Tonight's Football

[BWFC_Insane]

I thought England played well.

I'm mainly pleased because it means Redknapp can't bleat on so much about how he'd be doing a better job.

[Bruce Rioja]

I thought England played well.

I'm mainly pleased because it means Redknapp can't bleat on so much about how he'd be doing a better job.

Hadn't thought of that. Yes, what a blessed relief.

[chester white]

I see the press couldn't let a feel good factor last too long.... Roy brought back down to earth with his half time team talk to Townsend being misconstrued.

[coffeymagic]

He'd been holding it in for about 20 minutes waiting for a break in play and couldnae hold it any longer.

There was a foul on the touchline and he made his move. The goal went in as he ran back down the stairs - i dived for the remote to rewind it but he'd heard the goal go in.

I could have paused it of course and waited for him but I don't like doing that as I'm not comfy watching 'live' sport five minutes behind the rest of the world and when I FFWD it to catch up there's always a goal.

Ah well.

England flags out of the garden this morning back in the loft ready for next summer.

[Prufrock]

This Roy Hodgson fuss ... .

You know something has gone wrong when Stan Collymore is the voice of reason!

[Little Green Man]

This Roy Hodgson fuss ... .

You know something has gone wrong when Stan Collymore is the voice of reason!

I know. It's pathetic. As I said to the Zambian bloke at work - who gives a monkey's?

[coffeymagic]

I must admit I quite like Stan Collymore. He's pretty much the only person on Talksport (is he still on?) that would tempt me tune in. Not that I do, but if all other radio stations were blown up in a nuclear attack and our only source of information was Talksport and Stan was on...

'You're listening to Talksport breakfast with me Alan Brazi and Ronnie Irani. Broadcasting from Talksport Towers in the aftermath of an unexpected nuclear attack. From my window I can see London smouldering, radioactive ash falling from the sky and the rotting corpses of thousands of charred bodies lay in the streets below. So, we're asking you is Andros Townsend the greatest player in world football at the moment? Call us now on 0870 12 11 64. Later I'll be trying to get 'freemans' at what's left of The Groucho Club and a round of golf courtesy of some poor sod I back into a corner on the pretence of talking about Tiger Woods. But first, some adverts for vans.....

I have no idea if Alan Brazil, Ronnie Irani or that bell Mike Parry are still on the air and I don't intend to find out.

What were we talking about?

[malcd1]

Why does the word monkey now suddenly have to have racist undertones? I like monkeys and have been to Monkey Forest at Trentham Gardens near Stoke a few times (good day out if you have young ones).

I know they the word has been used by some idiots as a derogatory term for blacks or Afro-Caribbean, if you want to be politically correct, but please don't try and ban the work monkey FFS.

Why do the press have to make such a mountain out of a mole hill.

[bobo the clown]

Why does the word monkey now suddenly have to have racist undertones? I like monkeys and have been to Monkey Forest at Trentham Gardens near Stoke a few times (good day out if you have young ones).

I know they the word has been used by some idiots as a derogatory term for blacks or Afro-Caribbean, if you want to be politically correct, but please don't try and ban the work monkey FFS.

Why do the press have to make such a mountain out of a mole hill.

That's moleist that is.

Regrettably, some long time ago, the World of taking/giving racist offence became defined as "the offence taken" not "the offence intended". So, by that definition, if a person choses to be offended then they can say they are ... simple as that really.

It's bllx & shite, but it's the way the law, and employment law interprets it. Hence every one of us can suddenly be faced with an accusation of this type despite an entirely innocent remark.

[coffeymagic]

I saw a documentary once that proved humans and monkeys are a lot closer to each other than was previously thought.

It concluded by showing that both species enjoy a nice cup of tea after shifting a piano.

For the record I don't like monkeys and don't know why we spend so much time looking after them. Ask yourself have you ever seen a monkey that was pleased to see you?

[bwfcdan94]

I must admit I quite like Stan Collymore. He's pretty much the only person on Talksport (is he still on?) that would tempt me tune in. Not that I do, but if all other radio stations were blown up in a nuclear attack and our only source of information was Talksport and Stan was on...

'You're listening to Talksport breakfast with me Alan Brazi and Ronnie Irani. Broadcasting from Talksport Towers in the aftermath of an unexpected nuclear attack. From my window I can see London smouldering, radioactive ash falling from the sky and the rotting corpses of thousands of charred bodies lay in the streets below. So, we're asking you is Andros Townsend the greatest player in world football at the moment? Call us now on 0870 12 11 64. Later I'll be trying to get 'freemans' at what's left of The Groucho Club and a round of golf courtesy of some poor sod I back into a corner on the pretence of talking about Tiger Woods. But first, some adverts for vans.....
I heard the other day that Ronnie Irani used to play for Astley Bridge CC is that true.
I have no idea if Alan Brazil, Ronnie Irani or that bell Mike Parry are still on the air and I don't intend to find out.

What were we talking about?

[Worthy4England]

Why does the word monkey now suddenly have to have racist undertones? I like monkeys and have been to Monkey Forest at Trentham Gardens near Stoke a few times (good day out if you have young ones).

I know they the word has been used by some idiots as a derogatory term for blacks or Afro-Caribbean, if you want to be politically correct, but please don't try and ban the work monkey FFS.

Why do the press have to make such a mountain out of a mole hill.

I'm in this camp. Since when did any particular race get ownership of the word monkey? Especially in the connotation of the joke from which it derived. Complete bollocks. Oh and whoever went running to the Sun with it, give your head a fecking shake and grow up.

I hadn't even spotted Andros Townsend wasn't "white" until this all came out in the press.

[Gary the Enfield]

I saw a documentary once that proved humans and monkeys are a lot closer to each other than was previously thought.

It concluded by showing that both species enjoy a nice cup of tea after shifting a piano.

For the record I don't like monkeys and don't know why we spend so much time looking after them. Ask yourself have you ever seen a monkey that was pleased to see you?

Can we also stop mistaking monkeys for apes? It is clearly two Chimpanzees shifting that Piano. Chimpanzees are APES.

[coffeymagic]

That's chimpist!

Monkeys and chimpanzees are the same thing. Oh this one's not got a tail, this one can't swim, this one lives on Gibraltar and takes the effing pee.

And before we go any furhter I've heard a couple of times that I'm peeling a banana the 'wrong way' because someone saw a monkey in the zoo opening one from the other end.

Listen pal, I'm a human and I'll eat a feck*' banana the feck*' way I feck*' choose to eat a feck*' banana because I'm the top of the evolutionary feck*' tree.

And you're not. That's why you're a feck*' monkey.

At this point I would like to quote Troy McClure from the smash musical 'Stop the Planet of the Apes - I want to get off!'

'I hate ev'ry chimp I see,
From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-zee'

Classic Simpsons.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I saw a documentary once that proved humans and monkeys are a lot closer to each other than was previously thought.

It concluded by showing that both species enjoy a nice cup of tea after shifting a piano.

For the record I don't like monkeys and don't know why we spend so much time looking after them. Ask yourself have you ever seen a monkey that was pleased to see you?

Can we also stop mistaking monkeys for apes? It is clearly two Chimpanzees shifting that Piano. Chimpanzees are APES.

I'm with you.
People who cannot tell the difference are clearly descended from monkeys with prehensile tails and limited opposibility to their thumbs.

[Gary the Enfield]

I saw a documentary once that proved humans and monkeys are a lot closer to each other than was previously thought.

It concluded by showing that both species enjoy a nice cup of tea after shifting a piano.

For the record I don't like monkeys and don't know why we spend so much time looking after them. Ask yourself have you ever seen a monkey that was pleased to see you?

Can we also stop mistaking monkeys for apes? It is clearly two Chimpanzees shifting that Piano. Chimpanzees are APES.

I'm with you.
People who cannot tell the difference are clearly descended from monkeys with prehensile tails and limited opposibility to their thumbs.

No you're not. You're a cat.

[thebish]

I saw a documentary once that proved humans and monkeys are a lot closer to each other than was previously thought.

It concluded by showing that both species enjoy a nice cup of tea after shifting a piano.

For the record I don't like monkeys and don't know why we spend so much time looking after them. Ask yourself have you ever seen a monkey that was pleased to see you?

Can we also stop mistaking monkeys for apes? It is clearly two Chimpanzees shifting that Piano. Chimpanzees are APES.

I'm with you.
People who cannot tell the difference are clearly descended from monkeys with prehensile tails and limited opposibility to their thumbs.

No you're not. You're a cat.

but NOT a seagull...

[H. Pedersen]

If this blows up then it's going to be the end of the anti-racism movement in football. Nobody will take it seriously if the definition of "racism" is this watered down.

Sort of reminds of all those people who said Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was "rapey." It's like, do these words even have meaning anymore?

[Bruce Rioja]

I thought that you were only six hours behind?!

[thebish]

I don't think it's an issue - but I do wonder what thought process led Roy to say such a thing... if he said "feed the monkey" - that's not a common phrase that is actually used, is it? or have i missed summat?