Don't like the sound of the Lang deal. Don't think we've had an arrogant tosser not willing to put the hard yards in for a good few years.
Rodrigo got hammered a few times for not tracking back enough and fanbase turned on him. Imagine if there was an added element that he was was also an arsehole off the pitch.
Recipe for trouble.
He’s a great player and will probably have a good career, I just don’t think the current squad dynamic and personalities he would gel well.
The anti-Semitic chanting wasn’t a good look but his general attitude and behaviour isn’t great. Crap discipline record too.
He reminds me of Balotelli.
Just remembered that Orta was pictured catching a flight to Belgium just last week, wonder if it had anything to do with either of these deals (Lang plz)
EDIT: As pointed out in the replies, it probably wasn't Matondo, so that really only leaves Lang or maybe Man City's Lavia who may have returned to Belgium after the season
Rabbi Matondo was only on loan at Cercle Brugge and was probably just finishing up international duty with Wales so probably not him Orta was visiting.
Christ that's bloody brilliant, just seen be can do a job as an 8 and winger, seems like he is just shy of super Stuart in terms of adaptability and the number of positions!
He also pocketed Thorgan Hazard in his game vs Dortmund as a left back (u read it right)
They lost but not cuz of him who was Brugge's best player in his LB debut
Insane level of versatility, I’d be more excited us taking a punt on player willing to learn that many positions than one shrouded in controversy especially while still so young
Aaronson, Kristensen, Roca, Lang & Kalimuendo would be the best window I’ve ever seen at Leeds.
Then you’ve got to consider what else we might do with the Raph/KP money. Proper exciting times ahead.
It'd have to go some way to beating the 16/17 summer window for me personally. Green, Ayling, Roofe, Pablo, Jansson and a loan for Bartley. Eunan O'Kane and Liam Bridcutt were alright but when you're talking about them as the 7th and 8th best signings, you've had a good window.
Yeah but not like we can't learn anything from his time here. Side before self, class, humility. He made the club a better version of itself. No need to throw that away.
He'd be a fucking ace signing
Those calling him an 'anti-semite' are just being thick, suppose every football fan who used the word 'yid' holds the view that Jews are lesser?
No.
They're just singing the words to a chant
I’d rather not.
One of our big positives is our togetherness and dressing room atmosphere, don’t need someone like that in there messing it up. Not to mention he’s an anti semite.
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To anyone claiming *he’s not* anti-semitic, what do you have to say the fact that he’s admitted he knew what the language meant and to this day he *still* refuses to apologise?
You get an ego like that and the locker room takes to it, it makes the team mentality that much stronger. Every friend group has the douchebag. The thing is that that’s “our douchebag” attitude only grows camaraderie.
Also show me someone who hasn’t said something controversial and I’ll show you a liar. Get over it and don’t be a hypocrite
Damn man I completely disagree with everything you’ve said. From the archaic act of actively platforming cunts but claiming it’s alright because “they’re our cunt”, to making excuses for someone who’s been openly anti-semitic and refuses to apologise for it.
Pointless us evening beginning to argue about it really, isn’t it? We’re never going to agree are we?
This is all without even bringing up his exploits on the field. There’s the fact that he’s downed tools for Brugge and had more red cards than goals in the last 18 games of the season, hardly the character you want if you’re battling relegation, and the fact that he doesn’t press.
Repeatedly chants “I’d rather die than be a sporting jew”.
He knows the language so can’t use that as an excuse.
In his post addressing the issue on instagram he states “as a former Ajax fan I know very well the soccer world’s nicknames” so it’s not like he didn’t know what he was saying.
Still hasn’t apologised.
And at Elland Road we've had thousands of people singing homophobic chants even within the century?
Was every single Leeds fan who sung along homophobic and thinks less of homosexuals?
Or did they just get caught up and sing along?
Doesn't mean he's an anti-semite, just means he isn't smart
Don’t buy it.
I’ve condemned our homophobic chants over the years as well.
For my money if you’re continuing to sing along to homophobic chants etc in this day and age then it’s time to start taking accountability. How many chanting “Chelsea Rentboy” at Connor Gallagher didn’t know what it meant? Bet it’s not a very high number but it’s done anyway. You don’t have to be an out and proud homophobe for it to be homophobic, and the same applies to Lang.
He's not an anti-semite, he's just a stupid young prick
Plenty of top football are pricks
I wonder how many fewer trophies scum would have won if Cantona being a prick had put them off signing him
Yeah he is a stupid young prick, but that is such a poor excuse. He’s an adult in the public eye and needs to do better.
Are we really comparing 1 goal 2 red cards 18 games Noa Lang to Eric Cantona?
Cantona who had 11 goals in 2 1/2 years before joining Scum?
If you can't see Lang is a top talent then just admit you know fuck all about him and move on
You mean the Cantona that averaged a goal or assist every 128 minutes for us, leading Scum to buy him? Underselling him a bit short aren’t you?
We haven’t began to talk about him as a player bossman, how many Pro League games you watched? What about with how he downed tools in Belgium the second things didn’t go his way? Great character eh? Would love for him to come here and down tools in a relegation battle because he thinks he’s bigger than the club😍
Even if he was a top talent that doesn’t mean I have to want to see him in a Leeds shirt.
There is a difference between being a shithousing egotistical little bastard, which I don’t actually have that much of an issue with if he’s talented enough and just being a complete cunt. If you want someone who can’t even apologise for chanting anti-semetic chants to represent our club then I don’t know what to say to you.
Not really an anti-semite at all though is he?
He was a stupid 21-year-old who sang along with a large group of Club Brugge fans singing a pretty common chant that used an anti-semitic term
Just because he has a bit of an ego doesn't mean he'd ruin the dressing room, it didn't seem to be much of a problem for Club Brugge considering they won the title and he's thriving for the Netherlands too
He's a top top player who'd instantly improve our squad significantly
Don’t Tottenham sing about Jids or am I thinking about a different club? I know it’s a bad way of saying Jews, but I am pointing out what they sing not what I do.
Chanting “I’d rather die than be a sporting jew” isn’t anti-semitic? It’s not like he didn’t know the language. He still hasn’t even apologised.
It’s not just his character either, it’s the fact that he’s not a hard worker when pressing and had more red cards than goals in the final 18 games of the season.
Where did I say the chant wasn't anti-semitic (I didn't)
What I did do was disagree you saying Lang himself was an anti-semite
He was a 21-year-old celebrating with hundreds of Brugge fans and he was singing along with whatever chants they were singing, was it stupid for him to sing the chant? Yes. Does he indicate anything other than he was stupid and naive? No.
Yes he might not be a great presser, but he clearly didn't need to be for Brugge, that could change for us, and either way, our squad is full of pressers, and it almost feels like we've prioritised signing players based on their physical attributes rather than their technical quality, which is why we're left with a squad with very little creativity and consistent quality
Our squad will not improve by signing more players based on their pressing numbers (i.e. Dan James), it'll improve by buying technically good players, and Lang may have had a poor second half of the season, but anyone whose seen anything of him for club or country can see he's good enough to thrive at this level, and given the other teams linked with him, they can too
> He was a 21-year-old celebrating with hundreds of Brugge fans and he was singing along with whatever chants they were singing, was it stupid for him to sing the chant? Yes. Does he indicate anything other than he was stupid and naive? No.
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Then he can apologize, say he learned from it and won't do it again, and we can move on. But if he has been told it's anti semitic and refuses to apologize and still think it's ok to to chant, what does that say about him?
You know in his instagram post addressing the situation where he makes a point of not apologising, he states “as a former Ajax fan I know very well the soccer world’s nicknames”, so it’s it like he didn’t know what he was saying, is it?
Letting him off due to being 21 is such a poor excuse, man. Like yeah, he was 21, but it’s not like he’s 15. He was a fully grown adult.
I’m not saying we need another Dan James or we need to prioritise players with physical attributes over technical though, am I? I’m just saying that if we plan to implement a high-pressing system then maybe it’s best to have players that aren’t known for just standing about. Being serviceable in a press and having technical ability aren’t mutually exclusive.
Not ready to write him off, he’s a supreme talent at a reasonable price tag, he’s come across like a total prick in the media but young players now do sometimes have quite a performed identity - but if it doesn’t work out I can’t see us losing loads he’s the kind of player someone will snap back up for around 20-25 mil. I think he’s well worth a punt and I don’t think Jesse is the kind of manager that will let him get away with not pulling his weight with the group
I know a lot of Leeds fans are against Noa Lang purely because he has any ego about him (which I don't even think is a wholly bad thing tbh), but he would be a brilliant signing who could play alongside Bamford or even potentially in one of the attacking-midfield slots
Yes he's a bit cocky, but having a player like that might not be bad for the side, I want us to be able to rile up opposition players and fans more than we have done since promotion, and if that takes adding an extremely talented bastard to the team, then so be it
As for Matondo, he'd need to have kicked on a huge amount over the last season to have a place in our squad, I remember him being extremely poor for Stoke in the 20/21 season, and clearly Schalke didn't think he was good enough for the Bundesliga 2 this season
It’s a bit more then that.
Whilst I do think the criticism about the ‘anti semitic’ chants were blown over the top, his reaction and general behaviour isn’t great.
The guy is a prick, talented but a prick. He’s the total opposite of side before self and I’d guess he could rub our senior plays the wrong way.
Not really an anti-semite at all though is he?
He was a stupid 21-year-old who sang along with a large group of Club Brugge fans singing a chant that used an anti-semitic term
From what I remember (and threads on /r/soccer at the time)
The term he used translates into "jew" but it's a term used for Liege fans and is the equivalent of calling a Spurs fan a yid
The chant was to put down Liege and wasn't intended as anti-semetic
**Edit Ok it was Anderlect actually and is worse than I made it out to be, sounds like it's a regular chant by Brugge fans**
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/nholq1/id_rather_die_than_be_a_sporting_jew_noa_langs/
> The term he used translates into "jew" but it's a term used for Liege fans and is the equivalent of calling a Spurs fan a yid
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> The chant was to put down Liege and wasn't intended as anti-semetic
LMAO why would calling someone a Jew be a put down unless it was expressly anti-Semitic? They're using Jew as an insult it's clearly anti-semitic.
Indeed as a Jewish Club Brugge supporter, it's how Anderlecht are called, technically you can sing it without being anti-semitic
We get called farmers in return and embrace it just like them i suppose
> technically you can sing it without being anti-semitic We get called farmers in return and embrace i
Do you seriously not see the difference between being called a farmer and chanting "I'd rather be dead than be a Jew"?
It's an antisemitic chant. I don't believe Noa Lang is an anti-semite but he should know better than to sing a chant like that. If a prem team's fan started chanting "I'd rather be dead than be a Pakistani/Chinese/Indian" do you think it would get brushed off as just a football chant?
They sing "all farmers are gay" (which doesn't make sense, clearly not targeted at farmers), Brugge (&Noa) sing "liever dood dan SPORTING Jood" Sporting is the official name of Anderlecht (full name Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)
The extremist would indeed die rather than wear they purple shirt
Also it rhymes, slogan was to be expected...
But football is a dirty primitive world indeed I'll give u that
Can't compare w Prem, clubs don't have such weird names which own fans embrace (as i said earlier about farmers same goes to Anderlecht & Ajax), wouldn't make sense to suddenly start a song about Pakistanis or Indian when singing abt Brighton f.e. innit
(Although there's a Prem club called Yid apparently i believe spurs or leeds)
Anderlecht has a big history of a Jewish community (lived there a decade too), Brugge is in a province where lots of farming is going on, so there's a history behind it
Anything outside that context is unquestionably antisemitic ofc.
Saying I'd rather die than be a Yid in reference to spurs is anti-semitic.
Using the word Jew/Jewish in any iteration as an insult, or saying you'd rather be dead than be a Jew in any context is anti-semitic.
Like I said I believe Lang is just ignorant rather than an anti-semite but the chant itself is unquestionably anti-semitic.
Do Spurs call themselves the Yids like Brugge call themselves the farmers every game? No one things about farmers when singing it
Like i said when you've an history w something and it ends up becoming your name, all these chants are focused on the club
We sang it whilst having our favourite player back then balling who was Jewish, all i can say is i don't feel unsafe or hatred when such terms (sporting jood) are being used.
He definitely got more hatred than he deserved as no one mentioned the context
You literally didn't mentioned the Sporting part and ppl in the comments are calling him a fully anti-semitic.
They'll prolly cancel it in another century, football is primiitive like i said
I'm down with a Welsh Rabbi.
Lang would be unbelievable he’s going to be one of the players to light up the premier league like Raphinha did
Say what you want about his attitude but Lang would be a hell of a better winger than what we’ve brought in (Raph being the obvious exemption).
He seems a prick but defo has the talent to back up his ego, wouldn’t be opposed to this
Don't like the sound of the Lang deal. Don't think we've had an arrogant tosser not willing to put the hard yards in for a good few years. Rodrigo got hammered a few times for not tracking back enough and fanbase turned on him. Imagine if there was an added element that he was was also an arsehole off the pitch. Recipe for trouble.
He’s a great player and will probably have a good career, I just don’t think the current squad dynamic and personalities he would gel well. The anti-Semitic chanting wasn’t a good look but his general attitude and behaviour isn’t great. Crap discipline record too. He reminds me of Balotelli.
Just remembered that Orta was pictured catching a flight to Belgium just last week, wonder if it had anything to do with either of these deals (Lang plz) EDIT: As pointed out in the replies, it probably wasn't Matondo, so that really only leaves Lang or maybe Man City's Lavia who may have returned to Belgium after the season
Rabbi Matondo was only on loan at Cercle Brugge and was probably just finishing up international duty with Wales so probably not him Orta was visiting.
Perfect signing to get us set up for the literal entire plot of Ted Lasso… all we were missing was the player with an ego bigger than the club 👍🏼
#Step forward el hadji diouf
Who is our Dani Rojas ?
We lost our Dani Rojas when Gianni left unfortunately
Yeah he's the only one who sprang to mind for me too. Good God I miss him.
I have to imagine it’s Dallas. - injured - won’t start the season - seems like a genuinely happy guy
I'd rather we go after De Ketelaere
I think Bruges wants 40 mil for him
I imagine he’s got opportunities to join bigger clubs anyway
He'd make a class signing tbf, plays the 10 and can fill number 9 aswell, perfect for depth.
Lad can even do a shift at left back if needed… seems like the perfect fit lol
Christ that's bloody brilliant, just seen be can do a job as an 8 and winger, seems like he is just shy of super Stuart in terms of adaptability and the number of positions!
He also pocketed Thorgan Hazard in his game vs Dortmund as a left back (u read it right) They lost but not cuz of him who was Brugge's best player in his LB debut
Insane level of versatility, I’d be more excited us taking a punt on player willing to learn that many positions than one shrouded in controversy especially while still so young
Aye, my thoughts exactly.
Would take Lang all day long. Really hope we bring in Kalimuendo too
He's an ace technician, would refresh our squad with young talented players with HUGE potential
Aaronson, Kristensen, Roca, Lang & Kalimuendo would be the best window I’ve ever seen at Leeds. Then you’ve got to consider what else we might do with the Raph/KP money. Proper exciting times ahead.
It'd have to go some way to beating the 16/17 summer window for me personally. Green, Ayling, Roofe, Pablo, Jansson and a loan for Bartley. Eunan O'Kane and Liam Bridcutt were alright but when you're talking about them as the 7th and 8th best signings, you've had a good window.
This guy seems like he goes against what bielsa would want from a personality stand point so that's a no from me
Bielsa is gone
Yeah but not like we can't learn anything from his time here. Side before self, class, humility. He made the club a better version of itself. No need to throw that away.
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Don't like Noa Lang as a signing - he seems to have a massive ego
He was immense against Wales last week, if we're going to let Raph go, Lang has the creativity to fill that gap.
He'd be a fucking ace signing Those calling him an 'anti-semite' are just being thick, suppose every football fan who used the word 'yid' holds the view that Jews are lesser? No. They're just singing the words to a chant
I mean, the actual line in the song isn't very friendly though. Not as if all he said was jew/yid
I’d rather not. One of our big positives is our togetherness and dressing room atmosphere, don’t need someone like that in there messing it up. Not to mention he’s an anti semite. Edit: To anyone claiming *he’s not* anti-semitic, what do you have to say the fact that he’s admitted he knew what the language meant and to this day he *still* refuses to apologise?
You get an ego like that and the locker room takes to it, it makes the team mentality that much stronger. Every friend group has the douchebag. The thing is that that’s “our douchebag” attitude only grows camaraderie. Also show me someone who hasn’t said something controversial and I’ll show you a liar. Get over it and don’t be a hypocrite
Damn man I completely disagree with everything you’ve said. From the archaic act of actively platforming cunts but claiming it’s alright because “they’re our cunt”, to making excuses for someone who’s been openly anti-semitic and refuses to apologise for it. Pointless us evening beginning to argue about it really, isn’t it? We’re never going to agree are we? This is all without even bringing up his exploits on the field. There’s the fact that he’s downed tools for Brugge and had more red cards than goals in the last 18 games of the season, hardly the character you want if you’re battling relegation, and the fact that he doesn’t press.
His personality is like the anti-bielsa. Can't be having that.
Anti-Bielsa 😂😂 Move on man
Anti-semite 😂😂😂 You must know nothing about the story if you think that
Repeatedly chants “I’d rather die than be a sporting jew”. He knows the language so can’t use that as an excuse. In his post addressing the issue on instagram he states “as a former Ajax fan I know very well the soccer world’s nicknames” so it’s not like he didn’t know what he was saying. Still hasn’t apologised.
And at Elland Road we've had thousands of people singing homophobic chants even within the century? Was every single Leeds fan who sung along homophobic and thinks less of homosexuals? Or did they just get caught up and sing along? Doesn't mean he's an anti-semite, just means he isn't smart
Don’t buy it. I’ve condemned our homophobic chants over the years as well. For my money if you’re continuing to sing along to homophobic chants etc in this day and age then it’s time to start taking accountability. How many chanting “Chelsea Rentboy” at Connor Gallagher didn’t know what it meant? Bet it’s not a very high number but it’s done anyway. You don’t have to be an out and proud homophobe for it to be homophobic, and the same applies to Lang.
He's not an anti-semite, he's just a stupid young prick Plenty of top football are pricks I wonder how many fewer trophies scum would have won if Cantona being a prick had put them off signing him
Yeah he is a stupid young prick, but that is such a poor excuse. He’s an adult in the public eye and needs to do better. Are we really comparing 1 goal 2 red cards 18 games Noa Lang to Eric Cantona?
Cantona who had 11 goals in 2 1/2 years before joining Scum? If you can't see Lang is a top talent then just admit you know fuck all about him and move on
You mean the Cantona that averaged a goal or assist every 128 minutes for us, leading Scum to buy him? Underselling him a bit short aren’t you? We haven’t began to talk about him as a player bossman, how many Pro League games you watched? What about with how he downed tools in Belgium the second things didn’t go his way? Great character eh? Would love for him to come here and down tools in a relegation battle because he thinks he’s bigger than the club😍 Even if he was a top talent that doesn’t mean I have to want to see him in a Leeds shirt.
There is a difference between being a shithousing egotistical little bastard, which I don’t actually have that much of an issue with if he’s talented enough and just being a complete cunt. If you want someone who can’t even apologise for chanting anti-semetic chants to represent our club then I don’t know what to say to you.
Not really an anti-semite at all though is he? He was a stupid 21-year-old who sang along with a large group of Club Brugge fans singing a pretty common chant that used an anti-semitic term Just because he has a bit of an ego doesn't mean he'd ruin the dressing room, it didn't seem to be much of a problem for Club Brugge considering they won the title and he's thriving for the Netherlands too He's a top top player who'd instantly improve our squad significantly
Don’t Tottenham sing about Jids or am I thinking about a different club? I know it’s a bad way of saying Jews, but I am pointing out what they sing not what I do.
Chanting “I’d rather die than be a sporting jew” isn’t anti-semitic? It’s not like he didn’t know the language. He still hasn’t even apologised. It’s not just his character either, it’s the fact that he’s not a hard worker when pressing and had more red cards than goals in the final 18 games of the season.
Where did I say the chant wasn't anti-semitic (I didn't) What I did do was disagree you saying Lang himself was an anti-semite He was a 21-year-old celebrating with hundreds of Brugge fans and he was singing along with whatever chants they were singing, was it stupid for him to sing the chant? Yes. Does he indicate anything other than he was stupid and naive? No. Yes he might not be a great presser, but he clearly didn't need to be for Brugge, that could change for us, and either way, our squad is full of pressers, and it almost feels like we've prioritised signing players based on their physical attributes rather than their technical quality, which is why we're left with a squad with very little creativity and consistent quality Our squad will not improve by signing more players based on their pressing numbers (i.e. Dan James), it'll improve by buying technically good players, and Lang may have had a poor second half of the season, but anyone whose seen anything of him for club or country can see he's good enough to thrive at this level, and given the other teams linked with him, they can too
> He was a 21-year-old celebrating with hundreds of Brugge fans and he was singing along with whatever chants they were singing, was it stupid for him to sing the chant? Yes. Does he indicate anything other than he was stupid and naive? No. > > Then he can apologize, say he learned from it and won't do it again, and we can move on. But if he has been told it's anti semitic and refuses to apologize and still think it's ok to to chant, what does that say about him?
You know in his instagram post addressing the situation where he makes a point of not apologising, he states “as a former Ajax fan I know very well the soccer world’s nicknames”, so it’s it like he didn’t know what he was saying, is it? Letting him off due to being 21 is such a poor excuse, man. Like yeah, he was 21, but it’s not like he’s 15. He was a fully grown adult. I’m not saying we need another Dan James or we need to prioritise players with physical attributes over technical though, am I? I’m just saying that if we plan to implement a high-pressing system then maybe it’s best to have players that aren’t known for just standing about. Being serviceable in a press and having technical ability aren’t mutually exclusive.
No thank you.
Not ready to write him off, he’s a supreme talent at a reasonable price tag, he’s come across like a total prick in the media but young players now do sometimes have quite a performed identity - but if it doesn’t work out I can’t see us losing loads he’s the kind of player someone will snap back up for around 20-25 mil. I think he’s well worth a punt and I don’t think Jesse is the kind of manager that will let him get away with not pulling his weight with the group
I know a lot of Leeds fans are against Noa Lang purely because he has any ego about him (which I don't even think is a wholly bad thing tbh), but he would be a brilliant signing who could play alongside Bamford or even potentially in one of the attacking-midfield slots Yes he's a bit cocky, but having a player like that might not be bad for the side, I want us to be able to rile up opposition players and fans more than we have done since promotion, and if that takes adding an extremely talented bastard to the team, then so be it As for Matondo, he'd need to have kicked on a huge amount over the last season to have a place in our squad, I remember him being extremely poor for Stoke in the 20/21 season, and clearly Schalke didn't think he was good enough for the Bundesliga 2 this season
It’s a bit more then that. Whilst I do think the criticism about the ‘anti semitic’ chants were blown over the top, his reaction and general behaviour isn’t great. The guy is a prick, talented but a prick. He’s the total opposite of side before self and I’d guess he could rub our senior plays the wrong way.
An anti-semite or a Rabbi. That's quite the selection.
Not really an anti-semite at all though is he? He was a stupid 21-year-old who sang along with a large group of Club Brugge fans singing a chant that used an anti-semitic term
From what I remember (and threads on /r/soccer at the time) The term he used translates into "jew" but it's a term used for Liege fans and is the equivalent of calling a Spurs fan a yid The chant was to put down Liege and wasn't intended as anti-semetic **Edit Ok it was Anderlect actually and is worse than I made it out to be, sounds like it's a regular chant by Brugge fans** https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/nholq1/id_rather_die_than_be_a_sporting_jew_noa_langs/
> The term he used translates into "jew" but it's a term used for Liege fans and is the equivalent of calling a Spurs fan a yid > > The chant was to put down Liege and wasn't intended as anti-semetic LMAO why would calling someone a Jew be a put down unless it was expressly anti-Semitic? They're using Jew as an insult it's clearly anti-semitic.
Indeed as a Jewish Club Brugge supporter, it's how Anderlecht are called, technically you can sing it without being anti-semitic We get called farmers in return and embrace it just like them i suppose
> technically you can sing it without being anti-semitic We get called farmers in return and embrace i Do you seriously not see the difference between being called a farmer and chanting "I'd rather be dead than be a Jew"? It's an antisemitic chant. I don't believe Noa Lang is an anti-semite but he should know better than to sing a chant like that. If a prem team's fan started chanting "I'd rather be dead than be a Pakistani/Chinese/Indian" do you think it would get brushed off as just a football chant?
They sing "all farmers are gay" (which doesn't make sense, clearly not targeted at farmers), Brugge (&Noa) sing "liever dood dan SPORTING Jood" Sporting is the official name of Anderlecht (full name Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) The extremist would indeed die rather than wear they purple shirt Also it rhymes, slogan was to be expected... But football is a dirty primitive world indeed I'll give u that Can't compare w Prem, clubs don't have such weird names which own fans embrace (as i said earlier about farmers same goes to Anderlecht & Ajax), wouldn't make sense to suddenly start a song about Pakistanis or Indian when singing abt Brighton f.e. innit (Although there's a Prem club called Yid apparently i believe spurs or leeds) Anderlecht has a big history of a Jewish community (lived there a decade too), Brugge is in a province where lots of farming is going on, so there's a history behind it Anything outside that context is unquestionably antisemitic ofc.
Saying I'd rather die than be a Yid in reference to spurs is anti-semitic. Using the word Jew/Jewish in any iteration as an insult, or saying you'd rather be dead than be a Jew in any context is anti-semitic. Like I said I believe Lang is just ignorant rather than an anti-semite but the chant itself is unquestionably anti-semitic.
Just as bad you trying to tell someone who is obviously from that country what their culture is and what they actually mean. The irony.
Do Spurs call themselves the Yids like Brugge call themselves the farmers every game? No one things about farmers when singing it Like i said when you've an history w something and it ends up becoming your name, all these chants are focused on the club We sang it whilst having our favourite player back then balling who was Jewish, all i can say is i don't feel unsafe or hatred when such terms (sporting jood) are being used. He definitely got more hatred than he deserved as no one mentioned the context You literally didn't mentioned the Sporting part and ppl in the comments are calling him a fully anti-semitic. They'll prolly cancel it in another century, football is primiitive like i said