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Post by stokieboothen on Apr 10, 2012 11:23:53 GMT
I didn't realize that he had a history of this sort of thing?
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Post by robboc on Apr 10, 2012 11:25:14 GMT
Its strange that they make a huge fuss about Hillsborough but don't seem to barely give a thought about the 39 people that Liverpool fans caused the death of at Heysel. When you look at the list of people who died and their ages it certainly makes shocking reading, one lad was 11 years old.
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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 10, 2012 11:26:14 GMT
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Post by stokieboothen on Apr 10, 2012 11:26:49 GMT
ahhh, he has form for it then ;D
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Post by kilgore on Apr 10, 2012 11:29:28 GMT
You should listen to the United 8-2 rant its brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2012 12:03:18 GMT
Isnt the forementioned Mr Davies playing the Theatre Royal or wherever later in the year? He is at Victoria Hall at the end of the year i know that...my brother is going
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Apr 10, 2012 12:14:55 GMT
Isnt the forementioned Mr Davies playing the Theatre Royal or wherever later in the year? He is at Victoria Hall at the end of the year i know that...my brother is going Still remember the gutter shite he came out with after the Ramsey incident.
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Apr 10, 2012 12:18:49 GMT
I agree with him.
They are using it for publicity more than anything now - Have the anniversary every 10 years.
They had a minutes silence the other day - because it was the last home game before the anniversary, over the top no?
I understand the disaster and the loss of innocent people, but this is just a bit over the top.
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Post by foxysgloves on Apr 10, 2012 12:20:36 GMT
I would be more inclined to take his advice on hairstyles than listen to any of his football related opinions. Utter knob.
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Post by fortressbritannia on Apr 10, 2012 12:24:31 GMT
If Dalglish was clever he'd use the anniversary to his advantage what more motivation would the players want then on the samw day that the 96 were tragically killed then to win the game and the FA cup in memory of the 96
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Post by manchesterpotter on Apr 10, 2012 12:47:37 GMT
I really don't mind Davies at all.
He could have worded it a bit better and he did chat a load of bollocks about Shawcross, but at least he stands up for what he believes in.
I'd rather listen to him expressing an opinion than airheads that have nothing to say about anything.
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Post by kilgore on Apr 10, 2012 12:54:03 GMT
I really don't mind Davies at all. He could have worded it a bit better and he did chat a load of bollocks about Shawcross, but at least he stands up for what he believes in. I'd rather listen to him expressing an opinion than airheads that have nothing to say about anything. / Couldn't agree more! I've listened to a few of his 'Tuesday club' podcasts before and he's not malicious, and some of his rants on managers teams etc are funny more banter than anything harmful, which is what people are insinuating he's done. Top bloke and a proper Arsenal fan.
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Post by sirpineapple89 on Apr 10, 2012 13:06:41 GMT
I agree with him. This social networking shit is getting on my nerves now, though. Why can't somebody express an opinion without being bullied into apologising and, in Davies' case, donating £1,000 to the charity?
He's bang on IMO. Why not Heysel? Why not Munich? Valley Parade? Burnden Park? How long are they going to drag it out for? Nobody is urging it to be forgotten but they play on it way, way too much.
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Apr 10, 2012 13:16:49 GMT
hes got a point, but whats it got to do with him and what kind of reaction did he expect to get? Alan Davies is the perfect example of the arrogant, gobby Arsenal fan who think they can take the moral highground over everyone else
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Post by kilgore on Apr 10, 2012 13:34:43 GMT
No he's not at all he's just voicing his own opinion which on a whole is correct? Or are we not allowed Freedom of Speech in this country anymore? Nothing to do with being a 'gobby Arse fan who take moral highground' He's just highlighting a stupid decision by Liverpool into which puts the whole case of Hillsborough back in the public domain. I think he's spot on and it frustrates me how it's being taken out of context to bait all the Liverpool trolls, who give death threats over the internet but probably don't even go on to watch a match through out a season.
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Post by oasis on Apr 10, 2012 13:42:43 GMT
The 8-2 Utd rant is a pisser! Although again hypocritical...."you at least want Nani on the floor bleeding" I kind of agree with him on the Hillsborough thing but he worded it poorly, and did he really have to open his beak on the subject?! Just begging publicity again... But I don't agree with the scouse prats on twitter giving death threats. How hypocritical...
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Post by kilgore on Apr 10, 2012 13:46:26 GMT
I personally think the Nani comment was just a personal dig at the amount of times he went down to ground after getting tackled in response to feigning injury '' you at least want nani on the floor bleeding''. The scouse prats on twitter are probably just armchair supporters who give it the large one over the internet, embarrassing really.
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Apr 10, 2012 13:51:28 GMT
they could be armchair supporters with nothing better to do, but then theres a lot of families still wanting answers from that day, it is still a touchy subject and you carnt expect to make public comments about Hillsborough and not get a reaction.
As the the Nani comments - you only have to listen to his rant about Shawcross to know hes a hypocrite of the highest order
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Post by rawli on Apr 10, 2012 13:58:36 GMT
Always the victims eh. Like he says do they have a day of for all the deaths they caused at Heysel? Do they fuck. Time to move on like all other clubs have when they have had tragedies. Didn't you know? That wasn't their fault. It was UEFA's and the FA and the Belgian Police and the Juventus fans for running and the stadium owners. It's never their fault.
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Post by sirpineapple89 on Apr 10, 2012 14:10:58 GMT
they could be armchair supporters with nothing better to do, but then theres a lot of families still wanting answers from that day, it is still a touchy subject and you carnt expect to make public comments about Hillsborough and not get a reaction. As the the Nani comments - you only have to listen to his rant about Shawcross to know hes a hypocrite of the highest order So everybody should just agree on the subject because it's a touchy one? The families may still want answers but what can be learned 20 years down that they didn't know back then? What is going to come out now that's going to be so groundbreaking? It was a massive tragedy but one that now ought to be to allowed to rest. As somebody has said, surely it's more respectful to let them rest in peace now? What could be more respectful to them than the club they loved playing at Wembley against their arch rivals in an FA Cup semi-final on the anniversary?
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Apr 10, 2012 14:18:09 GMT
they could be armchair supporters with nothing better to do, but then theres a lot of families still wanting answers from that day, it is still a touchy subject and you carnt expect to make public comments about Hillsborough and not get a reaction. As the the Nani comments - you only have to listen to his rant about Shawcross to know hes a hypocrite of the highest order So everybody should just agree on the subject because it's a touchy one? The families may still want answers but what can be learned 20 years down that they didn't know back then? What is going to come out now that's going to be so groundbreaking? It was a massive tragedy but one that now ought to be to allowed to rest. As somebody has said, surely it's more respectful to let them rest in peace now? What could be more respectful to them than the club they loved playing at Wembley against their arch rivals in an FA Cup semi-final on the anniversary? not saying everyone should agree, not even saying i disagree with him, but if you are going to make comments about this you have to expect a reaction. Just read some of the tweets hes getting and they are way OTT, but thats how it is on twitter these days. If he didnt expect this reaction then hes a thicker twat than i thought
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Post by sirpineapple89 on Apr 10, 2012 14:23:13 GMT
I don't mind anyone disagreeing with him (infact I think he's an unfunny tossbag) but why is he paying money to the charity? Because some plastic Scouser threatened to kill him?
It's just a load of bollocks.
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Apr 10, 2012 14:29:41 GMT
he should of kept his mouth shut and stuck to biting tramp's ears and stealing a living as Stephen Fry's gimp
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2012 14:55:34 GMT
I don't mind him personally he is often funny on QI although shit in everything else he has been in ;D
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Post by foster on Apr 10, 2012 14:57:49 GMT
he should of kept his mouth shut and stuck to biting tramp's ears and stealing a living as Stephen Fry's gimp I heard that he actually bit the tramps rear and that the whole ear thing was the cause of a simple typo.
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Post by jeycov on Apr 10, 2012 14:58:38 GMT
The thing is, it's acceptable to prevent football after the 10th 50th or whatever anniversary. But you don't put everything on hold for a day every single year. why can't they just have a minutes silence before that match? To me gathering lots of liverpool fans together to mourn as one is far more respectful than simply using it as a day off. This is an excellent post. In many ways it would also be a mark of respect for the football club to be playing FOR those who were so tragically killed. I assume that they have never played a league game on the anniversary date. Maybe the surviving relatives should have a say. As much as I think it was a little premature to state that Liverpool would not play on this anniversary - maybe the fact that Kenny was the manager at the time makes the situation slightly different. A difficult day for all involved.
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Post by spongebobflathead on Apr 10, 2012 15:28:26 GMT
Ok in principal Alan Davies may have a point , but let's not get confused about Alan Davies , he is a fuckwit of the highest order !
If your going to express an opinion, stand by it, don't go donating money cos of a couple of wank offs have threatened you , if you want to engage your gob before your brain then expect a reaction !
He also has history with the scousers , some time ago (about ten years ago I think ) he spouted some old shit on the programme room 101 and put Liverpool people in their ,on the basis that they think that their not as funny as they think , after several death threats later the big girly tart then represented John Lennon in the programme "Britains greatest Britain " obviously as a measure of compensation , what a fucking no morals no Mark mouthy southy IMO !
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Post by harrysburrow on Apr 10, 2012 17:26:57 GMT
I can only assume that he is no longer on the stand up circuit - because he's got to be very rapidly running out of places in England where he will sell any tickets? (He will also almost certainly be doing the bulk of his shopping online!)
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Apr 10, 2012 17:41:03 GMT
I don't care much for Alan Davies or his opinions, and certainly not how he forces them across to people.
However, whether he is right or not is neither here nor there for me. I think that Liverpool could and should have played this game on this date because of so many different and poignant reasons.
It's a Cup Semi final It's against their rivals. It's being played in an all seater stadium.
What better way to show the unfortunate families that they are forever in their and our hearts than to play a game against their city rivals in the exact type of game that saw this disaster come about, and for the whole city (and country) to unite together in a showpiece game at the new Wembley - a venue that is befitting a game of that type of magnitude.
A celebration of the lives of the people that suffered is the wrong statement but hopefully you know what I mean and the notion behind the post.
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Apr 10, 2012 17:48:58 GMT
Just seen that the hillsborough charity has turned down his £1000 donantion, he's quids in ;D
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