Ric Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Leckie is a St Mirren fan and has always backed the club when it came to battles between us (and other smaller clubs) versus the OF, so I've always had a bit of respect for him for that, but by sweet mother of God did nobody proof read that before publication? He's clearly set out to make a point, a point I don't necessarily agree with, but one with a certain bit of validity. Personally I think retaining the tired old and tedious hacks like Thompson and Nicholas is the disservice and we need to move onto newer blood and fresher opinions. You can always debate the quality of that replacement as much as you can debate those being replaced, but to sum it up as some sort of social wokeness and racial equality is undermining any validity he may have had and begins to sound like someone's mental uncle who rants on Facebook about everything being too PC or how it's all about quotas. We've all seen Cowan stray into these sorts of murky waters without realising, but Leckie here has not only dived in head first he's doing the backstroke in the stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 I think there's a grain of truth in Leckie's article in that Sky do genuinely just serve up any old shite and the Arsenal TV lot are dreadful, but the way he put it across was horrendous and equally more cringeworthy was the virtue signalling of the likes of Phil Thompson and trying to hold him up as someone that offers quality insight. And then, the final paragraph which was where he just dived off the deep end is just fucking awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Ric said: Leckie is a St Mirren fan and has always backed the club when it came to battles between us (and other smaller clubs) versus the OF, so I've always had a bit of respect for him for that, but by sweet mother of God did nobody proof read that before publication? He's clearly set out to make a point, a point I don't necessarily agree with, but one with a certain bit of validity. Personally I think retaining the tired old and tedious hacks like Thompson and Nicholas is the disservice and we need to move onto newer blood and fresher opinions. You can always debate the quality of that replacement as much as you can debate those being replaced, but to sum it up as some sort of social wokeness and racial equality is undermining any validity he may have had and begins to sound like someone's mental uncle who rants on Facebook about everything being too PC or how it's all about quotas. We've all seen Cowan stray into these sorts of murky waters without realising, but Leckie here has not only dived in head first he's doing the backstroke in the stuff. Im pretty sure he got outed years ago as a rangers fan on five live when the presenter said about being a Rangers fan and he said something like I’d rather you didn't say that. Edited February 3, 2021 by gannonball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, gannonball said: Im pretty sure he got outed years ago as a rangers fan on five live when the presenter said about being a Rangers fan and he said something like I’d rather you didn't say that. He may exist in one of those superposition-like states, similar to Chick Young, but I can assure you he was certainly a St Mirren fan (as in attending games) for decades. Whether that's changed now, I honestly couldn't say, I've not read anything of his for at least 5-7 years and maybe more. Edit: ..from wikipedia - "He grew up in the Foxbar area and was a childhood fan of local team St.Mirren as explained in his book Penthouse and Pavement (1999)" Edited February 3, 2021 by Ric 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ric said: He may exist in one of those superposition-like states, similar to Chick Young, but I can assure you he was certainly a St Mirren fan (as in attending games) for decades. Whether that's changed now, I honestly couldn't say, I've not read anything of his for at least 5-7 years and maybe more. Edit: ..from wikipedia - "He grew up in the Foxbar area and was a childhood fan of local team St.Mirren as explained in his book Penthouse and Pavement (1999)" Thats fair enough when I tried to google to see if there was a clip it was just forums (not just celtic ones) talking about it from about13 years ago. Tbh regardless of who he supports I found him to be a terrible terrible journalist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, gannonball said: Thats fair enough when I tried to google to see if there was a clip it was just forums (not just celtic ones) talking about it from about13 years ago. Tbh regardless of who he supports I found him to be a terrible terrible journalist. Remember it's Scotland, if you support a "wee team" you _must_ also support a "big team". The flavour of "big team" you're attributed to is in the context of whoever is making that claim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ric said: Remember it's Scotland, if you support a "wee team" you _must_ also support a "big team". The flavour of "big team" you're attributed to is in the context of whoever is making that claim. Yeah, it just would be strange to not correct somebody if they thought you were a fan of different club though. I must admit the likes of Traynor doesn't help this pish claiming to an ‘Airdrie’ fan for god knows how many years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCs Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 hours ago, gannonball said: Im pretty sure he got outed years ago as a rangers fan on five live when the presenter said about being a Rangers fan and he said something like I’d rather you didn't say that. Yeah that didn't happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, DMCs said: Yeah that didn't happen. Hi Bill 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Hopefully Flex has the following to get Leckie binned. I will take great personal not from that. As for supporting the cause of wee teams. I'll cite my Johnson/Brexit analogy again. He set himself up as the "oppsition" to the ess pee ell in a blatant career move. I was going to say he was a complete cūnt but that would be unfair to complete cūnts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Tom English... does it again! What a p***k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Random guy will be gutted that he never got the analyst job. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, G51 said: Tom English... does it again! What a p***k. Very odd from the brave Tom, there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Very odd from the brave Tom, there. Given his own track record on analysis, he might have been better staying quiet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Just now, G51 said: Given his own track record on analysis, he might have been better staying quiet. Not sure many predicted Duffy would be quite as cartoonish as he has been. Going full yer da on what was nothing more than an interesting article on a young analyst is very strange behaviour from BBC Scotland's chief. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Tom English has been an attention seeking c**t for ages. He craves the abuse he gets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Andre Drazen said: Tom English has been an attention seeking c**t for ages. He craves the abuse he gets. Yes, no doubt some time soon on Sportsound he'll be chuckling and sneering at the 'abuse' he gets on social media from the trolls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Positive, sometimes. Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 42 minutes ago, G51 said: Tom English... does it again! What a p***k. The notion of remote working confuses Tom because they live abroad. Somehow I'm not shocked. Who's going to explain to him thats going to become even more normal even when things return to "normal". Businesses have realised people can work remotely without problem. It really does stink of that Old boys club stuck in their ways stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 He's got the attention he wants so I guess he'll be happy enough. Boy hes criticising will be an analyst at a top club by the end of this decade, so hopefully he's not too bothered about what a old man yelling at clouds is saying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Analysts? What's wrong with pinning a newspaper article on the dressing room wall and then demanding 110% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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