Apart from Marinakis and forest, give me another example of an occasion, that you can remember, when an English club owner has gone on the pitch and engaged negatively with his staff in public, during the immediate aftermath of a match.
9 May 2025
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What did he say exactly? You don't know. Nobody does. It's all pointless speculation and media hype.
Be thankful of how well we've done this season and concentrate on the positives. I'm pretty certain Nuno wouldn't have given the interaction a second thought if it wasn't being pulled up so much by everyone else
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Answer the question.
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I can barely remember what I had for dinner yesterday.
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There was the bloke who 'bought' Man U (Michael Knighton was it?) who went on the pitch and did keepy uppies. That was embarrassing.
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Little known fact, while doing the keepy uppies he was actually screaming at the manager about his team selection too.
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I sympathise with the memory thing.
In the history of English football, during my lifetime, I don't recall it ever happening.
Which is perhaps why it was commented on. No need to froth at the mouth, and mutter about persecution. Just accept that if a broadcaster is covering an event, and something out of the ordinary occurs, they will mention it. They might very well sensationalise it, but that's the deal that you did when you sold out to them. All the more reason to conduct yourself with care and responsibility.
Things we do know. His bearing and demeanour from the feed pictures. The subject and nature of the 'discussion' - from Nuno's press, and Marinakis' statement.
It was totally reckless and inappropriate behaviour, possibly without precedent. Even if all he was doing was angrily gesticulating while he said "quarter past four".
Without wishing to be rude, you seem a bit like those idiots who can see the evidence everyday in front of them, but refuse to recognise it because of the impact it would have on their belief system. He's not a nice man, much of what he does is unpleasant and unethical, and maybe worse. You don't want your attention drawn to that because it tickles you in the jollies when things happen that you like.
I get it. I just think that we should be better than that.
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Pre-match. Not interacting with club staff. Never owned the club. Just a bit of a show, not much different from parading Carl 'the cobra' Froch, having a penalty shootout against the mascot, or announcing a birthday over the tannoy.
No real equivalence. Apart from the embarrassment.
Next.
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I don't know if you can't read, can't comprehend words, just can't be arsed, or are trying to wind me up.
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When you say English club owner is the English referring to the club, the owner or both?
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I mean the owner of an English club. Owners of Turkish and Greek clubs acting like cunts are ten a penny.
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I just meant that it could be worse. Not that Delia did the same thing.
But it looks like everyone's a bit thin-skinned right now -
It’s all very Sky Sports driven, provides content for the terrible phone in shows and provides journalists with easy articles. It’s where we are.
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This. Hyperbole is their currency and they were always going to leap on something like this.
Forest and Leicester were always the irritating aperitif ahead of the main first-v-second wankfest yesterday.
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Not an owner, but that was that time Phil Permatan Orange and Jumper Over Shoulders Brown gave his players a bit of a talking to like naughty school children during his bizarre on the pitch HT team talk.
But then he really was / is a weapons grade bellend of the highest order. EM is just a bit mental.
Anyway I've got my perspective back a bit now.
Thursday night European CLASH. Bring it.
