Wigan & Dave Whelan (1 Viewer)
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stupot07
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Did you see his comment about Jewish people?
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sw88
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Did you see his comment about Jewish people?
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No. I tried looking on bbc website and could only see Mark Lawrensens opinion on the matter. Were his comments bad then?
stupot07
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They weren't good, and not really acceptable in 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/20/wigan-dave-whelan-accused-antisemitism-jewish-people
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Evo1883
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To be honest .
Wouldnt reffering to somebody as a chink effectively be the same as calling me a brit .
and the jewish money comment , well its hardly adolf hitler is it , its actually a valid observation , they are shrewd with money and in alot of cases have plenty of it .
overreaction as usual by the media ??
Wouldnt reffering to somebody as a chink effectively be the same as calling me a brit .
and the jewish money comment , well its hardly adolf hitler is it , its actually a valid observation , they are shrewd with money and in alot of cases have plenty of it .
overreaction as usual by the media ??
stupot07
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Dunno I have no idea where they word originates from, but Vincent Tan is Malaysian, which they (Mackey and Whelen) would be well aware of. So it hasn't been used in the you're a "brit" context.
And are all Jewish people shrewed with money? Or is that just a lazy stereotype?
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Evo1883
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Come on though , its like the americans saying us british have bad teeth , does it bother you or would it lol .Dunno I have no idea where they word originates from, but Vincent Tan is Malaysian, which they (Mackey and Whelen) would be well aware of. So it hasn't been used in the you're a "brit" context.
And are all Jewish people shrewed with money? Or is that just a lazy stereotype?
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the chink thing i suppose then could be seen as a bit wrong , but its like someone calling me a taff for having the surname evans .
i just think sometimes people look for it thats all .
Grendel
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Whelan is a clown and has form for this kind of UKIP style xenophobia.
Once before when asked about black players suffering racist chanting he said they should just "get on with it" as "white players" have to.
Frankly I am surprised he didn't go for Di Canio as manager.
He isn't racist though is our Dave. Oh no - you see he goes on holiday to Barbados and there are lots of black people there
Only in the mind of Dave Whelan will he not see the absurdity of such a comment .
Once before when asked about black players suffering racist chanting he said they should just "get on with it" as "white players" have to.
Frankly I am surprised he didn't go for Di Canio as manager.
He isn't racist though is our Dave. Oh no - you see he goes on holiday to Barbados and there are lots of black people there
Only in the mind of Dave Whelan will he not see the absurdity of such a comment .
Evo1883
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Well i completely disagree with the comments about the racist chants , thats ludicrous .
just dont really see the huge issue in these comments recently made , it all just seems to be a bit over the top
stupot07
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It's on the back off hiring a manager who's still under investigation for sending sexist and racist texts, and it wholly doesn't fit in with footballs "kick racism out of football".
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Evo1883
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Yes i agree , i suppose looking at it and the current situation what with makay taking the reigns , it would have made sense to stay well clear of such comments in the first place .It's on the back off hiring a manager who's still under investigation for sending sexist and racist texts, and it wholly doesn't fit in with footballs "kick racism out of football".
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that being said im just the type that doesnt get offended by much , maybe others are different and i cant really fully understand how comments of this nature would make them feel , everybody is different i suppose
NorthernWisdom
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Yeah whatever else, the sensible comment would have been to say that Mackay's apologised, he wants to get on with his job, make amends etc.
Not to agree with him!
Not to agree with him!
