*** The Official 26/27 Premier League Thread ***

[Zavod 311]

Saudi Sportswashing Machine crowd will get restless if they lose this one

 

[Zavod 311]

Man, these teams are brick

 

[paxtonwolf]

Man, these teams are brick

Not just me, nearly nodded off watching that 1st half.

 

[Rorschach]

Like watching last year's Spurs vs the previous years' Spurs.

 

[afsoc4life]

Jack Grealish should say goodbye to his career - Everton doing well without him. Hope he has humility enough to buckle down and change.

I have no sympathy for Saudi Sportswashing Machine ..

 

[afsoc4life]

Premier League has to clamp down on this rubbish. Deserved yellow but what followed afterwards - both sides should be knocked.

 

[revlis]

I'm in favour of impartiality and people being aware of their unconscious biases. That is both at the individual and company level. I'm also a fan of people trying to do things with the highest integrity in life. Villa and Sky wouldn't be the first 2 companies to have to discuss relationship challenges at the employee level.

For the record, I'm not a fan of grown men and so called role models spitting in the direction of little girls either.

Discuss it behind closed doors. Do it as adults. Don’t add to the stupidity of pundits by releasing stupid statements like “we will not let anyone halt our ascension in English and European football.”

Absolutely no clue what spitting at girls has to do with it, but it sounds like maybe that has some weight in your opinion of Jamie Carragher and this specific case with Villa.

 

[Muttley]

Discuss it behind closed doors. Do it as adults. Don’t add to the stupidity of pundits by releasing stupid statements like “we will not let anyone halt our ascension in English and European football.”

Absolutely no clue what spitting at girls has to do with it, but it sounds like maybe that has some weight in your opinion of Jamie Carragher and this specific case with Villa.

I have always been clear that Carragher should not have continued in his role after that incident. Doesn't matter how much he apologised, he unfortunately revealed his true character in that moment. That character should not be in one of the biggest jobs in football media. We need proper role models in these roles. That is my strong opinion.

As the BBC wrote, Villa's was a symbolic threat. Sometimes we need to do that in life as the best path to correction. That has happened with a massive climb down from Jamie. Villa do often take a combative stance with the media and I would have no problem with my club doing more of the same.

As the boys were saying on the pod this week about the Mateta incident, Alan Smith demonstrated some real bias against Spurs in his co-commentary. I would like Spurs to suggest that he doesn't commentate on our games in future. I've also met Alan Smith on one of my many England trips over the years. Top bloke and popular with the England fans who shared planes to away trips. However, Alan needs to manage his biases better, just like Carragher and Neville.

The Sky is red as they say.

 

[revlis]

I have always been clear that Carragher should not have continued in his role after that incident. Doesn't matter how much he apologised, he unfortunately revealed his true character in that moment. That character should not be in one of the biggest jobs in football media. We need proper role models in these roles. That is my strong opinion.

As the BBC wrote, Villa's was a symbolic threat. Sometimes we need to do that in life as the best path to correction. That has happened with a massive climb down from Jamie. Villa do often take a combative stance with the media and I would have no problem with my club doing more of the same.

As the boys were saying on the pod this week about the Mateta incident, Alan Smith demonstrated some real bias against Spurs in his co-commentary. I would like Spurs to suggest that he doesn't commentate on our games in future. I've also met Alan Smith on one of my many England trips over the years. Top bloke and popular with the England fans who shared planes to away trips. However, Alan needs to manage his biases better, just like Carragher and Neville.

The Sky is red as they say.

I dunno why you always add so much unrelated info to things? We’re talking about Aston Villa publicly putting pressure on Sky to censor their employee. Where on earth does Alan Smith come from?

All pundits have a right to talk absolute nonsense. Sounds to me like you should just turn it off.

 

[Muttley]

I dunno why you always add so much unrelated info to things? We’re talking about Aston Villa publicly putting pressure on Sky to censor their employee. Where on earth does Alan Smith come from?

All pundits have a right to talk absolute nonsense. Sounds to me like you should just turn it off.

I didn't even have it on. I read about the Carragher vs Villa on this thread and only then goog;ed it. I barely watch Sky for the reasons I gave above.

Actually, apart from being disagreeable with me (lol, for a change) I'm not sure you've actually made a point at all.

 

[revlis]

I didn't even have it on. I read about the Carragher vs Villa on this thread and only then goog;ed it. I barely watch Sky for the reasons I gave above.

Actually, apart from being disagreeable with me (lol, for a change) I'm not sure you've actually made a point at all.

How on earth have you missed my point? I think it's embarrassing that a football club comes out and threatens an individual pundit for comments that really weren't that bad. Nothing good comes of that.

The idea that Spurs would try and dictate which commentators should commentate on their matches? Absolutely laughable. Genuinely embarrassing. How precious are you?