Amadou Onana

[TheRam]

Onana is being linked to £60m moves away though.

This is his fourth season in top level football, he’s played in international tournaments and is 23 in a few months.

I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say he’s a young player coming through.

[MIG]

Yeah I don’t get it.
I’m all for calling out racism and having open conversations about it but for all the lazy shouts for Saha, Yakubu, Lukaku etc are the same people not raving about the shifts put in by Gana and Doucoure for example?

[Escla]

Just don’t get the connection between calling a player lazy and racism ? Keane, Maupay, Gomes have all been called out with various insults, was that also racist ?

[Escla]

Just don’t get the connection between calling a player lazy and racism ? Keane, Maupay, Gomes have all been called out with various insults, was that also racist ? Distinctly recall Schneiderlin being accused of being lazy constantly.

[brap2]

Let's just leave it

[Escla]

Let's just leave it

Wasn’t addressed to you , was part of a wider conversation with others but happy if you let go of that bone now.

[StirlingBlue]

Just don’t get the connection between calling a player lazy and racism ? Keane, Maupay, Gomes have all been called out with various insults, was that also racist ? Distinctly recall Schneiderlin being accused of being lazy constantly.

It’s not specific to anybody as an individual on here but it’s an acknowledged issue across sports beyond football - black athletes are judged more based upon physical prowess than white athletes who are praised for mental attributes or technique.

Case in point would be comparing somebody like Onana to somebody like Rodri - arguably they’re quite similar players (obviously Rodri is much better but same standard).

Onana is judged both positively and negatively for his physicality (beast/strong etc vs lazy) whereas Rodri is judged on his game intelligence or technique.

Rodri is a unit, very strong and tough in the tackle yet that’s not what gets talked about - it’s an inherent bias.

[TheRam]

Wasn’t addressed to you , was part of a wider conversation with others but happy if you let go of that bone now.

Don’t back down to the woke mob mate.

[brap2]

Wasn’t addressed to you , was part of a wider conversation with others but happy if you let go of that bone now.

You believe this is some kind of bone that I am harbouring do you

[AndSeel]

Basically laziness is a stereotype of African Americans so calling a black player lazy can be seen as a racist comment. Im not accusing people of racism. Im just saying that it can be seen as such.

More black players are labelled with the laziness tag than other races in my opinion. Thats all.



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[Mouse]

Onana is being linked to £60m moves away though.

This is his fourth season in top level football, he’s played in international tournaments and is 23 in a few months.

I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say he’s a young player coming through.

The £60m would be for the potental of what he can be at 26 and beyond, just as we paid a lot for him after one season at top level football (is Ligue 1 top level? England, Germany, Spain, Italy...France?). Not for what he is today.

In his career so far he had a season at Lille and now two at our particular box of frogs. The season before Lille was at Hamburg in the 2. Bundesliga, I don't think we can call that top level football.

Age is a very subjective thing, in the real world he is a young man of 22 but I get that football is a little different as you have to factor in physical maturity, mental strength, football brain, etc and some, like Rooney, have all that very early. Personally, I would see him as a player with bags of potential still on a learning curve. Sometimes he's brilliant, sometimes he lets himself and the team down. Part of growing up. He'll absolutely prosper in a different club with better players around him giving him more time.

But that penalty...

[Escla]

You believe this is some kind of bone that I am harbouring do you

You’ve been like a dog with a fucking bone on this thread, like you said, just leave it now, there is nothing to be achieved by
continuing this exchange.

[sam of the south]

Nowhere. He’s 22

“Amadou, you're 22 years old and you're spending your Saturday afternoons playing football for Everton, you're wasting your life”

[The Doc]

We haven't had any African American players.

Edit: Tim Howard of course, shame on me.

[AndSeel]

We haven't had any African American players.

Edit: Tim Howard of course, shame on me.

I was saying where it originates from. To demonstrate why it can be considered racism. Come on mate its not hard.

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