Vesper 30,232 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 The four-day boycott of social media disgraces and content hucksters You obviously know. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Scott Murray OUR SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: THREE PARAGRAPHS CONTAINING NOTHING As a mere garden-variety email, The Fiver doesn’t technically qualify as a social media. Quibble over the strict definitions all you want, but we simply don’t tick all the boxes. For a start, people read, pay attention to and enjoy social media. Unlike social media, The Fiver cannot slake your thirst for pictures of household animals cutely peering out of domestic sanitary facilities. And there’s no point asking The Fiver to join in the latest late-night reach-around as you all applaud each other’s staggering genius, we’re halfway through this bottle of Fistfight for a start, plus the snooker’s on, and in any case there are plenty of comment writers, panel-show contestants and phone-in hosts out there who will happily field that sort of thing. Guardian Sport joins social media boycott in campaign against hate online Read more Having said all that, it would be remiss of The Fiver to ignore the upcoming four-day sporting boycott of social media disgraces and content hucksters such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Football clubs, organisations and players across the land are removing themselves from the aforementioned platforms in a symbolic attempt to clean up the fibre-optic sewer of abuse that sluices the dregs of humanity into our homes 24-7. This extremely welcome and frankly long overdue show of silent solidarity begins on Friday afternoon at 3pm BST and ideally would end sometime in the year 2525, but in actuality finishes at one minute before midnight on Monday, which is a start, and we’ll grab what we can with both hands. “This boycott signifies our collective anger,” says Kick It Out chairperson Sanjay Bhandari. “We are making a symbolic gesture to those with power. We need you to act. We need you to create change.” The Fiver is all in with this plan, so much so that earlier today we asked The Man if we could down tools in order to show our support, and absolutely not so we’d be free to get stuck into the remainder of that bottle of 73.8% ABV turps-flavoured beverage and watch Wilson-Murphy from the Crucible. The Man didn’t fall for our wheeze, though never let it be said that he isn’t open to compromise. “Three paragraphs as usual,” he bellowed, “but you can chip off at 2.59pm, and given the serious nature of the subject, don’t feel obliged to come up with any witty jokes.” As The Fiver sailed back through The Man’s office door along a perfect parabola towards our desk, one eyebrow was slowly raised. LIVE ON BIG WEBSITE! Join Scott Murray from 8pm BST for hot Premier League MBM coverage of Southampton 0-0 Leicester. Here’s Brenny. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City/Getty Images QUOTE OF THE DAY “It is critical this is not a one-off. It should be viewed as part of a broader collective campaign that does not stop at punishing those with abhorrent views or who troll for the sake of trolling, but explores more broadly the root causes of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of abuse, and looks to use the popularity and power of football to drive the changes needed more generally in society to eradicate those views for good” – why Suzanne Wrack is joining the social media disgrace boycott. RECOMMENDED LISTENING Here’s the latest Football Weekly Extra podcast, on Big Cup and fan power. FIVER LETTERS “After reading Wednesday’s missive, I felt somebody should ask you if you feel Hennes VIII might be regarded as the Greatest GOAT Of All Time?” – Chris Weaver. “I am not sure which I enjoyed most from yesterday’s Quote of the Day. The fact there really is a team called Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs, or the fact that the manager of their vanquished opponents was able to throw his players under the bus in a manner that might have made even José Mourinho wince. At the risk of making your output both interesting and funny, can we have more of this?” – Colin Reed. “Re: tales of referee misadventures (Fiver letters passim). It brought to mind a game I reffed horribly hungover at uni some years ago, when I rarely blew the whistle as it hurt. The lack of tooting probably didn’t help as, late on, I had to send someone off. I then realised I had no cards on me. Fortunately, it was such a nasty lunge he thought he was giving it the big one by storming off before I could card him. I definitely had a watch, but blew up early. PS: your ‘well worth a watch’ (yesterday’s last line) was bang on – thanks for that” – Dan Ashley. “About 20 years ago, when I was in my early-50s, I was playing in a Co-Ed league in California. I came on as a sub wearing the team jersey and my cut-off Levi’s bespattered with house paint. The portly ref, a pompous Brit, scolded me for the shorts and gave me a yellow card. I told him we’d speak after the game. The match over, he was walking off the field, so I yelled to him: ‘How do they look from here?’ I turned around, dropped the offending kit and mooned him. I was banned from the league for the rest of the season” – Hanford Woods. Send your letters to [email protected]. And you can always tweet The Fiver via @guardian_sport. Today’s winner of our prizeless letter o’the day is … Hanford Woods. NEWS, BITS AND BOBS Albion Rovers striker David Cox says he is retiring after allegedly being mocked by a Stenhousemuir player over his mental health. Ronald Koeman is still steaming after being sent off as Barcelona blew a shot at going top of La Liga, losing 2-1 at home to Granada. “They said it was for disrespecting the fourth official,” he fumed. “I’d like to know what I’m supposed to have said. He’s the one who is rude towards me.” Koeman gets told to do Ron. Photograph: Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Chirpy C0ckerel’s odds of getting the Spurs job have increased after Erik ten Hag joined Julian Nagelsmann in ensuring Daniel Levy’s shortlist lives up to its name by signing a new Ajax deal. The European groups for 2023 World Cup qualifying are in. Liverpool midfielder Rachel Furness reckons it was a lack of on-pitch nous that led to them missing out on promotion back to the WSL, not underinvestment. “We are getting invested in but part of our job is to perform on the pitch so if we are not doing that it reflects badly,” she sighed. And Newcastle boss Bernard Cribbins has warned Mike Ashley off placing whizzy forward Allan Saint-Maximin in one of his sports shop’s bargain bins. “The last thing we want to be doing is selling our better players,” he parped. STILL WANT MORE? There’s a new Pat Nevin book out and, if this review is anything to go by, bookshops will be rammed with Dukla Prague away shirt-wearing hipsters as they rush to buy it. Come for the 10 things to look out for in the Premier League this weekend, stay for the epic composite image. Aston Villa’s Mana Iwabuchi gets her chat on with Sean Carroll about trying to inspire Japanese girls to play football and her feelings about the Olympics going ahead in a pandemic. Yes, Mana. Photograph: Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC/Getty Images Bolton were a “big ship to turn around’ but after a sorry slide through the divisions they’re on the rise again, reports Ben Fisher. One for Roy Keane here: Jonathan Liew on how Kyle Walker made his case for greatness against PSG. Emi Buendía tells Ben Fisher how his silky skills made Lionel Messi coo in appreciation and what an instant return to the Premier League means for Norwich. Oh, and if it’s your thing … you can follow Big Website on Big Social FaceSpace. And INSTACHAT, TOO! LONG WEEKEND. TAKE CARE ALL, BACK ON TUESDAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,232 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2020-21 English Premier League Crystal Palace Manchester City http://www.sportnews.to/mysports/2021/premier-league-crystal-palace-vs-manchester-city-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/page-3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 If Liverpool beat United, City are champs. Otherwise they can celebrate after the clash with us lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Milan said: If Liverpool beat United, City are champs. Otherwise they can celebrate after the clash with us lol Danger with City having nothing to play for when they meet us is they could go out completely relaxed and shit all over us. But even is they do have nothing to play for, they won't want to lose two on the trot to us, so count on them being up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 9 hours ago, Vesper said: OUR SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: THREE PARAGRAPHS CONTAINING NOTHING As a mere garden-variety email, The Fiver doesn’t technically qualify as a social media. Quibble over the strict definitions all you want, but we simply don’t tick all the boxes. For a start, people read, pay attention to and enjoy social media. Unlike social media, The Fiver cannot slake your thirst for pictures of household animals cutely peering out of domestic sanitary facilities. And there’s no point asking The Fiver to join in the latest late-night reach-around as you all applaud each other’s staggering genius, we’re halfway through this bottle of Fistfight for a start, plus the snooker’s on, and in any case there are plenty of comment writers, panel-show contestants and phone-in hosts out there who will happily field that sort of thing. Guardian Sport joins social media boycott in campaign against hate online Read more Having said all that, it would be remiss of The Fiver to ignore the upcoming four-day sporting boycott of social media disgraces and content hucksters such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Football clubs, organisations and players across the land are removing themselves from the aforementioned platforms in a symbolic attempt to clean up the fibre-optic sewer of abuse that sluices the dregs of humanity into our homes 24-7. This extremely welcome and frankly long overdue show of silent solidarity begins on Friday afternoon at 3pm BST and ideally would end sometime in the year 2525, but in actuality finishes at one minute before midnight on Monday, which is a start, and we’ll grab what we can with both hands. “This boycott signifies our collective anger,” says Kick It Out chairperson Sanjay Bhandari. “We are making a symbolic gesture to those with power. We need you to act. We need you to create change.” The Fiver is all in with this plan, so much so that earlier today we asked The Man if we could down tools in order to show our support, and absolutely not so we’d be free to get stuck into the remainder of that bottle of 73.8% ABV turps-flavoured beverage and watch Wilson-Murphy from the Crucible. The Man didn’t fall for our wheeze, though never let it be said that he isn’t open to compromise. “Three paragraphs as usual,” he bellowed, “but you can chip off at 2.59pm, and given the serious nature of the subject, don’t feel obliged to come up with any witty jokes.” As The Fiver sailed back through The Man’s office door along a perfect parabola towards our desk, one eyebrow was slowly raised. These media organizations are really hypocrites. They decided to take the moral high ground by boycotting social media when they have contributed to the online abuse for years. Atomiswave, Laylabelle and OneMoSalah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 hace 54 minutos, Jas dijo: These media organizations are really hypocrites. They decided to take the moral high ground by boycotting social media when they have contributed to the online abuse for years. 100%. Maybe to a lesser extent but I still remember the whole “Diego Costa crimes” incident. Jose referenced that Jamie Redknapp had started on Sky after the game v Liverpool. That tag ultimately remained with Costa throughout his time in the PL and apparently there was talk he didn’t like it or didn’t like that Jose didn’t defend him fully as well as his lack of english meant he couldn't really defend himself to the press either so they had this impression thats what he was. Also re Sarri not playing Kante as a number 6, that whole debacle was started by the media despite Kante never having played as a fixed pivot in the PL ever. It led to people doubting him from the off and also put huge unnecessary pressure on Jorginho who ended up getting a lot of stick from our own fans later on in the season. Whilst not anywhere near as bad as the online abuse or racist incidents, the media definitely do stir the pot with these sort of things and ultimately they contribute to these things becoming accelerated which leads to the unfortunate and disgusting racist abuse you see online from various idiots. The whole Son situation after the Man Utd game, yes maybe he dived or tried conning the ref but Ole’s OTT reaction didnt help the situation and then the idiots obviously felt that racially abusing someone from behind a Twitter account was a good thing to do. Everything has a point which starts something off or accelerates it to an extreme. Jase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,232 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2020-21 English Premier League Everton Aston Villa http://www.sportnews.to/mysports/2021/premier-league-everton-vs-aston-villa-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/everton-epl-match/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Jas said: These media organizations are really hypocrites. They decided to take the moral high ground by boycotting social media when they have contributed to the online abuse for years. That said, there's also been some truly evil hypocrisy from so called "anti racists" who've liked people who voted for Brexit or Tory as being as bad as war criminals - saw it on a football forum with a very hard left fanbase. Others on the left were hoping Boris died when he had covid and one Labour councilor even went as far as saying he wished covid was around during the Brexit vote and killed off all those who voted to leave. Yet, every one of those people will see themselves as morally upstanding, decent citizens. In case you think I'm defending racists, then no, I am not! Never voted Tory or for Brexit, but I hate Left wing extremists every bit as much as I hate the genuine far right. All devisive, poisonous cnuts as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: 100%. Maybe to a lesser extent but I still remember the whole “Diego Costa crimes” incident. Jose referenced that Jamie Redknapp had started on Sky after the game v Liverpool. That tag ultimately remained with Costa throughout his time in the PL and apparently there was talk he didn’t like it or didn’t like that Jose didn’t defend him fully as well as his lack of english meant he couldn't really defend himself to the press either so they had this impression thats what he was. Also re Sarri not playing Kante as a number 6, that whole debacle was started by the media despite Kante never having played as a fixed pivot in the PL ever. It led to people doubting him from the off and also put huge unnecessary pressure on Jorginho who ended up getting a lot of stick from our own fans later on in the season. Whilst not anywhere near as bad as the online abuse or racist incidents, the media definitely do stir the pot with these sort of things and ultimately they contribute to these things becoming accelerated which leads to the unfortunate and disgusting racist abuse you see online from various idiots. The whole Son situation after the Man Utd game, yes maybe he dived or tried conning the ref but Ole’s OTT reaction didnt help the situation and then the idiots obviously felt that racially abusing someone from behind a Twitter account was a good thing to do. Everything has a point which starts something off or accelerates it to an extreme. The worst thing about this is places Sky Sports, BT Sport, TalkSport constantly have pundits who just give hot takes and no proper analysis, insight to get clicks and likes week in week out. It's no different to fans who do the same on social media and the only difference is the fans use foul language or profanities instead. What those hot takes ended up doing is just stoking the fire on teams, players, managers and giving the fans "food" to jump on them. This is less common but there are also media sites - e.g. Goal, Daily Mail - that indirectly give fans the platform to be braver in abusing others by gathering their tweets to make articles over incidents that happen during a match or whatever. If the article is on something good/happy, then fine. But if isn't, then again, it just add more fuel to the fire on the subject out there. OneMoSalah and Laylabelle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) Its scary how far people take things these days...but like you say media and that plays such a huge part! Player making a error and receiving threats..lets show that error from various angles. I get the reason for the boycott. Platforms just let shitty or racist comments stand but for media such as Daily Mail to try and take the high ground...ermm no! Edited May 1, 2021 by Laylabelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 hours ago, chippy said: Danger with City having nothing to play for when they meet us is they could go out completely relaxed and shit all over us. But even is they do have nothing to play for, they won't want to lose two on the trot to us, so count on them being up for it. I would honestly prefer them to be done with the league once they face us. Liverpool got hammered last season the game after their title win. Btu then again City have a huge squad and are well rested anyways so willnot suddenly break intenstiy. they still beat us heavily tho Still if they have nothing to play for and we do with TT's defensive organisation i can see us shutting them out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,337 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Looks like Spurs will play Europa Conference league next season. Europa League is too much for them maybe they win 3rd European competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Having thought about it again a draw between ManUre and the dippers would be perfect. the point helps neither one of them. pool keep a healthy 6 points distance to us, ManCity then only need only one more point. This means they will neither play completeley freely vs us having already all but secured the title nor will they play out of their skins cos after all it is only a point in 4 games so no drama if they lose this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 368 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Watch United play like complete scanks today when we need them to play good for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,232 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 2020-21 English Premier League Newcastle United Arsenal http://www.sportnews.to/mysports/2021/premier-league-newcastle-united-vs-arsenal-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/page-3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,232 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) INSANE yellow given by Mike Dean almiron never touched ceballos it is just fucking criminal Edited May 2, 2021 by Vesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Apparently the ManUre fans are doing a trump mob right now and demolishing OT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,232 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Apparently the ManUre fans are doing a trump mob right now and demolishing OT they cleared them off the pitch now game is still on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy 342 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Some of their fans want the club to be owned by the fans. Absolutely zero chance of that ever happening! Some fan representation on the boards of clubs might be a good move forward tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,536 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell is reporting the following: "Groundsman inspecting pitch for possible damage. Reports of broadcast cameras being smashed. Serious doubts over match going ahead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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