by Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:12 am
by UFGN » Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:20 am
by EliteKiller » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:22 am
by DiamondGooner » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:39 am
by Va-Va-Voom » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:56 am
DiamondGooner wrote:This is pretty simple .................
Ozil can say what he likes, the club should of just said nothing.
They distanced themselves like some sort of cynical marketing firm and China still refused to air the game so what was the point?
I think they made themselves look worse by releasing a statement, anyone with half a brain know's AFC don't endorse every bit of carbon dioxide that comes out of their players mouths ffs.
by Jedi » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:07 am
EliteKiller wrote:Yeah because we're now a political mouth piece for Ozil not a football club ... there is a very good adage which says "Sport and Politics shouldn't mix" but hey we're not winning at football so why not try and influence Chinese politics can't do any worse.
How about you go tell one of your employers biggest suppliers/customers what a bunch of c*** they are - let us know how that works out for you.
by EliteKiller » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:21 am
by LMAO » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:29 am
UFGN wrote:Anyone seen the South Park episode, Band in China?
Because Arsenal deserves the same criticism Disney and the NFL have been getting
EliteKiller wrote:Yeah because we're now a political mouth piece for Ozil not a football club ... there is a very good adage which says "Sport and Politics shouldn't mix"
EliteKiller wrote:How about you go tell one of your employers biggest suppliers/customers what a bunch of c*** they are - let us know how that works out for you.
by Nuggets » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:36 am
Pat Rice in Short Shorts wrote:So Ozil rightly condemns China over treatment of the Uighurs...and our club comes out against him for speaking the truth? I guess Chinese TV money and knock off shirt sales are what the club worried about. f**k Kroenke.
by DiamondGooner » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:58 am
by LMAO » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:01 am
Jedi wrote:Fvck China and fvck their bans. And for every business entity that caves to China, i wish nothing but the worst.
by Phil71 » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:04 am
by EliteKiller » Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:33 am
LMAO wrote:
by UFGN » Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:55 am
DiamondGooner wrote:I agree with EK.
Sports and politics shouldn't mix, individual sportsmen can, but not an actual club.
A clubs fans come in all sorts of political backgrounds but sports is often a place people want to leave all that crap behind for a few hours and just be together as fans.
Clubs shouldn't ram their own political views down peoples throats.
The poppey isn't political, if your English you know that, its about remembering those who died for this country in WWII, many of those were our family members like my Great Grandfather.
The LGBT armband, yeah I don't like it, it smacks of PC pandering, why don't they have an armband for Straight people? ......... because it would be silly, that's how I feel about it vice versa.
The kick out racism isn't about just picking up a political cause, its an issue in Football itself and effects the actual players while their playing for their clubs, as its a football issue not for political reasoning then that one is fine
by EliteKiller » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:19 am