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Not the homophobia, which I think will probably happen
Will it though? Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I think the world is (largely) over that. I haven't seen it reported that there's been any backlash to his coming out neither from opposing fans or any 'no poofs in our club' response from any unreconstructed Blackpool fans. I'm only at games a few times a season, but don't get the impression that there's much appetite for homophobic abuse anymore.
I'm hopeful that any feared targeting will be a non-event, but maybe that's just stupidly naive. Are homophobic chants still made at Brighton fans?
That aside, agree that he'll now be under a lot of pressure at a really young age. Would like to see a couple of others take his lead now that the genie's out of the bottle, so he won't be wearing the Only Gay in the League tag for long.
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I suspect it will go the other way. There'll be a month or so of heavy coverage and then he'll mainly be forgotten about, as none of the media can be arsed watching Blackpool any more, other than occasionally being trotted out as "the" gay footballer.
@kl a bit optimistic maybe. I don't think there will be any large scale chanting but you'll still get some dickheads. There are still a few that think Brighton/Watford are fair game and it's just "banter". Fortunately they get shouted down a lot more now.
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On Luke Daniels coming out, I feel a bit worried for him.
Not the homophobia, which I think will probably happen but which I think most people at the club and in the public will rightly shout down.
But the pressure that will be on him now and the disproportionate focus on someone so young are going to be hard work. Can't help but think of other players who had a lot of attention when they were 16 or 17 - John Bostock, Michael Woods, Freddy Adu - and the pressure is going to be immense for carrying the burden as long as he is "the" gay footballer in professional football.
Best case scenario is either that he's fucking great and people start talking about his football instead, or that 4-5 other plays follow and dilute the focus a bit.