Hypocrisy?

comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Tbh the fact that it's a white European nation being attacked does seem to make a difference.

People wanting Russian athletes banned and Roman to give up Chelsea etc. The US waged war in Iraq for almost 9 years and nobody wanted US athletes banned from anything or said the Glazers and the Kroenkes should give up their stake in Utd/Arsenal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh shut up you miserable POS. The west’s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan were completely provoked.

comment by Rude Van Nist (U22799)
posted 9 hours, 46 minutes ago
Probably because one is a war. And the other was something invented in the states and for some reason made its way over here despite us not being the states and having nothing in the way of their history of racism.


----------------------------------------------------------------------
We have our own history of racism.

comment by RipleysCat (U1862)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - Free Pales... (U1108)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by RipleysCat (U1862)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - Free Pales... (U1108)
posted 14 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia dropped more bombs in Yemen over weekend and they actually own Newcastle but we don't see Newcastle owners hand stewardship to Micky Quinn do we.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Did they?

Link please?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I haven't fact checked this FYI:

https://twitter.com/THESAPPHlCS/status/1497039374415847429
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I genuinely can not believe you are doing this. It takes one sick individual to play a game of one-upmanship when it comes to the banter (lighthearted banter) that football should be.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
What has he done?

comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
Tbh the fact that it's a white European nation being attacked does seem to make a difference.

People wanting Russian athletes banned and Roman to give up Chelsea etc. The US waged war in Iraq for almost 9 years and nobody wanted US athletes banned from anything or said the Glazers and the Kroenkes should give up their stake in Utd/Arsenal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Some people deserve it more than others it seems.

comment by Vladimikel Artutin - committing war crimes against football since 2019 (U18355)
posted 3 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Tbh the fact that it's a white European nation being attacked does seem to make a difference.

People wanting Russian athletes banned and Roman to give up Chelsea etc. The US waged war in Iraq for almost 9 years and nobody wanted US athletes banned from anything or said the Glazers and the Kroenkes should give up their stake in Utd/Arsenal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh shut up you miserable POS. The west’s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan were completely provoked.
----------------------------------------------------------------------


This is what Russia is telling it's people as well.

When will people stop being so gullible?

Provoked

Totally agree OP, there absolutely IS a place for politics in sport.

Sport has always been political.

comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 10 hours, 25 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
I find it astonishing that Russia are being rightfully banned from most sporting events now, Russian sponsorships are being thrown out, yet an English Premiership club is still allowed to function with a Russian owner funding them.

Surely clubs should now be refusing to play against any Abramovich team for the foresseable future, until he truely does relinquish his ownship of that said club.

Shamefully the Prem bosses need to also take a hard look at themselves for allowing Saudi backers to also infiltrate the Prem as well.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What a load of tribal bitter nonsence.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actually he is not pal. Every cup Chelsea has picked up has his blood money on it. We all know he is a mate of Putin, as is every Russian Billionaire, or they wouldn't be billionaires, and that his money has been generated via a country that has no qualms bombing innocent people.

I get football can sometimes take over too much of a fan's life ( and logical thinking ) but come on, you must have even a small appreciation that being owned and 100% financed by a Russian close enough to their regime, can't be good.

comment by SteveF (U22027)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 10 hours, 25 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
I find it astonishing that Russia are being rightfully banned from most sporting events now, Russian sponsorships are being thrown out, yet an English Premiership club is still allowed to function with a Russian owner funding them.

Surely clubs should now be refusing to play against any Abramovich team for the foresseable future, until he truely does relinquish his ownship of that said club.

Shamefully the Prem bosses need to also take a hard look at themselves for allowing Saudi backers to also infiltrate the Prem as well.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What a load of tribal bitter nonsence.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Actually he is not pal. Every cup Chelsea has picked up has his blood money on it. We all know he is a mate of Putin, as is every Russian Billionaire, or they wouldn't be billionaires, and that his money has been generated via a country that has no qualms bombing innocent people.

I get football can sometimes take over too much of a fan's life ( and logical thinking ) but come on, you must have even a small appreciation that being owned and 100% financed by a Russian close enough to their regime, can't be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blood Money?

This is exactly the bitter tribalism tainting this site and being constantly laid at Chelsea fans door. Disgraceful..

Spurs fans, to try and placate the fact that they have had no success switch to tribalism to vent their frustration at he London club that has enjoyed constant success for the past 25 years.

Roman's association with Putin is well known as is the history of the Olifarchs. But there are varying levels of Oligarch and no one on this forum knows the extent of the raltionship berween Purin and Roman.

What we do know is that as yet he has not been sanctioned, even though other oligarhcs have been..

We have never seen him kick a football with Putin unlike Infantino that is for sure.

We know he is committed to anti semitism and we know he is Jewish and we now that Ukrane has a large jewish community. I think it is therefore unlikely he is supportive of Putin's war on Ukraine, and he is probably smart enough to realise that if he has anyc chanve to stop it he does do in a clandestine manner. Publically criticising Puting is not going to make a ny difference, but lets hope that some strategic plotting going on behind the scnes that might just cause a tyrant to fall.

comment by Assassin Baby - (U1282)
posted 6 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Vladimikel Artutin - committing war crimes against football since 2019 (U18355)
posted 3 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Tbh the fact that it's a white European nation being attacked does seem to make a difference.

People wanting Russian athletes banned and Roman to give up Chelsea etc. The US waged war in Iraq for almost 9 years and nobody wanted US athletes banned from anything or said the Glazers and the Kroenkes should give up their stake in Utd/Arsenal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh shut up you miserable POS. The west’s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan were completely provoked.
----------------------------------------------------------------------


This is what Russia is telling it's people as well.

When will people stop being so gullible?

Provoked
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Afghanistan yes Iraq no.

Why not Iraq?