in an aggressive manner towards paying members of­ the genaral public, Eric cantona got a much sterner­ punishment for attacking a fan..... I dont care if in­ this instance it was only a coin thrown he still­ attacked the fans.

To those blaming the crowd and saying the fa should­ have punished both sides? well im sure the police will­ be looking into the matter as far as the crowd are­ concerned, its not the fa's job to punish the fans­ thats down to the police, if the guilty fans are to be­ punished by the fa then the punishment can only be­ inflicted on the club, therefore chelsea should have­ get rap.
The other point is that football players­ onfield should not be behaving in a holligan manner,­ they are employed to play football(employment­ contract), and whilst doing so they should abide by­ good behaviour rules considering they are in a place of­ work. Drogba has technically attacked the supporters­ despite who started the actions, therfore it should be­ considered as gross misconduct, under most employment­ contracts gross misconduct would result in dismisssal,­ therfore Drogba should be punished further by Chelsea­ FC. Leave the crowd to the police to sort out

Well lets all calm down and consider the facts

Fact­ one: Mr Drogba can hardly be described as the protector­ of sportsmanship and fair play, we have all witnessed­ his disgraceful antics on the field of play, Time after­ time tv replays have shown that.
Yes of course the­ sanctions against him are ridiculous.
And yes the so­ called power that be haven't got the Balls to­ stand up to the money men that now run OUR GAME, and­ the money men don't understand Us the true­ supporters. I worry for the future of our national­ sport.

Respect to Drogba for addmitting the charges, however­ the throwing of coins at the players is a disgrace,­ Drogba had a moment of madness and addmitted he was­ wrong, where's the hooligan who threw it in the­ first place and when are you gonna come forward!!­ F*CKING COWARD!!
MAN U FAN JEW.

Hahahahaha. Brilliant Not sure why all the Chelsea fans­ are up in the arms over this ban. The over-reacting,­ diving cheat only got what he deserved. Further­ evidence of how small-minded and blind to their own­ teams indiscretions the average football fan is.­ Additonally, some of the comments here only serve to­ demonstate how these fans are no better than the­ coin-throwing Burnley fan.

Ref 81 live up to your name TOP MINGE (PRAT)

Football fans need to stop the nonsense of throwing­ coins at players! If you don't like the player boo­ them what ever not chuck things at then

I think the FA is only focusing on one side of the­ coin, its idiots like these coin throwing supporters­ that in the major tornaments go abroad and give England­ a bad name by their hooliganism which goes unpunished­ at home. DD was wrong to throw the coins back at the­ crowd. Punish da hooligans as well as players, if­ hooligans are left unpunished as is happening now they­ will do it over and over again, its time this bad habit­ is broken to keep innocent football fans safe and­ entertained.

Should the point not be that if things were not thrown­ at the players then maybe they would not be tempted to­ throw them back? Just because these players are paid­ far too much does not mean that they are beyond­ hooliganism. Where should the example start - on the­ pitch or on the terraces?

Look at all these hideous chelski muppets calling for­ the Burnley fan to be hung drawn and quartered.­ You're acting all high and mighty now..... but it­ was all OK when your classless chav supporters were­ pelting Cesc Fabregas with leeks in the carling cup­ final wasn't it??!!
You are a hidoes club and I­ can't wait till Roman wants his 635milion pounds­ back--- liquidation and relegation for chelski!!

Good.. the mindless thug deserves every bit of his­ punishment, in fact he should have got a longer ban,­ you cant go throwing things at the crowd it could have­ sparked a riot.

Drogba is a fool. I don't know if you lot can­ remember this but when Beckham was playing for Man Utd­ he had coins thrown at him and instead of throwing them­ back he put them in his pocket. Surely that shows these­ idiots that throw them that it's not worth it. By­ the way can anyone use the spellcheck because it makes­ most of your arguments look poor when you can't­ spell

drogba fine .hmm so the person that throws the stone­ now goes scot free right?so much for justice.

Why do the F.A continually get away with bias towards­ London clubs??? How can Fergie get a 2 game ban for­ shouting at a ref yet this yeti @#$% Drogba gets one­ game more for throwing a coin into innocent fans!! The­ F.A are double standard arse wipes!! Rio misses a drugs­ test and yet despite offering to take one the next day!­ 8 month ban! Mutu guilty of shovelling coke up his­ nose! 7 month ban!! This really pisses me off and­ it's about time those F.A muppets were sorted out!!­ The Burnley fan that threw the coin should be shot!!!­ for not taking out that greasey haired Ivory Coast rent­ boy!!

how can shouting at someone be worse than throwing a­ coin. you really do live up to your name braindead

Drogba is rubbish he around 30 going on 60 look at him­ hes an old man chelsea wont be able to cope with­ Liverpool this season

Comment 69, It is because what Fergusson did is worse­ than what Drogba did. Simple!

cos fergie is a @#$%

what they have done is designe another way to bring­ down good players and good clubs
they should find the­ idiot that through the coins in the first­ place.!!!!!!!!!

i am not sure why people use this comments page for­ anything but the discussion point.
the opinions of­ bigots and racists should be filtered out and abusers­ subsequently blocked.
Now to the discussion point,i­ think the punishment is justifies the actions,and also­ support most of the commonsense opinions on here that­ the initiator in this matter should also recieve just­ punishments