Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[PaddockLad 19975]

He’s a silly cunt for regularly using the word Zionist tbh. From where I’m sat it’s a very divisive term to use. Better to criticise the actions and policies of the Israeli government….

[Gemmill 53527]

 

 I'd love to see them get 15 games into next season and have to panic-appoint Dyche to try and keep them up. 

 

The Theatre of Gruel. 

 

[Howmanheyman 38474]

"Bruno! Bruno! Get rid, none of that forrin muck shite, for fuck sake!"

[Dr Gloom 24515]

11 hours ago, Gemmill said:

Looks like Lineker is getting sacked by the BBC. He now won't do the World Cup next year. He accidentally shared a message about Gaza with a rat on it. He deleted it pretty quickly, but I think the BBC has probably been desperate for another slip up so they can do the bidding of the right wing press who fucking hate him. 

 

"Mutual consent" is the patter but if you listen to his podcast he was definitely well up for the world cup. 

 

i mean, the thing he shared was pretty offensive by all accounts, using the rat trope for jews. i like lineker. he's seems like a good boke. he's highly critical of Israel - and that's fine - i also don't think he is an antisemite but you'd expect him to be more conscientious about what he shares after the last social media storm he was involved in. 

[Rayvin 6642]

2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

i mean, the thing he shared was pretty offensive by all accounts, using the rat trope for jews. i like lineker. he's seems like a good boke. he's highly critical of Israel - and that's fine - i also don't think he is an antisemite but you'd expect him to be more conscientious about what he shares after the last social media storm he was involved in. 

 

I went into this situation fully expecting to be opposed to the outcome that has been landed on, but having viewed the video, that rat emoji is really prominent. So there's no way he didn't see it - and while I don't believe for a second that he shared it knowing the implications of it (I didn't know that a rat is symbolically attached to antisemitic tropes either), I do think that the prominence of said emoji would have at least given me pause before I shared it. The counter argument is that he could have looked at it and assumed the rat was aimed at the Israeli government or whatever, and fine, that's a fair argument - but in the end if this was some other far right dog whistle from some other personality, we'd be calling for blood.

 

From the BBC's point of view it makes total sense to take the position they have because the guy is basically out of the door anyway. So for all I should be one of the people wound up about this, I'm not. He should be way more careful in what he's sharing, and additionally, the BBC gains nothing from going to bat for him here.

[ewerk 34727]

I haven’t seen the video but wasn’t it just a small rat logo on the screen? It’s easy to miss but when you’ve got his profile you need to carefully vet everything you share.

Edited 1 hour ago by ewerk