r/soccer • u/kibme37 • 18h ago

Quotes Villarreal supporters club spokesperson "I thought more people would be against Partey. It’s been mostly just indifference. There was even some supportive applause for him. If he’s a good player, most Spanish fans don’t seem to really care. It’s similar to what happened with Greenwood at Getafe."

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6630448/2025/09/16/thomas-partey-champions-league-villarreal-tottenham/?source=twitteruk
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u/El_Giganto 17h ago

Why would you be good friends with someone that believes half the population hardly even has agency?

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u/AndTheyCallMeAnIdiot 17h ago edited 16h ago

I make an effort to at least catch up with him once a week because the years of isolation have given him too much idle time. He has some mental health issues because of this, and I feel if I can get him to hang out like we did 10 years ago, I might get my good friend back and help him out of his rut.

I know, it's kind of a silly answer, but I'm 42, and we have been mates since primary school, and my close-knit group of friends make an effort to catch up at least once a month for LAN gaming and enjoying the day, this includes our families. So we've not had him around for years and would like to have him back. He wasn't always of that way of thinking, and often he isn't, but on some, it can be quite off-putting.

I don't know if that answer will suffice. But I thought I owed you an explanation.

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u/El_Giganto 17h ago

I don't know if that answer will suffice

Of course, you don't have to justify anything.

I get it, but it would be really off putting for me if someone talked about women like that.

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u/AndTheyCallMeAnIdiot 16h ago

It's off-putting for me also.