It's multifaceted. It's fanboys defending pogba and also others like mancan on here projecting their own hatred of whites onto neville.
They're both footballers?
Great post. Some people on here keep missing the point, wilfully or not. It's not that Neville shouldn't criticise Pogba, he should, it's his job. It's clearly gone beyond just criticism though, most people can see that. He seems to have a personal problem with Pogba (motivated by race I doubt but don't ultimately know as I don't know Neville the man). He hasn't said anything racist about Pogba, but the constant tone and vilification of the man has clearly riled up a nasty minority. No, Neville didn't turn racists into racists (they always were), but they have reacted to his diatribe the only way they know how. Neville is an astute man, and he will have seen that he has influence. Whether he likes it or not, racist intent or not, racists will feel more emboldened to speak out when they see people who influence them have a target and are seen to attack said target. It's a sad reality unfortunately.
Literally an embarrassment of a post. But hey keep your head in the sand.
Hatred of whites?
He's not come out and condemned Hitler either, maybe you can imply he's a holocaust denier too. Is there anything at this point that won't be twisted into Neville having somehow done wrong?
Every single person with a Twitter account who has not condemned these Pogba tweets publicly in the 48 hours since they occurred, is "fine" with their content? That seems a bit of a stretch, I mean, maybe he's just a bit busy? Has better things to do than shout down trolls on Twitter, perhaps?
I get the feeling he genuinely cares about United and wants to win things here but perhaps feels that the club doesn't share his ambition.
I feel the same simply because he couldn't stop talking about United when he left. He was barely talking about other clubs unless someone brought them in the conversation, like with Zidane and Real Madrid. I think that in his mind it's United and Juventus. I was a lot more worried when Juventus rumours started.
A post that needs quoting for visibility.
Some really good points in this post.
If it was me, and given what I said only a couple of hours before the abuse, I personally would feel like I may have been responsible, I'd certainly feel like clarifying my position. That you don't like Pogba doesn't change that.
So many good points.
Good post
The stupidity of this analogy. I’m sure Neville, while not racist, has the intelligence to know cause and effect. I’ve heard G Neville go over the top on another player, De Gea in his first or second season but even then it was over the top about a mistake and critical of the player’s ability to be Man Utd number 1. Hugely over the top reaction, but never once did he attack the player’s character. Never once did he say “you silly donut stealing boy” or take it along those lines.
Firstly, it was a million miles from a character assassination, stop the hysterical pearl clutching. Secondly, why would he feel responsible when he so clearly is not?
Christ almighty with a leap like that who needs manned space flights.
I'm not sure what he had to do with racists on Twitter?
If he has a problem with Pogba on a personal level then maybe he should keep it to himself, but he was discussing him as a footballer as he is paid to do.
Exactly that....some don't want to acknowledge that because of their own dislike of Pogba.
Such a dumb post
At last Godwin's Law rears it's head
FFS, just seen this!
“I was thinking typical you you selfish... “ that’s a judgment about the person not football.
No it's not impossible. That however doesn't explain you taking several leaps between him not liking what he saw on a football pitch, not doing what you would do and him being perfectly fine with someone being racially abused. You're accusing a man of something based on him NOT saying something. The Hitler reference is taking your own leaps in logic to their extreme conclusion if you keep going the way you are.
It's a judgement about a players behaviour on a football pitch which he's paid to do. He was annoyed at someone taking a penalty away from someone else and missing it, he overreacted and then had to backtrack like a fool when he got more details. Big deal.
I guess it does..Hitler died like 70 years ago, Gary was lambasting Pogba only on Monday! Like for example, when Trump talks shit about Mexicans, you don't think that increases tension in America!? And gives racists more ammunition ?
That's what Trump wants. Gary Neville was talking about football and the poster I quoted somehow jumped from there to Neville not Tweeting to Neville being fine with the abuse Pogba got. It's an absurd accusation to level at the man and I gave him another absurd leap in logic back. If we are going down the route of accusing someone of something based on them not Tweeting why stop there? Everything they didn't say is open for attack.
Hitler died like 70 years ago, Gary was lambasting Pogba only on Monday! Like for example, when Trump talks shit about Mexicans, you don't think that increases tension in America!? And gives racists more ammunition ?
Atrocity of a post. You really have to bring Hitler and the holocaust into this? Have you no shame? If the complexities of an issue like this are lost on you, maybe you should take a break. Seriously, topics like this seriously do bring 'em out.
Exactly.. someone trying to be (insert whatever comes to mind). And doesn’t even realise that whether intentionally or accidentally hate against an individual or group starts in the same way. Always subtle, always by people with a platform setting one person/group aside for extra special criticism from the rest.
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To be fair he was standing there preening like a peacock after a terrible season and horrendous end to the season where he was as bad as anyone from that PSG game onwards (which he played no part in a part from getting stupidly sent off in the first leg). Don’t recall any other player doing that on the lap of dishonour.[/QUOTE]
Honestly think a lot of people are just insecure by confident people being confident and staying confident under stressful situations.
