Great that we came from behind, didn’t give up and got the goal. Whilst we might not need the replay I’d rather us leave the game with a positive feeling for the players. It stands us in better stead for the next game. We can worry about the replay when it comes but at least we go into the next league game with a positive mindset.
Delighted with the goal for Gassama. He deserved it. He’s getting more consistency into his game.
As for the booing taking the knee. It gets booed all the time. Most people who boo it aren’t racist. They are protesting against the hypocrisy of the movement or having politics in football when it suits. Some will be racist, of course.
There were 29000 people there last week. 2 people were seen to be racist. 2 too many but it was 2. Tonight we were all branded racist. Not because we booed the knee, but by the Coventry fans. The same Coventry fans who had the banner of a helicopter bursting into flames to welcome the Leicester supporters a week or two ago. Do I think they are all vile people who laugh at the death of the Leicester owner? Of course I don’t. That would be ridiculous. They are in the main decent people who we’ve always had a decent relationship with as fans.
Do I think both actions are equally deplorable, of course I do.
That people booed the taking of the knee might somehow play into the narrative that we are all racist to me is interesting. Should people really stop being who they are and stop standing for what they believe in, just to prove that we all aren’t racists? Fuck that. if they weren’t racist last week when they booed the knee, then they weren’t today. They didn’t have to prove they weren’t racist by remaining silent whilst the players were taking the knee. Not in my opinion.