where do you go with this plank?
Jordan Henderson
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he wears the rainbow flag on his shirt and spouts the need for equality, then goes and plays football in Saudi Arabia, quite unbelievable. Another premier league gob5hite.
Also the lack of his peers calling him out on his hypocrisy is also very depressing.
Also the lack of his peers calling him out on his hypocrisy is also very depressing.
I can imagine his need for just a few more millions after having numerous years on a top five premier league contract.
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Wellwisher
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He's going there for one reason and one reason alone (and no, I don't mean the lifestyle in downtown Riyadh).
Which might normally be ok, were he some journeyman footballer who needed a one-off payday to clear his mortgage or set him up with a pension etc. But JH is already a multi-millionaire, so doesn't need it.
Worse still, it is perhaps ok for someone to work in Saudi - as a country we have normal relations with them, sell them arms, buy their oil etc. But since he's signed for a state-owned company/team, he's actually working for Saudi i.e. the same crowd who are trying to buy the game purely for their own nefarious ends, the self-same game which made JH a millionaire in the first place!
And that's before you consider their atrocious human rights record over issues like gay rights, about which JH has been moralising and preaching to the rest of us.
Sanctimonious hypocrite.
I don't know if he's (henderson) really thick and doesn't have a clue what he's on about, he's being poorly advised or he's just a greedy fu*ker.Wellwisher wrote: ↑28 Jul 2023, 11:54He's going there for one reason and one reason alone (and no, I don't mean the lifestyle in downtown Riyadh).
Which might normally be ok, were he some journeyman footballer who needed a one-off payday to clear his mortgage or set him up with a pension etc. But JH is already a multi-millionaire, so doesn't need it.
Worse still, it is perhaps ok for someone to work in Saudi - as a country we have normal relations with them, sell them arms, buy their oil etc. But since he's signed for a state-owned company/team, he's actually working for Saudi i.e. the same crowd who are trying to buy the game purely for their own nefarious ends, the self-same game which made JH a millionaire in the first place!
And that's before you consider their atrocious human rights record over issues like gay rights, about which JH has been moralising and preaching to the rest of us.
Sanctimonious hypocrite.
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Wellwisher
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PittvillePundit
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He's aligned himself publicly with the LGBTQ community. Outsiders were entitled to believe he did that because of an actual belief in equality and an abhorrence of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
His taking of the proverbial dollar to play in a country that has such a repressive regime in relation to such matters reeks of hypocrisy.
It stinks and he deserves all the opprobrium he gets.
His taking of the proverbial dollar to play in a country that has such a repressive regime in relation to such matters reeks of hypocrisy.
It stinks and he deserves all the opprobrium he gets.
The discrimination ship sailed quite few years ago so no need to be aligning to that , it is illegal, end of. If he is aligning himself to folk identifying as whatever suits them that day. Good luck to him, he is an ejitPittvillePundit wrote: ↑30 Jul 2023, 10:18 He's aligned himself publicly with the LGBTQ community. Outsiders were entitled to believe he did that because of an actual belief in equality and an abhorrence of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
His taking of the proverbial dollar to play in a country that has such a repressive regime in relation to such matters reeks of hypocrisy.
It stinks and he deserves all the opprobrium he gets.
cracking commentIhearye wrote: ↑31 Jul 2023, 18:11The discrimination ship sailed quite few years ago so no need to be aligning to that , it is illegal, end of. If he is aligning himself to folk identifying as whatever suits them that day. Good luck to him, he is an ejitPittvillePundit wrote: ↑30 Jul 2023, 10:18 He's aligned himself publicly with the LGBTQ community. Outsiders were entitled to believe he did that because of an actual belief in equality and an abhorrence of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
His taking of the proverbial dollar to play in a country that has such a repressive regime in relation to such matters reeks of hypocrisy.
It stinks and he deserves all the opprobrium he gets.
