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Davey Baby said:
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What's Bale got to do with all this?

 
Spudulike said:
If we get a badge, membership card and a car sticker, count me in...

Edit: and a plastic wallet for the membership card!
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The badge is of a grumpy man eating ready salted crisps, supping on a pint of Mild.

 
bluedave said:
I thought it was supposed to have been a player who leaked it, if that's true then maybe it was a disgruntled squad player looking to cause a bit of trouble for the manager, and the tabloids love nothing more then to propagate the false idea that racism is still rife in football.

It's telling that absolutely nobody apart from the likes of "Race for Sport" (who are clearly acting in self-interest to increase their public profile) can see straight away that it was a harmless comment with no racial connotations whatsoever.

I'm very much in the "who the f**k are these guys anyway and why should I care what they say?" camp.
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I can't believe the English media at times when it comes to the national team.  English people, I am sure, are happy with the fact that their team qualified for the World Cup.  Congratulations to you all.  And then this happens and the same press are already bringing up nothing stories that will do nothing but unsettle the squad.  What is their end game here, is it truly bitterness towards seeing anyone do well?  I said to someone yesterday, and I think ti is fine to share in here, that the Press were ready to crucify Hodgson and the English team should they have failed to qualify - and now that they've done it the same press are building the cross.

Anyway. I think what needs to happen here is the person who registered the complaint needs to be identified and asked what was so hurtful about the story/joke?  Rumours are going around that it could have been Walcott, but again this is merely a rumour born out of him trying to save his place in the team.  The sad fact is, there is a f**king snake/grass in the dressing room who has run to the press with a nothing story.  It's cowardly, and they'll hide in the background behind this "racist" remark while Roy has to put up with a load of sh*te rather than coach his team into the World Cup.

Also, not sure if any of you follow Ashley Cole on twitter, but he was having to defend himself as people were accusing him of being the one who grassed.  He wasn't even there!!!

Snitches, get stitches!

 
Too many people are going mad on Talksport about this today, they don't seem to understand what Hodgson was on about. They heard the word Monkey when talking about Townsend and the first thing that enters their head is racist. There are too many stupid people in the world these days.

People are looking to be offended just for the hell of it these days.

 
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Scott Harris said:
Too many people are going mad on Talksport about this today, they don't seem to understand what Hodgson was on about. They heard the word Monkey when talking about Townsend and the first thing that enters their head is racist. There are too many stupid people in the world these days.

People are looking to be offended just for the hell of it these days.
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I knew this would happen.  Media hysteria had made it into a racist remark.  Now there is a large portion of people out there who think Roy called him a Monkey because he's black who haven't even read the story.  It doesn't even matter what the truth is any more, you'll have people thinking he's a racist for the rest of his life. 

 
How's this

1) Roy and the England players get the FA to ban the S*n and its Sunday rag from all future pre match and tournament press conferences.

2) English players stop writing for or offering exclusives to the tabloids full stop - freeze the f*ckers out.

3) Who ever the dressing room Bertie Smalls is he gets "outed" so we all know who he is.

The problem I have is that there are no apparent consequences for the papers when they print this sort of crap. The target of their mischief making has their reputation permanently besmirched and yet they are free to move onto the next banal story fuelled by some "insider". Put another way stop feeding this barrel of monkeys!

 
I saw people on Twitter accusing Ash of being the snitch... What bo**ocks... He wasn't even there.

Who did though? Walcott doesn't strike me as that sort of person at all.

Who do we know who plays for England who is a bit selfish, puts himself before his team, and loves to kick up a fuss when stuff doesn't go his way?

Oh wait...

 
Izanagi said:
I saw people on Twitter accusing Ash of being the snitch... What bo**ocks... He wasn't even there.

Who did though? Walcott doesn't strike me as that sort of person at all.

Who do we know who plays for England who is a bit selfish, puts himself before his team, and loves to kick up a fuss when stuff doesn't go his way?

Oh wait...
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You are clearly getting at Sturridge here, i'm not so sure it was him. If it's anyone then I think it's Chris Smalling.

It wouldn't even surprise me if nobody is the snitch, we all know what the media is like.

 
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This is a sad story because after Tuesday it felt good to have qualified. Even though there are issues with our game I felt content and relieved. It was good news and it was nice to have a cause for optimism.

Now, some c**t (i hate that word but it's the only word that will do) has deprived us of the pleasure of enjoying qualifying by grassing up a decent human being for telling an inoffensive joke.

Only in this country...

 
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24572522

I posted my previous post and then checked the news headlines...I don't care what colour they are personally but I would like a properly qualified Doctor and if they fail the exam (whatever their colour) they fail.

Shedpensioner - i hope my application form is in the post! :-) you must get this 'white middle aged blokes' club up and running...

 
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shedpensioner said:
I'm starting up a group for white middle aged men, slightly overweight, with either grey hair or balding, who like beer and crisps! If I percieve that anyone is not treating me or anyone like me with equality then I'm going to stamp my feet, does anyone else want to be a member?
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Middle Aged - Check

Slightly overweight - Check

Grey or Balding - Touchy Subject

Can i trade the beer for coffee - T.B.C

Stamps feet on a regular basis - Check

Im in SP. Do we get a catchy slogan? I love a catchy slogan.

 
You're a load of sexist bar stewards!  I'm the grumpiest person I know at the moment.  Do I really have to have a sex change before I can join the club?

 
I overheard someone at my work saying the "leak" came via Danny Wellbeck.

 
i-like-to-munich said:
Middle Aged - Check

Slightly overweight - Check

Grey or Balding - Touchy Subject

Can i trade the beer for coffee - T.B.C

Stamps feet on a regular basis - Check

Im in SP. Do we get a catchy slogan? I love a catchy slogan.
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Spudulike has got the slogan

'You're offended? Get a grip!'

 
moi said:
You're a load of sexist bar stewards!  I'm the grumpiest person I know at the moment.  Do I really have to have a sex change before I can join the club?
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Sorry Moi, we're discriminating against Scottish people that live in France.

 
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