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Post by Lobster on Aug 6, 2023 8:22:21 GMT
Spending six-figure fees on players in the fourth tier, and they still can't work out how to stop conceding five goals at home.
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Post by devamug72 on Aug 8, 2023 20:04:35 GMT
What’s wrong with McLean? Apart from the fact he’s gone there for the cash. You’re a poppy Nazi aren’t you? I always supported his stance on all that - freedom of choice that was fought for, and what the symbolism of the British Empire means to those in the Irish Republic (14 innocent civilians murdered by the British army in Derry). However, he’s one of them Goat bastards for me now. Fuck me, you really are an odious little prick aren't you?
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Aug 8, 2023 20:29:17 GMT
Excuse me? We not allowed to call them Goat bastards?
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Post by devamug72 on Aug 9, 2023 9:09:32 GMT
Excuse me? We not allowed to call them Goat bastards? I was referring to the "poppy nazi" jibe as you well know? It shouldn't surprise me that a nauseating, self-loathing inadequate like you would put those two words together. Many of the people who died for that symbol, gave you the right to spout your moaning, bleating bullshit but I imagine they'd be wondering why they bothered in your case being as you are, the sort of weasel who would have grassed up Anne Frank. Everything that comes out of your malignant trap is negative: if it's not about the club, it's the country, the government, the opposition, the royal family....if you hate the place so much fuck off to North Korea.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Aug 9, 2023 9:18:24 GMT
Bit of an overreaction, don’t you think? You’re sounding like Lee Anderson there mate.
I’m plenty positive about the football club actually, but of course there’s nothing to be positive about with this government is there? I love Britain so much that I want its citizens to live a better standard of living which is why I’m against the government of the day, nothing wrong with that.
If you’re so pro-Tory then maybe you are indeed a Deva “mug”.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Aug 9, 2023 9:21:46 GMT
“Poppy Nazi” is a legitimate and widely-used description to refer to those who kick off about the perceived lack of respect for the emblem. The very fact that our forefathers fought for freedom of expression and choice means they fought for someone’s choice not to support the poppy, surely?
And in the case of McLean, the British Army symbolises to him the indiscriminate murder of his civilian countrymen so I can completely understand his stance.
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Post by apburke on Aug 9, 2023 12:25:52 GMT
I think the objections to James McLean go deeper than his refusal to wear a poppy. Over the years he has gone on to social media with statements implying support for the IRA and seems to have gone out of his way to express contempt for a country in which he still finds it appropriate to reside and make a very good living.
This leads to accusations of hypocrisy and he is also widely perceived as an actor in bad faith. He was born, raised and educated in Northern Ireland and took advantage of development in their football coaching system to under-21 level before opting to join the RoI senior set-up.
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Post by Lobster on Aug 9, 2023 13:08:36 GMT
I think the objections to James McLean go deeper than his refusal to wear a poppy. Over the years he has gone on to social media with statements implying support for the IRA and seems to have gone out of his way to express contempt for a country in which he still finds it appropriate to reside and make a very good living. This leads to accusations of hypocrisy and he is also widely perceived as an actor in bad faith. He was born, raised and educated in Northern Ireland and took advantage of development in their football coaching system to under-21 level before opting to join the RoI senior set-up.So he did as he was told as a child then made his own decision as an adult? Same as most of us, really. Can't condone him supporting the IRA though, if that's true. Nor him dropping down several leagues to join that lot for money.
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Post by Moltisanti on Aug 9, 2023 15:39:39 GMT
I think the objections to James McLean go deeper than his refusal to wear a poppy. Over the years he has gone on to social media with statements implying support for the IRA and seems to have gone out of his way to express contempt for a country in which he still finds it appropriate to reside and make a very good living. This leads to accusations of hypocrisy and he is also widely perceived as an actor in bad faith. He was born, raised and educated in Northern Ireland and took advantage of development in their football coaching system to under-21 level before opting to join the RoI senior set-up.So he did as he was told as a child then made his own decision as an adult? Same as most of us, really. Can't condone him supporting the IRA though, if that's true. Nor him dropping down several leagues to join that lot for money. Only 1 league to be fair.
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Post by combover on Aug 9, 2023 22:00:31 GMT
So he did as he was told as a child then made his own decision as an adult? Same as most of us, really. Can't condone him supporting the IRA though, if that's true. Nor him dropping down several leagues to join that lot for money. Only 1 league to be fair. If James McLean is a hypocrite,as he surely is, he's joined the only club that matches his level of hypocrisy .
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Post by wxmred on Aug 9, 2023 22:09:27 GMT
Only 1 league to be fair. If James McLean is a hypocrite,as he surely is, he's joined the only club that matches his level of hypocrisy .
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Post by proudblue on Sept 2, 2023 12:01:14 GMT
Don’t doubt that there’s two sides to the story, but failing to get a transfer deal completed by the time the window shut seems to be reminiscent of the type of thing that used to happen in the Vaughan years here. www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2023/september/statement--luke-armstrong/For all the publicity they now get, they do seem to commit quite a few PR gaffes.
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Post by wil on Sept 3, 2023 15:57:40 GMT
“Poppy Nazi” is a legitimate and widely-used description to refer to those who kick off about the perceived lack of respect for the emblem. The very fact that our forefathers fought for freedom of expression and choice means they fought for someone’s choice not to support the poppy, surely? And in the case of McLean, the British Army symbolises to him the indiscriminate murder of his civilian countrymen so I can completely understand his stance. Totally Agree.
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Post by wxmred on Nov 3, 2023 17:39:20 GMT
Nearly Christmas
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Post by lincolnexile on Jan 29, 2024 22:03:26 GMT
I know that some people are going to have a go about being obsessed and all that shit, but I don't care. Fucking brilliant well done Blackburn 😁.
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Post by welshrover on Jan 29, 2024 22:32:12 GMT
I know that some people are going to have a go about being obsessed and all that shit, but I don't care. Fucking brilliant well done Blackburn 😁. The game was on in The Leopard (some strange people in that pub) so I sort of half watched it, and the one thing it said to me was you can't fill your team with ageing journeymen and expect to progress. All clubs need a youth policy, but unfortunately the lower clubs lose their best talent to the "money clubs" I daresay we will never see another Rush or Futcher twins moment as the "big club" academies can nowadays just pinch the young talent.
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