Transfer Director Tony Henry (suspended) dismissed by club

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42898043

This is being discussed on a couple of threads, so I'll merge them here.
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  • Sack him now, this is not 1970
  • But that's not his decision is it? We need to know who made that call.
  • West Ham the club that never fail to embarrass themselves.
  • edited February 2018
    You should treat every person as a individual and not make generalizations.

    That is the route of Racism, classing a group of people as the same and then giving that group a set type of characteristics which then prescribes how you treat them.

    Outside of that when your the head of recruitment you should be looking under every rock to find people not turning your back on the worlds biggest contintent....

    I really hope we haven't missed out on the next Drogba, George Weah, Essien, Eto, Salah, Mane, Yaya Toure because of this discrimination.......
  • edited February 2018
    Macca85 said:


    That’s not racist that’s him speaking from experience

    No, that's him making negative and discriminatory generalisation about race based on a few individuals.

    Racist.

    (if accurately reported.)


    His comments about Russians and Italians are equally bigoted, but not racist ... and one kind of prejudice can't be used to justify other kinds of prejudice.
  • Released 30 minutes before the end of the transfer window - with our rebuttal released almost immediatly.

    Good. Swift action. That's what I like to see.



    bbb, would a conspiracy theorist say the leak and the timing of the leak to the Daily Mail was arranged by the club? #thatwaymadnesslies
  • He's been suspended pending an investigation by the club so they've taken some action fairly quickly.
  • Slightly worrying that he refers to 'we' in the article. Suggests there were more that shared that thinking.

    Moyes? Sully?
  • edited February 2018
    MrsGrey said:

    His comments about Russians and Italians are equally bigoted, but not racist ... and one kind of prejudice can't be used to justify other kinds of prejudice.

    Not racist but xenophobic
  • I took it to refer to the club.
  • it takes time to prepare a rebuttal like that..

    Not very much time. 15 minutes?
  • Could be a whole host of people in trouble here. Sully and Moyes, as well as Henry.
  • edited February 2018
    And Kouyate now posts on insta ‘African and proud’

    What is wrong with the powers that be at this club.

    Any good work they do is undone by one amateur hour.
  • sorry - posted in the other thread
    Cant keep up ;doh

    Sorry, I was having my breakfast.

    I've moved them over now ;ok
  • Lukerz said:

    And Kouyate now posts on insta ‘African and proud’

    What is wrong with the powers that be at this club.

    Any good work they do is undone by one amateur hour.

    It's like as a club we only ever open our mouths to change feet...
  • However it's good to know that we are no longer run like a circus. ;doh
  • I think this is an incredibly sad situation. I hope Kouyate and the other players affected get massive support on Saturday, and I'm sure they will.
  • Agree wit the 2nd part. ;ok

    n fact, I hope they are already getting loads of support on social media.

  • A few African Flags in a show of support wouldn't go amiss.

    Tony Henry will most probably be sacked, I imagine the FA and KICK it OUT campaign will fully be involved in the investigation at some point. I guess the wider implication is whether if true which if any senior management at the club agreed that policy.
  • I doubt there was any policy as such, but no-one can be sure that those sorts of conversations didn't happen between Sully, Henry and Moyles.

    It's one thing to have those views, if indeed they do, but to make them public is what's going to end Henry's career.
  • The so called Saviour of Radio 1 is involved as well?
  • ;angry would someone please tell the Daily Heil whats wrong this picture....

    I see a Spaniard/Italian/Portuguese/Swiss/French and yes 2 players from African countries.....

    Or if your black your from Africa, is that their view...

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  • edited February 2018
    vorse, you had me at 'Daily Mail'.

    ;angry


    Perhaps they also think everyone from Africa is black.
  • The so called Saviour of Radio 1 is involved as well?

    Ha, just seen than Preston ;lol
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