Racism in Football - Page 59

dom9 · 04-11-19, 12:23 AM

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Buzzo · 22-11-19, 03:27 PM

dom9 · 22-11-19, 03:47 PM

FFS

How is this still a thing?

Red_Polo · 22-11-19, 04:37 PM

Bernardo Silva: Pep Guardiola defends Man City forward after FA charge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50521712

"He has been accused of something he is not"

He wasn't accused of being anything. He was accused of doing something. You daft twat.

rodo · 05-12-19, 07:15 AM

Norbs · 05-12-19, 08:00 AM

No hope is there with headlines like that. Assuming the headline fits the article of course

Buzzo · 05-12-19, 03:45 PM

Fucking hell.

They’ve got a long way to go. That’s unbelievable.

labourRed · 05-12-19, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Norbs

No hope is there with headlines like that. Assuming the headline fits the article of course

It wasn't. It was apparently an article against racism but the headline was a misstep.

RichC · 05-12-19, 05:19 PM

Im sorry but that’s quite a convenient misstep!

Fivex · 05-12-19, 05:34 PM

...that might be a Boris reference?

dom9 · 05-12-19, 07:26 PM

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spud_gun · 05-12-19, 09:12 PM

Kevin Campbell apparently not aware of 'Black Friday'

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dom9 · 05-12-19, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by spud_gun

https://twitter.com/1kevincampbell/s...14290420817925

Kevin Campbell apparently not aware of 'Black Friday'

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Buzzo · 06-12-19, 12:52 AM

Fucking hell.

Liverpool · 06-12-19, 12:57 AM

I think the Italians just need fucking off from European football until they get their shit together.

Their away support is a vast majority of hooligans rather than a few dickheads, going to Italy for a game isn't safe. Add in all this racist stuff happening all the time.

They deserve no place in the game.

dom9 · 09-12-19, 12:31 PM

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Irishnev · 16-12-19, 06:14 PM

Wow

Is it just me or has the world dropped into some parallel universe where Trump, Johnson and stuff like this seems normal

Norbs · 16-12-19, 08:53 PM

How fucking detached are the Italian FA from what is and what's not appropriate

labourRed · 16-12-19, 10:55 PM

Actually just came to post that very thing. If it wasn't the BBC I'd have thought the headline was straight from the onion.

Staggering.

Exiled_red · 17-12-19, 08:45 AM

Wow.

If this is how the people in power deal with these issues is it any surprise that they have a problem

badpiggy · 18-12-19, 12:36 PM

I know it's only peripherally related, but I often wonder what footballers really say about fans behind closed doors. I know the whole "doing it for the fans" in front of the camera carry on and they're brilliant at ignoring the fat red-faced wankers at every corner flag and pass it off as "banter" but seriously - this repulsive racism isn't the only horrible shit that happens in football grounds. I often thought fair play to Cantona for pole axing that twat years ago - like, it was totally wrong but also fuckin excellent - and it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if some POC player walloped some racist goon some day, aside from it being totally wrong etc.

Yozza · 18-12-19, 02:48 PM

Serie A anti-racism campaign: League apologises for monkey artwork

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50831337

"I realised it was inappropriate," said the league's chief executive Luigi De Siervo in a statement.

No shit you idiot

Phoenix07 · 22-12-19, 08:22 PM

Not sure why Dave Jones had to make that statement at the end there.

ChesterDave · 22-12-19, 08:33 PM

Poor fucker probably has some shit scared lawyer yapping in his ear and has to make himself look a nob.

Buzzo · 22-12-19, 10:24 PM

The caveat added by SKY at the end is ironically the problem.

Shaggy · 22-12-19, 10:30 PM

Definitely not Dave Jones' fault....or rather he was clearly told to say that. Maybe someone else would've - and probably should've - ignored that and held the line. But he'd probably have lost his job. But Murdoch's Sky are obviously a part of the problem.

spud_gun · 23-12-19, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Shaggy

Definitely not Dave Jones' fault....or rather he was clearly told to say that. Maybe someone else would've - and probably should've - ignored that and held the line. But he'd probably have lost his job. But Murdoch's Sky are obviously a part of the problem.

Murdoch doesn't own Sky or any part of it.

Sold his stake a few years back to Comcast

Shaggy · 23-12-19, 12:37 AM

I had no idea

Still, their news coverage panders to a lot of this shit. Feel a bit sorry for Jones.

spud_gun · 23-12-19, 12:41 AM

On the subject of racism we get this gem from Danny Murphy on MOTD2

'Something needs to happen'

errrr.....Thanks Danny.

Buzzo · 23-12-19, 12:57 AM

I have a lot of respect for Gary Neville for actually attempting to tackle the issue head on, pointing out how sanctimonious the FA have become, as opposed to sidestepping it and hoping the issue sorts itself out with a banal statement like The one Murphy gave. It’s rare in football that a white person expresses a point of view or any genuine outrage about racism and it needs to happen more.

I understand that Dave Jones has a job to do and undoubtedly had someone shouting in his ear, but the words must have stuck in the craw a bit.

It’s a bit like when Trump said people ‘were out of order on both sides’ when those race riots happened with the folk carrying burning torches in the US. One side doesn’t really need it’s POV defended or a neutral position offered.

foresterbloke · 23-12-19, 04:16 AM

Neville was a cunt whilst a Utd player but he's garnered a lot of respect as a pundit on football and political matters.

Exiled_red · 23-12-19, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by foresterbloke

Neville was a cunt whilst a Utd player but he's garnered a lot of respect as a pundit on football and political matters.

Buzzo · 23-12-19, 09:52 AM

Norbs · 23-12-19, 10:01 AM

I thought it was the old Southampton boss that had said something and wondered what he was doing on the show

spud_gun · 23-12-19, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzzo

https://twitter.com/davidjonessky/st...85861498150914

So he wasn't made to intervene by his employers yesterday?

If so his comments are indefensible.

Buzzo · 23-12-19, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by spud_gun

So he wasn't made to intervene by his employers yesterday?

If so his comments are indefensible.

Seems like it.

The more people seek a ‘balanced’ debate, the more the racists are entitled.

Roboklopp · 23-12-19, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzzo

Seems like it.

The more people seek a ‘balanced’ debate, the more the racists are entitled.

The ubiquitous Farage on QT syndrome.

Roboklopp · 23-12-19, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by foresterbloke

Neville was a cunt whilst a Utd player but he's garnered a lot of respect as a pundit on football and political matters.

All football’s fault says Downing St:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

Kenneth · 23-12-19, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzzo

Seems like it.

The more people seek a ‘balanced’ debate, the more the racists are entitled.

I don't think there's much wrong with disassociating Sky from specific statements that are potentially political in nature. The presenter's choice of the words 'balanced debate' was a mistake as it wasn't about balance, or a debate. But that's probably why he's presenting a football show, it isn't anticipated that it will require actual journalistic acumen.

Buzzo · 23-12-19, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth

I don't think there's much wrong with disassociating Sky from specific statements that are potentially political in nature. The presenter's choice of the words 'balanced debate' was a mistake as it wasn't about balance, or a debate. But that's probably why he's presenting a football show, it isn't anticipated that it will require actual journalistic acumen.

I just don’t think it’s relevant.

Would it be the worst thing in the world if SKY just left Neville’s statement to take root. They could have waited until the end. But to say that just as he finished torpedoed his point.

And given the route football is heading down perhaps they need presenters with an awareness of how to navigate such a discussion.