I go back to my original point; if this was an article about black Albion players and you said that they arrived on the "banana boat" you would find it very hard to squirm out of...
Well said that man. I've never heard Irish people using "potato boat" in a self deprecating manner; it's an expression used by people with the mentality of Jim Davidson/Bernard Manning. If El Presidente is comfortable that he isn't being offensive perhaps he could ask Liam Brady which potato...
Oh I see, we are all supposed to know your family background and therefore appreciate that you have special dispensation to use 1970s Bernard Manning type insulting references to the Irish. Cop onto yourself pal...