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It looks like the English FA are being charged with the disruption of the Bulgarian national anthem by the fans. Wow.

If you bothered to listen to black players in this country, the racism aimed at them isn’t just coming from one or two people. If it was do you really think that Southgate and the head of our FA would both make the point on national TV that we also still have a problem in this country. I think that right minded people can see that it is exactly the same thing and I am surprised that you cannot see that too.

So she was head of analysis. We have only just bought someone in to replace Rohl who is supposed to be an analyst. How many are there?

Someone made a valid point on the radio this morning. Given all of the pre publicity about possible crowd issues, where were all the police and stewards? It also looked like the Ultras left of their own accord rather than being turfed out, almost as if it was orchestrated.

A hundred is just a multiple of the same basic issue. How do you stamp it out? I wish I had the answer, but it shouldn’t be about numbers. We heard yesterday that the chants weren’t as bad in the second half so we played on. They were the same chants. If they were not acceptable in the first half they were not acceptable in the second half. If every time someone is called on their behaviour, whether it be one person or one hundred people, eventually the message might sink in. Yes, racism and nationalism are different, but they both have their roots in tribalism.

I’m assuming we were the first ones over the cliff?

100 people making monkey noises or throwing bananas on the pitch is racism. 1 person doing the same is racism. Racism is not acceptable and is not more acceptable if fewer people are being racists. What the Bulgarians did last not was not defensible. Draping the cross of St George across your shoulders and trashing foreign bars and cafes is also not defensible. A black lady just called TalkSport and spoke about how bad racism still is here. The focus is currently on the Bulgarians but we need to understand that we have the same element of moronic nationalists in our country who also need dealing with. 100 or 1, they have to understand that their behaviour is not acceptable. By saying that you will always have that element in society makes it acceptable. Anyone who thinks it is ok to discriminate on the grounds of race, creed or religion needs to be called on their behaviour. They need to understand that they are the problem rather than the people they are directing their hatred to.

Maybe not on the same scale but it still happens here. As someone said yesterday, 1 person making monkey noises is racist abuse just as it is if 100 people do it. 2 of the top people in English football yesterday stated that we also have a problem here. They wouldn’t of said that if we didn’t have a problem still.

Southgate was right to say that we can’t take the moral high ground as we too still have a problem. We clearly have our own issues and do need to get our own house in order. UEFA needs to take much tougher action, not only against the right wing Ultras we saw last night, but also against the mindless idiots from England who think that it is perfectly ok to go abroad a trash foreign cities. Many of us can remember a time when our clubs were banned from playing in Europe. Perhaps it is time to bring back draconian measures again. As ever, it is a moronic minority spoiling it for others, but we also have an element of morons here who behave in the same way and can’t just pretend it is a problem elsewhere. What sanctions we expect against the Bulgarians, we should expect the same treatment when our supporters behave badly.

Considering the racist chants continued in the second half I think the team should have walked off. Just because it was less noticeable doesn’t make it ok if it wasn’t ok in the first half. They were trying to make out that it was some massive step forward because the game was stopped twice and they took notice. Great. It didn’t stop the moronic chanting though.

One step away from an International football match being abandoned due to racism.

He was tried, found guilty and was serving a very long sentence. We do not have the death penalty in this country. Whoever murdered him needs to be tried for murder.

Can we blame her for our poor form?

I was just too young to catch them first time round but did get to see them eventually at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, when he took them back on the road in 2003.

So she was had of our analysis department for 3 years and no one knew who she was.

I too was a big ELP fan in the 70s. Very much a product of their time. Keith Emerson was a musical genius and could play anything. He also pioneered the use of synths, which at the time were not considered “proper” musical instruments. The Nice were a cool band too. They got slagged off a lot as their influences were white European music rather than black American. The early 70s were all about musical virtuosity for many bands, especially the Prog rock genre. ELP, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and others produced some amazing music in the early to mid 70s. Listen to Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, Nursery Chryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Yes Album, Close To The Edge and In The Court Of The Crimson King to give you a taster. I was lucky enough to see all of those bands live at the time. It’s not music to dance to, like classical music it needs to be listened to and takes time to appreciate. Record companies used to give bands time to develop and used to indulge them, mostly for better (sometimes for worse) but now music is pretty much just product. Some of the artwork on the album covers was awesome at the time too. Roger Dean’s covers for Yes, early Genesis covers, Giger’s(from Alien) cover for Brain Salad Surgery, In The Court Of The Crimson King etc. Sadly many of the artists have now passed away but some are still going strong. I saw Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman play an evening of Yes music a couple of years ago and they were still on good form. Robert Fripp is still doing the rounds with King Crimson. Steve Hackett is still touring playing Genesis stuff as well as his solo material. There are a number of really good tribute bands out there too who are keeping the music alive. Not everyone’s cup of tea I guess but if you ever get bored of radio friendly music there is plenty of stuff out there produced by outstanding musicians that can blow the cobwebs out of your brains.

Head analyst non first team?

So she was promoted to Head Of Analysts a few years ago. How many do we have? Didn’t we just recruit someone as an analyst?

Head of performance analysis Natasha Patel is apparently leaving for the USA. Anyone heard of her?

Dreadful. It seems that the American police are so sure they are facing danger in every situation that they are wired to get their retaliation in first.

How much experience did Cortese have in football matters? If Gao asks the right questions of the right people there is no reason why we can’t find the right guy. We keep running ourselves down but this is a decent job opportunity for someone. Let’s just hope it’s the right someone.

Step up or step down? Rangers are a big club yes, but as we know Premiership football is where it is at.

Which is the point that Rupert Read made on QT. It is a shame that you have to go to such lengths to get news editors to take notice. It is not as if climate change hasn’t been on the agenda for some time.

Tell that to those who have been stabbed or people who have lost loved ones. We have a choice. We don’t have to stick a piece of metal into another human being.

They will, but for a while it has all been about knives. It has long got to the stage now where kids feel it is the thing to do to prove themselves as tough guys. These aren’t ****ed up older men fighting at closing time. Kids are murdering other kids in broad daylight.