QuoteWhat was appalling about it? Worst thing I could hear about it was technically it was the wrong crime they chanted for most of it.Originally Posted by Philosophizer
What's the bad example? Calling out a criminal on their past?
Completely . Stewards, security people, programme sellers , shop people , members , season ticket holders all a family. Yeah like every club we have some people that misbehave but I'd call them the problem child in the family. I actually think most loi clubs have that feel because of the small crowds and the familiarity it brings. It's one of the best things about the league.
You and others might not agree about rovers but from the inside that's how it feels.
What was appalling about it? Worst thing I could hear about it was technically it was the wrong crime they chanted for most of it.
What's the bad example? Calling out a criminal on their past?
Sbgawa,you seem like a decent enough individual from your posts and I get it that you have heart felt views re Akinade and Bohs etc but would really need to check with some of your maybe older fellow fans before you come out with characterising some of the truly terrible things done by people connected with your club, as akin to them being "problem children".
If you care to pm me I will send you on some detail .

Your right that probably trivialized some of the past stuff done by our own band of troublemakers.
The guys who cause trouble are not welcome by the vast majority of rovers fans.
The akinade thing does my head in as a father of kids I don't really have an issue with bohs outside of that mostly banter.
Was he ever actually convicted of anything?
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
He pled guilty...
What was chanted was as you say factually correct- however as a Rovers fan I strongly object to those chants on account of there being lots of kids in the vicinity- it's a judgement call where the right to free speech should be put aside as the right of parents not to have their kids exposed to such (factual) vitriolic chanting imo superceedes it- regretfully in the current millennial world we live in the selfish use of free speech without consideration of its consequence is becoming the 'norm' regretfully, and that's what has given juvenile morons the carte blanche to take the world to the precipice nuclear meltdown- That fellla Akinade has a lot to responsible for !!
The chanting of you should be in jail is fair enough but when your kid asks why should he be in jail do you really want to get into it....i know I don't...
You can't be serious.
Grand it was a genuine question, I couldn't recall what happened in the end.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
On a brighter note Bolger at 17 was a joy to watch
commit a crime like that and to then work in the public eye, a few chants saying you should be in jail and calling him what he is is the least he could've expected.
Its not the most pleasant thing to have to explain to children, though the old "I'll explain when youre older" is always there, but as for him I've absolutely no sympathy for him concerning those chants, had they gone further, i.e. not been just statements of facts, I'd condemn them but as far as Akinade is concerned the ones i heard were fine in my opinion and if they put him off joining us all the better.
The whole Akinade story has been done to death by now. Any chance people could move on?
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I wonder has the 14 year old girl moved on ?
Wise up.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I'm done with this its depressing if bohs are prepared to keep playing this guy they deserve nothing but abuse as does he.
Back to football for me.
I think it was serious enough that it will continue to follow him around. It's a repugnant crime. This isn't Ian Bermingham or Barry Ryan like and I've no recollection of ever reading anywhere that Ryan deserved a break. I honestly think he gets off pretty light most of the time all things considered.
Whether posters like it or not , Irish
Legislators have made a distinction between adults and children convicted of a criminal offence, and like to or not, Akinade was a child in the eyes of the law when the admitted offence , to which there can be no legal defence of "consent", was committed.
Section 258 of the Children Act 2001 applies The section serves to legally expunge the record of the crime on meeting certain conditions, to the extent that effectively, the law treats the crime as if it had not been committed.Whether a convicted young person qualifies for that protection by the skin of their teeth or not , it is a protection enforceable through the courts
That is the law, like it or not.He is legally entitled to pursue his career as if there was no conviction..As a consequence other MB's have understandably quickly shut down threads on this issue
The moral/ethical issues are another
matter and football clubs and their fans are pretty adept at looking the other way when the player or coach is one of their own or becomes one of their own.My club included.
Expecting a couple in and a couple out of rovers before end of August .Clarke and 1 other ....
Clarke has been very poor of late, I think in his own head he's already left. I wonder would any of the younger lads like Bolger or Doona be picked up by English clubs.
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