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Players taking the knee

Discussion in 'General Football' started by bantamlad92, Sep 3, 2021.

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What is your stance on City players taking the knee?

  1. Keep doing it indefinitely

    10.6%
  2. Keep doing it for now

    12.0%
  3. Probably needs to stop as it has run its course

    26.1%
  4. Definitely needs to stop now

    31.7%
  5. Not sure / not bothered

    19.7%
  1. bantamlad92

    bantamlad92 Squad Player
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    You’re so calm and so amused that you feel the need to wish a heart attack on someone for voicing their valid opinion on something?
     
  2. Tony Wilkinson

    Tony Wilkinson Squad Player
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    Good, i'm glad, but while we still have free speech I will continue to call out all wokery/virtue signalling etc especially when it's in support of a marxist organisation...
     
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  3. Storck

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    He needs to stop getting so agitated then, it will reduce his risk
     
  4. Storck

    Storck Regular Starter

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    Fine. Just don't get yourself stressed so such
     
  5. bantamlad92

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    Not everyone who voices their disapproval is agitated and angry mate.

    I’m sure that bloke doesn’t wish heart attacks on those who disagree with him.
     
  6. Storck

    Storck Regular Starter

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    Someone doing this , 'calls the players a right set of winkers whilst gesticulating the winner sign and boo's as loudly as he can.' sounds agitated and angry.
     
  7. YungNath

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    You're calling out what you think is wokery (not a real word), not what actually is. your opinion isn't fact and not everyone agrees with you.
     
  8. Tony Wilkinson

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    Ahh bless...
     
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  9. Tony Wilkinson

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    City players didn't 'take the knee' before todays friendly, shows that it's been just 'virtue signalling' all along.....
     
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  10. bantamlad92

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    Looks like even the Kids have seen enough of this virtue signalling
     
  11. Sergio Pinto III

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    Thats what the modern left do......Corbyns kinder politics.
     
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  12. Tony Wilkinson

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  13. 1976Bantam

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    It was never about you - it was the most effective method at the time to highlight the issue, one you appear to think doesn’t exist (or at least doesn’t require a gesture like this).

    It was effective in the sense that it got the subject in the public domain and consciousness far better than Kick it Out - as admirable a cause as that is - ever did. The KIO lead admitted as much. Yes it caused strong debate. Good - I’d say that was the point.

    The fact you didn’t like it & determined it to be ‘wokery’ and ‘virtue signalling’ says more about you than them - it was a completely non threatening gesture to highlight an issue that otherwise wasn’t at the forefront of the public’s mind, despite what happened (for example) at the end of the Euros last year.

    Do you mind when players wear rainbow laces or the rainbow captain’s armband, or wear the KIO T shirts? No - because you can ignore that. You couldn’t ignore this as easily (and clearly didn’t given your comments). And that was the point.
     
  14. Tony Wilkinson

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    It was/is a load of old bollox, just that most of us could see right through it from the start.....
     
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  15. Bronco

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    Last Saturday I believe Doncaster as a team took the knee yet some of ours didn't.
     
  16. Faithful Bantam

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    Osadebe stood and I believe Smallwood stood an applauded.

    The whole thing was nonsense from the start.
     
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  17. Tony Wilkinson

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    No, Donny stood in line and applauded, most of ours took the knee but 2 or 3 brave souls didn't....it's time is up now when you see on telly so many teams now don't bother with this nonsense and if the premiership darlings stop which now seems likely then that will eventually filter down....
     
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  18. Bronco

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    As with our game on Saturday as you say some took the knee some didn't Doncaster stood and applauded why does if need to become a directive from the anyone, make your own call if you believe its run its course then just line up as normal.
     
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  19. Storck

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    As always it should be a decision for the players. If they want to then do it if not don't. Looks like England have decided to do it at the World Cup
     
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  20. Faithful Bantam

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    That'll show em.
     
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