I'm not saying there isn't racism in football. But the single minded perspective of blaming the shortage of black players in certain positions and description of players on race is simply annoying. https://twitter.com/AyodeleMorakz/status/1303408996649492485
There are other factors that affect this even more than the colour of your skin.

- Football views/perspective of that nation/coach/pundit should be taken into account. We all know Brits pride physicality and work ethic. They would first praise your work ethic and physicality/
before anything. Xhaka profiled as aggressive person. The stories in the media, his outlook and demeanor all make him look like a physical person but Xhaka is more than that. Herrera is also profile as a PaShUn merchant but that's not the only thing about Herrera.
- You have to understand the perspective of these profiler and how they see football.

Also, we all know these pundits talk shit all the time. Even with white players they still manage to say shit. So I don't get why people are pressed by what pundits say.
- Profiling in grassroots footballing shouldn't even be taken too serious because most of the time it is incomplete and development of the player also affects it. You get moved around different positions until you find a stable one.
They look at your physical and technical attribute before they put you in position. Nobody really looks for a intelligence in an 8 year old footballer rather your physical and technical attributes. Your intelligence is developed in the academy.
- Also, athleticism in football is very important and precious. It's an eye-catching attribute that tends to skew the profile of a footballer in the eyes of person with average knowledge of the game. Some Black people even tend to value physicality more than other attributes.
Were black people not part of the ones who hounded Martial and called him lazy where in fact he wasn't.

Even intelligence isn't something that most football viewers and pundits even detect or lay emphasis on. Even the understanding of the intelligence is narrowed to
decision making abilities which is even more than that. Morakz, this thing is tied to knowledge about the game more than anything.

In that thread he made frivolous statements that are annoying

First of all, he said there aren't much players black players as AMs.
This a position that's actually dying. Most teams don't use AMs, the 433 is the most dominant formation in modern football.

He also said Greenwood was praised for his physicality. Wtf. Please what physical does Greenwood have that's worth praising?
He also insinuated that people don't talk about Pogba's elegance which is an obvious lie.
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