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http://jamtomorrownufc.tumblr.com/post/55693557534/im-right-behind-papiss-cisse-and-you-should-be-too
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What happens if we get Plymouth I'm the cup? http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/23/plymouth-council-bans-payday-loans
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Straight from the desks of SDN http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/premier-league/28783-newcastle-s-gosling-walks-out-of-palace-deal.php Can't find it anywhere else yet.
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2014/15 NUFC Kits - New third kit revealed on page 143
BlueStar replied to bowlingcrofty's topic in Football
I think that's how they want it, Puma are gimps like. It's difficult to tell when so many aspects of it look like manufacturing errors. -
2014/15 NUFC Kits - New third kit revealed on page 143
BlueStar replied to bowlingcrofty's topic in Football
How come on his left hand side the blue line touches the black stripe at the bottom, but on the right there's a white gap? Can they not even make it fucking symmetrical? http://i.imgur.com/scZTJww.jpg -
2014/15 NUFC Kits - New third kit revealed on page 143
BlueStar replied to bowlingcrofty's topic in Football
http://i.imgur.com/9tV2GDS.png What in the fuck is hearing aid beige, really, have colours become that pretentious. -
2014/15 NUFC Kits - New third kit revealed on page 143
BlueStar replied to bowlingcrofty's topic in Football
What colour is that stripe around the cuffs? Hearing-aid beige? or is it supposed to be gold? -
2014/15 NUFC Kits - New third kit revealed on page 143
BlueStar replied to bowlingcrofty's topic in Football
Fucking hell, that's worse than it even looked in the leaks. -
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8838165/
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Maybe he thinks from a religious and ethical standpoint that charging a little bit of interest is a bit wrong, but charging a lot of interest is a lot wrong? Doesn't seem to be a totally whacked out, paradoxical and absolutely illogical position to hold. It seems like the kind of position most people have on most things.
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Gambling doesn't seem minor: http://www.islamawareness.net/Gambling/gambling_fatwa001.html I've read plenty of stuff like this over the past few weeks and like i said weeks ago that pic of him in the casino will change everything. But the basis behind Islam's stance on gambling is that it's wrong because for you to win, someone else has to lose. So gambling with a guy who has very little and potentially taking the last of his money would be more sinful than gamblign against a casino where they can afford to pay it. Most reports have cited both his 'religious and moral beliefs' so I don't see how it can't be a combination of the two unless he's a full on dogmatic religious zealot. Contraceptives are apparently a major no-no for Catholics, but it seems rank and file are happy to ignore it, while still citing their faith on other beliefs. If Wonga didn't lend to people who couldn't pay the money back, they'd likely go out of business. Payday lenders get 50% of their income from fees and charges for late payments, not the interest they make such a big deal about informing peope of upfront.
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Personally I prefer the more moderate religious folk who are willing to let minor stuff slide - think that's being pretty flexible and accomodating with your religious beliefs, which is what people are usually in favour of. Aren't they?
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He didn't know it would be a sponsor like this though, especially as other clubs have rejected sponsorship deals due to the same issues he has. You could say "He knew he'd have to play in the role the manager gave him" but there's a difference between being asked to play as a second striker and being asked to play in nets
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Well he's the only player doing this, despite us having several other Muslims in the squad. Do Sissoko, Hatem etc have wonky moral compassess ? Again, 'Muslims' are not some homogenous group who all have the same beliefs and practices. This is a pretty minor difference considering there are different branches of Islam waging sectarian wars against each other.
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Some people (wrongly in my opinion) think they get their morals from religion. "As a Christian, I'm strongly against gang violence." Well, OK, as a human being would have done, but at least you got there.
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Is it Cisse that's harming the club, or Wonga? People pointed out it would make us unattractive to players with a moral compass.
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Surely it's possible to think that spending his own money that he can afford to lose in a casino isn't as bad as actively marketing high interest loans to people without the means to pay them back. I just don't see the hypocrisy.
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About f***ing time. What is? Are you saying you want this to be in the paper? If so that's extremely baffling to say the least? Why? He's trying to paint himself as some sort of saint by refusing to wear Wonga and it's about time an opposite view/opinion was aired. How is he trying to paint himself as a saint by not wearing it? All he's doing is refusing to wear it. This witch hunt is ridiculous.
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If he wont touch the shirt why should he touch the money? You don't see a difference in touching money that might have once belonged to a company and actively advertising and promoting that company? Really?
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So what? He knows what they are now. If he wants to force a move, he can force one without this excuse. Footballers do it every single day. He looks like the good guy doing it this way though. It's nothing to do with the Catholic/Christian argument either - he proclaims to be a practicing Muslim when he quite clearly isn't. He is using his religion to force a move elsewhere, I've no doubt about that. Does he drink booze? Does he eat pork? Does he pray to mecca? Does he believe in an afterlife? He's clearly religious to some extent, just like anyone else who claims a religion. You don't go around telling people they aren't Christians because you can flick through a bible and find parts of it they haven't followed to the letter. You don't then accuse them of being up to no good on a Sunday because they can't really be going to church because they're not a practising Christian as they're wearing clothes made out of more than one fibre. By the logic Cisse's being subjected to, are there ANY practising Muslim footballers? Given the weekend games, are there ANY Christian or Jewish players? Is the premier league entirely secular, from top to bottom? He's said it's moral and religious objections, his objections could be 95% moral and 5% religious.
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So what? He knows what they are now. If he wants to force a move, he can force one without this excuse. Footballers do it every single day.
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No, no, it's simply not possible that he could have religious and moral objections to encouraging people to take out loans at extortionate rates of interest that could ruin their lives while thinking it does less harm to spend some of his own money in a casino. I mean, what sense would that make? it has to be absolutely all or nothing in every situation, that's what the real world's like, innit? It's like someone saying "Sorry, as a Catholic I don't think I can promote an abortion provider on my shirt" BULLSHIT, I've seen you eat meat on a Friday! LIAR! What's your real reason?! People pointed out that having a sponsor like Wonga could cause these types of issues. Cisse's well within his rights to object to promoting them.
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Maybe we could offer him a role on some kind of coaching capacity? Obviously for a more hands-on role he'd need a more generous remuneration package, but I'm sure there's a bit of spare cash in the transfer kitty.
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Best continue with protracted negotiations in an attempt to get this one 'over the line', more important than trying to sign some playing staff.
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that's quite a range Fucking hell, that takes me back...