The Tottenham Thread 13/14 part 3.

[Dzeko's Right Boot]

COMPLETELY forgot Adebayor is still at Spurs. But the question is, does he feel 'loved' at Spurs anymore?

 

[Dave S]

COMPLETELY forgot Adebayor is still at Spurs. But the question is, does he feel 'loved' at Spurs anymore?

Don't worry about Adebayor, his love of money will see him through.

 

[bluevengence]

COMPLETELY forgot Adebayor is still at Spurs. But the question is, does he feel 'loved' at Spurs anymore?

Don't worry about Adebayor, his love of money will see him through.

We did warn them but they just wouldn't listen.......never mind eh

 

[jaiguruKun]

A disappointing result

That's an understatement if ever I heard one.

On a separate note I'd be interested to hear your take on the "Yiddo" debate. The Spurs fans' stance baffles me immensely and makes it extremely difficult for anyone outside the club to warm to it (not that I'm suggesting you care). If it was remotely witty or amusing I could sort of understand it but it isn't and never has been.

I don't buy the whole idea that the purpose of the chant is to gain ownership of the term. It may have been 30 years ago when racist chanting was rife but these days it is extremely rare and those who are caught doing it are arrested.

I appreciate that it is not intended to be offensive but the very idea that a club should seek to define itself by a particular race or religion is unhealthy. It is also an invitation to fans of other teams to give some back thereby perpetuating the fans' sense that they are being discriminated against. Maybe that's the real reason they do it?

Having said that it does rile me immensely that David Baddiel has become the spokesperson against the chanting when his twitter bio is "Jew."

 

[SkyBlueUSA]

Are the Spurs aiming for another qualification for Europa League? They apparently love that tournament lol.

 

[MJepsenJensen]

My thoughts regarding the Yid debate are simple, I think it's fantastic that the Spurs fans have managed to take a racist word and turn it into something positive.

The same should be done by the black community and the Pakistani community regarding the N and P words.

Take the word back from the racists, Claim ownership of it.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

I will be very,very annoyed if the stats and graph poster doesn't post his beautiful,colourful and pretty graphs for tomorrow morning..
I want stats!!
I want graphs!!
I want stats and graphs...
Come on,give it to me with both barrels..
AVB....FAB!!

Thanks manimanc. This just made me giggle out loud. Wife now giving me a suspicious look.

 

[mat]

My thoughts regarding the Yid debate are simple, I think it's fantastic that the Spurs fans have managed to take a racist word and turn it into something positive.

The same should be done by the black community and the Pakistani community regarding the N and P words.

Take the word back from the racists, Claim ownership of it.

good point but i don't want rags reclaiming the word ****.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

My thoughts regarding the Yid debate are simple, I think it's fantastic that the Spurs fans have managed to take a racist word and turn it into something positive.

The same should be done by the black community and the Pakistani community regarding the N and P words.

Take the word back from the racists, Claim ownership of it.

'Own' a word. How can anyone 'own' language?

 

[MJepsenJensen]

My thoughts regarding the Yid debate are simple, I think it's fantastic that the Spurs fans have managed to take a racist word and turn it into something positive.

The same should be done by the black community and the Pakistani community regarding the N and P words.

Take the word back from the racists, Claim ownership of it.

'Own' a word. How can anyone 'own' language?

I meant the annotations of the word.

The P word has been taken by the racists and used as a negative when in reality, It should be used as a word to describe somebody from Pakistan in short, Like "Brit" or "Aussie".

If this word was used freely and claimed back then the racists wouldn't be able to use it as an insult.