These damn racists are ruining your ability to throw non-racist abuse at players that have a bad game or miss a penalty.The thing that annoys me about the racial abuse is that it provides the under-performing player with an instant political lever to divert attention away from any criticism. Even before Tel came up to take a penalty, I had a feeling that he would miss. It had nothing to do with the colour of his skin. I just get a very strong Superstar-in-Waiting vibe from him. The moment people bring race into it, they lose all credibility and the player gets victim status.
If we go back to the 2021 Euros Final, I was appalled by the way we failed to put up any real fight in that shootout. We just let a prima donna and a couple of woefully inexperienced players take the penalties and said we "did our best". The racial abuse took the attention away from all of that and Gareth Southgate became a hero for being a "good loser". I know I shouldn't be referencing the Donkey but, in this instance, I think he had a point.
Why can't people just leave race, sexuality, politics and all the other crap at the door and just focus on the football? It's not rocket science.
It’s wild to me that the thing that annoys you about racism is that it provides the player, who probably feels worse than any supporter about his failure, a bit of a shield from criticism.
The thing that annoys me about racism is that it’s a personal attack against people in a way they don’t deserve to be attacked, it’s hypocritical because no one chooses their race or what country they were born into, and that these racist cucks have the opportunity to post this shit all over social media and these billion dollar companies aren’t willing to sacrifice their revenue to combat it.
