colinstein 294 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) "As celtc fans as apt to comment, should one replace 'English' footballer with 'Jewish' or 'black' footballer, charges would certainly follow." Away yi go ya rocket ! ( sometimes I can't help myself) Apologies in advance Edited October 21, 2015 by colinstein 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germinal 27 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 'are' two players involved in this. Grammatically incorrect as well as morally repulsive. Quite frankly I think LIvingston should sack Burchill. That's outrageous. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 ah...hadn't read that... .I was wrong I'm the rocket 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little General 80 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) http://www.therst.co.uk/news/rst-statement-on-mark-burchill/ We call on the SFA to take the strongest possible action against Livingston manager, Mark Burchill after comments made by him on Radio Clyde tonight. Burchill, in trying to justify the thuggish actions of his players in the Petrofac Cup tie against Rangers last night and Kieron Gibbons in particular, stated that: "Kieron Gibbons is a young, talented Scottish footballer who has signed for a Scottish club. Nathan Oduwa is an English footballer who has not signed for a Scottish club. So we are dragging someone over the coals who is one of our own - who is a player who could possibly play for Scotland in the future." His comments are at best xenophobic and at worst casual racism. The idea that Scottish players should be able to get away with serious foul play if their target is of another nationality is quite incredible. Burchill is condoning his player's attempt to seriously injure an opposition player. That he's doing it based on a blinkered, backward and insular assessment of a player's worth to the Scottish game makes his comments even worse. Nathan Oduwa is a highly talented young player. He is the type of fast, exciting, skilful player that fans pay to see, regardless of his team or nationality. For a Scottish manager to suggest this type of player may not make a worthwhile contribution to our game is deeply concerning. If this attitude is prevalent it may go some way to explaining our national side's relative lack of success in recent years. If Nathan Oduwa only spends a year in Scotland he'll contribute more to the Scottish game than players like Kieron Gibbons will in a lifetime. In the middle of a fortnight of action from Show Racism the Red Card, Burchill's comments are unwelcome and worthy of attention from the SFA if they are serious about tackling such issues in football. Edited October 21, 2015 by Little General 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,775 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) I'm stunned that anyone, even someone faced with the entertainment wilderness that is the East of Scotland, would listen to Radio Clyde Never been sure why anybody in the West of Scotland listens to it Leaving Ibrox last evening, I listened to BBC Radio Scotland and both Chick Young and Derek Ferguson were of the opinion that the Gibbons tackle was nothing to write home about. He was up here to toughen up and by half time, he had been found wanting. The available TV evidence has left a few of the usual suspects with egg on their collective face. Neither can string a sentence together yet the BBC pays them to do just that. Glad I don't pay a penny towards them. As others have mentioned these people should look no further than themselves when wondering why Scottish football is not great. Edited October 22, 2015 by ranger_syntax 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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