Pretty sure that pic would be from my first season watching Rovers. Seems like only yesterday 😱

That doesn’t really bother me tbh mate but I can understand where you’re coming from.

I think that’s a very fair summation mate 👍🏻

Ocean Colour Scene - Get Blown Away

These were two good uns as well. Paradoxically, that Princes Trust shirt we had when the Scottish bald crook was manager was a very nice shirt, shame about the team.

Iron Maiden - Run To the Hills

The Tubes - White Punks on Dope

We are going round in circles here so I’ll probably draw a line under my contribution to this - I asked you a very specific question there about whether you think under those circumstances I was credible - which you dodged as it doesn’t suit your narrative. Anyway I’m off to Hampden Park today as a ‘treat’ from one of my sons, hope the Rovers have 3 points in the bag by the time that game kicks off.

Yeah it’s difficult to see beyond a one-sided series really, mainly down to our brittle top 6. I’d like to think Stokes will make all the difference for us but in reality he will just make it a bit tighter and less of a rout.

If I accused an employee of stealing £2000 from the till, and made a big song and dance about it, eventually sacking them, then 6 months down the line it came out that I myself had previously helped myself to a lesser amount, say £20 but forgot to mention it, would you say I was credible?

I hear you Gav but substitute Tory MP for Rafiq and the scramble would have been tenfold. I’m not racist but I don’t care for hypocrisy.

I’m certainly not suggesting he was responsible and I think I have made it very clear what I think of the behaviour towards him. But for some unfathomable reason a huge swathe of people seem reluctant to call him out for the hypocrite and - yes - racist that he is. It’s HIS credibility, not that of his allegations, that I am referring to. The credibility of anyone who is racist is surely in question. As someone above says there is much more to his particular story than meets the eye and for the umpteenth time and for additional clarity I agree that the systemic and institutional racism in cricket needs to be sorted out. And @gav - of course I’m not directly comparing what he did to what he received but you clearly are - the very definition of whataboutery wouldn’t you say?

Whataboutery? Come off it Gav his credibility is blown apart. He’s one of those that can give it out but can’t take it. That much is clear. Of course your second paragraph is 100% on the money.

You do know that the anti Semitic tweet isn’t the only thing that has surfaced from him don’t you? There was other stuff relating to blacks/Africans. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news18.com/cricketnext/amp/news/azeem-rafiqs-old-instagram-post-90-of-our-relatives-wouldve-been-african-emerges-amidst-yorkshire-racism-scandal-4107242.html He’s a wrong ‘un.

It wasn’t a dig at anyone in particular but I’ve seen countless people do it today which I find a bit odd to be honest.

The Jam - Away From the Numbers Weller was 18 when this was released!

Worth going just to see The Coral. One of the best albums I’ve heard this year that.

Gav you surely have to agree that his credibility is absolutely flattened by this. Part of his main complaint is that racist language and behaviour was that common some people couldn’t properly recall it. It turns out that he was very much an active part of that culture, and I very much doubt that the tweets that have been unearthed are the only occasions he’s acted like this - it’s either in you or it isn’t. Another disturbing thing I’ve seen a lot of today (including on this very forum) is that people criticising Azeem for his anti semitism are immediately being asked whether they condone what happened to him, the insinuation being that they themselves are racist. That sort of reaction is not helpful and the lad is quite rightly being called out for the racist and hypocrite that he clearly is. Robinson got pilloried for a similar offence and it’s only right that Azeem is too. Gary Ballance is very likely to stick the boot in on him any time soon as well. They are all as bad as each other.

He is, but it’s still not great for them for it to happen so close to the Ashes starting. Be some interesting sledging going on now I would imagine……

I work with her cousin. It’s easy to forget just what a massive star she was back in the 70s and 80s. The Magic Numbers - Mornings Eleven

The Aussie captain has resigned now!

I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it literally.

No argument there den

Tells you everything you need to know about them then Jim

I’ll see if I can find it mate. He called him a wanker in it for sure. Edit: I can’t find the actual tweet but this is the Guardian reporting of it.