Pardon Choco?

[True Thylacine]

Williams was also impressed by the performance of nominated Tigers’
rookie Robin Nahas. The 21-year-old kicked five goals and applied tremendous defensive pressure in just his sixth AFL game.

“He has never kicked five goals in a game, so I suppose he did [surprise us],” he said.

“He’s a great little player and it just proves that football is so versatile. You give opportunities to kids with names from foreign countries and little guys and away they go.”


Remind me what is the derivation of Cassisi, Rodan, Boak, Tredrea just to name a couple. Perhaps someone might let the poor guy know that Australia has not been white anglo saxon protestant for some years now..lmao His intent si admirable but not a very clever comment in this politicaly correct world.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/77003/default.aspx

 

[emperor]

A bit of a brain fart from Choco, hope he isn't hung out to dry for it. Dumb, but it happens.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Not one of his better moments....

But the kid CAN play and it was great to see play so well.

 

[coke_zero]

brown, morton and petts better watch him play. learn some defensive presure from him. and at the moment he is way ahead of those 3.

 

[beaver fever]

I can't stand any reference to the race of footballers. Makes me want to throw up whenever a commentator says something along the lines of, "Geez these indigenous footballers have some great skills!" etc. Also don't like how we single indigenous footballers out so much and compare them to each other all the time. Footballers should all be considered as footballers, not as indigenous footballers and everyone else.

 

[emperor]

I can't stand any reference to the race of footballers. Makes me want to throw up whenever a commentator says something along the lines of, "Geez these indigenous footballers have some great skills!" etc. Also don't like how we single indigenous footballers out so much and compare them to each other all the time. Footballers should all be considered as footballers, not as indigenous footballers and everyone else.

In reality most comparisons are unfair, no matter who you are talking about. I am yet to witness two footballers who are carbon copies.

 

[tugga]

I can't stand any reference to the race of footballers. Makes me want to throw up whenever a commentator says something along the lines of, "Geez these indigenous footballers have some great skills!" etc. Also don't like how we single indigenous footballers out so much and compare them to each other all the time. Footballers should all be considered as footballers, not as indigenous footballers and everyone else.

I too hate the way commentators patronisingly say 'The indigenous footballers have that 6th sense and are so silky smooth' etc.

 

[drama5]

agree completly, and apparently everytime an indiginous player gets the ball its "Magic". I swear, if i hear them say that one more time. good game from nahas, very impressed

 

[Moreaux]

He must have played an amazing game to get a compliment from choco albeit a backhanded one, seriously it was the most gracious i've ever seen from that sorry excuse for a man, he never says anything good about the opposition ever.
If we'd won we wouldn't have got any compliments he'd be whingign about how bad his players played not how well we did.

 

[Spluff]

That's hilariously inappropriate.

Almost up there with Obama's comment about the special olympics.

 

[want2spoodge_pettifer]

what is nahas' heritage? i can never put my finger on it. too skinny for an islander, methinks. is he indigenous? i thought maybe but nahas don't sound aboriginal, that's for sure.

 

[trashos mob]

indian?
sri lankan?

robin is a name u often c from indian cricket players

 

[Kyusss]

I can't stand any reference to the race of footballers. Makes me want to throw up whenever a commentator says something along the lines of, "Geez these indigenous footballers have some great skills!" etc. Also don't like how we single indigenous footballers out so much and compare them to each other all the time. Footballers should all be considered as footballers, not as indigenous footballers and everyone else.

cant believe im saying this but i 100% agree
shits me too

we dont say wow these brown haired players are good lets compare all the brunettes