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I see your point mate and I may have not explained mine well so let me try again. The examples I gave in my previous post and the statement you mentioned about Germans and penalties are not "bad" because they don't insult anyone. But my point is I'd rather say something like "Most German players are excellent at penalties" because: 1) "Germans never loose penalties" is a logical fallacy. 2) I ask again: Why do you feel the need to over-generalize a trait, especially among a race? There are 1.5 million professional footballers in Germany (I read this number once but I'm not too sure about it), how many of them have you watched? 1000? 10000? For all you know, the vast majority of German footballers could be terrible at penalties. Same goes for black people and rapping. Rapping became trendy in some areas in the US that contain societies that are mostly made of black people. The actual ability to rap has nothing to do with skin color as I'm sure there are millions and millions of black people in Africa who can't rap. Why people feel the need to make a connection between rapping and skin color is honestly beyond me. 3) The dangerous part of these statements is the mentality behind them. You say that black people (in the US) are good at rapping because there are more rappers with black skin. If, at one point, there are more black or white people in jail, does that justify saying that this race or that race are criminals? The problem is "Black people are good rappers" and other similar sentences are one step away from "Black people criminals", "Arabs are terrorists", "The Irish are alchoholic"...etc I'm sorry I just can't see the logic behind that, can you elaborate? And why can't someone say that a person of his own race is racist? I say that regularly to people of my own race who use the words "Black" and "Slave" interchangeably (an unfortunate and ignorant part of the evolution of the Lebanese dialogue that is thankfully becoming rarer)

I agree. It was fun at first with the one for Ancelotti, but now it is getting embarrassing.

No but prejudice. Why do you feel the need to over generalize the trait? If that was true, then we should have left Bayern the trophy when the 120 mins ended. But there are Geramns who loose in penalties. The point is saying that someone is superior or inferior to another solely because of his race is the definition of racism and even if it is about something silly, it opens the door for the same "mentality" to be used on different traits. And another point, the reason why, more often than not, Germans prevail in penalties is a certain mentality that a large group of Germans have due to their society. It has nothing to do with their race (meaning if a Chinese football player was born and raised in the same society, he is likely to have this same quality even if he is not of the German race).

Left footed players on the right wing cut in and shoot while righted-footed ones go wide and cross. We need the latter type imo.

Racism is not only hate towards a race. It is saying/implying/believing that people are unequal and separated by their race or skin color.That includes when someone assumes that all people of a certain race (even if it is his own) should act in a way that is different from other people of another race. Racism should be pointed out even when the statement is not an insult because it is the mentality that is more damaging than the statement it self. Example: - "Jews make good lawyers" --> Racist - "I love black people" --> Racist

I have no idea what I was doing trying to reason with Rio:

I'm still not sure if I'm going to watch this match. I'm not sure if it's going to be on tv here and I don't want to wake up at 4 am only to find that it's not.

Congrats mate, well deserved.

That racist cunt! Needless to say that the FA will let that slide.

Sun-burnt. I was at the beach yesterday and didn't put any sun protection cream because I usually never get burned. But for some reason my feet got sun-burned this time and now I can't wear any shoes or socks

When I'm bored I usually go to stumbleupon

I was not saying that those are his only two options but rather providing contrast between the extremes of how players handle pressure. I have no idea how Eden is like, but there will be pressure on him by the media and fans, and if he does not handle that well, he will have a rough time.

The youngsters going to the US are: Chalobah, Bamford, Kane, Blackman, Saville, Hutchinson, Kakuta and Piazon.

Well we are looking for a winger, it would be nice to get an actual winger instead of a striker or central midfielder and move him to the wing.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2849051,00.html

I agree. But that depends on how Hzard handels the pressure. He could either be like Torres and flop or like Drogba who thrived on pressure and big matches.

We are lucky to have 3 world-class CBs. I'd be very happy with any combination.

He seems to like to talk to the media doesn't he?

Dan Levene making more sense about the case than anyone has since its start: http://sulia.com/channel/chelsea-fc/f/f6a15237-80c7-4bba-b681-6e8320299732/?source=twitter

This is on at 4:30am here

That was different because Yossi is old and didn't fit in AVB's 4-3-3.

Yeah Tripoli is still very old-fashioned, not to mention one of the poorest area. Ehden is a great place to live. I live in Beirut which is great but waaay too crowded.

I think it all goes down to how he performs in Pre-Season, that will decide whether or not he goes on loan.