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Well someone should have told those two daft looking idiots dressed up as creepy Chinese cartoon characters, because they had the logo clearly showing on the back of their shirts!
Yep – well said Griff
Yep, puzzled me, too[/quote]
Are you two all loved up now? :pinch:[/quote]
Yeah, he’s alright now he’s stopped acting the prick ;)[/quote]
Too painful for you was it! ;)
I am going to discriminate against the content of this thread and say that it doesn’t belong here! This is the football section!
And you have ? Give me strength… your like humpty dumpty but you don’t fall…just wobble and waffle on your wall with no opinion. I have an opinion and I dont give a flyer what you personally think, “thought provoking ?” No, just an opinion….try it humpty.You cant call an egg head Humpty in this day and age, it’s eggist! :cheer:
I did Jonny and I didn’t rate him, neither did anyone else sat around me ! His passing was dire but not as dire as Roger’s! To be fair, he wouldn’t have had to up the ante too much to have his best game so far would he!
BBC eh! Well we all know what goes on behind closed doors there don’t we! Might get shot in the back of the head on my doorstep for that one!
Leaving aside my bias for a club I’ve supported for 50 years it pains me to say that the appointment of Mackay, with the investigation still hanging over him, and more importantly the subsequent PR disaster that was Whelan has irreparably damaged the club.This ain’t going away anytime soon.
I take it that is a no then! ;)
My political views are far left. Like it or lump it they are.I loathe racism, discrimination, anything that deems anyone else inferior or shouldn’t be given a chance.
But – I do not think Whelan is a racist. I do not see anything in his comments other than being naive in the current climate.
Yes – he should have at worst consulted Latics PR people, at best kept quiet.
What he said may be deemed by some to be offensive, but I really fail to see a huge issue.
He has not called people “chinks”, but said that many people (and I know he said all, but cut him some slack) have used the expression. And that is true. “Fancy a chinky for tea?” is well known. Acceptable? I don’t know. I haven’t asked anyone Chinese, but I suspect there are bigger insults.
“Jews like money” he said, but then added which is pushed to one side “as do we all”. Has he portrayed them all as Shylock, and suggested they should be deported to camps? No. He has (probably unwisely) said they like money – like the rest of us – not least Dave Whelan.
Yes – he should have stayed schtum (am I allowed to say that?). He’s not done us any favours. But it’s a storm in a teacup by the perennially offended.
I am hugely offended by chairmen never appointing minority group chief executives, minority group managers and minority group directors of football. I am offended by FA committees being full of white, men in suits – no place for ordinary football fans of whatever background, race, creed or such. Even white man-in-the street fans get no look in. That surely is discriminatory.
I am offended that David Gold can pontificate when he made his fortune in porn (no problem with that per se, but now to come across as holier than thou is laughable).
I am offended that an MP who has a history of creepy texting to a junior member of staff now is demanding that the FA take action.
I am offended that people who espouse loudly the freedom of speech, and condemn journalists hacking private messages, are now on a witchhunt over people saying what they think, gleaned from private messages between friends.
I do not condone Dave Whelan’s comments. He would have been better off keeping quiet. But it is not a hanging offence.
Today’s news is tomorrows chip wrappers, as my Granny used to say.
Mind you – I wouldn’t like to tell you what else she used to say. :ohmy:
That might be all said and done but you aint allowed to use newspapers anymore to wrap chips up in! The World has gone mad I tell ya! :silly:
Whelan is old school and set in his ways which isn’t a crime in my view! Loads of people of that ilk still say ‘Chinky’ instead of Chinese when talking about Chinese takeaways, I know I do! Loads of folk still refer to Jewish people being careful with money, why is that offensive? I have told a few ‘Jewish’ jokes over the years! There is an issue with the homophobic and racist remarks though that cannot simply be brushed under the carpet. The FA should make a decision on what they are going to do and quickly, then we can get on with the game of football!
Because the “Jews” and the “Chinks” find it offensive, that’s why!!!
Listen, I’m no PC prude and I use that kind of language all the time. But I am not the public face of a major public institution whose every word is analysed and pulled to pieces.
I really have no issue with me, you or him saying these things in the privacy of his own home but he surely needs to realise that – whether we like it or not – society no longer deems that kind of language/attitude to be acceptable.[/quote]
Can we not call the Scots tight gets anymore either? I have never come across a Jew who is offended by someone implying that they are careful with their money and I have mentioned it to a few trust me! What a load of bollocks! Now the hissing coming from ES2 against Spurs, now that is a different matter! ;)
Knows his stuff FilmossMathew Riley non runner -trainer say ground too soft will stay less than Malcy McKay at Wigan
All it’s wins and places have come when there has been cut in the ground!
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/profiles/horse/561508/matthew-riley
Old habits die hard for some these ” I died in two World wars ” types! I think it is more naivety than ignorance!
