Ethan Ampadu

[mattbianco1]

The reason why we wouldn’t sing it now is the same reason why some of us find it weird to see two ex teammates using it not long after his death. That’s all there is to it. If you don’t find it weird, fine.

It’s not any more deep than that. No need for you to go over the top and start talking about disrespect for Bowie. That’s obviously not what I’m saying.

I'd say there's about 10 posters in here that have gone "over the top".
Getting knickers in a twist over a song that's sang on tons of terraces throughout the country.

 

[SwissBlade]

You know United didn't invent that, right?

Man Utd used to sing it to Januzaj. He left Man Utd the same summer United signed Baldock.

Liverpool used to sing it to Ben Woodburn.

Villa used to sing it to Robert Snodgrass.

Celtic used to sing it to Patrick Roberts.

Palace used to sing it to Andros Townsend.

As posted above, even Leeds have sang it before to Alioski

I could go on, but the first 4 players i've listed left their clubs before United started singing the song

Not sure why you tagged me and quoted just that part of my post to misrepresent what i had said, especially when i explained my point regarding the significance a couple of lines down...

Of course the song wasn't only Baldocks song, but it carries a huge amount of significance following his death. Its personal to Blades fans and the club. Such a huge loss.

 

[SwissBlade]

I'd say there's about 10 posters in here that have gone "over the top".
Getting knickers in a twist over a song that's sang on tons of terraces throughout the country.

Seems that you've got sand in your fanny on this one...

 

[mattbianco1]

Seems that you've got sand in your fanny on this one...

If I ever here opposing fans sing the Starman song at a game, I shall walk of of the ground in disgust at the utter disrespect

 

[SwissBlade]

If I ever here opposing fans sing the Starman song at a game, I shall walk of of the ground in disgust at the utter disrespect

Good for you. That's information i couldn't make it through the day without today.

 

[Torrix1889]

There goes a man who has never experienced personal tragedy in his life, and is completely devoid of the ability to appreciate or even acknowledge the suffering endured by those who have suffered such tragedy, much less feel or show respect for the victim, or any sort of compassion for those left behind.

Actually, I'm wrong in referring to Ampadu as a man - no real man would ever behave like that, no real man would ever show such a lack of respect to a fellow professional who lost his life so tragically at such a young age, and, crucially, no real man would ever, ever, show such contempt for the suffering of those left behind, including, in this case, a 1 year old child.

You are not a man, 'Mr' Ampadu, and as you stand there, singing your mocking, crass, disrespectful song, I hope you begin to realise that no matter how long you live, no matter how many achievements you think you attain in your life, you will never, ever, achieve even a tiny crumb of what George Baldock achieved in his life, and you will never, ever, attract even a tiny skerrick of the love, respect and admiration that George Baldock engendered, through being the man that he was all his life.

I get your sentiment and I mourn GB as much as any other Blade, (I have his name and number on my shirt) but that's a bit of an over-reaction there pal.

 

[Rodley]

I can't see either Ampadu or Bogle flourishing next season in the Prem for the scum. Bogle is great in a team that's on the offensive but can look quite poor when given a lot of defensive responsibility. Ampadu looked out of his depth when we had him on loan. Expect both to drop out of Leeds' starting lineup.

I think they will struggle if they go all out attack like Farke plays.

 

[WayneAllison]

Yes not aiming it at GB but he's not stupid and you know it.

Both played with Baldock ️
Thousands of other songs to sing ️
Beat us to promotion where he played ️
His death came before the Leeds game ️

He's clearly very stupid to sing it either way.

So no club is allowed to ever sing that song again ?


By the looks of things ampadu didn’t even know what day it was by how much he’d sunk

 

[WayneAllison]

I can't see either Ampadu or Bogle flourishing next season in the Prem for the scum. Bogle is great in a team that's on the offensive but can look quite poor when given a lot of defensive responsibility. Ampadu looked out of his depth when we had him on loan. Expect both to drop out of Leeds' starting lineup.

Wah wah wah wah


Bogle was our best right back and had been the best right back in the league by a mile this year


Ampadu I thought looked good at times for us and has been one of there most important players


I think they will both do fine , it just sounds like you are been rather salty

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Wanker and shite player

Cunt

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

You know United didn't invent that, right?

Man Utd used to sing it to Januzaj. He left Man Utd the same summer United signed Baldock.

Liverpool used to sing it to Ben Woodburn.

Villa used to sing it to Robert Snodgrass.

Celtic used to sing it to Patrick Roberts.

Palace used to sing it to Andros Townsend.

As posted above, even Leeds have sang it before to Alioski

I could go on, but the first 4 players i've listed left their clubs before United started singing the song

Just a bit of perspective...........have any of those players above tragically drowned/died recently ??? and for Ampadu an ex player to dedicate the Starman song to another ex player Bogle within a few months of Baldocks death.....alochol has a lot to answer for.

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Wah wah wah wah


Bogle was our best right back and had been the best right back in the league by a mile this year


Ampadu I thought looked good at times for us and has been one of there most important players


I think they will both do fine , it just sounds like you are been rather salty

Wah wah wah. Ampapoo was worse than JLT for being a bombscare. He's getting found out again next season and then we will see how much Leeds fans love him. As for Bogle, Baldock was the better all round right back as he could defend So wah wah fkinn wah back at you

 

[Swannyblade]

Wah wah wah wah


Bogle was our best right back and had been the best right back in the league by a mile this year


Ampadu I thought looked good at times for us and has been one of there most important players


I think they will both do fine , it just sounds like you are been rather salty

Bogle was our best option if the onus was on us to attack the opposition. Baldock was the better option if we were up against a better opponent and needed to defend.

As for Ampadu, he was straight up crap for us and looked a liability at times. He might have improved since then (he must have), but I'm sure he's benefitted from being in a top quality Championship team and still expect him to be out of his depth in the Prem.

 

[bladesince64]

Bogle wasn't that great at defending at all.

Good going forward and it helps if you're playing in a very good side that are scoring loads and conceding very few.

He was out injured a lot as well when he was with us.

Seems very bitter as well as regards us, otherwise why would he keep trying to wind us up.

Very strange - just move on youre nowt special.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

I'd say there's about 10 posters in here that have gone "over the top".
Getting knickers in a twist over a song that's sang on tons of terraces throughout the country.

No ones is saying it can't be sung by anyone.

To me I just find it abit shitty. Two ex players with Baldock involved in the song after beating us to promotion, the season a club legend passed away with the same song sung throughout his sad passing.

Be completely different if Bamford was singing it about Bryam for example.

Anyway I'm not going to go on as we all have opinions and not going to change them.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Some people go looking for any reason to be outraged, don't they. They love nothing more than a good pile in on someone. Any reason will do. Pathetic, really.

 

[UTB Blade]

I get your sentiment and I mourn GB as much as any other Blade, (I have his name and number on my shirt) but that's a bit of an over-reaction there pal.

Posted it while very angry about the video I'd just watched on this thread, later regretted posting it.

I stand by my view that anyone disrespecting the victims of tragic deaths, and anyone showing contempt for those who mourn them, is scum.

I also stand by my view that Ampadu's actions in that video put him very much in that category.

Presumably those who excuse his actions with 'he was drunk and he didn't mean it that way', say the same thing when Leeds fans 'coincidentally' happen to sing the Dam Busters theme song whenever they play Manchester United.

In the same way that Leeds fans know full well the association in most people's minds with the Dam Busters song and Munich, Ampadu will know full well the association with the Starman song and George Baldock.

If it's widely accepted that Leeds fans are scum for disrespecting, with their choice of song, the victims of the Munich air disaster, which happened over 65 years ago, then how much more scummy is their captain for disrespecting, with his choice of song, a fellow professional and former colleague, who died tragically just over 6 months ago.

As I said, scum, and in that sense Ampadu has found the perfect club for himself.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

If I ever here opposing fans sing the Starman song at a game, I shall walk of of the ground in disgust at the utter disrespect

Whilst I agree with the overall sentiment of what you're saying re: a potential overreaction, you're not daft enough to ignore the key bit of context that's been highlighted to you by a number of different posters.

Nobody is saying the song / chant should be globally banned in honour of Baldock.
Come on mate, you're a decent poster. Catch yourself on with this one.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Probably abit of an over reaction for myself with who was singing it. Over hyped player who was terrible in our disgrace of a season and now plays for them.

 

[WayneAllison]

Bogle was our best option if the onus was on us to attack the opposition. Baldock was the better option if we were up against a better opponent and needed to defend.

As for Ampadu, he was straight up crap for us and looked a liability at times. He might have improved since then (he must have), but I'm sure he's benefitted from being in a top quality Championship team and still expect him to be out of his depth in the Prem.

Ampadu wasnt , he was better than most that season which eventually fell apart after a decent 10 games performance wise

We should have signed Ampadu the season we went up under hecky

 

[mattbianco1]

Whilst I agree with the overall sentiment of what you're saying re: a potential overreaction, you're not daft enough to ignore the key bit of context that's been highlighted to you by a number of different posters.

Nobody is saying the song / chant should be globally banned in honour of Baldock.
Come on mate, you're a decent poster. Catch yourself on with this one.

I just don't get the outrage, sorry.

What if John Egan sang it to Lewie Coyle at Hull, would that be wrong too?

I feel most of the offended on here, are offended because it's Leeds

 

[UTB Blade]

Posted it while very angry about the video I'd just watched on this thread, later regretted posting it.

I stand by my view that anyone disrespecting the victims of tragic deaths, and anyone showing contempt for those who mourn them, is scum.

I also stand by my view that Ampadu's actions in that video put him very much in that category.

Presumably those who excuse his actions with 'he was drunk and he didn't mean it that way', say the same thing when Leeds fans 'coincidentally' happen to sing the Dam Busters theme song whenever they play Manchester United.

In the same way that Leeds fans know full well the association in most people's minds with the Dam Busters song and Munich, Ampadu will know full well the association with the Starman song and George Baldock.

If it's widely accepted that Leeds fans are scum for disrespecting, with their choice of song, the victims of the Munich air disaster, which happened over 65 years ago, then how much more scummy is their captain for disrespecting, with his choice of song, a fellow professional and former colleague, who died tragically just over 6 months ago.

As I said, scum, and in that sense Ampadu has found the perfect club for himself.

FAO: Tommy_P and warnocks left bollock , who have laughed at my post, above:

You're supporting the wrong club, fellas. You need to get yourself over to S6 where so-called tragedy taunting is all the rage. If you find Leeds fans mocking 23 people dying in an air disaster amusing, you'll find the w****day fan who mocked the 97 Hillsborough disaster victims alongside the West Brom fan who died there recently, absolutely hilarious.

By the way, have you heard of the Malicious Communications Act 1988?

"This act criminalizes sending communications (including online messages) with the intent to cause distress or anxiety."

Your 'Haha' reactions to my post were online communications from you to me, if you didn't realise, and given the content of my post I definitely interpret it as intent on your part to cause me distress or anxiety, and I shall be reporting it as such to the owners of this site.

 

[Booker4]

Just on Bogle rather than Ampadu. There's something that really annoys me with Bogle at Leeds! He's done really well there but he seems to love bigging Leeds up and that's his prerogative but it does get on my nerves - a lot!

I didn't care about Gibbs While joining Forest as some did because he never was out player but selling Bogle to Leeds irked me. It's possibly cost us automatic promotion as well given it's been a problem position for much of this season. I don't think he'll fair as well in the top flight but we'll see. Seriki could well be a better player in a couple of seasons.

 

[54yrblade]

Seriously, some folk really do need to take step back from this one.

Adult male achieves something huge in their career and life and gets drunk, singing songs.

Not like he was dancing on tables taking the p*ss out of another club and manager, was it.

We're in no position to be alarmed or outraged at anyone else's drunken antics, I'm afraid.

George is a legend. Always will be.

Message ends.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

I just don't get the outrage, sorry.

What if John Egan sang it to Lewie Coyle at Hull, would that be wrong too?

I feel most of the offended on here, are offended because it's Leeds

Yes, that would feel wrong.

As an ex-friend / team-mate / fan, it feels in bad taste to dedicate that song to anybody else. Particularly given how raw it is to so many people (in their case, people that knew Baldock intimately well).

Just to reiterate, I don't think it's a huge deal but I can 100% understand why people thought it was in bad taste.

 

[mattbianco1]

Posted it while very angry about the video I'd just watched on this thread, later regretted posting it.

I stand by my view that anyone disrespecting the victims of tragic deaths, and anyone showing contempt for those who mourn them, is scum.

I also stand by my view that Ampadu's actions in that video put him very much in that category.

Presumably those who excuse his actions with 'he was drunk and he didn't mean it that way', say the same thing when Leeds fans 'coincidentally' happen to sing the Dam Busters theme song whenever they play Manchester United.

In the same way that Leeds fans know full well the association in most people's minds with the Dam Busters song and Munich, Ampadu will know full well the association with the Starman song and George Baldock.

If it's widely accepted that Leeds fans are scum for disrespecting, with their choice of song, the victims of the Munich air disaster, which happened over 65 years ago, then how much more scummy is their captain for disrespecting, with his choice of song, a fellow professional and former colleague, who died tragically just over 6 months ago.

As I said, scum, and in that sense Ampadu has found the perfect club for himself.

Are you seriously suggesting that a song with words changed to Leeds' own player is the same as tragedy chanting?

 

[AWetFlannel]

Is there any reason to think Ampadu knows this is the song we sing about Baldock? Does he follow us on all the socials?

 

[Torrix1889]

FAO: Tommy_P and warnocks left bollock , who have laughed at my post, above:

You're supporting the wrong club, fellas. You need to get yourself over to S6 where so-called tragedy taunting is all the rage. If you find Leeds fans mocking 23 people dying in an air disaster amusing, you'll find the w****day fan who mocked the 97 Hillsborough disaster victims alongside the West Brom fan who died there recently, absolutely hilarious.

By the way, have you heard of the Malicious Communications Act 1988?

"This act criminalizes sending communications (including online messages) with the intent to cause distress or anxiety."

Your 'Haha' reactions to my post were online communications from you to me, if you didn't realise, and given the content of my post I definitely interpret it as intent on your part to cause me distress or anxiety, and I shall be reporting it as such to the owners of this site.

Seriously, just take a step back and read your responses to these posts. Quoting the Malicious Communications Act in this context about emojis is nothing short of pathetic.

This is a football forum where football fans, mostly of SUFC, post opinions on football things. If you are feeling harm, distress or anxiety by comments then you really need to question why you visit this or any other social media site.

 

[Weasel]

Ampadu wasnt , he was better than most that season which eventually fell apart after a decent 10 games performance wise

We should have signed Ampadu the season we went up under hecky

Jeez. I'll have a pint of what you are drinking.

He's definitely got better with age and must be doing something right at Leeds right now. In truth he's very average in thr Championship but he's playing in a tram that scores goals for fun so it takes the pressure of him and his defensive colleagues somewhat (they'll get found out big time next season as they won't be attacking half as much....).

But to claim what you did about his pathetic attitude and levels of performance whilst he was at the Lane....I'll just say, i thought he was total bollox and would have driven him up to Elland Road myself that season.

 

[Linz]

I have received reports about this thread but the drunken antics of a Leeds player are somewhat out of my jurisdiction and any discussion of it is a very long way from malicious communication.

If someone finds this thread triggering, I would advise not reading it. It is not my place to make the internet a "safe space".