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covcity4life

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #106
No issue with with taking puss out of obnoxious stuff. Just don't call spending out against racism "playing the card"
 

Greggs

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #107
covcity4life said:
No issue with with taking puss out of obnoxious stuff. Just don't call spending out against racism "playing the card"
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But he didn't say he hasn't been employed because he's a bit of a cock, he's stated it's because he is black. He made colour the topic.
 

The Reverend Skyblue

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #108
6 Generations said:
‘I know football inside out, I will work my socks off. It’s agreat place for me to start.
You’ve got an International footballer who has been one of the best footballers in the world com8ng to your club’
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If he thinks he's one of the best ever footballers I hope the local Macclesfield NHS have a good mental Health team
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #109
Nick said:
Did he really say something about being one of the best players in the world in his first interview? ha
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I remember a few years back he said he was one of the greatest minds in football
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #110
Sol Campbell says he is one of the greatest minds in football after being overlooked by Oxford
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #111
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Sol Campbell says he is one of the greatest minds in football after being overlooked by Oxford
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Without reading that...did he get overlooked by Cambridge too?
 
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covcity4life

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #112
Greggs said:
But he didn't say he hasn't been employed because he's a bit of a cock, he's stated it's because he is black. He made colour the topic.
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I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only
 

robbiekeane

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  • Nov 29, 2018
  • #113
What a massive tosser.
 

Covstu

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #114
Anyone actually seen this racist card?
 

Nick

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #115
covcity4life said:
I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only
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How many Chinese are there?
 

skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #116
covcity4life said:
I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only
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Can you please provide evidence? Show how many black managers, of similar caliber to those managers hired, that applied? If you are going to make claims, back them up...
 

Greggs

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #117
covcity4life said:
I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only
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So rather than appeasing racism, you're creating an issue in your head, therefore making the issue worse.
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #118
ok so before we get into a debate let me get this right. you 3 that quoted me are going on record as saying there is no racism in football and that there is nothing holding back BAME managers?

this is not a troll trap, i just want to confirm that you are quoting me because you believe that there is only 8 BAME managers because they are not good enough.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #119
covcity4life said:
No issue with with taking puss out of obnoxious stuff. Just don't call spending out against racism "playing the card"
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But how he speaks out about racism is in fact obnoxious. In fact I'd go one step further and say that judging from his comments in the media and how he's expressed them he's actually extremely prejudice against a lot of white people. Understandably he may hold some anger about being racially abused in an age where the F.A. probably didn't do enough to try and put a stop to this. But a great deal of Sol Campbell's comments are about himself and his comments aren't about helping other managers get into the sport at all, on the contrary in fact as many of his rants apply to his struggles in getting into management and only himself. Plus, many of his accusations just aren't true, so if anything and as I reiterate it's reflective of the 'boy who cried wolf' scenario.

IMO he has the most conceded personality in football which is why he's a terrible advocate for racial equality in the sport - which you can see in his countless ridiculous comments that make him out to be more fool than racial equality campaigner. The only thing he's ever wanted after retiring is to become a manager, (which is fair enough) but how he's gone about doing that is bordering on the comical really. 'The race card' as you've mentioned is a term that is often thrown about far too easily and has the potential to nullify genuine race disputes. But in Campbell's case many of his claims have been him simply branding the race card as he's actually not provided any serious evidence to support his claims, nor has he taken anyone to trial to seek justice from his accusations. So how do you consider comments such as "I would've been England manager for 10 years if I'd been white" or "I'm the greatest mind in football" beneficial to the BAME cause?

John Barnes, Ian Wright and Paul Ince have all disregarded many of his comments against the F.A. and I'm sure many other BAME ex-players would've probably joined them given the chance. So if he's not being supported by his fellow compatriots then what's the reasoning behind him not receiving more support, or any support for that matter. Before you claim 'racists are rearing their ugly head' just think about your comments first as you clearly don't know anything about racial equality or racism for that matter. If you look at the work that players such as Cyril Regis has done for black people in the sport, just ask yourself, has Sol Campbell done the same or has he just been out for Sol Campbell? What does he actually do to get BAME managers into the sport apart from mouth off and brand every white chairman or the entirety of the F.A. racist?
 
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skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #120
covcity4life said:
ok so before we get into a debate let me get this right. you 3 that quoted me are going on record as saying there is no racism in football and that there is nothing holding back BAME managers?

this is not a troll trap, i just want to confirm that you are quoting me because you believe that there is only 8 BAME managers because they are not good enough.
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I think I speak for everyone, when I say NOBODY has said there is NO Racism in football. There is Racism in every walk of life.

However, from my personal perspective, i will stand by what my previous messages said: Can you please provide evidence? Show how many black managers, of similar caliber to those managers hired, that applied? If you are going to make claims, back them up...

We shouldn't be encouraging 'Black' Managers/coaches. We should just encourage coaching in general and pick the best person for the role. I am sure there are probably one or two clubs which do have racist directors. But I would also suggest there are far more that don't. So again please provide the evidence asked for.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #121
JamesCCFC said:
But how he speaks out about racism is in fact obnoxious. In fact I'd go one step further and say that judging from his comments in the media and how he's expressed them he's actually extremely prejudice against a lot of white people. Understandably he may hold some anger about being racially abused in an age where the F.A. probably didn't do enough to try and put a stop to this. But a great deal of Sol Campbell's comments are about himself and his comments aren't about helping other managers get into the sport at all, on the contrary in fact as many of his rants apply to his struggles in getting into management and only himself. Plus, many of his accusations just aren't true, so if anything and as I reiterate it's reflective of the 'boy who cried wolf' scenario.

IMO he has the most conceded personality in football which is why he's a terrible advocate for racial equality in the sport - which you can see in his countless ridiculous comments that make him out to be more fool than racial equality campaigner. The only thing he's ever wanted after retiring is to become a manager, (which is fair enough) but how he's gone about doing that is bordering on the comical really. 'The race card' as you've mentioned is a term that is often thrown about far too easily and has the potential to nullify genuine race disputes. But in Campbell's case many of his claims have been him simply branding the race card as he's actually not provided any serious evidence to support his claims, nor has he taken anyone to trial to seek justice from his accusations. So how to you consider his comments such as "I would've been England manager for 10 years if I'd been white" or "I'm the greatest mind in football" beneficial to the BAME cause?

John Barnes, Ian Wright and Paul Ince have all disregarded many of his comments against the F.A. and I'm sure many other BAME ex-players would've probably joined them given the chance. So if he's not being supported by his fellow compatriots then what's the reasoning behind him not receiving more support, or any support for that matter. Before you claim 'racists are rearing their ugly head' just think about your comments first as you clearly don't know anything about racial equality or racism for that matter. If you look at the work that players such as Cyril Regis has done for black people in the sport, just ask yourself, has Sol Campbell done the same or has he just been out for Sol Campbell? What does he actually do to get BAME managers into the sport apart from mouth off and brand every white chairman or the entirety of the F.A. racist?
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The only person Campbell is interested in is himself. He showed that side of his character years ago. He's a narcissist. Good player mind.
 

Sbarcher

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #122
Now that Stephen Hawkins has passed away, there is certainly a place now open for another great mind.......... regardless of the colour of the Hole!
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #123
skybluegod said:
I think I speak for everyone, when I say NOBODY has said there is NO Racism in football. There is Racism in every walk of life.

However, from my personal perspective, i will stand by what my previous messages said: Can you please provide evidence? Show how many black managers, of similar caliber to those managers hired, that applied? If you are going to make claims, back them up...

We shouldn't be encouraging 'Black' Managers/coaches. We should just encourage coaching in general and pick the best person for the role. I am sure there are probably one or two clubs which do have racist directors. But I would also suggest there are far more that don't. So again please provide the evidence asked for.
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ok again to confirm you are saying unless you are given hard evidence you do not believe right now that colour is an issue for black managers?

jsut say yes or no
 

skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #124
covcity4life said:
ok again to confirm you are saying unless you are given hard evidence you do not believe right now that colour is an issue for black managers?

jsut say yes or no
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No you are again putting words in my mouth. People only say 'just say yes or no', when they don't have a coherent argument.

It is not THE reason they aren't getting jobs. It is a reason SOME coaches don't get SOME jobs. Again please provide evidence and stats to show how many black coaches have applied for jobs and not got them when they are better of equal quality of those appointed.
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #125
fernandopartridge said:
The only person Campbell is interested in is himself. He showed that side of his character years ago. He's a narcissist. Good player mind.
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He's always been out for himself and that's probably why he wasn't England Captain more often.
 

Joy Division

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #126
Sbarcher said:
Now that Stephen Hawkins has passed away, there is certainly a place now open for another great mind.......... regardless of the colour of the Hole!
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Stephen HAWKING
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #127
skybluegod said:
I think I speak for everyone, when I say NOBODY has said there is NO Racism in football. There is Racism in every walk of life.

However, from my personal perspective, i will stand by what my previous messages said: Can you please provide evidence? Show how many black managers, of similar caliber to those managers hired, that applied? If you are going to make claims, back them up...

We shouldn't be encouraging 'Black' Managers/coaches. We should just encourage coaching in general and pick the best person for the role. I am sure there are probably one or two clubs which do have racist directors. But I would also suggest there are far more that don't. So again please provide the evidence asked for.
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There isn't data like that available. The FA suggesting putting in place a system whereby clubs would have to report the number of BAME people that apply for positions but were shouted down by people claiming 'PC gone mad'
 
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covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #127
skybluegod said:
No you are again putting words in my mouth. People only say 'just say yes or no', when they don't have a coherent argument.

It is not THE reason they aren't getting jobs. It is a reason SOME coaches don't get SOME jobs. Again please provide evidence and stats to show how many black coaches have applied for jobs and not got them when they are better of equal quality of those appointed.
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ok we so we both agree its a reason why SOME black managers dont get SOME jobs

so lets go back to my original post.i said i wont get on sols back for race card stuff as i have no doubt it prob has played a part in past jobs hes gone for as their is obviously a issue with not being many black managers. do not need evidence to say that, its just what i believe by putting 2 and 2 together. if you disagree with it for sol specifically then thats fine but you can provide evidence for it rather than asking to be proved wrong.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #128
Liquid Gold said:
There isn't data like that available. The FA suggesting putting in place a system whereby clubs would have to report the number of BAME people that apply for positions but were shouted down by people claiming 'PC gone mad'
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Why should football clubs have to go beyond the legal requirements of any other employer?
 
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skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #129
covcity4life said:
ok we so we both agree its a reason why SOME black managers dont get SOME jobs

so lets go back to my original post.i said i wont get on sols back for race card stuff as i have no doubt it prob has played a part in past jobs hes gone for as their is obviously a issue with not being many black managers. do not need evidence to say that, its just what i believe by putting 2 and 2 together. if you disagree with it for sol specifically then thats fine but you can provide evidence for it rather than asking to be proved wrong.
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You then said this 'I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only'

BIG part, so that's not some is it that's the majority.

How do we know there is an issue about the number of black managers getting jobs if there is not any evidence to support it? I cannot say it is a Football issue without the evidence, nor can i deny it. It may be issues at certain clubs, as there is in any business. But in general if 100 people apply for a ob, and only ojne is black. Then white people 99/100 get the job.

You made the claim that it is a big factor, so you need to back that up with proof? I have said that I think it is a factor for a minority of jobs, because I believe that some people are just Racist, but i don't think there is an inherent problem in the sport. You have the Burden of proof? So please do provide it, otherwise it's a claim made up in your head.
 

skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #130
Liquid Gold said:
There isn't data like that available. The FA suggesting putting in place a system whereby clubs would have to report the number of BAME people that apply for positions but were shouted down by people claiming 'PC gone mad'
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Okay so point proven. It's an unsubstantiated claim...
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #131
skybluegod said:
You then said this 'I would say his colour played a big part so have no issue with him saying it 8th BAME in football league only'

BIG part, so that's not some is it that's the majority.

How do we know there is an issue about the number of black managers getting jobs if there is not any evidence to support it? I cannot say it is a Football issue without the evidence, nor can i deny it. It may be issues at certain clubs, as there is in any business. But in general if 100 people apply for a ob, and only ojne is black. Then white people 99/100 get the job.

You made the claim that it is a big factor, so you need to back that up with proof? I have said that I think it is a factor for a minority of jobs, because I believe that some people are just Racist, but i don't think there is an inherent problem in the sport. You have the Burden of proof? So please do provide it, otherwise it's a claim made up in your head.
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there is no claim, if he lost out on just 1 job he applied for due to colour it is a BIG part. i am saying if he is speaking out about it i am inclined to believe him as due to lack of other BAME managers there must be something wrong.

you have now gone back to what we all knew was your original stance which is you do not beleive there is any issue with lack of BAME managers and its just because they aint good enough. why didnt you just answer my original question about this?

you do not believe there is racism in football. you do not believe that managers may be held back by their colour.

we now know where you stand. i dont need you to prove it(because you cant). its your opinion.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #132
fernandopartridge said:
Why should football clubs have to go beyond the legal requirements of any other employer?
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Because football as an industry has a history of overt racism and plays a huge part in the national consciousness?

Edit, also it would be fucking great as fans to see who we've been interviewing.

skybluegod said:
Okay so point proven. It's an unsubstantiated claim...
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I'm not saying it is or isn't the case in this instance. I'm saying that the data you want could have been available if people were prepared to look at the facts instead of saying people are playing the race card.
 
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skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #133
covcity4life said:
there is no claim, if he lost out on just 1 job he applied for due to colour it is a BIG part. i am saying if he is speaking out about it i am inclined to believe him as due to lack of other BAME managers there must be something wrong.

you have now gone back to what we all knew was your original stance which is you do not beleive there is any issue with lack of BAME managers and its just because they aint good enough. why didnt you just answer my original question about this?

you do not believe there is racism in football. you do not believe that managers may be held back by their colour.

we now know where you stand. i dont need you to prove it(because you cant). its your opinion.
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No it is a small part. I would be inclined to say he didn't get the jobs because he is a massive dick.

Well no i haven't but nice try now trying to Troll because you can't prove it So will just leave it there I think
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #134
skybluegod said:
No it is a small part. I would be inclined to say he didn't get the jobs because he is a massive dick.

Well no i haven't but nice try now trying to Troll because you can't prove it So will just leave it there I think
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nothing to prove. just like you cant prove that you dont believe him.

but one thing has been proven. your evil evil views.

shame. you seemed ok
 

skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #135
Liquid Gold said:
Because football as an industry has a history of overt racism and plays a huge part in the national consciousness?


I'm not saying it is or isn't the case in this instance. I'm saying that the data you want could have been available if people were prepared to look at the facts instead of saying people are playing the race card.
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I agree, I think it should be made available. But until it is, then how can we confirm that it is racist directors? Or if it's just the fact only 1/100 are black applicants... I will willingly call out Racism, at any point, once i have evidence, but at this time all i have seen is a lot of waffle with no substance.
 

skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #136
covcity4life said:
nothing to prove. just like you cant prove that you dont believe him.

but one thing has been proven. your evil evil views.

shame. you seemed ok
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I can prove that i don't believe him. I don't believe him. there i said it

You are normally a much better Troll! Give it all you got!!
 

covcity4life

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #137
skybluegod said:
I can prove that i don't believe him. I don't believe him. there i said it

You are normally a much better Troll! Give it all you got!!
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lol and i believe hes probably come up against racism in football and most probably when applying for jobs too. doesnt mean sole(pardon the pun) reason he didnt get job but i BELIEVE its probably played a part so no issue with him speaking out.

none of us can prove if or if it hasnt actually happened to him tho. thats what i am disputing.

i dont agree with your views on it not being an issue but thats an opinion you are entitled too. asking me to prove something that you cannot prove the other way is why i replied.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #138
Football Association adopts 'Rooney Rule' as Martin Glenn outlines 2018 plans

FA has introduced the Rooney rule

"22 of 482 roles across England's top-four leagues were filled by coaches from BAME backgrounds."
 
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skybluegod

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #139
covcity4life said:
lol and i believe hes probably come up against racism in football and most probably when applying for jobs too. doesnt mean sole(pardon the pun) reason he didnt get job but i BELIEVE its probably played a part so no issue with him speaking out.

none of us can prove if or if it hasnt actually happened to him tho. thats what i am disputing.

i dont agree with your views on it not being an issue but thats an opinion you are entitled too. asking me to prove something that you cannot prove the other way is why i replied.
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I believe he has encountered Racism in football. Simply sue to the era he came up in. But I don't know for sure if he has or hasn't as a manager.

I agree with that, it can't be proven, but we shouldn't just believe the word of Sol. I absolutely believe there has been Racism in the past over jobs, but I do not believe it is as widespread a problem in manager appointments as is made out to be.

It is an issue, but I don't think it's THE issue. However that view would change if i saw facts details say 25% of applicants are black, if that is true then of course there should be more.
 
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Joy Division

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  • Nov 30, 2018
  • #140
skybluegod said:
No it is a small part. I would be inclined to say he didn't get the jobs because he is a massive dick.
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That didn't stop Joey Barton getting a job tbf
 
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