Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[Roberto Firmino]

You literally spent the entire summer posting about Liverpool. I shouldn't have to dredge all them posts up, should I?

He ghosted for a couple days when I threatened this

 

[THEREALBRAND]

I’m trying to find a PL team to root for after Roma is out of it. Are any of the big ones that actually have a chance at winning not super racist?

A Roma fan being concerned about supporting a racist club...

 

[Flex Grossman]

A Roma fan being concerned about supporting a racist club...

Are just all soccer teams racist?

 

[Givethanks]

I’m trying to find a PL team to root for after Roma is out of it. Are any of the big ones that actually have a chance at winning not super racist?

Welcome to Barca breh

 

[Low End Derrick]

Are just all soccer teams racist?

no

but a lot of european soccer teams' fan bases tend to be super tribal, and racism (along with other 'isms) come a part of that

it tough to find any sporting organization that don't have at least a few racist cacs, but if you're looking for a team to follow, you could maybe check for fc saint pauli in germany, celtic in scotland or livorno in italy as they (or rather their fans) all pride themselves on their liberal values

 

[Trajan]

Racism in football is on the rise in England. It has more to do with the state of western society than just sport.

Not sure about it being on the rise. It used to be much worse back in the day with the football hooligans. Nowadays it's become a nice family day out lol

I think social media is able to shed more light on things nowadays than say 10 years ago.

But I agree Western society has lurched to the Right

 

[PL368Z]

man u fans stay on that bullshyt

Meh the "pace and power" description of him by the media is far worse than that.

Dude has one the best football IQs on the planet yet he only ever gets credit for his "pace and power"

 

[J Money]

Are just all soccer teams racist?

Look at all these fans in here tryna convince each other their team is less racist than the others

BUT

My friend, what team do you never see or hear in these arguments?

That right, Arsenal FC

We are called black excellence for a reason

 

[Ukbrotha]

Look at all these fans in here tryna convince each other their team is less racist than the others

BUT

My friend, what team do you never see or hear in these arguments?

That right, Arsenal FC

We are called black excellence for a reason

Lies. There isnt a single team in England without a considerable amount of racist fans. Iwobi and welbeck got alot of racist abuse last season alone from Arsenal fans.

 

[Hater]

Look at all these fans in here tryna convince each other their team is less racist than the others

BUT

My friend, what team do you never see or hear in these arguments?

That right, Arsenal FC

We are called black excellence for a reason

Emmanuel Adebayor celebration: 'The racist abuse was too much’ - Striker explains infamous Arsenal kneeslide | Goal.com

Arsenal investigating video of fan racially abusing Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly

 

[mastermind]

Look at all these fans in here tryna convince each other their team is less racist than the others

BUT

My friend, what team do you never see or hear in these arguments?

That right, Arsenal FC

We are called black excellence for a reason

Just look at the reaction Arsenal fans had for Wilshere leaving last year versus Iwobi.

 

[beejus]

A Roma fan being concerned about supporting a racist club...

Not gonna argue with you about Roma fans not being racist or Italian fans as a whole, because I generally agree.

This just came out yesterday by Black Arrow, a lifestyle brand focused on the intersection of soccer and black culture. They went to Roma and did a small documentary.

 

[mastermind]

Not sure about it being on the rise. It used to be much worse back in the day with the football hooligans. Nowadays it's become a nice family day out lol

I think social media is able to shed more light on things nowadays than say 10 years ago.

But I agree Western society has lurched to the Right

I’m not comparing it to the 80s.

I’m comparing it to the last 15 years since Kick Racism Out of Football started.

Social media has shown a light on it, but it’s on the rise again.

 

[Yayo Toure]

Lies. There isnt a single team in England without a considerable amount of racist fans. Iwobi and welbeck got alot of racist abuse last season alone from Arsenal fans.

Yup. Every club has a racist element, unfortunately it comes with the territory given the racial tensions in the UK. Brexit, Windrush scandal etc. etc.

What's important is how the clubs respond. Chelsea is bad but they swiftly banned the guy who abused Sterling last season. United and their players have quickly responded to the abuse of Pogba. Some clubs only address the racism when it happens to one of their own, from fans of another team.

But I won't mention any names

 

[Montez]

Yup. Every club has a racist element, unfortunately it comes with the territory given the racial tensions in the UK. Brexit, Windrush scandal etc. etc.

What's important is how the clubs respond. Chelsea is bad but they swiftly banned the guy who abused Sterling last season. United and their players have quickly responded to the abuse of Pogba. Some clubs only address the racism when it happens to one of their own, from fans of another team.

But I won't mention any names

Wouldn't be surprised if Pogba used this to get out of Manchester. They already went after his girl.