Behave Liverpool and Suarez

This is not a blog to have a go at a Liverpool player or the club; this is about what is right in the UK society.

Luis Suarez came to our country to work; he came to work to our rules in our culture, not his own, if I went to his country I have to abide by their laws. So what makes him think he can make racist remarks to another human in the UK, what gives Gus Poyet the right to come onto a national radio station and tell us we should learn his culture because it is accepted there. I will tell you what, it is football arrogance.

Suarez has a right to a fair trial, and those who wanted him lynched because it was United v Liverpool before any evidence was heard, were out of order, just as the people who said it is false because it is Patrice Evra, Suarez also had the right to appeal if he felt hard done by, this is the UK law that he has to abide by, but since the initial conviction there has been nothing but embarrassment for Suarez, Dalglish and Liverpool as a football club, a football club that has had a lot of public sympathy in the past, a football club that was asking the public to quite rightly sign a commons motion for justice recently over a very sad case, so what makes them now think they are the courts, and they give out the justice?

Once the original decision was passed down, Liverpool took the mickey out of the FA by wearing the ill-advised t-shirts, we also were subjected to a disagreement with the decision, although still not a problem as the full facts weren’t known, or the appeal was still a possibility, but to do it in public was a slap in the face for the FA.

Now Liverpool have accepted the decision, that makes the decision by the FA the final say on the matter, so why have we had the oddest of statements from Suarez, a total ignorance of the situation from the club, and more bile from the mouth of the manager, what makes Liverpool the power to do this, what gives them the right to ask us for assistance in justice when they won’t accept authority decisions on what their own player has basically admitted.

Nobody is saying Suarez is a racist, more ignorant to our laws and ways, surely the sensible option for Liverpool would be to say, “yes we apologise, the player was poorly educated by us”, and Suarez to say “it is accepted in my country, I now realise it isn’t here where I work, I am sorry, and didn’t mean it to be offensive, we all live and learn”, but no!

This is not a witch hunt, this is not somebody picking on Liverpool, this is education, assistance for the Kick Racism out of football campaign, and it is about time that the club showed that they are a trend setter and do have respect for the British public, that they can show humanity and accept this was an error.

This is showing football up for the greedy, overpriced game it has sadly become, it is now so distanced from the genuine fan that goes to matches week in, week out, it is a sad situation, and made worse when clubs, players and managers insult the public intelligence.

A Few Home Truths.

Simon Cowell does not produce musicians; he produces talentless karaoke singers and turns them into a commercial enterprise.

Great footballers are not people who have one good game or season; they are players who perform at the highest level, Champions League, World Cup, and European Championships.

Big companies have no customer service, just computerised people who have standard answers.

Carlos Tevez is a spoilt brat, on his money he should play and shut up, but what do you expect with his agent?

Cheryl Cole has got what she deserved in 2011.

Sir Alan Sugar is a success and has worked for what he has.

FIFA is run by a dictator who is ridiculed over the world, unless he makes promises.

Twitter and Facebook are fads; they will change, evolve or disappear.

E-bay and PayPal are dear to deal with.

Kauto Star and Phil Taylor are sporting greats, Harry Redknapp and Gareth Bale aren’t.

Alisha Dixon is one of the worst judges on the TV, she scores on who she fancies not on technical ability.

Computerised, Commercialised Music is crap and only brought by the thick public.

Britain is a rip off, you are penalised for working hard, try getting the scroungers off there lazy arses and into work.

James Murdoch is a rat, but not as bad as Piers Morgan.

Don’t forget this is a satirical look at life.

Frank Lampard kissing the Chelsea badge is embarrassing; his family are West Ham through and through.

Jeremy Clarkson didn’t really mean he would shoot people.

Public Sector workers are having a laugh by going on strike, just want the economy needs, selfish!

If you have time to complain about a TV programme, then you spend too much time watching the idiot box, try turning that time into profitability.

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here should be done under the trade descriptions act, none of them are famous.

People only go on Reality TV shows, go on because their careers have failed.

Jockeys are the best sports people in the world, they work every day and never complain about tiredness, yet only on a pittance per ride, take note over paid footballers.

England Rugby Team were a disgrace to the country, end of, a message to Johnson, professional sports people on the money they are, no longer should have a beer at a world cup, shocker.

England Test Cricket Team are the pride of the nation, there dedication to the country has been immense, the discipline and pride Flower and Strauss have installed is amazing, take note the Rugby and Football Side.

Who really cares about the England Football Side, Club football is far bigger than internationals now, and only idiots like Adrian Durham think otherwise.

Moose from Talk Sport is an embarrassment to West Ham and the radio station.

Mick Quinn, for a biased scouser is actually a funny guy and him and Saggers are a great start to the weekend.

Due to the do gooders how are new companies on a budget meant to promote themselves when idiots complain and report them for sending an e-mail, if there is an unsubscribe button, just click it, or try talking to the person, allow people to trade, you never know, it may be something you want!

When driving on a motorway, just because there is an overhead speed limit, do not slap on the anchors, it causes tail backs, thick drivers, drive to what is in front of not, not ahead.

If you drive a bus, there is a fair chance that you are an arrogant prat.

If you drive a lorry, there is a fair chance that you enjoy flashing your lights, oh and we know you have horns in your cabs.

Oh if you want to complain to me about this, you probably complained about Jeremy Clarkson too and can’t see what this post is about.

Being number one in the singles chart means nothing now a day.

If you are younger than 25, have you ever tried playing outdoors? There are games such as tag, stuck in the mud, building a den?

Have you actually seen proper Snow? Does anyone remember a real winter, like 1981?

England are not a good international football side.

The way Colonial Gadaffi died is not a tragedy; the way others died under his regime is the tragedies, so all you human rights people, get stuffed.

Darren Bent is not feared on the international stage and is not international class.

Peace on earth will never happen, forget it, it is a shame but religion is the route of all evil.

A football team conceding a goal is not a tragedy, it is not a disaster, Christchurch earthquakes were both a tragedy and a disaster.

Only one team can win the league and three teams get relegated, get over it, if it is not your side or is your side, accept it, remember the manager is on the least money, compared to the players that took you down.

Stuart Downing is not international class.

9/11 actually happened; it was a terrorist attack, all you conspiracy theorists, stop trying to make money from this dreadful event.

The British public hate pressing one, two or three for another menu, get us through to somebody who will talk to us and give us customer service.

The English Premiership has lost the standard it had; there has not been a good side for at least two years.

Darts fans are not all they are cracked up to be, the barracking of some players is disrespectful.

Celtic v Rangers is of a poor standard and lives off the past.

Soaps are not real life, if that much bad luck happened in my street I would move.

Chris Moyles is funny if you get him, if not don’t listen.

Banks, councils and politicians are arrogant; they can pay their bills by taking money from us, the public.

Fear for your kids growing up, they are going to have it a lot tougher than us.

Dog’s poo, as long as the owner cleans it up, there is no need to say that is disgusting.

People need to concentrate on their lives and their homes, if a mate is struggling in their family or marriage relationship, just support them, don’t tell them what to do.

Mother-In-Laws will always back their son/daughter, which is their job; the Father-In-Law will back off as much as possible.

There is always somebody worse off than you, that is life.

Somebody will always be jealous of you and what you have; if this upsets you don’t flaunt what you have.

Some of this will touch you, some will make you laugh; take it as it is meant.

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Political Correctness in Football doesn't work

So we have had yet another weekend of managers crying wolf over chants on the football terraces, we have pundits talking about what is correct and what is not, what is wrong with this country, is this the level we have dropped too because people don’t fight as often as they used too, hello but this isn’t new?

Being a Man United supporter and somebody who has been to hundreds of games in the past, I am used to being abused, being called a “Munich”, having aeroplane gestures directed towards me, but because people were fighting, or the gutter media had other things to report, and also because it was towards United, then it never got mentioned.

All of a sudden because some of the people who arse lick the media have mentioned it, or because it is not against United, or because talk sport has suddenly become a full on sports talk channel and need to fill the airways, and then it is a major issue. It isn’t when you go to football, you accept it, you pay your money to support your team, you sing songs to each other, you try to create an atmosphere, you cheer on your team and down the opposition, and you also let your main rivals know you are thinking of them.

This is what I have grown up and put up with for years, I packed in going in 2003 week in, week out; I now go to very few games, but the banter is still there, grown blokes who have had a few beers before the game, chanting to each other, when you go you know what to expect.

I am sick of pundits saying that so many people won’t go because of this, well I am afraid that the fans who put money into clubs, are the ones that go home and away, are there every game, home, away or abroad, if these fans are forgotten it will be at the clubs detriment. The football world is already one that TV has ruined, I mean just look at Monday night football this year, United v Spurs, QPR v Newcastle, Norwich v Sunderland, really fair to supporters who travel, yet the proper fans still do it, because they love their club, so if people now want to alienate them further, then so be it, but it will kill football.

I am not privy to the exact chants that people are on about, but surely we can’t start setting rules, I know a lad from United who loved making up songs, his name was Pete Boyle, an absolute legend and a very funny guy with some great lyrics, do people like this now have to sit with a book of accepted words, do they send off songs for approval? With the way player’s move these days, by the time the song about them gets approved, they won’t be at that club anymore.

Let’s get a grip on life here, instead of people who are paid by our national game, is there any chance of thoughts for the people who pump the most money into our game?

Premier League Weekend 1

So we are back up and running, but nothing has really set the world alight, but it is early days, let’s start the round up with two six pointer relegation battles, yes even this early there were two important games.

Wolves won at Blackburn in a crucial game between two sides that face a relegation battle, of the two Wolves seem to be in the better position, they have unity at the club and the board seem to want to assist the manager, Blackburn, in my opinion, will be lucky to finish 19^th, so a crucial victory for Wolves.

Norwich and Wigan was the other game and this ended all square, these are two sides that I want to survive, they have given young managers the chance, and I hope this proves correct, Norwich has always been a side that I have admired, always played good football as is the tradition, Wigan are a club that has a great manager and an even better chairman, Martinez always acknowledges the game and shows his love for football by trying to do things the right way, and in conjunction with Dave Whelan, who is refreshingly honest and business savvy, I want them to survive, so a point shared was a reasonable start.

For the pretenders to the crown, there were no real signs of improvement, Chelsea were the same, robotic side, no new faces of note, and no creativity in the side, they are a big unit who try to overpower sides, but up against Stoke, they met their match, we also saw the horrible side of the game with Torres and Lampard throwing themselves to the ground in a way my five year old son does, then John Terry making the ref aware he should feel sorry for them.

Arsenal, I don’t think, we can consider as genuine title contenders, I believe they are in a battle for 4^th place with Liverpool, neither side impressed the weekend, Arsenal look short of freshness and new ideas, the headlines from St James Park will be about Joey Barton, who for the record did nothing wrong, he got stamped on and slapped and has now been hung, drawn and quartered from all angles, shocking, but back to Arsenal, with more exits before the end of the month, Wenger needs a trophy signing, his philosophies simply don’t work now, and even his own crowd must be coming to the end of understanding with him.

Liverpool clearly have a better squad this year, but do they have the squad to challenge the top four, it is clear that three clubs are far and away better than the rest in Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea, Dalglish is playing catch up from far back and he has bought good British players that will make them more competitive, but they lack the factor that makes them serious contenders, and this was clear to see in their opener at a much improved Sunderland, I fully expect Sunderland to be in the top 8 this season with the signings made by Bruce.

The champions of last season, showed why they will be champions again this season, the opening 30 minutes of the game at West Brom was the best football of the weekend by a long way, coupled with the second half demolition of Man City last week, they are exciting to watch, the second reason they will win the league was that even though they were below par second half, they still found a winner from the impressive Ashley Young, most people will be doubting the new keeper, but look at Reina when he first joined Liverpool, the great Dane when he first joined Utd, plus many other keepers that take time to settle, he will come good.

Fulham and Aston Villa should end up mid-table and this was giving further credence by a 0-0 draw against each other.

The surprise team of the year will be Bolton, and their thrashing of QPR was the ideal start, no matter what the problems are at QPR, it is impressive at the way Bolton hit the ground running, as for QPR, I expect they will be in the bottom three alongside Blackburn.

So without a home win all weekend in the Premiership, it is now down to Man City to rectify that against Swansea, a tough start for the swans against one of the top three sides this season. We will see.