deacvision7
Mod Emeritus
ALEXIS!
rats
ALEXIS!
ALEXIS!
Ref missed a handball against Soton in the box, so Ramsey crossed it to Alexis who put it home.
We would be out of the CL and bottom half of the table without him. Please stay healthy.
Whelan said: “I apologise profusely to anyone who has taken offence because I would never offend the Jewish community under any circumstances.
“I have nothing but respect for them. They’re hard-working people, they’re honest people. They fight for what they believe in.
“There’s nobody could knock the Jewish community. For them to accuse me of that, it hurts me a lot.
“Never have I made anti-Jewish comments.
“We have always, always respected what the Jewish people did, especially through the war.
“We’ve always respected how those Jewish [people] stood up to every single thing they were put through, torture, horrendous.
“And I have nothing but the highest regard and respect for the Jewish people.”
Whelan's apology may yet be taken in mitigation when a Football Association's disciplinary tribunal hears his case into the original comments. Whelan's original newspaper interview also saw him refer to Chinese people as "chinks". He subsequently told Telegraph Sport he did not consider that to be an offensive term.
In the interview with the Jewish Telegraph, Whelan sought to clarify his position.
He said: “When I was growing up we used to call the Chinese ‘chingalings’.
“We weren’t being disrespected (sic). We used to say, ‘we’re going to eat in chingalings’."
“I wouldn’t like to mention any one of them. “Please take it I have a lot of Jewish friends.
“I bet there are a dozen who have got apartments in Majorca, where I am.
“And so many Jewish people go to Barbados at Christmas. That’s when I go. I see a lot of them in the Lone Star, in restaurants. I play golf with a few of them.
“I don’t want to mention any particular names because I don’t want to pull their names into it.
“It would be unfair of me because they are good friends. They may object to me putting them in a newspaper or in publicity or whatever.”
haha. senility ftw
I would be disappointed if Balotelli gets more than a fine for his silly instagram picture.
21 year old goalie making his first appearance for Newcastle...against Chelski...trial by fire.
Doubt Newcastle can bunker up for 20 minutes of this attack.