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Post by skelman on Apr 29, 2012 16:16:12 GMT
And guess where all the editorial departments are, of the newpapers which have provided such a balanced report of the chanting at Stoke ......... Oh, surprise surprise - they're all in London!!! One Ryan Shawcross
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Post by suttonpotter on Apr 29, 2012 16:37:38 GMT
I have read some critical comments on Stoke's fans in some newspapers today. They have quoted Wenger extensively and as has already been pointed on this thread the booing has not been put in context. We are very very easy targets for the media - its true they hate us. Should we be giving them a good excuse to have another go at us? It made me puke listening to Alan Hanson give us a sanctamonious ticking off on MOTD last night. I was at the Villa game recently when Stoke fans joined in with the minutes applause for Petrov and a chant started up from the Stoke fans (not the Villa fans) of "Theres only one Stiliyan Petrov". We also respected the minutes silence at Bolton which I think was for one of their former players who had recently died. So there we go, us Stoke fans are a decent bunch after all, as we all know. But lets not expect the media to report the fact cos they never ever will.
Personally I dont think we should boo Ramsey any more. It really doesnt look good to the outside world. We know that Arsenal fans will continue to boo Shawcross . But we should do the decent thing. How Ramsey reacted after Shawcross's apology was up to him. It shouldnt be an excuse to boo him.
The media hate us. Just heard Alan Green have a go at Stoke's defenders while commentating on the Spurs Blackburn game. Unbelievable! Lets not give them more reasons to hate us
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Post by boothenender7 on Apr 29, 2012 16:50:28 GMT
on reflection....we`ve let the little welsh prick know how we feel and booed him, next time we should applaud him for his mature reaction to ryans apology after the unfortunate accident........ hang on, nah fuck it just boo the bastard!!!
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Apr 29, 2012 16:50:47 GMT
I have read some critical comments on Stoke's fans in some newspapers today. They have quoted Wenger extensively and as has already been pointed on this thread the booing has not been put in context. We are very very easy targets for the media - its true they hate us. Should we be giving them a good excuse to have another go at us? It made me puke listening to Alan Hanson give us a sanctamonious ticking off on MOTD last night. I was at the Villa game recently when Stoke fans joined in with the minutes applause for Petrov and a chant started up from the Stoke fans (not the Villa fans) of "Theres only one Stiliyan Petrov". We also respected the minutes silence at Bolton which I think was for one of their former players who had recently died. So there we go, us Stoke fans are a decent bunch after all, as we all know. But lets not expect the media to report the fact cos they never ever will. Personally I dont think we should boo Ramsey any more. It really doesnt look good to the outside world. We know that Arsenal fans will continue to boo Shawcross . But we should do the decent thing. How Ramsey reacted after Shawcross's apology was up to him. It shouldnt be an excuse to boo him. The media hate us. Just heard Alan Green have a go at Stoke's defenders while commentating on the Spurs Blackburn game. Unbelievable! Lets not give them more reasons to hate us Dunna get thesen in a lather abite it. 6 years ago we'd have all been creaming ourselves over this kind of media attention. As Oscar Wilde said "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about" Get over it or don't listen to it.
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Apr 29, 2012 18:46:57 GMT
I agree entirely, steventweed. I wonder if Ramsey may have acted in a different way if the hysteria hadn't been whipped up by Wenger, Fabregas and the Arsenal fans disgruntled by the footballing world agreeing (before the re-written history) that it was an accident. We'll never know. Spot on , Wenger is as much to blame for this as Ramsey , having put the media propaganda on full alert re that collision (not tackle), it did put Ramsey in an awkward position, however he should have been man enough to accept Ryan's apology and defused the Arse witch hunt of Ryan since.
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Post by meirmortal on Apr 29, 2012 18:51:37 GMT
Why not ? Fucking disgusting and anyone that did should be ashamed of themselves. Not really, banter and piss taking is a part of football , its not like anybody died
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Apr 29, 2012 19:16:09 GMT
Why not ? Fucking disgusting and anyone that did should be ashamed of themselves. Not really, banter and piss taking is a part of football , its not like anybody died This is how I feel and as I said on another thread if you banned comedians from that sort of jibe they wouldn't have much to say for themselves.
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Post by meirmortal on Apr 29, 2012 19:33:33 GMT
Why not ? Not really, banter and piss taking is a part of football , its not like anybody died This is how I feel and as I said on another thread if you banned comedians from that sort of jibe they wouldn't have much to say for themselves. For me its as simple as this mate. I couldn't give a flying fcuk what some stranger on a message board thinks with regards to booing. I don't sit on my high horse and judge people and I'll be damned if I'll be told what to do my a 'fellow fan', if I see it fit to boo then I shall boo, if i don't then I wont, it really is as simple as that. No ones permission is needed. Ramsey was and is a cnut and that's why he was booed. We're Stoke and we'll boo who we want ;D
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Post by kitkatkev on Apr 29, 2012 19:36:37 GMT
Song for next year deffo should be We boo who we want
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2012 19:58:57 GMT
Song for next year deffo should be We boo who we want With you on that ;D
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Post by AlliG on Apr 29, 2012 20:39:32 GMT
If you are going to take part in a chant, song or other action that requires an explanation to validate it, then you have 2 options:
1. Don't do it
or
2. Do it and live with the consequences (in this case the media criticism)
The media will always apply the most obvious interpretation and there is no point in crying when they do.
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Post by swampySCFC on Apr 29, 2012 22:36:02 GMT
who the fuck is adam ramsay
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