Kick It Out statement:
It’s massively disappointing that some Leeds United fans booed when Manchester City’s players broke their fast during the first half of the match at Elland Road this evening. This was compounded by the fact that an explanation was displayed on a big screen inside the stadium.
Pausing the game to allow Muslim players to break their fast during Ramadan has been an agreed protocol for several years now. It’s an important and visible part of making the game welcoming for Muslim players and communities.
But as tonight’s reaction shows, football still has a long way to go in terms of education and acceptance.
Pep Guardiola on @LUFC fans booing the pause in the game to allow players to break their fast during Ramadan: "It's the modern world, right? Look what's happening in the world right now, today, again, right?
"Respect the religions, respect the diversity - that is the point! It's the rule, we didn't say that, it's the Premier League who said, 'OK for the fasting you can be one or two minutes to do that, for the players, do it'.
"It is what it is... unfortunately..."
Call me woke or whatever but as far as I’m concerned if you were born & raised here you’re British regardless of what colour your skin is. Really don’t like where this is going.
🚨 Pep Guardiola hits back at Jim Ratcliffe: "We treat immigrants or people that come from other countries like they are the ones causing problems for our country. It's a big problem because the fact I am Catalan and you are British? What influence did we have on where we were born?
"Everyone wants to have a better life, everyone wants to have a better future for themselves and their families. Sometimes the opportunities are where you are born and sometimes it is in the place where you go.
"The colour of your skin or the place where you were born don't make a difference.
"Most people run away from their countries for the problems that are in their country, not because they want to leave.
"The more we embrace other cultures, truly embrace it, then we will have a better society - I do not have any doubts about that."
So Gary Neville said they were weaponising the flag and disguising it as being “patriotic”…
So to prove him wrong, you’ve gone and put it outside his hotel in an act of angry retaliation.
This lot are genuinely thick as whale spunk.
Englishman: "That your dog?"
Welshman: "Aye"
Englishman: "Mind if I speak to him?'
Welshman: "Dog don't talk.”
Englishman: “Hey dog, how's it going?"
Dog: "Doing all right."
Welshman: (look of shock)
Englishman: “Is this your owner?" (Pointing at the Welshman)
Dog: "Yep."
Englishman: “How's he treating you?"
Dog: "Very good. He walks me twice a day, feeds me great food and takes me to the park once a week to play."
Welshman: (Look of total disbelief!)
Englishman: "Mind if I talk to your horse?"
Welshman: "Horse don't talk.”
Englishman: "Hey horse how's it going?"
Horse: "Cool."
Welshman: (Extreme look of shock!)
Englishman: "Is this your owner?" (Pointing to the Welshman)
Horse: "Yep."
Englishman: "How's he treating you?"
Horse: "Pretty good, thanks for asking, he rides me, brushes me down often and keeps me in a nice stable to protect me from the weather."
Welshman: (Look of total amazement!)
Englishman: "Mind if I talk to your sheep?"
Welshman: "That sheep's a fucking liar!!”
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with European Union countries and we could return people"
"But that's to Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and the Conservatives, we tore up those agreements when we left the European Union, and now we have this problem"
"I hope when he's on your program you'll ask him to apologise"
"What Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson did is have a magnet of people, more and more people coming to the UK, because we can't return them"
"So again I ask you please, that Nigel Farage is exposed for his failures and contributions to the small boats crisis"
- Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
Ten Hag sacrificed his style of play : Fans complained, saying he should stick to his style.
Ruben Amorim sticking to his style of play : Fans complaining, saying he should change his style.
Clowns 🤡.
Sorry but I'm not turning on a Manager 2 games into the new season.
If you wanna act like toddlers and all throw your toys out the pram, that's on you.
Ruben Still got my full support. 🔴
Fans turning against another manager?
We can’t get back to where we belong with these toxic fans. They want a rebuild, but they can’t be patient. They lose their heads after one poor performance of his second game of his full season and always find something to blame. Now it’s “not selecting Mainoo.”
Yeah that was “Ruben who missed the penalty and he taught Dalot to do a stupid spin in a crucial area”
They’ll give Klopp 5 years, Arteta 6 years, even Pep 2 years, but these people want a manager’s head after just 7 months? Ridiculous.
This is the problem with our fans. Calling for every manager’s head after a rough patch.
I told you guys when you wanted Erik ten Hag out that you’d do the SAME for Amorim. And now it’s happening. This has been the circle and you’re proud of it, acting like you have coaching badges and dozens of trophies.
Toxicity at its finest.
He’s essentially telling the club to back Amorim and is mature enough to understand he’s not part of his plans anymore - literally what every single top red wished for and he’s STILL getting cooked by them? He just cannot win with some of these lot, always painted as the villain