I did like him before the grand prix.sennafan24 wrote:Same here.The Thorn wrote:I'm trying so hard to like Gurney.
He's a fresh face with bags of potential. It's a shame that he's also an utter twerp.
I'm also trying to like Cadby........
I did like him before the grand prix.sennafan24 wrote:Same here.The Thorn wrote:I'm trying so hard to like Gurney.
He's a fresh face with bags of potential. It's a shame that he's also an utter twerp.
He's a hun which wouldn't make him the most popular person in Dublin though I doubt very much many in that crowd would have cared. Tends to be the old bigots that carry on that shitRandall wrote:Gaz hated him so I imagine he is a unionist.
My old man was from the North and of the generation that really got caught up in it. For the sake of all including themselves the bigots have to move on but sadly many won't. Serves their agenda portraying themselves as victims, they taught the Scousers wellChizzyfan wrote:Gurney's generation generally don't care. He has said in an interview before, or perhaps it was Dolan, that in the darts world, it doesn't matter. Rightly so, I don't want to go back to that nonsense.
Irish history is riddled with the victimhood attitude. Not that long ago I was reading a fascinating book which dealt with the historic causes of the troubles written by a scholar called Professor Marianne Elliott. In it, she speaks a lot about Irish Catholics and the need they seem to have for being victims which is interesting considering she is an Irish Catholic herself, ironically working in Liverpool.M H wrote:My old man was from the North and of the generation that really got caught up in it. For the sake of all including themselves the bigots have to move on but sadly many won't. Serves their agenda portraying themselves as victims, they taught the Scousers wellChizzyfan wrote:Gurney's generation generally don't care. He has said in an interview before, or perhaps it was Dolan, that in the darts world, it doesn't matter. Rightly so, I don't want to go back to that nonsense.
Now you're talking about perspective and your point is totally spot on. There's no comparison whatsoevercannibal wrote:Everyone thinks they are the victim, and it makes a great rallying cry for a cause to paint yourself the victim. The founding fathers of America, especially the fine gentlemen of Virginia loved to paint themselves as victims to taxes, the British Crown and generally any non Virginian who held an opinion different to their own. They loved to compare their plight as to that of a slave. Personally I think their slaves might have disagreed that being a Twit in chains working a ho in a field thru all the seasons in rags was slightly more oppressive than say paying some taxes when your the wealthiest 1% in the colonies.
Was someone here not long ago refused to root for a player or team from his home soil whilst rooting for players and teams from his home soil. Took a bit of working outcannibal wrote:Seems Gurney taking a hit on social media and the darting press (if we can call a bunch of darting bloggers the press). As his popularity shrinks in the public eye I like the cunt even more. Don't care if it was intentional or not and it doesn't seem shitlock cared much either as they were pretty chummy afterwards.
People are going to interpret the incident with their own bias coming into play, they like Gurney they won't see much in it, they don't like him they will see it as aggro. Either way who gives a fuck it is what makes sport fun, the human drama from the players and the fans. Love to hate a player a good a reason to root against someone as the reason to root for a player because we are born on the same soil.
I think most people were probably indifferent about Gurney and this incident turned everyone against him.cannibal wrote:Seems Gurney taking a hit on social media and the darting press (if we can call a bunch of darting bloggers the press). As his popularity shrinks in the public eye I like the cunt even more. Don't care if it was intentional or not and it doesn't seem shitlock cared much either as they were pretty chummy afterwards.
People are going to interpret the incident with their own bias coming into play, they like Gurney they won't see much in it, they don't like him they will see it as aggro. Either way who gives a fuck it is what makes sport fun, the human drama from the players and the fans. Love to hate a player a good a reason to root against someone as the reason to root for a player because we are born on the same soil.
Don't know, random cunts on twitter/facebookRandall wrote:Who won't watch the PL because of him?
Fucking pathetic.The Thorn wrote:Don't know, random cunts on twitter/facebookRandall wrote:Who won't watch the PL because of him?
Fucking drama queens, good riddance
Yes it did, but no it didn't. It didn't because it was trolling and there is no sense to it but to incense.M H wrote: Was someone here not long ago refused to root for a player or team from his home soil whilst rooting for players and teams from his home soil. Took a bit of working out