Barry McKenzie firmly believes that what people do in their private lives is their own affair.

But I naturally assumed that 'Dally Messenger' was referring to when he was the worst boxer in Yorkshire when he kept saying how he kept getting [ipummelled in the ring[/i

Clearly not.

Very funny Barry,even for you.

What are you trying to get at or are you saying the fans were chanting about the broken arm?



This isn't about being PC or not surely it's wrong to mock someone's sexuality?

The castleford club should be disbanded, the chanters hung drawn and quartered and the town bombed.

But then porton down Wouldn't have anywhere to empty their petri dishes.

Some of the chants are in jest though. Abit of fun.

I mean do you think anyone get's cut up about the ''xxxxx is w*nker, is a w*nker''

I always remember this image of when brian noble was in charge at bradford and he was patrolling his troops warming up before the game then a huge chorus of ''BRIAN NOBLE IS A W*NKER, IS A W*NKER'' blasted out from the southstand and you could see a wry smile spread across nobles face as it happened. Most chants are just banter from the crowd.

At saints once leeds were playing and a huge chorus of ''YOU FAT B*STARD'' blasted out at ali lauititi and he just gave his belly a big pat and a rub. That's the way to deal with chants.

Breaking news....

Bears (calm down Dally Messenger, not those sort) do indeed defecate in the woods, fat dogs do indeed break wind and people from Wigan eat pies.

Gareth Thomas was always going to get homophobic chants from sections of the crowd. I would have been more surprised if it DIDN'T happen to be honest.


backtoback has got it right. The way to deal with terrace chants is to laugh them off.

be brave enough to admit you arent an aussie then!

if he cant handle a bit of critisism from away fans hes not fit for RL.

RL players are tough, they play with pain

if a bit of name calling hurts him, go and play a different sport

Must admit it would be very funny to see Alfie give the crowd the old tongue-in-cheek blowjob action in reply.

so how exactly would alfie do this? should he have dragged a bloke out of the cas stand and bent him over the advertising board? That would certainly stop the chants

how has thomas form been?

is he adapting to the new game yet.

or is he a failure?

how many minutes does he average?

And you get the feeling those giving it, wouldn't be able to take it back in that case. For the want of a better phrase!

I reckon some clubs have a lower standard of moron following them than others.

Mind you they are so dumb they don't even realise just how thick they really are.

They see stupidity as a prize asset because their standard of success is hanging to the coat tails of others and saying "we" a lot.

Are you really trying to call it criticism. Do you know the difference between abuse and criticism or are you trying to be obtuse?

abuse huh?




poor guy, im sure when he came out he expected everyone to pat him on the back

So what would you call it then? Or has the fact a gay man is playing League spoilt your idealistic little world of how RL should be i.e. only played by tough men and if they can't take whatever abuse neanderthal fans feel like hurling at them they shouldn't take to the pitch. And yes he should get a pat on the back as it then shows up small minded people for who they really are i.e. you

high profile person admits hes gay

high profile persons plays a competitive game with passionate fans

said fans point out that he is indeed gay

said person said hes hurt at this

shock horror.

yeah, when i think of RL players, i dont expect them to get "hurt" at this stuff

if he keeps up this attitude he wont be making it in league

like Petro? He copped some verbals from a couple of fans and went looking for them. Maybe he is soft for not beng able to take a bit of good natured ribbing? www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 1116848389

like Petro? He copped some verbals from a couple of fans and went looking for them. Maybe he is soft for not beng able to take a bit of good natured ribbing? www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 1116848389

Dally is some sort of fifth columnist for RU . It is the only explanation i can find for many of his posts. he is just trying to make RL and RL supporters look bad.

then you're an idiot. There is no other way of explaining it. If you think its petty political correctness to know the difference between mild insults and offensive behaviour then you lack either integrity or empathy
There should be.
And i think you are underplaying the issue to try and pretend that your own ignorance isnt real. If you really dont think that homophobia is a problem in this world then a you should really just have a cursory glance at the internet news sites
because it isnt Thomas's place to act as arbiter of what is offensive and what isnt for all gay people. They arent all the same, and whilst Thomas wasnt offended there were almost certainly other gay people or friends of gay people who could have been. The fact Thomas was a strong enough person to rise above the bigots doesnt mean we should just accept the behaviour
like throwing bananas at black players is just a bit of ribbing, like monkey chants is just taking the mickey. That must also be perfectly acceptable, after all there is no hierarchy of offence and anyone finding such behaviour unacceptable should get of their high horse, apparently


no, it isnt the same. When you are shouting w@nker at somebody, you are simply expressing your frustration, you arent really picking on them because they masturbate. You arent differentiating them because their lifestyle choice includes masturbation. In fact the dictionary recognises this, look it up you will see.

When you call somebody a faggot, you are picking on them because of a choice they have made in how they live their life. You are abusing something intrinsic about them. If you cant tell the difference between them, i not only pity you but the people around you

because there isnt a wide spread history of persecution and bigoted attitudes towards bald/fat/thick people. If the discrimination and persecution bald/fat/thick people endured was the same, then they insults would be treated the same.

The words (like all words) are pretty much powerless. It is the fact they are representative of widespread homophobic actions that mean it is ignorant to use them

Never forget my mate been thrown out of Huddersfied for constantly referring to a 'monkey' playing in the centres. His appeals that it was Michael Eager's nickname fell on deaf ears!

by this omission / theory RL must be soft as;

fabregas(soccer,nal, spain) played with fractured leg

and

jamie roberts (RU, wales, cardiff) has played with a fractured skull

i know RL isnt soft but this just proves this dally is full of rubbish.!