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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: 0% Villa: Lennon attacked during Hearts match
« Reply #135 on: May 14, 2011, 02:20:45 PM »
If you live in Glasgow what else have you got to live for except predjudice.Miserable lives in a wet cold city spiced up by hatred, they cant let it go so they play out a 2 team competition every year and think its important.
Let them get on with it. If Lennon has got any sense he will walk away and find a better life for him and his family.

Agree with you about the weather. But apart from that it's a cracking place as long as you stay away form Parkhead and Ibrox.

Offline 1_Pablo_Angel

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Re: 0% Villa: Lennon attacked during Hearts match
« Reply #136 on: May 14, 2011, 03:14:35 PM »
Why should waving British flags at a football match in Britain be condemed? There's a difference between celebrating Britishness and being anti-Catholic.

Totally agree there is.

But in the context of Rangers handing out 40,000 flags to their supporters before a game with Celtic, what do you honestly think the intent was?  Having a 'Britain Day' or trying to wind up the Celtic fans?

Well, whether they were trying to wind Celtic fans up or not, can Celtic fans really complain about a team waving the flag of the country that both clubs play in? I understand their complaints when Rangers fans start singing songs about William of Orange and the like, but I don't think there's anything wrong with displaying the Union flag.

I suppose it's as others have said, there's a reason they only do it against Celtic.

Anyway, my point was that actions like this should be carefully considered.  For instance, there's nothing wrong with Catholic Arthur Boruc blessing himself before a game.  But when he does it only infront on the Rangers fans, it's obviously more of a wind up than a celebration of his faith.

Haven't got all the way  through the thread but it should be noted (if it hasn't already) that Rangers DO NOT only give out Union flags when playing Celtic. They've done it against Hearts as well this season, for example.

Offline lordmcgrath5

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Re: 0% Villa: Lennon attacked during Hearts match
« Reply #137 on: May 15, 2011, 09:15:19 AM »
Neil Lennon ought to ask himself why it is that Celtic have had more successful managers, more 'Celtic-minded' managers, managers at greater times of strife in Northern Ireland and Gordon Strachan, yet none of them have attracted such a constant reaction as him.

A roundabout way of saying Lennon had the 'reaction' coming to him.

Reaction - death threats, bullets in the post, attacks on pitch, being kicked unconscious on street, having his car driven into.

He has had a decent first season too, their points tally has improved from Mowbray's farcical regime.

Lennon might be a bit of an idiot but a bit of perspective wouldnt go astray.




Spot on, BB.

Offline lordmcgrath5

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Re: 0% Villa: Lennon attacked during Hearts match
« Reply #138 on: May 15, 2011, 09:17:32 AM »
If you live in Glasgow what else have you got to live for except predjudice.Miserable lives in a wet cold city spiced up by hatred

This is, perhaps, a little unfair. It's not actually that cold here a lot of the time. Maybe "wet but mild city" would be closer to the mark.

Offline TheSandman

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Re: 0% Villa: Lennon attacked during Hearts match
« Reply #139 on: May 15, 2011, 04:06:56 PM »
Great support for him by the Celtic fans at the final whistle today.

 


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