| SKY 22:35 - Sep 18 with 54782 views | smuttsontour |
F*ck SKY
F*ck the presenter who tried to run a negative story on us for views.
F*ck anyone/anything that continually denies free speech.
Oh and f*ck sky again.
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| SKY on 13:44 - Sep 21 with 2826 views | rsonist |
Relieved and proud. Excellent statement.
Particular credit to Hoos for giving ALM both barrels too. |  | | |
| SKY on 13:46 - Sep 21 with 2801 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| SKY on 13:28 - Sep 21 by BklynRanger |
The best thing about that statement is it's not afraid to challenge the idea that Taking the Knee is a sacrosanct act that everyone needs to buy in to. And the only way we as a club have gained the right to challenge that is the basis of everything that's been done in recent years - the actual action that Les and Lee refer to. So shut the fcuk up Sky. |
I agree. One small point, though - the club is challenging the endless continuation of taking the knee, not the act itself which it calls "very powerful". |  |
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| SKY on 13:52 - Sep 21 with 2732 views | rsonist |
| SKY on 13:46 - Sep 21 by BrianMcCarthy |
I agree. One small point, though - the club is challenging the endless continuation of taking the knee, not the act itself which it calls "very powerful". |
It's an enormous point. And yes, the club have been appropriately scrupulous in leaving nothing to be taken advantage of. | | | |
| SKY on 13:56 - Sep 21 with 2690 views | RangersDave |
interesting that no media channels publish the statement in full, and leave out the bit about the media 'questioning' rangers decision. |  |
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| SKY on 14:00 - Sep 21 with 2637 views | Sharpy36 |
| SKY on 11:34 - Sep 21 by Northernr |
Here's a little bit I've just had over the whatsapp. Haven't seen the footage so don't know for sure but McAnuff was on the bench for Leyton Orient at home to Mansfield on Tuesday night and apparently they... didn't take the knee before kick off.
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They have bigger fish to fry.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12077948/leyton-orient-players-tes |  |
| 'You didn't know that was wrong, but now you do. If you do it again, I'll know you are doing it on purpose.' |
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| SKY on 14:04 - Sep 21 with 2610 views | The_Beast1976 |
An excellent statement from the club. That'll have the football authorities and the scumbags at Sky scrambling for cover. Well done Rangers | | | |
| SKY on 14:15 - Sep 21 with 2534 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| SKY on 13:56 - Sep 21 by RangersDave |
interesting that no media channels publish the statement in full, and leave out the bit about the media 'questioning' rangers decision. |
I just watched Sky and they are now reporting the entire statement. Also an interview with Warburton which backs up that we did support it but feel that it's run it's course now. They are also reporting that the teams in sixteen other games over the weekend didn't take the knee. | |
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| SKY on 14:24 - Sep 21 with 2472 views | QPR_Nippon |
Superb. Wouldn't swap our club's DoF and CEO for anyone else's. |  | | |
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| SKY on 14:25 - Sep 21 with 2460 views | GroveR |
As statements go, that one's got a bit of chest hair on it alright.
Well done Rangers. |  | | |
| SKY on 14:26 - Sep 21 with 2458 views | LongsufferingR |
| SKY on 13:14 - Sep 21 by Malintabuk |
Excellent statement by the club.... and if as I had said they issued something like this before the match then it would have avoided criticism
As my OP tried to point out I don't think the club handled this very well [Post edited 21 Sep 2020 13:15]
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Hang on, look at this without the benefit of hindsight and seeing Sky's coverage on Friday. Why on earth should the club have issued that statement before the match? Plenty of other teams had decided not to make the gesture in the last couple of weeks without any reaction whatsoever, so issuing the statement before the game should not have been necessary, nor should it have been foreseen to be necessary. In fact would have drawn attention to a decision that they were absolutely entitled to make without the hypocritical fanfare that has ensued.
Personally, I don't think any criticism can rightly be aimed at the club here at all. |  | | |
| SKY on 14:31 - Sep 21 with 2396 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| SKY on 14:26 - Sep 21 by LongsufferingR |
Hang on, look at this without the benefit of hindsight and seeing Sky's coverage on Friday. Why on earth should the club have issued that statement before the match? Plenty of other teams had decided not to make the gesture in the last couple of weeks without any reaction whatsoever, so issuing the statement before the game should not have been necessary, nor should it have been foreseen to be necessary. In fact would have drawn attention to a decision that they were absolutely entitled to make without the hypocritical fanfare that has ensued.
Personally, I don't think any criticism can rightly be aimed at the club here at all. |
My initial feeling on Friday Night was that the club should have issued a statement beforehand, but I was wrong on that and was just feeling defensive. After all, 31 other clubs didn't, so why should we have?
Plus, I think this has worked out fairly well - Rangers have said that they supported it, but now feel it's run it's course, and the drive to eradicate racism has gotten an extra boost through the publicity given to their excellent statement. | |
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| SKY on 14:35 - Sep 21 with 2360 views | Mick_S |
| SKY on 14:31 - Sep 21 by BrianMcCarthy |
My initial feeling on Friday Night was that the club should have issued a statement beforehand, but I was wrong on that and was just feeling defensive. After all, 31 other clubs didn't, so why should we have?
Plus, I think this has worked out fairly well - Rangers have said that they supported it, but now feel it's run it's course, and the drive to eradicate racism has gotten an extra boost through the publicity given to their excellent statement. |
Agree with this, Brian. Fantastic response by the club. |  |
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| SKY on 14:42 - Sep 21 with 2309 views | QPR_Nippon |
| SKY on 14:31 - Sep 21 by BrianMcCarthy |
My initial feeling on Friday Night was that the club should have issued a statement beforehand, but I was wrong on that and was just feeling defensive. After all, 31 other clubs didn't, so why should we have?
Plus, I think this has worked out fairly well - Rangers have said that they supported it, but now feel it's run it's course, and the drive to eradicate racism has gotten an extra boost through the publicity given to their excellent statement. |
Yep, completely agree - and that was my initial feeling too. | | | |
| SKY on 14:46 - Sep 21 with 2288 views | paulparker |
| SKY on 14:24 - Sep 21 by QPR_Nippon |
Superb. Wouldn't swap our club's DoF and CEO for anyone else's. |
I would for matters relating on the pitch |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| SKY on 14:50 - Sep 21 with 2247 views | QPR_Nippon |
| SKY on 14:46 - Sep 21 by paulparker |
I would for matters relating on the pitch |
The on the pitch issues date back way further than Hoos and Ferdinand though. | | | |
| SKY on 14:58 - Sep 21 with 2176 views | noauthority |
Proud of that statement. Complete sense. | | | |
| SKY on 14:59 - Sep 21 with 2172 views | Malintabuk |
| SKY on 14:26 - Sep 21 by LongsufferingR |
Hang on, look at this without the benefit of hindsight and seeing Sky's coverage on Friday. Why on earth should the club have issued that statement before the match? Plenty of other teams had decided not to make the gesture in the last couple of weeks without any reaction whatsoever, so issuing the statement before the game should not have been necessary, nor should it have been foreseen to be necessary. In fact would have drawn attention to a decision that they were absolutely entitled to make without the hypocritical fanfare that has ensued.
Personally, I don't think any criticism can rightly be aimed at the club here at all. |
But a fanfare as ensued 10 pages alone on here and the club having to explain their actions after a negative reaction
Like all businesses I assume we have someone doing our PR and instead of handling it a positive way the club is now having to explain itself which is always a negative stance
They must have known or should have known on a Sky main broadcast not doing it would be noted
So why not do what they did today explain why they are not doing it and then out line how we move on from the start outlining what we will do to continue the cause and what we have done.
Sorry it is quite naive to think without a qualifying statement before the match that our actions would not be seen in a negative way | | | |
| SKY on 15:13 - Sep 21 with 2106 views | qprd |
I wouldn’t have issued a statement ... let the story die on its own
Really a disgusting piece of “journalism” and whoever is involved with this at sky should be ashamed of themselves. Don’t use this serious issue as a vapid content filler between your gambling ads | | | |
| SKY on 15:18 - Sep 21 with 2075 views | kensalriser |
10/10 for that statement.
I fully support BLM and taking the knee. Less keen on gestures that become meaningless because they're an orthodoxy that people are under social pressure to observe. Same goes for wearing poppies. |  |
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| SKY on 15:20 - Sep 21 with 2063 views | LongsufferingR |
| SKY on 14:59 - Sep 21 by Malintabuk |
But a fanfare as ensued 10 pages alone on here and the club having to explain their actions after a negative reaction
Like all businesses I assume we have someone doing our PR and instead of handling it a positive way the club is now having to explain itself which is always a negative stance
They must have known or should have known on a Sky main broadcast not doing it would be noted
So why not do what they did today explain why they are not doing it and then out line how we move on from the start outlining what we will do to continue the cause and what we have done.
Sorry it is quite naive to think without a qualifying statement before the match that our actions would not be seen in a negative way |
I, like most of those watching didn't even register at the time that it hadn't happened. Only when Sky brought it up at half time did it become an issue when it hadn't for many other clubs previously. I suppose you alone thought during the first half "blimey I wish the club had made a statement about knee taking in case Sky try to make an issue of it when they haven't done so before." | | | |
| SKY on 15:29 - Sep 21 with 1999 views | stowmarketrange |
| SKY on 15:20 - Sep 21 by LongsufferingR |
I, like most of those watching didn't even register at the time that it hadn't happened. Only when Sky brought it up at half time did it become an issue when it hadn't for many other clubs previously. I suppose you alone thought during the first half "blimey I wish the club had made a statement about knee taking in case Sky try to make an issue of it when they haven't done so before." |
I’m almost certain we didn’t take a knee in at least one game towards the end of last season too,but my memory doesn’t tell me which game it was.Obviously it wasn’t a Sky live game. |  | | |
| SKY on 15:30 - Sep 21 with 3016 views | E17hoop |
It's been really tough to be proud to be a QPR fan over the years. The embarrassments of Hughes, the Premier League spending sprees, guns in the boardroom and the boutique project for an Italian ego, number just a few of the times when I've just wished they'd just shut up.
Days like today, when the club show they're anti-racist and call the media out for their spin and manufactured outrage, makes me as proud as anything they've done on or off the pitch in the last 30 years. |  |
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| SKY on 15:30 - Sep 21 with 3016 views | Northernr |
| SKY on 15:29 - Sep 21 by stowmarketrange |
I’m almost certain we didn’t take a knee in at least one game towards the end of last season too,but my memory doesn’t tell me which game it was.Obviously it wasn’t a Sky live game. |
We haven't been doing it since Wigan A, bar West Brom A which was on TV. |  | | |
| SKY on 15:30 - Sep 21 with 3013 views | Hunterhoop |
| SKY on 14:25 - Sep 21 by GroveR |
As statements go, that one's got a bit of chest hair on it alright.
Well done Rangers. |
It certainly does. A giant “f*ck you” to Sky. We’re basically offering them out to publicly get cards on the table to show the actual actions we’re taking (compared to them or any other football club) to ensure equal opportunities and fight racial prejudice and bias in the work place. Sky are right to back down. |  | | |
| SKY on 15:34 - Sep 21 with 2981 views | stowmarketrange |
| SKY on 15:30 - Sep 21 by Northernr |
We haven't been doing it since Wigan A, bar West Brom A which was on TV. |
Thanks for the info Clive. | | | |
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