Football Banter

(29-02-2012 12:14 )SeanTheDon Wrote:  One of West Ham's finest players over the last few years and now doing well for Spurs,Scott Parker that is,has been chosen as England captain,a fine choice,the Hammers miss him

i agree he is a great player and is getting better with age but i think gerrard has more international experiance and should have the armband.

Sheffield Wednesday have sacked manager Gary Megson.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footbal...dvert.html

Back from the dead.

Next time we should tell Holland that it's a friendly...

Trust Robbin to score another great winner in extra time.

england u21 won 4-0 belgium ud21 at least the young lions won

What is wrong with the media in our country? It's just an advert!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17215880

Quote:Liverpool keeper Jose Reina in race storm over TV advert

Liverpool's Jose Reina has been caught up in a race row after complaints that a television commercial he appears in is racist and homophobic.

Campaign group Operation Black Vote has complained to Spanish insurance firm Groupama Seguros about an advert in Spain featuring the goalkeeper.

They claim it "depicts black people in a jungle scenario as stupid, backward, animalistic homosexuals."

OBV say the advert has been pulled from Spanish TV since their complaint.

The advert played on Reina's surname, which means "queen" and shows the Spain international being introduced to a tribal chief who chooses him as his partner.

Campaigners claim that Groupama said it does not "contain either offensive or any discriminatory content".

OBV director Simon Woolley said: "I'm shocked on so many levels.

"Firstly, how would the Spanish feel if the English stereotyped Spanish people as backward, stupid, and animalistic homosexuals?

"Secondly, what does this say about Pepe Reina?

"The Liverpool goalkeeper has lived and worked in the UK for nearly a decade, does he think it's okay characterise black people this way?

"Does he think his black team-mates will laugh at his joke?"

Reina, 29, joined Liverpool from Liverpool in 2005 and helped them to win the Carling Cup against on Sunday.

Liverpool have already been involved in one race storm this season after striker Luis Suarez was banned for eight matches for abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

Here is the Adv in question: (1:14-1:24)



Gotta hand it to Reina, great facial expressions

Wow, Liverpool should be 4 or 5 goals ahead of Arsenal at half-time, totally dominated that half

Mark Lawrenson on Football Focus "A Carling Cup win will give any team a massive lift for the rest of the season" tell that to Birmingham fans

Leeds threw everything but the kitchen sink against Southampton today & still get beat.A promising performance though.

get fuckin in there!!!