Greg

He's shit and a liability. He has a very nice right foot, but doesn't know how best to use it and has little else to his game. Sadly we are probably stuck with him until the end of his contact, he loves loving in the north east and nobody would be stupid enough to pay him what we do.

That one I am not sure about but I agree entirely in general. I think it would be correct to call Lee Ryder at tautologist, as there is no doubt he is a person that practices tautology.

Been reading about this over the last hour, not spent enough time there myself or read about this enough really. This type of thing seems very common with defensive positions adopted about racial attitudes in Spain, both in the media and in from marketing executives and government advisers. Very different to how things are seen here.

] Helps that he has half an hour on the ball and not one Man United player thinks of closing him down etc.

I agree, and I am being a dick and pedant but if attacking someone for not being able to write you need to get your spelling correct. Then again, this is an internet message board not a published newspaper so it really doesn't fucking matter. Ryder is a joke man, the only thing I will defend him for these days is when he is reporting news from the club and people claiming he has made it up. This is because I know for a fact he gets all his info spoon fed by the club, although of course quite often that will be deliberate lies the club want published in the local media.

Great goal.

I know. All I am saying is that, I thought the reaction to it on Twitter was a bit over the top. The tweet was stupid and you certainly wouldn't see products marketed like this in the UK but it seems quite common and normalised in Spain. Need to understand Spanish culture a bit more really. Is Spain a racist country?

Is it? Blackface marketing is blacking up something that would otherwise be white. It's certainly questionable and wouldn't be acceptable here, but this thing sells 30 million packets of chocolate a year and in its own culture and there seems to be no issue with it in its own culture.

If he had compared the image with a golliwog, or other similar figures or images used historically as anti-black in a racist connotation then what you say is correct. The image with the spear by the way - isn't their image / logo and hasn't been for some time. Like I said, it was a stupid tweet. I just thought the reaction was over the top. Need to understand Spanish culture to really understand this here. I've spent the last hour or so reading about this and it's a very complex and confusing area. Their views / standards in this area are clearly very different to ours.

You don't look very closely then, first of all his team mate that was subject of the tweet responded in kind. The rest were mainly people going off it and calling him out as a racist.

Anyway he's deleted the tweet now. Which is to be expected. It was stupid. I still think the reaction was massively over the top.

Strange stance to take to show that you knew who the character was. It's more the fact it seems lookalikes and comparisons are only fine if they're white and it's only non Spanish white people that seem to find this offensive. It's just a bit odd.

These chocolates in every shop in Spain. It’s not questioned in Spain but I guess wouldn't be used here but I still think this is a massive over reaction.

That's subjective though. It's only white people that are finding this offensive. Stupid and naive tweet but I find the reaction ridiculous.

I'm seriously a little confused here, a picture of his team mate as a child looks a bit like a character from a well known Spanish chocolate brand. Team mate responds and finds it funny. Perhaps a little naive to put this on Twitter, but the reaction is crazy. So are only white people allowed to be used for funny/joke comparisons? I really don't get the jumping all over this and don't see any racism.

What's wrong?

Everyone kicking off in the comments for no reason.

Lee Clark Robbie Elliott Pavel Srnicek Nobby Solano Need one more. Not counting Lovenkrands as he didn't play for anyone else in his small gap away.

No. He's also a lying c*** over the reasons for his move to Liverpool. Yup, surprised people have forgotten how that move went down. He made sure it happened. Nah. If you believe the club there's something wrong with you. Not enamoured by his return, but all that was manufactured by the club to try and appease the masses and blame Carroll for the sale. Clubs can't force players to leave. No doubt in my mind it was all over money. Yes the £35 million quid Mike Ashley laughing all the way to the bank.

What a fucking shite delivery.

No. He's also a lying c*** over the reasons for his move to Liverpool. Yup, surprised people have forgotten how that move went down. He made sure it happened. Nah. If you believe the club there's something wrong with you. Not enamoured by his return, but all that was manufactured by the club to try and appease the masses and blame Carroll for the sale.

Clear dive.

Great clearance.

He changed it again at half time.