Our fanbase now is global and extremely diverse so I'm not sure there's a default relatable player.
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Media Discussion - 2023/24
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In general a personality like Haaland is more visible and relatable because of having that connection with the club on top of having a celebrity persona. Not every player will have that and in Mahrez’ case it was just that, he was admired and appreciated solely as a technician, a clever and unique winger. Outside of football he wasn’t as out there like some are. Did appease a lot of Arab/Muslim fans however, so Sam is incorrect but I do see what he meant by not as relatable for commoners.Our fanbase now is global and extremely diverse so I'm not sure there's a default relatable player.
LongsightM13
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He isHe’s not calling anyone racist here at all. He’s actually right about that, it’s a relatability factor. Could have put it in a much much better way, but then you’re asking for elevated journalistic standards, which is too much to expect from ‘The Athletic’
He literally said “Perhaps his race and faith plays into that”
You are giving this snide **** waaay to much credit
LongsightM13
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‘Commoners’?In general a personality like Haaland is more visible and relatable because of having that connection with the club on top of having a celebrity persona. Not every player will have that and in Mahrez’ case it was just that, he was admired and appreciated solely as a technician, a clever and unique winger. Outside of football he wasn’t as out there like some are. Did appease a lot of Arab/Muslim fans however, so Sam is incorrect but I do see what he meant by not as relatable for commoners.
I mean wtf are you even implying with that word
bobbyowenquiff
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Spot-on. Racial abuse has always been very rare at City even in the 70s and 80s. I went to matches as a teenager with a very diverse group of mates from Withington/Fallowfield/Moss Side. All races and religions. The racist clubs were Leeds, Chelsea, and both Merseyside clubs. I am not saying racism didn't exist but it wasn't a big issue at City in those days. The one thing we had in common was City. It is too easy to condemn everyone who grew up in the 70s. Most of us treated women with respect as well.Yep, I’ve not heard racist abuse at City since the 70’s and early 80’s. Also there was this woman on Sky last week saying women get misogynistic abuse at every football game. I’ve been going to football with my sister for the past 25 years and never once as she been in the end of negative comments. People of this generation are constantly looking for a clause celebre to hang their hat on.
LongsightM13
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I’d say nowadays Chelsea (always them, always have been horrible racists and sectarian horror shows), Burnley, Millwall and LeicesterSpot-on. Racial abuse has always been very rare at City even in the 70s and 80s. I went to matches as a teenager with a very diverse group of mates from Withington/Fallowfield/Moss Side. All races and religions. The racist clubs were Leeds, Chelsea, and both Merseyside clubs. I am not saying racism didn't exist but it wasn't a big issue at City in those days. The one thing we had in common was City. It is too easy to condemn everyone who grew up in the 70s. Most of us treated women with respect as well.
We still have a very small element of EDL types, pretty much exclusively from Tameside and the yonner towns like Bury and Oldham
Anyone trying that shite with Donald Francis etc back in the day was given a Moss Side education very quickly
None of this is remotely relevant to Riyad Mahrez though
Sam Lee is a snide shit stirring ****
Probably got a thumbs up from Crafton, Pearce, Pitt-Brooke and the other athletic cunts at the team meeting though
Cheers bud. Don’t worry tho, I don’t take anything on here personally unless the poster actually knows me for the tit I am ;)Don't take it personally he's just after a Friday afternoon argument. You won the lottery ;)
General public, why has an article from Sam Lee of all people got your knickers in a twist?‘Commoners’?
I mean wtf are you even implying with that word
You feel targeted?
Don't argue with him, he'll dig up a post you made in 2011 saying you didn't like black cabs and call you a racist.Fucking bollocks.
The club should deny him entry to the ground, maybe on the grounds of his own safety, he really is a snide twat, still he has his defenders on here but god knows why.So Sam Lee thinks we’re all racists now.
Maybe that ‘single cell’ fella was actually one of his ‘Super Joey Hart’-style sock puppet pseudonyms
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