One Mailboxer urges football to get to grips with fans behaving like pr*cks. Also: Plenty on VAR; how to incentivise refs; City’s banners and boards; and Arsenal.
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Through gritted teeth
Gutted as a Leeds fan but for any doubters, man utd are back:
1. Outplayed for the bulk of the game but somehow stick in and take their chances.
2. Somehow get less cards than their opponents despite committing the same, if not more, number of fouls.
3. An exciting young and stable squad.
4. The right manager for the right time (he seems a decent bloke as well).
I want to hate them but I would love leeds to be that good/lucky.
Tom
Time to clamp down on fans
I was expecting to feel some elation at the hard won “War of the Roses” derby today, but instead I feel thoroughly disgusted with Football fans and Football in general. Over THIRTY THREE THOUSAND people have recently lost their lives in a series of devastating earthquakes and today we all heard the disgusting chants relating to loss of life. What is wrong with these people?
When is Football going to take it’s head out of the sand and deal with the serious issues instead of fixating on whether someone’s foot or arm was in front of someone elses? Racism, Bigotry, Misogyny, Homophobia are all actively discouraged and legislated against in society, yet at a football ground, not only do people turn a blind eye/ear to it, I even wonder if it is implicitly encouraged, as it leads to more revenue based on fan attendence. I’ll wager the attendence at the Leeds/MUFC game was Leeds largest this season.
What is Football’s response? Taking a knee, wearing multi-colored laces or, wait for it… a press release! Ask Sol Campbell how effective this has been. Apparently he is STILL being abused, and he retired decades ago. I’m not expecting everyone to make the same effort as Marcus Rashford but please show something a little more substantial than the “our thoughts and prayers…” approach that seems to be working so well in America when addressing the issue of gun violence.
Perhaps this esteemed site could take a lead and once in awhile, suspend the usual click bait about VAR or the pointless hand wringing about the latest Corporation trying to bend the rules (like this has never happened before!) and start a dialogue about how this issue could be fixed. The claim that “it’s society’s problem” or “it’s just banter” does not hold water as no other sport I…
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