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Author: JonbhoyJonbhoy Date: Sep 10, 2008 17:27
"guitierrez" blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns9B15F18B0465Fguit@130.133.1.4...> "Jonbhoy" champsagain.com> wrote in
> news:JYudnXIlFIts1FXVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@giganews.com:
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>>> I can see what your trying to say and actually to a point agree due to
>> safety,however why is it ok to go out and drink if you win but not if
>> you lose because plenty of players in the past have done that.
>
> In my mind it's not a question of whether it's alright or not, per se. I
> can undersatnd going out for a drink to celebrate - but Lennon should
> have had the sense to keep his head down considering the result. I can
> bet that Strachan was up till the small hours poring over videos to see
> what went wrong. In my mind Lennon should have been doing the same, or at
> least making it look like he was. His behaviour (and I mean by that the
> fact he was out drinking) was rather unprofessional and, from a Celtic
> supporters point of view, disappointing.
Well the strachan thing we can only guess because we will never know.But i
disagree about the rest,it is probably the best night to go out (I mean the
night of the day you played) because its the furthest time from the next
game.Its obvious Strachan gives permission to the players so im guessing its
the same with the staff . People let off steam in different ways,go home and
chat with family,relax in front of tv,go to friends house or go out and let
off steam.Lennon has every right like the rest of us to go out when he likes
so long as it does not affect his job,which it didnt.Im not disappointed in
the least over Lennon from the reports of what happened.Had he been blind
drunk shouting "You orange bastards" to a group of rangers supporters then
id say drag him over the coals but from the reports that was not the
case.The only disappointing thing for me is the fact this crap is still
going on in this day and age.
>> And being fair i dont know any boss that in any job so long as they are
>> not on call that if they have had a bad office day that the boss will
>> pull them up for going out that night (Unless they are on call then
>> that to me would be drinking on the job...not good!).I grew up in and
>> around Glasgow during the 70's and 80's and know just how bad it can
>> be,but the problem was and sadly still is sectarian based . And as i
>> said before the point is that Lennon being singled out has nothing to
>> do with the way he played as most people really did know . Sadly he
>> will continue to be targetted by the sick part of society happy to
>> keep pulling Scottish society into the gutter . Im all for hard
>> rivalry but this kind of shit towards players and staff (and yes even
>> refs) has to be stopped . Sadly i have no idea how , wish i did!
>
> While I'm sure that a lot of the hatred towards Lennon is sectarian in
> nature there is no escaping from the fact that, as a player, he was a
> narky wee cunt and was easy to hate. Religion was not an issue in the
> eayes of many who purely disliked his behaviour on the field.
I dont disagree and to be honest id love 11 Lennons on the pitch playing for
the club they love rather than ones looking for a good pension etc . But
Rangers have had plenty of players that enjoyed similar traits . Look at the
Hately type era at some players back then.Terry Butcher for one but how many
times has he been attacked on nights out? My point was really the fact that
when posts were made saying why Lennon was picked on while he was a player
most said it had fuck all to do with his Religion or where he was from , and
as you say many did dislike him for his play and now he has stopped playing
have left it there (Majority gladly of Rangers fans posting here i would say
disliked him for the way he played) but we are going to see more attacks no
doubt on him purely for him being an NI Catholic and that really is going to
just drag us back further.But like i say i just wish i had the be all answer
as to how to stop it all . Maybe now the Maze has shut we should ship the
extreme element from all scottish clubs over then open up the segregation
gates and let them all kill each other!Doubt many would shed a tear.
JB
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