Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish walk into a bar - The Other Teams Thread

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/984595/sepp-blatter-hits-back-at-rio-ferdinand?cc=5901

Good for Rio, tell that old fart whats up. Can't believe he's still running things, shows how corrupt the system is.

 

You don't use twitter to communicate about such issues. The english football players that did have shown on what level they are as individuals.

You want to do something? Talk with your teammates, do something proper, wear a shirt going into the field with the cooperation of your club (something catchy, like "no handshake to racism" or whatever).

I think the players that reacted have a point, but twitter is the same medium Rooney uses to complain about X Factor votes and collect tips about what to watch on the television. it drags the whole issue down to a level where it's a 15 letter rant and that's it.

 

^ I disagree, twitter/social media >>>>>> t-shirts at this point. Where has t-shirts and anit-racism campaigns gotten FIFA? Public embarassment and call for resignation seem appropriate to me on this one.

twitter and the like have given players a chance to speak their minds. Of course this can be counter productive in some cases, but it also can give them a forum to actually be honest. While that can lead to fines or anger from club management, it also can lead to action. Seems as if no one else in the organization has the nuts to change things up high anyway.

 

Imagine somebody calling him from the other side of the room saying, "Mr. Sexwhale"........ and him saying, "Yes i am".

 

Social media are mostly used by idiots, and yes, i use some of them too.
Sorry, but if you figure that 100 replies of "yah m8, tell dem ol farts wuts gud!" are contributing anything, i'll just simply disagree.

This is a matter of the football community, i don't see why people that don't really have a connection with football, and or attend the games should be involved in this, plus the talk is about what players say to each other.

 

As if they don't have anything better to do than worry about what football players say to each other. WTF.

 

I read about that today, the media in Germany are having a good laugh about it, considering that Van Gaal amused the media quite a bit.

 

I disagree with Blatter about the handshake thing, but it's basically only the English media and players being so mad about this, which is understandable, considering that they started this whole thing by what's going on between them, so i fail to see how this became some sort of "issue of the sport in general".

I prefer the Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Kanoute option. If somebody says something to you, wait till the end of the match, give him a solid knock in the ankle and call him a fanny as he's fake waving from a fake injury.

Obviously, that didn't teach Fabregas much of a lesson, and neither did it do anythign for Busquets, but it is more of a statement than anything else posted on twitter.

Also, as much of a whiny girls blouse Eto'o was, doing something right there is always better than going to the microphone about it.

 

If used to its potential, especially as we've seen this past year, social media can have a huge impact in relation to a myriad of issues. Pretty wierd that you think every one of the Twitter followers are so crude and simple. Kinda short-sighted. I'm not sure how racism anywhere is not a big deal. As for the response of Ramos. Marcelo,etc...I would've probably done the same thing, but a lotta good that's done. Like you said nothing happened to any of these pieces of shit and the incidents are all but forgotten.....and we lost those matches. Mission Accomplished?

 

And I would think the way Ramos, Marcelo, and Kanoute reacted would actually be counter productive considering it achieved the purpose behind these racist remarks, which is to get under the skin of the player and have him sent off and put his team in a disadvantage. Yeah, that feels good for 5 or 10 seconds, but really goes nowhere in solving the root issue.

Well put by Nate on the role of social media. Look no further than to the role it has played in the uprising of the people vs. oppressive states.