He is ALLEGED to have made a racist comment is what I assume RDD means.

'Arry's put his application in

Originally Posted by jimmys_best_mate

'Arry's put his application in

It's all yours 'Arry....with a nod and a wink ..whether you mean it or not!

Originally Posted by R.D.D.

Correction- it's in every English newspaper. On the 5 pages of football you have to trawl through before you get a sniff of the rugby (note that, after their poor behaviour, heads rolled left right and centre nice and quietly).

No correction at all. Its a shit story that is not news. Stop reading utter bollocks and they will stop printing it. Its scandal not news

Originally Posted by R.D.D.

Let's not split hairs. You don't get accused of racism for nothing. He slept with someone such that it affected team cohesion. As you can tell, I don't give a monkeys if it was the other blokes wife, recent ex-girlfriend, or his perishing sister, it was still Not On. If it was the chief commissioner of the Met, he would be suspended 'pending enquiries'. Why, to go back to my original observation, are footballers above normal conventions?

Lets not talk bollocks, anyone can be accused of racism. No point in having a trial is there, if an accusation means you are guilty? You don't seem to be outraged that its okay to call someone a fucking cheating cunt on a football pitch , just not a black fucking cheating cunt.
Did it really affect team cohesion that he slept with an ex girlfiriend, the army must be in shit street with the amount causal shagging that goes on.
Its not on to shag a bird? Are you gay? Have you ever served in the army? Have you ever had sex?
He is not the chief commissioner of the Met, not that it would matter to me who a copper was shagging. I know several lads including myself who have slept with an EX-girlfriend of a work colleugue, we didnt get suspended, are squaddies above normal conventions?

Originally Posted by R.D.D.

And... I'm not going to take a sample of what makes up England's reputation abroad. However, he still represents us. I'd rather have someone else, even if it only stops ONE person in another country thinking the English are dickheads. And that's not outrage. That's a little bit of national pride. And I'm not going to be ashamed of that.

He represents us at football. Fuck all else. I reckon more foreigners think we are dickheads for getting outraged about scandal stories rather than what a footballer does in his private life.

Originally Posted by SauceDoctor

He is ALLEGED to have made a racist comment is what I assume RDD means.

Apparently not

Originally Posted by R.D.D.

Let's not split hairs. You don't get accused of racism for nothing.

well, on the army theme, Terry wouldn't be in charge of that team in a million years, and on the racism? It's not unusual- if you get a complaint, it seems to be because you caused offence, not because you haven't said it.
Not sure why I'm arguing the point anyway, because what I wanted to happen, has happened. Nothing like principles on a work night though!
And your last comment? Not terribly clever. Bit childish actually.

Originally Posted by R.D.D.

well, on the army theme, Terry wouldn't be in charge of that team in a million years, and on the racism? It's not unusual- if you get a complaint, it seems to be because you caused offence, not because you haven't said it.
Not sure why I'm arguing the point anyway, because what I wanted to happen, has happened. Nothing like principles on a work night though!
And your last comment? Not terribly clever. Bit childish actually.

What team? A troop? If he had joined the army would it make one iota of difference if he shagged someones ex? You want to get yourself over to the mixed blocks, Do you think female soldiers have one partner for the rest of their lives?

You get a complaint for lots of reasons. Some cunt failing his PNCO because he's black and not because he's a shit soldier for instance despite the fact ALL the other minority soldiers saying there was no racism.

Not as childish as making up lies about John Terry shagging a teammates wife or saying you don't get accused of racism for nothing eh?

What is this football thing? Is it important or should I be more interested in news from Afghan and Syria?

This Terrence chap seems a bit of a cad and I wouldn't put it past him laying down some abuse of a non PC nature, he looks a bit pikey after all, but even a pikey scumbag deserves a fair trial, and what's the frase.. "beyond all reasonable doubt"?

Anyway I thought the FA were all bribe-taking pedophiles, they just haven't proved it yet.

Originally Posted by Arse_Bandit

What is this football thing? Is it important or should I be more interested in news from Afghan and Syria?

Is there much news of Afghanistan and Syria in the 'Sports and Adventure Training' section? Does news of one of the biggest names in world football leaving one of the biggest jobs (in terms of expectation at least) in world football appearing in the Sports section of a website surprise you that much? Perhaps, if you're not interested in football, then a topic called 'Capello resigns as England manager' might be best avoided?

Originally Posted by jimmys_best_mate

Is there much news of Afghanistan and Syria in the 'Sports and Adventure Training' section? Does news of one of the biggest names in world football leaving one of the biggest jobs (in terms of expectation at least) in world football appearing in the Sports section of a website surprise you that much? Perhaps, if you're not interested in football, then a topic called 'Capello resigns as England manager' might be best avoided?

But is this really just about football? Just trying to point out that there's a lot of outrage but at the end of the day it's only a game, but oh I can't even be bothered to answer, you were right I shouldn't have bothered reading it I'm bored now