Well it didn’t take long for a live one to show up.
I'm not sure you have the mental capacity to identify intelligence, maybe that's the issue here.
Shouldn’t even humour him. Arsenal fan or not, he’s part of the Caf community & these same posts come up whenever the issue of racism is discussed.
I’m a United fan not an Arsenal fan. I know all too well the direction these discussions usually go which is why I said we got a live one early. It was clearly a disgusting post.
Maguire became captain because he usually stayed fit, until this season and one of the first names on the team sheet. It could have been either him or de Gea but considering that de Gea has been passed on by multiple managers, it either means he doesn't have the leadership skill or he doesn't want it because he is a shy introvert like Scholes.
That screen clearly lacks intelligence.
Wait, my screen is broken it won't load the white text.
I meant the poster was an Arsenal fan but still part of this forum so it’s a bad look regardless.
Terrible post.
Not really, it is done to well known players from France and England, players that the commentators see every weeks. It's a bias that exists since ever and isn't actually just limited to football, in the NFL there is a bit of a joke about the idea that every white WR is slow but scrappy, it was initially an actual tendency, commentators used to constantly say it regardless of actually Combine stats that would show that someone is a great athlete.
Doesn't this post alone strongly suggest there is unconscious bias at the very least?
And this post highlights the epitome of that bias in action.
Its not like any of the players playing for England or France, other than the center backs are slow. They are all elite level athletes even if the commentators feel the need to stress the point about black players. Luke Shaw is about as fast and physical as Kyle Walker is as the opposite wing back.
The white player is more likely to be linked with mental abilities, he is smart, he is a leader or has character. This applies in Football and most sports, what is stressed depends on the color of your skin which is the point made. It doesn't depend on whether you are well known or not.
I bet that your parents change the subject when their friends ask about you.
Thank you for that entirely appropriate response to a question of stunning idiocy.
Not entirely sure what they thought would happen really.
I know the guy is banned, but it's funny how much this question reveals the crux of the issue. There are so many intelligent black players that it's just a ridiculous question, but someone with such blindspots won't realise they're judging not on their on pitch performance but their race. A self fulfilling prophecy.
The opposite. A lot of the time people will naturally perceive the black player as more athletic, even if there's no significant disparity in their builds.
He's 6"2!
Damn those woke people, opposing racism. How very dare they
Could this not have something to do with the human brain perceiving saturated colours to be bigger??
Who's got opium? I want some opium....
It was Thierry Henry who called Pogba a cross between Patrick Viera and YaYa Toure.
I'm not actually aware of the science behind it, other than black people also do the same! (As I thought it might have something to do with who you see more of growing up or something etc but clearly that isn't the case).
Ah he's banned - I wanted to get the popcorn out and see his reply.
Yeah, it's the way the human brain perceives colour, it transcends race.
Some things are worth seeing the meltdown/fallout from but racism isn’t one of them. Perma ban and pity them as that poster must have an IQ of about 50.
Actually staggering someone could be stupid enough to have typed that post out and not thought “hang on, this is mind numbingly stupid levels of racism, I should delete and reconsider my life”. But nope, instead they post it and end up looking like a scumbag
Even if the modern game. Neymar, Varane, Van Dijk, Mane, Kante, Fernandinho,Fabinho. The list goes on. People don't attribute talents like anticipation marking, knowing the angles of tackling or even the creativity and invention it takes to create chances out of nowhere as intelligence. More than just race, its almost like specific roles ( deep lying playmaker or no.10) are singularly classified as creative, ad despite the level consistent creativity and great impactful decision making made by players in other roles, like Henry, Drogba, Rio; the players described as intelligent perform certain specific tasks ( Xavi, Xabi Alonso Modric,Pirlo). It's why they are given managerial opportunities more quickly, which to me is a bit unfair. For example, people will look at Carrick or Scholes and say they would be fantastic managers. Xavi is literally getting the Baraca job, Pirlo got the Juve one last year.
Without ‘intelligent black players’ your club would have considerably less trophies, put it that way.
And Vieira in an interview with Pogba was comparing himself with Pogba. That bias, that failure to look at things as they actually are applies to everyone, someone like Pogba is a typical example he isn't what he looks like. It took me a long time to realize that Zapata was way more than a strong striker, his decision making is quite impressive.
I think the result would be exactly what I expect.
I get that he's intelligent, he has to be to stand out the way he does but what's the point in saying he is not superman when objectively speaking he clearly is the closest to being one in terms of physicality?
Shame your father didn't pull out.
