I missed the post, and posted on the Bournemouth v. Leeds thread instead, but the video boils my piss for a number of reasons.
It shows the absolute contempt of the modern elite footballer for the fans; absolute contempt. There's a dozen or so fans who have made the effort to politely & patiently stand behind a velvet rope in a hotel foyer for a chance to see/interact with their heroes. And when I say 'interact', i'm not talking about sitting down with them for a Q&A session about tactics, and i'm talking about a photo & a biro squiggle on a piece of paper. And when i say 'heroes', I mean a rag tag bunch that are currently going through the motions & getting dry bummed by all and sundry on the pitch.
It also shows the vacuous & narcissistic nature of the players, somehow, at the same time being oblivious to acting in an acceptable way towards fans, but by slavishly making sure that they all own the correct washbags, watches, phones & headphones. Headphones which they have to wear over their hoods to fit in with the look and make sure people know the brand.
That just shows the 'no fucks given' attitude of the players, they don't care because there's never any real comeback on them, the manager will get sacked again, they'll find new clubs, the people who they shun don't mix in their circles. No financial downside or physical risk to their behaviour. In this instance the club will come out in their defence with a barely believable press release saying that the players are zoned out pre match and didn't notice the fans or that it's a Covid protocol or whatever.
If the fans had anything about them, then the video should be the straw that breaks the camel's back this season, a line in the sand and it should signal the start of a new Leeds United. Whatever that is & which ever division that is in. You tolerate that, then your club is lost and it has broken away from it's moorings in the city & the fan base. Every one of those fuckers should be out of the door in a months time & told why they are going.
The whole thing reminds me of when the wealthy used to walk around London with a perfume infused hanky to their face, so they wouldn't catch a whiff or a disease off of the poor and infirm slumped on the pavements. Fuck every one of them & don't make excuses for any of them. If, as a player, you walk past the outstretched hand of a child holding an autograph book, you are the off the roll call, not only as a footballer, but as a fucking human being.
