The DA Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Yes, It's good to see Clarke speaking up. The facts that he doesn't have Celtic connections, hasn't as far as I'm aware voiced any opinions on the Irish question, and has no reputation as a noisy wind up merchant like Lennon, establishes clearly that the thousands of people calling him a ****** b*****d were doing so, simply because of his perceived Catholic background. It's utterly indefensible, which of course it always has been. The case for strict liability is deafening, unless we have a genuine desire to tolerate this stuff in our game and society. It's absolutely football's problem because it provides a high profile vehicle for it. Of course it's football's problem. The 'acceptance' of 90-Minute Bigotry reinforces that. They can't have it both ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Clarke has been a breath of fresh air for Scottish football. Left when he was young, played and worked in a place that wasn't a religious goldfish bowl where a duopoly is roundly encouraged by the governing bodies and the media and has come in as effectively an 'outsider' due to this, and is calling those 2 clubs out on what everyone who has worked in Scottish football all their days are afraid to say. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I might submit myself to the Heads Gone thread if I see another Rangers fan defend the indefensible with some laughable comment about coverage of Celtic, or the fact Killie lost or something else ludicrous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 54 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I might submit myself to the Heads Gone thread if I see another Rangers fan defend the indefensible with some laughable comment about coverage of Celtic, or the fact Killie lost or something else ludicrous. 'But why didn't he bring it up on Sunday?' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: I might submit myself to the Heads Gone thread if I see another Rangers fan defend the indefensible with some laughable comment about coverage of Celtic, or the fact Killie lost or something else ludicrous. Gerrard has got his game in place too There honestly must be some sort of whataboutery skills test for every potential employee being considered by the OF. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Gerrard has got his game in place too There honestly must be some sort of whataboutery skills test for every potential employee being considered by the OF. Dios mio 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Gerrard is a standard *** tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Yes, It's good to see Clarke speaking up. The facts that he doesn't have Celtic connections, hasn't as far as I'm aware voiced any opinions on the Irish question, and has no reputation as a noisy wind up merchant like Lennon, establishes clearly that the thousands of people calling him a ****** b*****d were doing so, simply because of his perceived Catholic background. It's utterly indefensible, which of course it always has been. The case for strict liability is deafening, unless we have a genuine desire to tolerate this stuff in our game and society. It's absolutely football's problem because it provides a high profile vehicle for it.Problem is that too much of the media up here make money from the old firm.They even stir it up to sell papers. Every game has thousands shouting it. If it happened in England it would be on the news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 That old Scotch and Rye skit with Gerard Kelly signing for Rangers popped up on my facebook feed yesterday. It got me wondering if the beeb still did this cuddly version of sectarianism! I haven't watched OAE in years, does it still have similar 'comedy'? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mylothedog Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It's shocking that it takes Steve Clarke to bring it up when the media could and should be highlighting it every week. They are all agreeing with him so why not mention it before? They are just as compliant! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Gerrard has got his game in place too There honestly must be some sort of whataboutery skills test for every potential employee being considered by the OF. It's really pretty sickening that so many figures cannot possibly address this matter without immediate recourse to whataboutery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 The point is made on another thread, that there's a contradiction in saying the club abhors sectarianism and will do everything possible to combat it; while at the same time maintaining a ban on a journalist for reporting accurately on a handful of arrests for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Kris Boyd loves being called a fat *********** according to Andy Walker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 47 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Magee has just been outmageed.... -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Magee has just been outmageed.... Not my finest post but always worth highlighting how cretinous wee Barry is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Not my finest post but always worth highlighting how cretinous wee Barry is. Does the scarf actually say that tho? I can't make out what it says, anyway I've a feeling that Bazza just picked up some scarves and put them on the Sean's. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Interesting article in The National today. BTW does Mike Small live in Glasgow? Think I'll invest in CR Smith shares. Quote We have clubs that are more powerful than our governing institutions and a media reliant on them for paper sales, and a government unable to act with any authority or strategy. That is a structural deficit. Despite the death of the Old Firm we are required to maintain a fantasy that it still exists, and maintaining fantasies is something us Scots are experts in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 3 hours ago, The DA said: Interesting article in The National today. BTW does Mike Small live in Glasgow? Think I'll invest in CR Smith shares. I just had a read at that. It is the typical onanistic fuckwitery we'd expect from bitter, Celtic-minded, empty-headed Yessers. An absolute abortion of an article. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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