No black lads upfront..why?

[Ellis_D]

Also, Kempo has a point. Let's forget the nonsense that a statement could be racist. If it's truthful, it's not racist. Black people, in general make better athletes. The best athletes are nearly always black. The best footballers overall are usually black. The best boxers are usually black. Certainly the best sprinters and long distance runners. It's surely to do with the genetics of whites and blacks.

But by the same token, white people are more intelligent than black people on average. This can be extended too, to the point it seems Oriental people may be cleverer on average than anyone else.

But between white and black people, most of the world's top inventors and scientists have been white. And let's not forget, the first people on the planet were black. Yet they allowed a race of people who came much later to invade and take over their countries and enslave them all. Because we had the brainpower to invent gunpowder, we had guns, they were still chucking spears and firing arrows. Same for the native Americans and the Aborigines in Australia, and all over the world. Britannia ruled the waves because we had more intelligence.

[great_fire]

The best footballers overall are usually black.

Last black winner of Ballon D'Or/ FIFA World Player of the Year was Ronaldinho in 2005 so I don't think that is true, although there are certainly a lot more black players per size of population that any other race in UK.

[monty_rhodes]

Why does a poster who frequently laments racist comments on MM then put up a thread which is insulting, stereotypes black people and, if not racist, clearly and intentionally opens the door for a debate with racist overtones. The guy really is a jerk.

[gorky]

Kempo, I've just been in the club shop and asked the question. Apparently the computer guy from Brighton forgot to take the ethnicity filter off his spreadsheet. Someone had clicked 'save' instead of 'do not save'.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Also, Kempo has a point. Let's forget the nonsense that a statement could be racist. If it's truthful, it's not racist. Black people, in general make better athletes. The best athletes are nearly always black. The best footballers overall are usually black. The best boxers are usually black. Certainly the best sprinters and long distance runners. It's surely to do with the genetics of whites and blacks.

But by the same token, white people are more intelligent than black people on average. This can be extended too, to the point it seems Oriental people may be cleverer on average than anyone else.

But between white and black people, most of the world's top inventors and scientists have been white. And let's not forget, the first people on the planet were black. Yet they allowed a race of people who came much later to invade and take over their countries and enslave them all. Because we had the brainpower to invent gunpowder, we had guns, they were still chucking spears and firing arrows. Same for the native Americans and the Aborigines in Australia, and all over the world. Britannia ruled the waves because we had more intelligence.

It depends on your choice of 'facts" and interpretation.

For example England won the World Cup in 1966 without a single black player in the squad. Post 1966 English football discovered the "black lad up front" and England haven't come remotely close to winning the World Cup again.

[Ellis_D]

It depends on your choice of 'facts" and interpretation.

For example England won the World Cup in 1966 without a single black player in the squad. Post 1966 English football discovered the "black lad up front" and England haven't come remotely close to winning the World Cup again.

Lol. Perhaps football isn't the greatest example in the world. I think that perception possibly comes about from the days of the old Brazil teams, who were the best in the world with Pele, Jairzinho, Garrincha, Rivellino, etc, plus Eusebio of Portugal.