urban.spaceman Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Sawadee! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 6 minutes ago, foxile5 said: This ****ing about with the 'taking a knee' - meaningless gesture politics for the most of them - is already becoming a farce. It should have ended after the first week of games after lockdown, I don't get why are they carrying it on? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacedX Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just now, FLAN said: Don’t mention him. Can’t get over allowing him to score last season And in the Community Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Davidson Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Diabate with a hat trick for me. Love the look of Praet on left wing too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 2 minutes ago, foxile5 said: They shouldn't be. Sports should be free of political discourse, really. Especially they shouldn't be promoting a group whom, in the UK, are borderline fringe activists. Sky are aligning themselves with a group whose UK chapter have been publicly supportive of an anti semitic regime. This ****ing about with the 'taking a knee' - meaningless gesture politics for the most of them - is already becoming a farce. Do you remember when sport assisted in ending apartheid? Sport is politics 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just now, RumbleFox said: Mate calm down. “Black Lives Matter” is a statement which is important and timely. It has nothing to do with the fringe people you mention. Anyone who thinks the sentence “Black people’s lives matter” is offensive or “political correctness” must have a very weird outlook on life. I’m pleased to see it being discussed and honestly I can’t imagine a world where it ruins my enjoyment of the game? Oh I ENTIRELY agree that black lives matter. But this isn't just about parity between races. It's snowballed into a political movement and the entire tenet of sports, locally and internationally, should be apolitical. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Mendy, Ndidi and Praet in the same starting 11 😢.. No more to be said. .. .. Except.. Rodgers out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just now, ozleicester said: Do you remember when sport assisted in ending apartheid? Sport is politics It really really really shouldn't be. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfox Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 2 minutes ago, ozleicester said: Has BR had his teeth done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cujek Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 8 minutes ago, RumbleFox said: What’s political about BLM? Ya kidding bruh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just now, foxile5 said: It really really really shouldn't be. do you agree with the sporting efforts that helped end apartheid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryfox Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 New season new start ... let’s hope that garbage from the end of last season is well behind them ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 1 minute ago, Blue and white said: It should have ended after the first week of games after lockdown, I don't get why are they carrying it on? To keep hammering home the point. They could have just stopped and you could just forget all about it, or they carry on and the thing you love make you either think again about your stance or walk away to avoid having to face up to it. *when I say you, I don't mean you, I mean people with racist beliefs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 We could moan about the entire team rather than the racism that affects only some of our players? Just a thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinterdream Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 3 minutes ago, RumbleFox said: Mate calm down. “Black Lives Matter” is a statement which is important and timely. It has nothing to do with the fringe people you mention. Anyone who thinks the sentence “Black people’s lives matter” is offensive or “political correctness” must have a very weird outlook on life. I’m pleased to see it being discussed and honestly I can’t imagine a world where it ruins my enjoyment of the game? Not to take away from the match but of course black lives matter as do all lives, for football it would have been better kick racism out campaign. Britain has come along way in terms of equality and black lives matter protests has dome more to divide us than unite us, this is why people here find it slightly offensive. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just got to try and get through this game with at least a point, hopefully we can grab 3. Our team will hopefully look a lot better come next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 2 minutes ago, ozleicester said: do you agree with the sporting efforts that helped end apartheid? What particular point are you driving at? The South African cricket team selection process? No. I don't agree with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RumbleFox Posted 13 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 13 September 2020 1 minute ago, foxile5 said: Oh I ENTIRELY agree that black lives matter. But this isn't just about parity between races. It's snowballed into a political movement and the entire tenet of sports, locally and internationally, should be apolitical. Then why are you bothering to have a dig? It’s a wholly positive message. Just because maybe 0.001% of people hide their anti Semitic behind it doesn’t derail the whole thing. Mate I believe black people’s lives matter, I support the movement and I do not support any anti Jewish sentiment or want us to suddenly live in a totalitarian “leftest” state. That alone proves the two things are mutually exclusive. Is a minutes silence on rememberence day “political”? Of course not. I just can’t see the fuss about it all, with all the ills in the world to get offended by a lot of young sportsmen (many of whom are black) getting behind a message of positivity seems weird to me. X 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Cujek said: Ya kidding bruh? “Black lives matter”. What is political about that statement? X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom27111 Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 1 minute ago, ozleicester said: do you agree with the sporting efforts that helped end apartheid? Sport has influenced the world in many ways, good and bad. The 1936 Olmpics, the Hungarian Revolution, the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the Windies 'blackwash' team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuneatonfox in Manchester Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 13 minutes ago, Vacamion said: Yes BLM’s message is important, but Cahill philosophising about it reminded me of Derek Zoolander. I didn’t have a clue what he was banging on about and neither did Darren Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rorab Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 1 minute ago, foxile5 said: It really really really shouldn't be. Hard disagree. Sportspeople have an elevated platform they can use to try to change things - and as was pointed out that has already in the past been used to make positive change - there's absolutely nothing wrong with that - and it's a relatively minor part of the matchday experience so even if somehow the idea that footballers would like to support the message of black lives mattering is weird to you, it's literally just a short, small thing at the beginning of games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Just now, foxile5 said: What particular point are you driving at? The South African cricket team selection process? No. I don't agree with it. have you heard of apartheid?... im not being smart, a serious question, because if not you need to look at what sport did for equality in South Africa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 2 minutes ago, splinterdream said: Not to take away from the match but of course black lives matter as do all lives, for football it would have been better kick racism out campaign. Britain has come along way in terms of equality and black lives matter protests has dome more to divide us than unite us, this is why people here find it slightly offensive. Mate the reason “Britain has come a long way” is entirely BECAUSE of movements like this, not despite them. X 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacedX Posted 13 September 2020 Share Posted 13 September 2020 Well so far, the pre-match thread alone has managed to invite politics, Demarai Gray is shit, unsubstantiated conspiratorial bollocks, the usual armchair management and dire predictions but as yet no hatred of Ben Chilwell. Nonetheless, I have high hopes for the imminent match thread - particularly when we are two nil down in the first ten minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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