What should Brighton/Bloom do about this?

[Falkor]

For me its not the press conference comment any more but the idiotic shit he said on talksport. Why he went on there god knows why. He shot himself in the foot epic style

 

[Skaville]

Bloom needs to tell gus to wind his neck in and warn him that if he is going to say things that could harm the reputation of the club he will be fined, just like any player would. His comments were stupid, badly mistimed and have nothing to do with our club. He's our football manager, not the head of care in the community for idiotic uraguayan players. Great preparation for a big game tomorrow and how do the likes of Liam bridcutt and lua lua feel about all this? Stupid, irrelevant bullshit that needs to stop.

 

[APACHE]

Say it as it is inthis country at the moment, and you get hammered by the PC brigade. Most people will think Gus is right in what his said but won'tsay so in public, is it us as a nation who are out of step with the rest?

 

[Sloe Joe]

In reality I think TB might be having a quiet chuckle to himself about all the furore.
TB is Jewish and that means nothing to us all. The squad is multi racial and ditto.
The only concern from previous posts is a gross inaccuracy about Stephen Gerrard - I thought he always scratched the back of his ear during interviews and not his nose.

 

[Tooting Gull]

What about all the good parts of their character and all the good they have done, that just seems to have been bypassed. It's just character assassination and it's ugly. The witch hunt for gus isn't from Brighton fans, but the one for Blatter is from everyone, i mean the guy brought the world cup to africa for the first time, how's that for racism?

Oh come on. Blatter does it for money and presidential votes, not diversity and equality. And I suspect you are viewing this issue through slightly Gus-tinted spectacles. Were you so worried about all the good Ron Atkinson did for black players in his career? You only have to say one really stupid thing to f**k your career up sometimes. I'll agree with you the reaction has been bordering on hysterical - but this week that was entirely predictable.

 

[catfish]

Say it as it is inthis country at the moment, and you get hammered by the PC brigade. Most people will think Gus is right in what his said but won'tsay so in public, is it us as a nation who are out of step with the rest?

There's a difference between PC & racism - do you want to go back to the days of monkey chants & throwing bananas?

 

[Falkor]

Im guessing alot of people have not heard the talksport interview as everyone is commenting on the suarez comments but the worst was said in the talksport interview

 

[sharpey38]

I fail to see where Gus is being Racist, He is allowed an opinion just like I have mine.......... I'm waiting for the FA's outcome with great intrest

btw i'm with Gus on this

 

[Skaville]

Say it as it is inthis country at the moment, and you get hammered by the PC brigade. Most people will think Gus is right in what his said but won'tsay so in public, is it us as a nation who are out of step with the rest?

So reading through the posts on here on the events of the last 24 hours you believe that the majority think Gus is right? Are you out of your mind?

 

[Stoo82]

So reading through the posts on here on the events of the last 24 hours you believe that the majority think Gus is right? Are you out of your mind?

Its not a right or wrong thing though. He made and opinion, which can't either be right or wrong.

 

[METALMICKY]

He patently needs to be vetted by the club for his media appearances. He's obviously trying to raise his profile as a manager, but verbally he's a bit of a loose cannon who is likely to talk first and think later. Fair enough, talking about individual matches that his club is involved in, but anything beyond that and the media are now going to be setting traps for him. They love hounding people til they get a scalp, and a manager's scalp is arguably more of a result than a player's scalp.

Unfortunately, this!

 

[Skaville]

Its not a right or wrong thing though. He made and opinion, which can't either be right or wrong.

Yes it's an opinion and a very stupid one at that. Most people on here are anonymous to everyone but their friends. Why woudl you not voice your true feelings on the matter?

 

[Hornblower]

I haven't heard the Talksport comments from Gus but if it's worse than what he has already said then I am very disappointed. He is an inteligent man and whatever his personal opinions on the Suarez issue might be he should have realised that he was setting himself up for a big fall by expressing them. There is no doubt that most of the rest of the countries around the world lag behind the UK in their sensitivity to racism - that is not a good thing and not a reason to justify the defence of casual racism. As I said, I thought Gus was an intelegent man and I am surprised and disappointed that he didn't realise that his unacceptable comments would open up a hornets nest. I hope TB does have a word with him and I also hope that his serious lack of judgement doesn't extend to footballing decisions.

 

[Falkor]

I haven't heard the Talksport comments from Gus but if it's worse than what he has already said then I am very disappointed. He is an inteligent man and whatever his personal opinions on the Suarez issue might be he should have realised that he was setting himself up for a big fall by expressing them. There is no doubt that most of the rest of the countries around the world lag behind the UK in their sensitivity to racism - that is not a good thing and not a reason to justify the defence of casual racism. As I said, I thought Gus was an intelegent man and I am surprised and disappointed that he didn't realise that his unacceptable comments would open up a hornets nest. I hope TB does have a word with him and I also hope that his serious lack of judgement doesn't extend to footballing decisions.

""You are not racist when you go against one, but you are if you go against the whole world of different colour and nationalities. That is being racist, not saying one word in one moment"

Seriously stupid.

 

[e77]

I would personally ask him why he was doing interviews on Talksport when he should be preparing the team for Southampton tomorrow.

 

[Sloe Joe]

GP is smarter than you or we think. He is merely deflecting the pressure from our Lads ahead of tomorrows game plus talking common sense.
I hope BHA fans appreciate through his clever ruse.
No wonder TB saw the potential of appointing a previously inexperienced manager and he is mega rich.
It all makes perfect sense.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Hmmm, not sure why others would be 'too scared' ([MENTION=18186]rad[/MENTION]) to explain that language use in South America that would sound racist in the UK is harmless. Most non-South Americans wouldn't make the point because they wouldn't be aware of it.

But even if he was just making that point (which is valid, may be true, and may even turn out to be the reason given if Suarez is not convicted), it's a hiding to nothing and a wise man would have steered clear. AND he completely undermined his credibility by the 'crybaby' comment: it's one thing to say that Evra mis-interpreted because he's not from S America; it's quite another to insult him.

So let's not pretend Gus hasn't seriously blotted his copybook here. He has damaged the Albion's reputation.

However, I agree that the best thing to happen is just to keep his gob shut for a bit on any non-Albion matters, and I hope that TB has indeed had a word in his ear.

The main thing is that he makes sure he has not created a problem with the squad, especially our non-white players.

This

 

[LamieRobertson]

Im guessing alot of people have not heard the talksport interview as everyone is commenting on the suarez comments but the worst was said in the talksport interview

o i listened to all the talksport interview..and i do think u r taking a holier than though approach..Poyet was expressing view that perhaps we need to take on board as england seems to think its better than other countries...he talked about the player needing to adapt and the country needing to adapt..i see no harm in that at all..there is a total lack of understanding of the way other countries go about things..simple

 

[LamieRobertson]

Bloom needs to tell gus to wind his neck in and warn him that if he is going to say things that could harm the reputation of the club he will be fined, just like any player would. His comments were stupid, badly mistimed and have nothing to do with our club. He's our football manager, not the head of care in the community for idiotic uraguayan players. Great preparation for a big game tomorrow and how do the likes of Liam bridcutt and lua lua feel about all this? Stupid, irrelevant bullshit that needs to stop.

why just pick out those 2 because of colour...the whole squad is made up of different nationalities...Gus will say things...nothing will change that ..u either accept it or lump it

 

[wunt be druv]

Absolutely nothing,all Sir Gus has done is express his opinion which is from a different culture to our own, politically correct,sterile,we must never say the word "black" society.For f*** sake,GET A LIFE !