Distin' New Chants

EFCPaul · July 23, 2013

Isn't it ironic that people are talking about the morality of the Gerrard chants the day Pancake gets arrested and is in the process of being sent back to Liverpool?

Marquis · July 23, 2013

For anyone that does have kids, I would hope for their own sake you teach them as soon as you can that this world isn't the squeaky clean place filled with rainbows and chocolate sprinkles that people like Distin and Pienaar would have us believe, so they aren't crushed with disappointment when they find out things like Distin's milkman capers are commonplace in the world.

Groucho · July 23, 2013

Marquis said:
For anyone that does have kids, I would hope for their own sake you teach them as soon as you can that this world isn't the squeaky clean place filled with rainbows and chocolate sprinkles that people like Distin and Pienaar would have us believe, so they aren't crushed with disappointment when they find out things like Distin's milkman capers are commonplace in the world.

No one said the world is squeaky clean. The point was that some people disagreed with the nature of some chants, while others simply think they're a bit of fun at the match.

I see both sides, but this thread is no longer about chants regarding Distin, is it?

MickM86 · July 23, 2013

If we go back 20/30 years maybe more, we will find the match was a mans playground were after a long week of work they could come and let off steam. It was predominantly a male thing with a regular occurity of bringing your son when he got to a certain age. If you had a daughter it very rarely happened and you'd very rarely take your bird. It's different now, I see a lot of women going the match, especially to the aways, there's no prejudice or judgement, it's part of the new world. In a way, we all have to adapt our behaviour because I know one day I won't be ranting and raving at the game because I will take my niece who at the moment is 1 years old and I will have to behave in a more constructive manner, possibly leaving my routes of the GSE and finding a more suitable part of the ground.

I wouldn't like my niece to be around that kind of language because if I look at it from her perspective it could feel intimidating and quite scary.

Right now I'm a song starting, BAD mouthing, gesture making, cheering fan, that would soon change if I took my niece but it would be MY responsibility to look after her and keep her away from the rowdiness. I obviously couldn't blame the fans for using bad language etc because it would be my fault for going in a certain part of the ground.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · July 23, 2013

MickM86 said:
If we go back 20/30 years maybe more, we will find the match was a mans playground were after a long week of work they could come and let off steam. It was predominantly a male thing with a regular occurity of bringing your son when he got to a certain age. If you had a daughter it very rarely happened and you'd very rarely take your bird. It's different now, I see a lot of women going the match, especially to the aways, there's no prejudice or judgement, it's part of the new world. In a way, we all have to adapt our behaviour because I know one day I won't be ranting and raving at the game because I will take my niece who at the moment is 1 years old and I will have to behave in a more constructive manner, possibly leaving my routes of the GSE and finding a more suitable part of the ground.

I wouldn't like my niece to be around that kind of language because if I look at it from her perspective it could feel intimidating and quite scary.

Right now I'm a song starting, BAD mouthing, gesture making, cheering fan, that would soon change if I took my niece but it would be MY responsibility to look after her and keep her away from the rowdiness. I obviously couldn't blame the fans for using bad language etc because it would be my fault for going in a certain part of the ground.

for the record I sit in the Family Enclosure, I'm not so much on about language but subject matter that requires awkward explanations, subject matter that is deemed to be adult material if on telly etc.
Although language wise, hitting C in every sentence is unacceptable to probably over 90% of the population (tw@ used to be the same but apparently just means idiot in some places these days).

From the FE near the Church we can sometimes hear the St End singing, not that often like but sometimes.

chicoazul · July 23, 2013

Do Stubbsy use foul language much mate?

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · July 23, 2013

chicoazul said:
Do Stubbsy use foul language much mate?

At a reserve game at Leigh Sports Village folk could hear him for about 5 miles.

steken1 · July 23, 2013

I don't think sitting in the FE and screaming abuse and swearing like an old soldier is cricket myself like. I'd be telling him to take it easy if I was in there with a young'un

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · July 23, 2013

It's far from a kindergargen in there but to me 'C' is still about the worse one, and the fact that he has an old lady in front of him SHOULD make a difference as much as kids being around.

Bacon On · July 23, 2013

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
Some of us do take kids you know.

I can remember my first game with me arl fella and being amazed at the language on show, me dad was strict on swearing growing up so i thought i was gonna get bollocked when i decided to shout ****ing [Poor language removed] at one of Coventry's players and instead he just laughed his head off cause he knew i was enjoying the game.

MickM86 · July 23, 2013

This is gonna happen at the match, you know quite well yourself, forget about what other people are saying, surely you're clever enough to block it out and not take any notice?