Free Nathan Tella!

[Spiral]

Pace's daughter has been contacting people on social media asking them to post '#freetella' content as part of a campaign to, in her words, "persuade Southampton to loosen their grip of him"

The chairman of our club then shared the video.

Taking all emotional bias out of the picture, if you just read those sentences on their own merit it sounds fairly close to a textbook definition of contract tampering. We all know players are tapped up all the time, but something public like this, even done it jest, is misguided at best.

With the sentence rephrased to remove all trace of the names of clubs and players (an emotional bias which makes football fans stupid at times), the sentence reads like this: The daughter of the chairman of football Club 'A' contacted people on social media asking them to post #freeplayerX content as part of a campaign to, in her words, "persuade Club 'B' to loosed their contractual grip of him; the chairman of Club 'A' then shared the video. If there's anyone who can't see how this is, at best, unprofessional, then you've detached yourself from all sense of objectivity.

[Cooclaret]

Get a grip guys, it’s Social Media, it’s Tik Tok, it’s a bit of fun that’s all….certainly not enough for the absolute meltdown shown by some

Half have had to google Tik Tock

[boatshed bill]

Couldn't care how many Cheddars were in the bag, what's your opinion on the flavour?

I'm cautious to answer this as I don't wish to cause a meltdown

[forzagranata]

Alan

She recently said she now works in the 'media department' at the club.

[jedi_master]

“Pace's daughter has been contacting people on social media asking them to post '#freetella' content as part of a campaign to, in her words, "persuade Southampton to loosen their grip of him"

Pardon my French, but, what the ****?

[Firthy]

I'm cautious to answer this as I don't wish to cause a meltdown

Very subtle. You're saying they're melt in the mouth delicious

[Raconteur]

To be fair, its a bit more than a video on social media with a sorely ill-advised soundtrack. Pace's daughter has been contacting people on social media asking them to post '#freetella' content as part of a campaign to, in her words, "persuade Southampton to loosen their grip of him"

The chairman of our club then shared the video.

We'll see how well its received by a club who we need to do business with but I doubt many other clubs will be impressed.

Imagine if some club pulled this on one of our players.

Who are these people she is contacting?
Is she randomly messaging people?

[Volvoclaret]

Crumble Chedders onto cheese on toast and have a real meltdown.

[boatshed bill]

Also they do Double Gloucester and Chive minis

[Firthy]

Also they do Double Gloucester and Chive minis

Are they real??

[Spiral]

Who are these people she is contacting?
Is she randomly messaging people?

I'm taking forzagranata's word for it that this has happened, but by the the sounds of it it has taken the form of a generic social media campaign, which basically means one person sends out a tiktok or a tweet encouraging other members of the public on the platform to engage with the campaign/meme/drive/challenge or whatever using the hashtag. It's not like she's actually messaging random people one-on-one.

Someone will respond that it's not so much some well organised campaign to tap him up as much as it is just a bit of banter on social media, but it certainly looks unprofessional in spite of the excuses that might be made for it.

[Bosscat]

Also they do Double Gloucester and Chive minis

Quate nace too (and also more in a bag cos they is thinner )

[Firthy]

Crumble Chedders onto cheese on toast and have a real meltdown.

Now that deserves a thread of it's own. But sorry to disagree but Cheddar melted in a pan with butter and skinned tomatoes and then poued over well buttered toast is the only way to go

[boatshed bill]

Are they real??

30% less fat!!!!! Healthy then.

[Granny WeatherWax]

Absolute tin pot cringe. Bloody Americans.

[Big Vinny K]

She’s going through the telephone directory
Hence why those contacted so far are :
Abbot
Agarth
Alan (not her dad)
Ames
Asquith
Ayling

She’ll start on the Bs tomorrow

[boatshed bill]

Absolute tin pot cringe. Bloody Americans.

They're not that bad, Granny, just a bit far removed from the originals.

[Firthy]

Absolute tin pot cringe. Bloody Americans.

Uh oh! I hope ClaretontheCoast doesn't see this

[mkmel]

Half have had to google Tik Tock

Half have had to Google how to spell Tik Tok

[BurnleyFC]

Has he been freed yet?

[Firthy]

Half have had to Google how to spell Tik Tok

I'd be more worried if I could spell it correctly

[Volvoclaret]

Now that deserves a thread of it's own. But sorry to disagree but Cheddar melted in a pan with butter and skinned tomatoes and then poued over well buttered toast is the only way to go

Add Lea & Perrins to the mix, pour onto toast, then sprinkle with crushed Chedders
That will feed Nathan Tella.

[gtclaret]

Jesus what is happening to the world. It’s a bit of fun. People need to chill out a bit

Spot on

[Raconteur]

I'm taking forzagranata's word for it that this has happened, but by the the sounds of it it has taken the form of a generic social media campaign, which basically means one person sends out a tiktok or a tweet encouraging other members of the public on the platform to engage with the campaign/meme/drive/challenge or whatever using the hashtag. It's not like she's actually messaging random people one-on-one.

Someone will respond that it's not so much some well organised campaign to tap him up as much as it is just a bit of banter on social media, but it certainly looks unprofessional in spite of the excuses that might be made for it.

Thank you for the explanation Spiral.
It's probably the way i have read and how Forza has written. It made it sound like people were being directly contacted on social media.

[Cooclaret]

Half have had to Google how to spell Tik Tok

Knew I should’ve asked one of my kids

[Bosscat]

Add Lea & Perrins to the mix, pour onto toast, then sprinkle with crushed Chedders
That will feed Nathan Tella.

A little harissa paste instead of worcester sauce if you want a kick

[tarkys_ears]

Well this thread has certainly taken a turn since I last visited....

[Bosscat]

Well this thread has certainly taken a turn since I last visited....

Better than the usual turns t_e

[boatshed bill]

Saints fans are properly cheesed off with all this.

[RVclaret]

Saints fans are properly cheesed off with all this.

Is it a surprise? Intentionally unsettling their player. Not just the fans, who’ve been at it for a while, but now a club official. We’d be the exact same.

[northeastclaret]

Saints fans are properly cheesed off with all this.

Ah so they also have some sensitive humourless fans as well.

[boatshed bill]

Is it a surprise? Intentionally unsettling their player. Not just the fans, who’ve been at it for a while, but now a club official. We’d be the exact same.

Nah, that's just crackers.

Anyhow, I'm out for the night to listen to some blues.

Not Danish Blues, just Mississippi stuff.

[TheFamilyCat]

Has he been freed yet?

Patience

Apparently

[CrosspoolClarets]

Bit of a laugh to whip up support from our fans ahead of the first game. Won’t affect Saints selling him in any way but will build up the vibe at our end. Clever marketing. Anyone, particularly at their end, ridiculing it needs to get a life. Saints are now a league below and have to get used to being a side players aren’t as keen to play for, as we did a year ago.

[ksrclaret]

‘Kin tinpot shite from us is this.

Laughably bad.

[PremierLeagueClass]

Livened today up a bit anyway. Will have fizzled out by tomorrow lunchtime.

[Volvoclaret]

Livened today up a bit anyway. Will have fizzled out by tomorrow lunchtime.

Or Frazzled out

[Volvoclaret]

A little harissa paste instead of worcester sauce if you want a kick

Going radical now. Sprinkle with Marmite Chedders

[Spiral]

Bit of a laugh to whip up support from our fans ahead of the first game. Won’t affect Saints selling him in any way but will build up the vibe at our end. Clever marketing. Anyone, particularly at their end, ridiculing it needs to get a life. Saints are now a league below and have to get used to being a side players aren’t as keen to play for, as we did a year ago.

So many people are let too often by the more primitive and base parts of their brains. Someone does something, or something happens which tickles another person's mind, they see something which provokes them into laughter or amusement, and the momentary happy experience of this leads them to the incorrect conclusion that because the thing in question provoked a positive experience in them it must make that thing right, decent, good practice, morally and ethically sound, etc. This is what's happening here. Some Burnley fans found the video funny, and the association of the video with a happy experience has robbed them of objectivity. It's possible (hypothetically) to recognise that the video might be funny while also recognising it as unprofessional, much like how, say, a funeral director might tell a really dark joke that's actually very funny, but doing it in front of a bereaved family is not good form. People need to separate the impression the video made on them from other important considerations relating to professionalism and proper conduct. The video made people laugh/chuckle/smile/however they might describe it (basically it made a positive impression on them), and they're taking a defensive position because they are under the misguided and erroneous belief that it is necessary to defend the video in order to defend validity of their happy response to the video, as though saying or thinking "I need to defend the video being posted otherwise I was wrong to have found it funny", and this leads people to take up positions that they would be on the opposite side of if, in this particular instance, the clubs involved were reversed. It's not wrong to find it funny (though it's some proper lame banter to my mind), but it's also not wrong to think it unprofessional from a premier league football club.

[Clovius Boofus]

Chatbot.

[Bosscat]

Chatbot.

Should be spelt "sh!tbot"

[Spiral]

Chatbot.

How utterly fking dense have you got to be to believe (you don't even believe it, you're just saying it for rhetorical effect), rather, to suggest that any post longer than the length of, say, a tweet could only have been made by a computer? Like, is that post length such an affront to your intelligence that you struggle to believe it was made by a human being? Of course, like I've already said, you don't even believe what you post.

[Spiral]

Should be spelt "sh!tbot"

You're having some Mrs Browns Boys level chit chat on here about cheese and you're accusing me of talking a load of shite. Aye, righto.

[Robbie_painter]

How utterly fking dense have you got to be to believe (you don't even believe it, you're just saying it for rhetorical effect), rather, to suggest that any post longer than the length of, say, a tweet could only have been made by a computer? Like, is that post length such an affront to your intelligence that you struggle to believe it was made by a human being? Of course, like I've already said, you don't even believe what you post.

Rattled

[Bosscat]

Or Frazzled out

Someone is Volvo

[Vegas Claret]

jeez lads

[CoolClaret]

Well I for one agree with Spiral.

Take the emotion out of it, it’s classless. We should have some decorum.

[AlargeClaret]

This board’s starting to resemble a Reddit thread full of awkward hysterical near suicidal sci fi type fans who still live with their mum .
The Tella thing is a bit of a giggle , totally harmless ,and if anyone is precious enough to think anyone outside of Burnley /Soton gives an flying feck they really do need to get out more ,and I for one would love to have him back .

[Spiral]

Well I for one agree with Spiral.

Take the emotion out of it, it’s classless. We should have some decorum.

Everyone agrees with Spiral unless they've got a head injury — only sensible possible explanation for disagreeing with me.

[Spiral]

This board’s starting to resemble a Reddit thread full of awkward hysterical near suicidal sci fi type fans who still live with their mum .

That's too specific an image you've conjured for it not to be a projection of sorts.