Southie_Owl Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 7 hours ago, OriginalAlien said: A new name for you, Arvin Appiah. A speedy winger/forward currently at Almeria and previously of Forest. Ipswich also interested and it would be a loan if it goes through. I doubt it'll happen though, as he doesn't have an African name like everyone else we are linked with. Also not sure if he believes in God. Where have you heard of our interest in him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsleyowl1996 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 George Byers of Swansea , latest to be linked , Was on loan at Pompey last season second half of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsleyowl1996 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 One thing for sure If We get Byers We will struggle to keep bazza or massimo surely . It would mean we have bazza luongo adenrian byers FDB hunt waldock hutch anyone else ? now you could argue hutch is a CB, waldock young lad so potentially likely u23 still , so bazza luongo Andrenian Byers all competing with , does hunt go on loan ? Or does fdb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony Pulis Posted July 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 10/07/2021 at 23:51, OriginalAlien said: A new name for you, Arvin Appiah. A speedy winger/forward currently at Almeria and previously of Forest. Ipswich also interested and it would be a loan if it goes through. I doubt it'll happen though, as he doesn't have an African name like everyone else we are linked with. Also not sure if he believes in God. Where's the source for this one mate? Also, please don't make our signings about race or religion. It plays no part in it. A player is signed because they will help the team improve, not because of their religion or race. 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 11/07/2021 at 07:51, OriginalAlien said: A new name for you, Arvin Appiah. A speedy winger/forward currently at Almeria and previously of Forest. Ipswich also interested and it would be a loan if it goes through. I doubt it'll happen though, as he doesn't have an African name like everyone else we are linked with. Also not sure if he believes in God. If that’s meant to be funny, it’s not, especially with what Rashford, Sancho and Saka have been through today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 11/07/2021 at 07:13, rawowl said: Almeria paid 8 million for him from Forest. Paying 8 million is no guarantee of sucess. Cough Rhodes Cough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmb Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 10/07/2021 at 23:51, OriginalAlien said: A new name for you, Arvin Appiah. A speedy winger/forward currently at Almeria and previously of Forest. Ipswich also interested and it would be a loan if it goes through. I doubt it'll happen though, as he doesn't have an African name like everyone else we are linked with. Also not sure if he believes in God. Are you one of those Twitter idiots? Sick of seeing this type of comment now. It’s not funny. It’s poo . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalAlien Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Tony Pulis said: Where's the source for this one mate? Also, please don't make our signings about race or religion. It plays no part in it. A player is signed because they will help the team improve, not because of their religion or race. It was in no way meant as anything other than a tongue in cheek observation of the players we'd been linked with. If you knew me, you'd know it wasn't meant in any racially derogatory way. In light of the moronic reactions to some England players last night I can see why it might be seen that way and apologise if it was. Just to put it into context, I was married to a woman of colour for 25 years and have two wonderful kids with her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, OriginalAlien said: It was in no way meant as anything other than a tongue in cheek observation of the players we'd been linked with. If you knew me, you'd know it wasn't meant in any racially derogatory way. In light of the moronic reactions to some England players last night I can see why it might be seen that way and apologise if it was. Just to put it into context, I was married to a woman of colour for 25 years and have two wonderful kids with her. Good on you for clarifying yourself . I’m sure you didn’t mean it but didn’t come across very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Watto Posted July 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, OriginalAlien said: It was in no way meant as anything other than a tongue in cheek observation of the players we'd been linked with. If you knew me, you'd know it wasn't meant in any racially derogatory way. In light of the moronic reactions to some England players last night I can see why it might be seen that way and apologise if it was. Just to put it into context, I was married to a woman of colour for 25 years and have two wonderful kids with her. You shouldn't need to explain yourself imo, I could see it wasn't meant to be racist , there are far too many and who can't wait to jump on the race bandwagon at the moment . 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StudentOwl Posted July 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, Watto said: You shouldn't need to explain yourself imo, I could see it wasn't meant to be racist , there are far too many and who can't wait to jump on the race bandwagon at the moment . Calling people out for racism is not "jumping on the race bandwagon". If you believe calling people out for racism is "jumping on a bandwagon", then all you have done is show this forum that you are part of the problem. 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonstrix Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 3 hours ago, OriginalAlien said: It was in no way meant as anything other than a tongue in cheek observation of the players we'd been linked with. If you knew me, you'd know it wasn't meant in any racially derogatory way. In light of the moronic reactions to some England players last night I can see why it might be seen that way and apologise if it was. Just to put it into context, I was married to a woman of colour for 25 years and have two wonderful kids with her. I suppose I’m just surprised you would come out with a comment like that, given your former wife’s and therefore your children's cultural origins. None of this is new is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellbeaten-the-owl Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Kagoshimaowl said: Good on you for clarifying yourself . I’m sure you didn’t mean it but didn’t come across very well. Problem with written word is people take their own interpretation of what is "meant" based on their own perspective. It was an attempt at an (admittedly) poor taste joke, think comparison to the Twitter idiots and their blatant racism is a tad unfair 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilianenko Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 10/07/2021 at 23:07, Shetland Owl said: still not sure about Green needs to be more consistant I am willing to give him a chance with a preseason behind him. Could be a very good player in this league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalAlien Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Devonstrix said: I suppose I’m just surprised you would come out with a comment like that, given your former wife’s and therefore your children's cultural origins. None of this is new is it? My comments were about African/difficult to pronounce names, and how it has been noted in other threads that we've been linked with players supposedly with a belief in God, nothing racist intended, just a poor attempt at humour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalAlien Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 One last word (I promise) on the racism comments. As someone who's been on the receiving end of racism over the years, I am actually pleased to see my poorly chosen words/attempt at humour being picked up, it gives me some hope that the majority of people in this country are increasingly aware of the issue and prepared to stand up to make the future more accepting of difference. However it also highlights how easy it is to be labelled and judged incorrectly. Well done for those that called me out on it and well done those who were able to see my 'joke' for what it was meant to be. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watto Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, StudentOwl said: Calling people out for racism is not "jumping on the race bandwagon". If you believe calling people out for racism is "jumping on a bandwagon", then all you have done is show this forum that you are part of the problem. No not at all but if that's your opinion then fine.The transfer thread has been turned into a political thread now thanks to someone saying he couldn't pronounce African surnames or something along those lines , he's apologised as he has upset a few on here , unintentionaly , so move on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Just to help old folks like me out so I don’t say anything wrong. Is it racist to make a joke about all difficult to pronounce. Like Nuhiu for example or just ones that appear to have an African origin ( though that’s fairly tricky to define) Is referring God an issue in itself, or just wether or not someone believes in God. I do find the ever changing quicksand of accepted terminology a bit of a minefield. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Watto Posted July 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2021 It's very hard to make a joke about anything without offending someone today. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TbagMcgraw Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Keep thinking there's loads of transfer rumours flying around.....ger off transfer thread!!!!!! Oops, I'm doing it now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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