Silas

I would normally get mad at players earning 100's of thousands a week acting like this, but tbh I can't blame Bale on this one. He's basically watching someone go through exactly what he's had for years, and can't do anything but laugh about it. Some of the press are painting it as Bale "laughing at" Hazard. Don't see it that way. Reckon he's laughing with him. He's thinking, yep, been there mate, I feel you.

Yeah people, sorry to be a pain, but whilst there is information online about this, i note it's all from websites overseas. So i suspect there may be some form of injunction on it in this Country. Even though most people know who it is, best just to refer to him as that Everton player on the forum please. Thanks.

As someone that is generally very much against 'cancel' culture, this is a situation I can fully get behind. In a matter of days MG has had his Nike deal binned, announced he will not train or play for Man Utd or England, had most of his teammates shun and unfollow him on social media, got his shirts open to free exchange in the club shop, and is now being removed from computer games. I think the big factor in this case is that we all have an amount of evidence to view and listen to that often isn't available when accusations are made. Playing devil's advocate, some could still claim that the evidence hasn't been verified yet, and it is still up to a Court to decide upon a guilty verdict and not the Court of public opinion. But the legal proceedings could go on for a year plus, and it doesn't feel right to have 8 year olds still banging in goals on a PlayStation, and the message that gives them. Hopefully, this sends a strong message to all about what is deemed unacceptable in society, and the swiftness of action against those that cross the threshold.

He was acquitted and overturned at retrial. Not making a defence of him, just in strict legal terms he's now declared innocent. Obviously, will be very different situation if Greenwood is declared guilty, serves time, and then a club decides to sign him. If the current charges hold up, that club would be signing a confirmed rapist.

Wasn't so long ago some of us were willing to swap him for Tony. I'll hold my hands up and admit i was. Now he's gone to a rival though, i fully agree with you, he's absolute bobbins. 😂

If it was Jansen, I'll be broken.

Sounds like some hipster pub with a thatched roof. They'd sell their own mead in tankards.

Having them on here does not mean they are condoned. Quite the opposite, it's highlighting an issue that needs addressing. No point sticking our heads in the sand. And maybe our fans seeing things like that might help encourage them to welcome JR back to the team and cheer him on the pitch, rather than the expected minority boos. Turn a negative into a positive and all that.

Yeah, you're right, makes no sense looking now. Guess i was thinking cos we never have a pot to piss in on transfers, but used to chuck wages round like confetti, but that's why we're 200 mill in debt right. I remember now. Think I've just been hoping for the full model (Prem in particular) to change for a while. Those ridiculous fees it got to of 150/200 mill, no club in the World can afford that. So Spanish ones all go bust. Agent fees too. Yes, they'd still get a cut of the new contracts, but hell of a lot less than transfer cuts. So, no incentive to push players around. Maybe wouldn't benefit us individually, but got to be a more sensible future for football.

Ha, and that's why it's all thoroughly depressing. I don't hate JR, whatever, hate the game and all that. Timing just sucks with 3.5 months of destiny to go. My only hope from the cloud is that this is future, death of big transfer fees, and players just hop from club to club and pick up a nice bonus instead. Would be a system to benefit a club like Rovers.

And I'm going to tell every manager in the game what a little prick you've been. And I've been around since the dinosaurs pal, so i know everyone. Enjoy Bournemouth, cos you ain't getting a decent club after that. 👋👋

I'm starting get the impression this signing hasn't impressed you Sparks. 😂 Says it all that this thread is over 48hrs old and we've only just got to 2nd page. Good luck to the lad though. Maybe he's a dark horse. He could shock us and write his name in history firing the club to promotion. I think the last attacker from Scotland I got excited about was Goodwillie. Oops. Still makes me chuckle when his name comes up on Soccer Saturday from some pub league. Hopefully I'm as wrong about this one!

Exactly the word that came to my mind. They think they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it. Hopefully they'll make an example of him with a heavy sentence, send a message to the next few generations of multi millionaire teenage footballers.

And Darragh doesn't get a look in for an Ireland team that got beat by Luxembourg last year. Doesn't always mean much.

Wow, Butterworth score is brutal at moment. He's really struggling to make an impact in the 1st team.

Surely you can stretch to position?

This is information i was unaware of. And I've been here hating for a while. But he went on strike and refused to play no? Why need to do that if club was in on it? Or was that just spin?

Samba's captain for me, but many seem to give him a free pass, i suppose cos of the odious Kean factor. Even went to a poxy Russian club, wouldn't have minded as much if he went somewhere decent. At least if Brentford JR is upgrading, for now.

I'll be honest, i think I'm a bit ageist when it comes to him. So easy to get on board with the notion of youth there in the likes of Buckley and Davenport. Plus I've got PTSD from Murphy and Etuhu. 🤷‍♂️

Wasn't so long ago i was questioning the heart and fight in this team. Now we have Lenihan not even flinching at a mashed up nose, Gally chasing down tackles in 90+ mins, loan signings busting a gut for the club. New signings galloping down the wing. This is unreal. Well done to all involved, to a man absolutely brilliant. (I'm giving u a pass Johnson cos I'm in such a good mood.) 👏👏👏

Those well known ref decisions that all go our way recently. Suppose we're due one. We're gonna need some slice of luck.

What a weekend, really entertaining stuff. That Chiefs/Bills game was an ATG. Two great quarterbacks at the top of their game. How the hell Mahomes saves his team with 13 seconds on the clock. 🤔 Bills should have kicked off in field, yeah you risk a big return from the special team, but if you contain them you probably drain 5 or 6 seconds off the clock, and it's pretty much game over. Hindsight though i suppose. Hat's off to both teams though. Would have been a good superbowl that match.

If Adam Armstrong isn't getting on the pitch in matches like this, he can't have much of a future at Southampton. With his pace he's surely the perfect outlet against a City highline on the counterattack. Not really storming it is he. Maybe he's a perennial Championship player.

Awesome. So a club regularly blooding youngsters and giving players a chance gets punished, and clowns like Chelsea hogging youth talent, never playing them, and abusing the loan system gets rewarded. Sounds like another fair and common sense rule being implemented in the football world. 🙄

What about the couple nailed on last min pens we've got away with? Or was that last season? It's all blending into 1 for me during this bloody pandemic.