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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Aug 28, 2021 20:19:44 GMT
Here's to you, Olly Robinson
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Post by flatandy on Aug 28, 2021 21:48:52 GMT
I have to say that my confidence was a little off after India were only two down yesterday. Had to remind myself that their middle order has been pretty crap and they're playing 3 number 11s. Today showed that to be the case.
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Post by flatandy on Sept 3, 2021 13:31:14 GMT
When they make me chairman of selectors, I am going to ban the use of nightwatchmen. The concept makes me so angry.
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Post by flatandy on Nov 17, 2021 20:55:20 GMT
So, cricket as a whole doesn't seem to be coming out too well after yesterday's hearing at the DCMS. Yorkshire CCC seems to have just let racism run wild and nobody cared to the extent that it appears that nobody even really noticed except for the non-white people. It's not clear how the county gets past this - they need to basically sack the entire board, the entire coaching staff, and half the team. Apart from Rafiq, the person I feel most sorry for at Yorkshire is Joe Root who seems to have been a kid when this happened and therefore in no position to really say anything, yet people are now asking why he didn't say anything. He seems to be a decent bloke though, actively calling out homophobia on the pitch.
But it's not just Yorkshire. The ECB seem complicit in this - their responses yesterday were rubbish, and the question remains why you'd let a county that's accused of racism conduct their own inquiry into racism that says "Yeah, it wasn't really a thing, just dressing room banter, here's Gary Ballance to throw under the bus, let us get on with it." Michael Vaughan seems thoroughly rotten. Unsurprisingly so is David Lloyd. And now it looks like there's some very similar stuff going on in Essex.
When 40% of junior cricketers in the country are of Asian descent you have to wonder why so few ever made it through to the first class game. Even knowing the chummy old boys nature of getting the kids from posh schools into the counties, the numbers wouldn't be so low unless there were some other barriers...
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Post by voice on Nov 17, 2021 21:00:12 GMT
Anyone who knows anything about yorkshire cricket wasn't the least little surprised by yesterday's 'revelation'
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 17, 2021 23:16:30 GMT
Now let me see a cricket player from Pakistan is called r a c I s t names in Yorkshire and its wall to wall media coverage, including running a televised parliamentary Committee. Fine , but hundreds of vulnerable kids are openly groomed by men from Pakistan in Yorkshire over many years and there is a media blackout, nobody is fired amongst police social workers or politicians who all knew about it & a home office report is shelved while any mention or action is tagged as racist.No contradictions there then …?
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Post by flatandy on Nov 18, 2021 2:38:59 GMT
Hooo! Boy. "Media blackout" means something different to me than it does to you. But also, look at that squirrel!
Diane Abbott might sound stupid, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST? HUH? HUH?
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Post by voice on Nov 18, 2021 2:48:11 GMT
Wow gold plated whataboutery.
Still top marks for shoehorning your obsession into yet another totally unrelated subject.
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 18, 2021 9:20:26 GMT
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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Nov 18, 2021 9:26:26 GMT
To be fair those yorkshire folk are pretty f*cking rude about everyone.
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 18, 2021 10:15:43 GMT
Just cancel Yorkshire…?
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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Nov 18, 2021 10:48:01 GMT
I think Surrey should annex it and call it lesser surrey.
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Post by ootlg on Nov 18, 2021 13:01:09 GMT
Now let me see a cricket player from Pakistan is called r a c I s t names in Yorkshire and its wall to wall media coverage, including running a televised parliamentary Committee. Fine , but hundreds of vulnerable kids are openly groomed by men from Pakistan in Yorkshire over many years and there is a media blackout, nobody is fired amongst police social workers or politicians who all knew about it & a home office report is shelved while any mention or action is tagged as racist.No contradictions there then …? Quite a few white football coaches too. In fact it seems endemic. What do you think of that?
Good smokescreen for Doris though, this Yorkshire stuff.
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Post by flatandy on Nov 18, 2021 13:03:41 GMT
Surrey seem to have a less bad track record with non-white British players than many other counties. They may end up being the only county not named-and-shamed.
The Kevin thing is a bit weird. It's a new bit of racism to me - and a quick google search doesn't seem to help much on its provenance. But if everyone in the changing room knows that it's a racist term then it's still racist.
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 18, 2021 13:07:11 GMT
Now let me see a cricket player from Pakistan is called r a c I s t names in Yorkshire and its wall to wall media coverage, including running a televised parliamentary Committee. Fine , but hundreds of vulnerable kids are openly groomed by men from Pakistan in Yorkshire over many years and there is a media blackout, nobody is fired amongst police social workers or politicians who all knew about it & a home office report is shelved while any mention or action is tagged as racist.No contradictions there then …? Quite a few white football coaches too. In fact it seems endemic. What do you think of that? Good smokescreen for Doris though, this Yorkshire stuff.
Haha … is that why there are so few players of colour or foreigners playing in the football league or international team…🤔 |
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Post by flatandy on Nov 18, 2021 13:14:57 GMT
I think he's referring to the kids being groomed side of it. Although there is racism too, of course, particularly against Asian players (how few British players of Asian origin have played international football for England or are even playing in the First Division right now?).
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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Nov 18, 2021 16:45:24 GMT
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 18, 2021 17:11:52 GMT
obviously just "banter"...... |
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Post by unclejunior on Nov 18, 2021 17:15:02 GMT
I think he's referring to the kids being groomed side of it. Although there is racism too, of course, particularly against Asian players (how few British players of Asian origin have played international football for England or are even playing in the First Division right now?). The great "Son Heung-Min" is playing at Spurs and is loved by the fans.. |
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Post by flatandy on Nov 18, 2021 17:20:06 GMT
And is Son a British Asian?
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