I couldnt agree more Rob. It exposes the running sore of racism and shows us all how much is left to be done.This has got to be one of the very worst days for me as a Boro fan.
Classy of Yannick, I thought.Even now, the majority of them still can’t condemn what’s happened on the thread that is currently up on that board.
I see Bolasie has reached out to Yusuf. I really hope he has a change of mind, he and we cannot let them win.
My opinion of the person who posted this snivelling apology - based purely on his own suddenly-petrified self-interest - cannot be printed here. He has stalked me for 10 years, religiously followed my facebook account in order to copy/paste whatever he can and then post more of his hatred on that site. He has for years also been contacting companies fraudulently in my name asking them to send their stuff to the company he (wrongly) thinks are my employer. This has all obviously been hilarious to him. Truly pathetic stuff -and it's interesting to see him grovel now that he thinks there's a chance he might be exposed for something really serious.
He maybe needs to look at the disgusting comments he has made on his own “Show ID to Vote” thread still on the site.
The bloke is worried, and he should be.
I truly hope he does have a long look at himself and re-examine his behaviour. Good to see it but it could have been even more effective had he not attempt in that apology to justify his comments. It shows his true self sadly.He maybe needs to look at the disgusting comments he has made on his own “Show ID to Vote” thread still on the site.
The bloke is worried, and he should be.
I’m glad he has apologised, but like someone has already mentioned above, this isn’t the first time. And I can only feel the apology has came from being so publicly lambasted by various high profile people and authorities.The content of the above "My Post About Yusuf" post, to save you visiting. This is what the originator of the offending thread "Bernie" (a racist) has written tonight. Although he has been a toxic presence both on fmttm and COB, he should be allowed some credit for this, in my book.
"On Friday just gone i made a post on here asking why the club had picked Yusuf to carry out interviews, and suggested that it was due to his ethnicity.
The point i was clumsily trying to make was that the club were "Virtue signalling" and trying to portray themselves as being more diverse than our crowds reflect. The post was aimed at the club, not Yusuf himself. I was not aware that he read this board.
Looking back on my post, i can now see that it was incredibly crass, ill judged and in poor taste. I have never met Yusuf, i have never communicated directly with him or sent him messages though other media, and i don't ever recall discussing him on here before.
After my initial post i am told there were comments made by others which were racist. I didn't see them before the post was deleted, but if that's the case then i utterly condemn them. Nobody should be subjected to that.
I have been absolutely devastated to see the effect my post has had. I am heartbroken to read this evening that Yusuf has now decided not to go ahead with his interviews. The thought that i have had an impact on someone's mental health makes me feel ashamed. In an online world it's sometimes easy to forget that a message board posting can impact someones real life.
Yusuf, if you are reading please accept my full apologies for any upset my post may have caused you. I started my original post by saying "We need all the fans we can get" and i stand by that. It was never my intention to sleight you personally. My intention was to query the way the club promotes some fans over others.
I really hope that Yusuf can re-think his decision and move forward from this.
This episode has caused me to seriously look at my own online behaviour, particularly during lockdown, and i plan to take a long, likely permanent, break from social media.
Once again, i unreservedly apologise to anyone who may have been upset by my previous post."
I'm afraid I cant allow him any credit for that post, it's nothing more than rapid back pedaling based on the fact his arsè has dropped because he knows he may well get his collar felt as the instigator of a horrible sequence of events which has highlighted intolerable racism by both himself and the miscreants who infest that nasty, dark little corner of the internet and contributed to that thread with their own degenerate racismThe content of the above "My Post About Yusuf" post, to save you visiting. This is what the originator of the offending thread "Bernie" (a racist) has written tonight. Although he has been a toxic presence both on fmttm and COB, he should be allowed some credit for this, in my book.
I'm afraid I cant allow him any credit for that post, it's nothing more than rapid back pedaling based on the fact his arsè has dropped because he knows he may well get his collar felt as the instigator of a horrible sequence of events which has highlighted intolerable racism by both himself and the miscreants who infest that nasty, dark little corner of the internet and contributed to that thread with their own degenerate racism