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Previously on "John Terry Not Guilty"

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    Swearing isn't nice, but it happens in highly competitive situations.
    It's one thing to say TULIP when you missed, but totally another to address verbal abuse towards your opponent, that's a no-no and should be dealt with extreme prejudice.

    If they really can't handle it then they should try to do it in some weird foreign language like Chinese or French - at least it would sound nice.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Is it too much to expect from players of both teams not to abuse each other verbally on the field?

    How many high profile sports can you name where such behavior would be acceptable?
    I assume you know very little about sport because you have never played it. Correct?

    Swearing isn't nice, but it happens in highly competitive situations. It is well known in football and cricket, but it would probably surprise you to know that golfers swear, as do polo players, rugger buggers, jockeys, in fact nearly every sport where a participant has the breath or time to to so.

    And it helps. If you don't understand that, then you seriously know nothing about sport.

    Never mind the psychological impact on your opponent (which may or may not work), it helps you perform better, and recently there were experiments to test the effect on physical performance. Two groups were asked to put their hand in a bucket of ice-cold water to see how long they could stand it for. One group were told to remain silent, the other could swear and use profanities. The second group lasted twice as long in the bucket.
    Last edited by Doggy Styles; 15 July 2012, 08:04.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    You're talking drivel.
    Is it too much to expect from players of both teams not to abuse each other verbally on the field?

    How many high profile sports can you name where such behavior would be acceptable?

    Racist or not Terry should have been fired same day - and never get a job again in high profile sports. Same goes for A Ferdinand who appears to have provoked him.

    Maybe the FA will do the right thing and ban both for life...

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    What would have happened to a white golf player if he said on camera on field to Woods that he is a ***** ****?

    The only golf that guy would be playing after this is mini golf at home.
    You're talking drivel.

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  • Doggy Styles
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  • BrilloPad
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    I can’t be a racist because some of my best friends are f***ing black c**ts, Insists John Terry

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    Of course these statistics completely fail to account for the haggis munchers abusing the sassenachs and vice versa, which makes up the bulk of racist abuse in the British isles.
    I disagree. The Scottish abuse the English. The English abuse the French.

    No-one cares what the Welsh say as it winds them up no end.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    based on 2010/11 stats:

    Population of England = 55,240,000
    Number of recorded racist incidents = 48,402 or 9.34% per capita

    Population of Scotland = 5,222,000
    Number of recorded racist incidents = 4907 or 9.40% per capita

    All of which would suggest pretty equal intolerance

    However when you consider the size of ethnic populations in both countries:

    England = 12.5% or 6,476250 which generated 48,402 complaints

    Scotland= 2% or 104,440 which generated 4907 complaints

    Thus in Scotland with a smaller number of non whites, these were subjected to more racist abuse by the indigenous white population

    caveat is that figures recorded relate to racism being directed by white on non white

    HTH
    Of course these statistics completely fail to account for the haggis munchers abusing the sassenachs and vice versa, which makes up the bulk of racist abuse in the British isles.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post


    Where the feck did you get that number from? 2% my arse
    It's a statistical well known god given fact that the Scottish are racist. Everytime England get knocked out of a major football competition you can hear the racist laughter in Penzence!

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
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    However when you consider the size of ethnic populations in both countries:


    Scotland= 2% or 104,440 which generated 4907 complaints


    Where the feck did you get that number from? 2% my arse

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    Rude words happen in all sports Garth, even golf, now feck off.
    What would have happened to a white golf player if he said on camera on field to Woods that he is a ***** ****?

    The only golf that guy would be playing after this is mini golf at home.

    Having said that Ferdinand came out from this badly also.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Garth is none too happy with the verdict, he wanted blood!

    "Terry has not been charged under law but it doesn't mean he will not be charged under FA rules," said Kick it Out ambassador Garth Crooks.

    "So for John Terry I'm afraid that this is only half-time."

    Crooks added: "What we are talking about is the language that was used by a particular player and the question for the FA now is: is that acceptable for a professional footballer?"


    Rude words happen in all sports Garth, even golf, now feck off.

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  • Cliphead
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    Originally posted by Old Hack View Post
    And he started early today too. Well, I guess if I was a jock, I would too...
    Actually I'm not a jock. But you're still a

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  • Old Hack
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Dream on fckwit
    And he started early today too. Well, I guess if I was a jock, I would too...

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  • xoggoth
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    I was going to say that your comment etc but I got confused. Curried haggis sounds fantastic! Where an I get one?

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