Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:36 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Shouldn't make fun of the mentally ill.

Yeah, it was a bit of a low blow to the challenged one.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:24 pm  

Can't be bothered to read through all the petty one-upmanship, but it's disturbing how many people are handbag grabbing in RL right now. I'm a Hull Fan, but I didn't break down in tears when your lot sang "Down with your trawlers". I've never cared when a player on the floor has met chants of "I hope he's ****ing dead". I laugh when you sing "Sing when you're fishing..."

I don't agree with racist chanting, but anything else is fair game to me. I know I'm in a minority in the modern World, but I wouldn't change any of the South Stands chants. I despise all the brass band nonsense much more than any Hull abuse I hear.

Regarding Zak, the biggest complainer from our board regularly uses much more homophobic terms in the pub than Zak has done on the field. It's ridiculous knee jerk reaction from everyone outside of the Leeds club. Even if Zak DID say something intentionally homophobic (which I don't believe he did), it's absolutely nothing compared to some on field actions of many players. It's rank hypocrisy across the board, mostly from people that have never defended LGBT rights in prior, much more serious situations.

Same with Todd Carney. So he vexed into his own gob?!?! Who did this hurt exactly? And yet there's all these moral crusaders jumping out of the woodwork condemning Catalans for signing who should/could be the best player in the comp next season.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:26 pm  

Here we have it, although we knew they were not all like the others, but a Hull fan with common sense and an understanding on the game.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:35 pm  

Raggytash wrote:

Can't be bothered to read through all the petty one-upmanship, but it's disturbing how many people are handbag grabbing in RL right now. I'm a Hull Fan, but I didn't break down in tears when your lot sang "Down with your trawlers". I've never cared when a player on the floor has met chants of "I hope he's ****ing dead". I laugh when you sing "Sing when you're fishing..."

I don't agree with racist chanting, but anything else is fair game to me. I know I'm in a minority in the modern World, but I wouldn't change any of the South Stands chants. I despise all the brass band nonsense much more than any Hull abuse I hear.

Regarding Zak, the biggest complainer from our board regularly uses much more homophobic terms in the pub than Zak has done on the field. It's ridiculous knee jerk reaction from everyone outside of the Leeds club. Even if Zak DID say something intentionally homophobic (which I don't believe he did), it's absolutely nothing compared to some on field actions of many players. It's rank hypocrisy across the board, mostly from people that have never defended LGBT rights in prior, much more serious situations.

Same with Todd Carney. So he vexed into his own gob?!?! Who did this hurt exactly? And yet there's all these moral crusaders jumping out of the woodwork condemning Catalans for signing who should/could be the best player in the comp next season.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:17 pm  

Raggytash wrote:

Regarding Zak, the biggest complainer from our board regularly uses much more homophobic terms in the pub than Zak has done on the field.

I think most of us knew he wasn't a Peter Tatchell but thanks for confirming it!
Classy though to use it as a means to attack a player.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:13 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

Is Jeff having a conversation with himself?

I knew his standards had slipped over the year but he's reached desperation levels now when he's had to resort to going over to the Hull board to chum up with them, of all people, about the lack of class in some RL supporters.

He might as well go the whole hog as the barrel has been fully scraped and start praising the 'enthusiasm' of Widnes fans at the CC Semi.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:58 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

Here we have it, although we knew they were not all like the others, but a Hull fan with common sense and an understanding on the game.

Arseholes, he's a fawning idiot

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:57 am  

ThePrinter wrote:

TBF though I don't think the media did really make a big song and dance about it. They inquired about it and reported it of course but they also reported Hardaker's view the other day when he talked about how the RFL was dragging it's heels and the effect it was having on his family.

That was the one thing I think he got wrong in the aftermath when he made a comment about journalists being a waste of breathe. He used them himself to tell his side of the story so he was ok with that particular participation. When you compare it to the field day journalists had over some of the footballing incidents with the likes of John Terry, Luis Suarez, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney then they didn't do anything like that. Even on that BackChat episode you had Stevo, Danny Lockwood and Chris Irvine all saying it seems to be a nonsense and I've not seen any sensationalising of it except from opposition fans on social media.

Journalists don't simply report news, they try & create news. That is what they did with this instance. Hope this helps.

Hardaker did nothing more than call Mark Flanagan a plucking flick, but look at what it became thanks to journalists, the morons at the RFL & the social media lynch mob.

Zak Hardaker has had to face all that having done absolutely nothing wrong. How is that in any way right? The search for a victim certainly found one.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:05 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Arseholes, he's a fawning idiot

Is Mark Flanagan a fawning prick too? He has no problem with Hardaker calling him a plucking flick.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:29 am  

I wonder how all these self righteous idiots now feel on the Andrew Gale issue?

Not a game that gives heat of the moment emotions. Just a simple reaction to another, and now terming a word the cricket board use themselves into a racist comment.

Of course this was direct at someone who applies to that, so in those terms worse than the Hardaker one. But shows how ridiculous governing bodies have become, with this politically correct nonsense.