[Goku]

 Crack, on 12 November 2019 - 02:12 PM, said:

Shouldn't drop just one of them. Should have both been dropped. Chicken Southgate.

Why?

[Stockholm Spireite]

The whole thing is dumb. An internal incident - no more than 10 seconds, apparently- results in an external statement and the dropping of a player.

What happened to keeping things in-house and imposing invisible sanctions that don't hurt the team in any way? Is this the FA "flexing" against Raheem, now he's been highlighted (albeit reluctantly) as a spokesman against racism in the game?

Can't they both run the line in training matches and have their match fees donated to charity instead?

[JonB]

Presumably someone in house has leaked something to the press and once that gets out then the FA etc have to be making statements etc. I also assume what Sterling has done Southgate has seen to be unacceptable. Would have been nice had someone not leaked it all so the FA\Southgate have to be messing about dealing with it in the public eye when he could have just been "rested" for the game.

[Bobby Darling]

 Stockholm Spireite, on 12 November 2019 - 03:20 PM, said:

The whole thing is dumb. An internal incident - no more than 10 seconds, apparently- results in an external statement and the dropping of a player.

What happened to keeping things in-house and imposing invisible sanctions that don't hurt the team in any way? Is this the FA "flexing" against Raheem, now he's been highlighted (albeit reluctantly) as a spokesman against racism in the game?

Can't they both run the line in training matches and have their match fees donated to charity instead?

Very sensible.

[calvin plummers socks]

Don't know about you lot (apart from Search and Destroy who is frankly a joke) but if I had a player in my team who took defeat in the way Sterling did I'd be happy! It hurt him and his pride to lose to the scousers.

These things do happen all the time in football though and can't quite see what benefit there was in Southgate mentioning it unless the papers were going to make a big deal of it in the way only the English press do!

[Westbars Spireite]

Only the English press?

What about the Italian, Spanish and that’s before we’ve even talked about the South Americans?

[Search & Destroy]

 calvin plummers socks, on 12 November 2019 - 07:55 PM, said:

Don't know about you lot (apart from Search and Destroy who is frankly a joke) but if I had a player in my team who took defeat in the way Sterling did I'd be happy! It hurt him and his pride to lose to the scousers.

These things do happen all the time in football though and can't quite see what benefit there was in Southgate mentioning it unless the papers were going to make a big deal of it in the way only the English press do!

I don’t understand why he was upset, it’s not like he usually well against decent sides.

[calvin plummers socks]

That doesn't make any sense you imbecile

[Search & Destroy]

When you resort to name calling it’s clear you’ve been owned old chap

[calvin plummers socks]

Jeez

[DerbySpireite59]

Would Southgate have dropped sterling had it been the world cup semi-final v Croatia? I doubt it very much.Poor man management imho

Would Southgate have dropped sterling had it been the world cup semi-final v Croatia? I doubt it very much.Poor man management imho

[Comeonyouirons]

I refuse to believe this is an isolated incident and that the media have wet their pants quite so much over it

[DerbySpireite59]

Would Southgate have dropped sterling had it been the world cup semi-final v Croatia? I doubt it very much.Poor man management imho

[bifocart]

 Search and Destroy, on 12 November 2019 - 12:18 PM, said:

Don’t know if that’s his character or not, I’m just thankful Joe Gomez is black.

Still wondering if youd like to enlarge on this point you made earlier, its a bit unclear what you were saying.

[Westbars Spireite]

 bifocart, on 13 November 2019 - 09:00 PM, said:

Still wondering if youd like to enlarge on this point you made earlier, its a bit unclear what you were saying.

It’s clear to me.

He’s suggesting that were Gomez white that there could be a race angle taken somehow.

[Search & Destroy]

Reading the reports it sounds like he got off lightly, tried to shoot Gomez with his gun tatts

[Search & Destroy]

When you resort to name calling it’s clear you’ve been owned old chap

[Comeonyouirons]

Really think Sterling is being made a scapegoat for this

I cannot believe any English player hasn't had Jesse Lingard or Ashley Young by the throat at least 5 times before now

This post has been edited by Comeonyouirons: 14 November 2019 - 04:26 PM

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

 Stockholm Spireite, on 12 November 2019 - 03:20 PM, said:

The whole thing is dumb. An internal incident - no more than 10 seconds, apparently- results in an external statement and the dropping of a player.

What happened to keeping things in-house and imposing invisible sanctions that don't hurt the team in any way? Is this the FA "flexing" against Raheem, now he's been highlighted (albeit reluctantly) as a spokesman against racism in the game?

Can't they both run the line in training matches and have their match fees donated to charity instead?

What's racism got to do with anything? Sterling assaulted a team mate. Besides the obvious illegality of it, Southgate has laboured to remove the kind of club infighting in the squad that has existed in the past.

And why does Gomes have to be punished for being held by the throat?

He got dropped. Barely punishment at all. To suggest that he's the victim of a racist plot by the FA is beyond ridiculous.