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Reply | Just for clarity….
at 10:58 24 Mar 2025
The context is that when English people use throwaway slang to insult the inhabitants of countries that historically the English have exploited, colonised, and subjugated, it is rarely perceived as just a joke or witty banter by the target of the insult.
There are various examples of these types of terms - many which were once in mainstream use, but which none of us would now consider remotely acceptable.
The fact that lots of English people are ignorant of their own history, or are surprised that people consider these terms racist is not a great excuse for using racist slurs - our understanding of what it means to use words like p*k* went through a similar process 30/40 years ago.
And if white people vote for Trump because they are upset that they can't be casually racist anymore without being challenged, then that doesn't mean we should tolerate racism in society, or on our message board. [Post edited 24 Mar 10:58]
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Reply | Just for clarity….
at 10:13 24 Mar 2025
The whole point of slurs like 'jocks', 'sweaties' etc. is that they are derogatory, demeaning and insulting.
If the posters using these terms didn't want to be demeaning, derogatory and insulting, they could just say 'Scots'. |
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Reply | Town v Man U
at 08:43 22 Nov 2024
I saw something suggesting he was going to pick Shaw, Evans and Yoro as the 3 centre-backs - would wonder if they have the strength/physicality to deal with Delap. |
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Reply | A Town XI that never was…
at 12:22 21 Nov 2024
George Boyd, Dwight Gayle, Jason Roberts, Jody Craddock, George Elokobi, Freddy Eastwood.
Basically if you look through the Sunderland and Wolves teams of the late 2000s, about 1/3 of them played for Ipswich at some point (usually about 7 years later when they were rubbish), and the rest almost did. |
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Reply | Davis/Phillips
at 07:32 16 Nov 2024
You'd put him in ahead of Cajuste or Morsy? |
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Reply | Davis/Phillips
at 07:31 16 Nov 2024
Next international break is in March, so I wouldn't be surprised if Delap gets a call then. Really can't see it happening again for Phillips based on what we've seen so far - we looked way better without him in the team, and we're relegation contenders! |
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Reply | El Mizouni
at 11:12 3 Oct 2024
Yep - it would be a bit of a shame (just re El Miz) if we did get relegated and we don't keep Phillips or Cajuste, and maybe Luongo gets released too, and then we really need to strengthen in the DM area, and El Miz is moving on from Oxford for £4-5mil to a top champ team.
Not necessarily saying we ought to have kept him - hopefully we don't get relegated and it all pans out quite differently! |
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Reply | El Mizouni
at 09:26 3 Oct 2024
I think El Miz could even end up a bit higher - he's a very competent, modern player, perfect DM for 4-2-3-1 formation. I think at the end of this season he'll be signed by a top-end championship team and then we'll see where he ends up. |
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Reply | Tudor
at 11:53 2 Sep 2024
Yes, I was curious about this - is he going to be available to play for the first-team immediately if needed or are there some restrictions? |
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Reply | Stealth smoking ban
at 11:09 29 Aug 2024
Don't think you've got much of a point re the tax income - the costs of smoking to society are much, much greater than the tax income - the point of the tax isn't to make money, it's to limit the damage smoking does to society. |
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Reply | Broja out for seven weeks
at 10:56 27 Aug 2024
If it's something to do with his Achilles Tendon then it's not straightforward to estimate a recovery time either - tendons don't heal well, and what at first can seem an innocuous injury can become very difficult. I think one of Tom Adeyemi's problems was diagnosed initially as a sore heel needing a week or two of rest from a hard pitch for an early season friendly, and we didn't see him again that season. |
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Reply | Broja out for seven weeks
at 10:41 27 Aug 2024
Sounds as though Chelsea didn't know about the injury, as well, which is crazy. |
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Reply | Team for Man City
at 10:34 23 Aug 2024
I reckon there'll be a few surprises:
Muric
Tuanzebe Woolfenden Greaves Davis
Morsy Cajuste
Hutchison Szmodics Clarke
Delap |
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