larry crowne

Calling someone a bad name based on the colour of their skin. For example, the way Ron Atkinson described Marcel Dessailly once. If most racism in the UK and US is someone calling someone else a bad name, then you get into the motivation. Are they simply angry or frustrated with that person, or is it a sincerely held belief about that person's race which influences their behaviour towards them?

Thank you for the rebuke. In my defence, I am a human being and sometimes say one thing but mean another.

I was referring to the UK and perhaps the US. Do you believe there are overtly racist political parties getting big support in either of those countries? If so, which 'non-inclusive' and presumably racist policies are you referring to?

I mean, that statement adds nothing to the conversation. Please, go ahead and demonstrate that most racism in the UK is something other than name calling. That is not meant to diminish the effects of race-based name calling, by the way. I am sure it hurts the feelings of the people who are targets of it.

Yes, of course. It's their country and their religion forbids homosexuality. What else is there to do? It's against the law to have children out of wedlock in Qatar. They also have stricter abortion laws than we have here. Should something be done about that as well?

Yes, you are mostly likely quite right that no one has been considered legally inferior or denied rights based on their hair colour, their status as follicly challenged nor their height. It used to be the case in Britain that police officers had to be above a certain height, however, and this is still the case in at least the British army. When was the last time these restrictions applied in, for example, Britain for any other group? It seems to me that most of the so-called racism we have today in the west is name calling, in which case it is comparable to heightism, baldism and gingerphobia. Take for example in football, where SI have been having various messages in their games for over 20 years about 'kicking racism out of football'. Where exactly is the racism in football? Is it simply louts in the stands and social media shouting a load of nonsense at members of opposing teams, or something more sinister? I am not sure who you are referring to when you say some groups are forbidden from being themselves? By that do you mean that homosexuality and so on is not permissible everywhere in the world?

Isn't it British policy nowadays to lambast the old policy, which was apparently to go into other countries and tell them what's what?

This is the funny thing about political correctness and selectively standing up for groups of people. If suffering is relative, why is it okay to make a mockery of one person's experience but not the other? I am not ginger myself, but I am sure for some of the gingers who were slagged quite relentlessly in school, it was no laughing matter. Short men and bald men developing mental health problems is quite well documented, sometimes leading to suicide, yet calling a man a short arse or bald bastard is perfectly acceptable, generally speaking - especially if that short or bald man is a public enemy. It seems to me we require the word racism to describe specifically discrimination or name-calling based on what effectively amounts to the colour of one's skin in the modern, civilised world because we still practice and enjoy discrimination based on appearance as part of our daily lives.

I wonder why this hasn't happened before. Did the African footballing nations not have pathways for coaches to develop in the past? I see that Song is in his first management job and has won 2 out of 9 since his appointment in February this year. Looking a lot older than 46 as well, poor guy. He's the one who had a stroke several years ago.

It isn't racial it's cultural and ideological. They're no doubt just as bemused by our attitudes towards homosexuality and transsexualism.

That's a crazy achievement and I doubt that it could be got without cheating. I have a CM01/02 save going just now as Celtic. Several seasons in I have one of the best keepers whose name escapes me, world class regen full backs, Nesta and Ferdinand at centre back, and a world class DM. In my best ever season I still conceded 10 goals in the league alone.

Disclaimer: Sorry if this has already been discussed at length before as it seems like a fairly obvious suggestion. So obvious that it may already be in the game, and I just haven't found it. If this is the case, I again apologise. I have recently given up on a save (my first save on 22) with over 24 hours of playtime. I won't go into too much detail, but in short, my key players all became very unhappy at a lack of playtime, despite playing a significant number of games (including all games in high rep competitions and against high rep teams) across 4 competitions. I was very frustrated by this and went on a bit of a rant on this forum, which I have now hidden (I think). After calming down a bit, I have decided to respond more constructively to my issue with the game. My suggestion is that when discussing playing time with one of your players or potential signings, you have the option to break down playing time across the competitions you expect to play in. Take, for example, my save as Celtic. I might explain to a player that, form permitting, he'll start against most high reputation teams in domestic league matches, but will not play against the lower reputation teams. I'll add that he can expect to start all of our Champions League matches (perhaps with a promise that we'll make the group stages) and higher reputation domestic cup matches, but will not play any matches in the lower reputation cup (except perhaps a promise that he'll play in the semi-final and final). This could then generate an expected number of games, and the player could make a decision based on his priorities and the reputations of the various competitions. Perhaps a young player would prioritise more overall game time, whereas an established player would prioritise the opportunity to showcase his skills in the Champions League. Rangers apparently telling fat Ronaldo he would only have to play in Champions League matches when they tried to sign him in the 90s springs to mind, and I believe Sheringham had an agreement late in his career that he would not have to travel for away games.