What defending?
UEFA EURO 2020 Qualifiers ** spoilers ** [14th - 19th November 2019]
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He just said "Kane will score 2000 goals if England keep getting groups like that"
I need to plan some stuff next year (not the games as such but working round them)
I hear we now play all our games at Wembley in group stage
Only 3 group dates are listed for Wembley , 14/19 and 23 June
So we play those dates, does that sound right?
I hear we now play all our games at Wembley in group stage
Only 3 group dates are listed for Wembley , 14/19 and 23 June
So we play those dates, does that sound right?
England fans are a proper weird bunch Purds. I'm ashamed to say I was a regular at Wembley years ago - it's a mix of family's with painted faces and mexican waves, and yobs. There's literally no in between, myself excluded obviously.
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I was surprised there were enough Man City fans to even make the noise herd!
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Probably a mix of people. City fans, evertonians, sterling fan boys, idiots, drunk idiots and then just plain old racists.
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To be fair both should have been dropped. Sit them in a room. Sort it out then put them both back in the team for the next game.
Wait....so Gomes gets assaulted by a team mate and he gets dropped?
They've already sorted the issue out, Sterling made that pretty clear with his "statement". The problem is that the media appear to be putting blame on Southgate and Gomes as apposed to Sterling.
They've already sorted the issue out, Sterling made that pretty clear with his "statement". The problem is that the media appear to be putting blame on Southgate and Gomes as apposed to Sterling.
Other than the original story (which I'm sure was leaked by Sterling's agent) that claimed the pair clashed etc, all the media coverage I've seen has been very fair on Gomes. They've all commented on how he was completely blameless and how well he's handled himself since. Unfortunately too many people ignore these sorts of things and just make their own version of events up after reading a headline.
Apparently he even went to Southgate and asked that Sterling be allowed to stay and not be sent home as Gareth initially wanted to do.
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I am pretty sure he wound him up and pushed his buttons. I am pretty sure you don't go fighting someone for no reason. I am not defending sterling. He deserves a ban as kids follow him/set an example etc but to make it sound like Gomes is squeaky clean just seems silly.
Why are you pretty sure he did? Everybody that's commented on what's gone on have said Gomes done absolutely nothing wrong, including Southgate and Sterling himself. The version of events doing the rounds in the press is that Gomes went around shaking everyone's hand when he arrived and that Sterling flipped and grabbed him by the neck - the 'defence' of Sterling being that he was wound up by all the **** on social media he was getting as a result Gomes embarrassing him at Anfield. To attempt to put any blame on Gomes when there's not a single bit of evidence to support it is both silly and desperate.
Some football fans are just absolute idiots. This makes as much sense as the fans who booed Evra for daring to be racially abused.
And the Liverpool and United fans who think Munich and Hillsborough chants are ok because 'they started it'.
They're only the examples that come to mind because they relate directly to my club - I bet every club has their version of the same sort of mindset.
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They were mouthing each other in the league game I saw that clear as day. I guess it just went over the line when they met up for international duties.
I don't think anybody has denied they had words at Anfield, as you say it was clear for everybody to see. What happened on England duty is what's been debated and I can't for the life of me understand why you're so sure Gomes has done anything when all the reports have said he done nothing and that's been confirmed by Sterling and Southgate.
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Previous events obviously had a part to play. A slight cheeky wink or bit of sarcasm could have pushed him over the edge. Obviously Sterling's mental state is in question and he has to apologise because it's the FA and England. All I am saying is there is no smoke without fire. It also needs to be stamped out sharpish whatever it is as it has been a long time since England have been playing well and would hate for that to change due to club rivalries.
Ok, well as I said everybody that's commented said Gomes done absolutely nothing, no cheeky wink or bit of sarcasm, and the version of events that's been leaked to the press was that Sterling felt humiliated by all the stuff on twitter after Gomes picked him up and that was what sent him over the edge. And by all accounts it has been stamped out and there's no issues between anybody in the squad.