Innocent until proven guilty and all that kind of first world stuff?
I wouldn’t be crucifying Rooney either in this situation, let’s see what the actual outcome is first.
Harry Maguire involved in incident with police in Greece - conviction nullified by appeal, full retrial pending
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I wouldn’t be crucifying Rooney either in this situation, let’s see what the actual outcome is first.
Am a big fan of his but he is unstable and would be stupid to make him captain. Shaw is such a crock, else I'd consider him . May be Matic or Bruno.
Is there no middle ground between “making excuses” for him, and “throwing him to the lions”? I mean come on, he’s been arrested. On the balance of probability, he’s done something stupid. To cite “evidence” that he’s innocent, based on potential corruption in Greek policing, is as wrong as it would be to cite “evidence” that he’s guilty, based on the reputation British tourists have abroad.
As many have said, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that a group of guys in their 20s got into a fight after a night on the drink. That should not be misconstrued as “throwing him to the lions”, though. You can support the guy and hope this blows over, while also suspecting that he’s culpable in some way.
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At least we know he didn't headbutt anyone as hes not being charged with murder.
I certainly haven’t talked about “Greek corruption”.
Of course there’s the possibility he’s done something stupid - but until we get clear info on that, it’s very much innocent until proven otherwise.
In court Friday morning to answer the charges.
Being a fan boy clouds people's judgement. No leadership qualities in him. Bruno will be next captain.
You mean Harry and the lads thought the police were saying "you're free to go lads, just stay out of trouble" and were so overjoyed they ran out of the police station and then were confused as they were chased after but thought the police were just up for a game of tag and playful wrestling?
Is he going to be his own defense?
Friday as in a whole week from now? Is this good or bad for his pre season regiment?
'Arry to plead insanity.
He looks bladdered in that video.. he wont be used to boozing. Hope hes ok and its not as serious as painted.. we cant afford two new centre backs!
Get smalling back And send Jones the other way
Get smalling back And send Jones the other way
I remember gullible fans and the Maguire astroturfing team praising him to the high heavens for his leadership.. because of his off pitch... theatrical antics.
You really don’t want that sort of behavior in your leadership, not any more in this day and age. Any monkey can see that.
Let’s see Ole graduate from his naïveté and make better decisions, just like how he learned to use Matic instead of prematurely judging him.
You really don’t want that sort of behavior in your leadership, not any more in this day and age. Any monkey can see that.
Let’s see Ole graduate from his naïveté and make better decisions, just like how he learned to use Matic instead of prematurely judging him.
What qualities has Maguire ever displayed that Pogba lacks? What are these leadership/captain qualities that Pogba lacks?
He was labeled the leader by both manager and team-mates for the French national team that won the World Cup
Accept whatever version of Pogba that is (if in fact he does exist) has never shown up for United.
So let's just say for the sake of argument that they are both not up to the job and appoint someone else.
He has shown more leadership than Maguire even Lindelof does as well.
What is a fanboy? Always see the term used for Paul.
Is the last poster a Fernandes fanboy in that case...
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All of that is changing though by any means necessary.
To Maguire dailymail is saying he also bribed the coppers.
AwesomeWhat a fecking moron.
I'm sick and tired of him. This guy is not all that of a defender and we will soon realize this.
I'm sick and tired of him. This guy is not all that of a defender and we will soon realize this.
to a Greek prison?
From the Telegraph's article:
- The Manchester United captain was said to be facing a worst-case-scenario prison term of two years if prosecutors reviewing his arrest on the island of Mykonos pursue a charge on Saturday of aggravated assault.
- The bribery offence was said to relate to one of the two other men who were arrested with him in the early hours.
- "The policemen that intervened were secret police, in plain clothes, so it is possible that Maguire and his friends did not understand that they were police officers," one source close to the investigation claimed. "One of the men allegedly attempted to bribe the police when they were taken in the precinct.
- "Paul Anast, a Greek legal expert and investigator, told Telegraph Sport that many cases of this kind get thrown out, but he added: "If it was not an accident and it was an aggravated result, it could be two years in jail. But if you are sentenced, you can appeal and will be released immediately, which is the law for anything like this under two years. You can then leave the country."
What a feckin idiot. Hopefully he receives the same justice as any other drunken idiot would in this situation. No leniency for the rich and famous.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty. There’s absolutely no evidence he’s assaulted any police and this story stinks of bullshit.
Then hopefully he'll receive the same justice as any other drunken idiot innocent guy.
If the police are in civil dress then it changes everything, language is also an issue.
He will probably be just deported.
He always used Matic a lot when he was not injured.
Brawl is somewhat understandable...you get drunk and lose your head. But trying to bribe can land him in serious trouble.
'with a speed of a professional boxer'
it's like saying Sterling doesn't run like a girl.
Not hard to funnier than the transfer threads to be honest. A screenshot from there:
80M signing
Dream vacation.
I don‘t get why he spent his holiday there in the first place.
They don't like drunks or brawl in Greece or Spain from my experience and many cities don't even want seasonal party tourists and actively vote against it when they can and look down on it extremely hard both culturally and judicially. They even went to the extent of putting in civilian police on the strip for a reason after all. It's a free world but as the captain for MUFC and with all the strings attached, he should probably pick better R&R than some pre pubertal third rate shitshow like this and end up in court, lucky for him the bribe was by some other from his party seemingly. He is the 'Worlds most expensive defender' and not exactly incognito either. COMPLETELY avoidable, can't imagine how bad he must feel as he seem like a homely guy and not a George Best with natural born scandal to success genetics. I was all for him being captain and all but he doesn't seem to have earned it just yet. Perhaps time to give it to someone like Bruno?
The Guardian headline - " Harry Maguire- How did model professional end up in custody in Greece".
Not sure what the BBC headline is, the story is not on their front page. "Who is the cutest cartoon animal of all time" takes pride of place there.
You guys moan about transfers not getting sorted but your PR team are a bunch of killers!
Not sure what the BBC headline is, the story is not on their front page. "Who is the cutest cartoon animal of all time" takes pride of place there.
You guys moan about transfers not getting sorted but your PR team are a bunch of killers!
Greece=nice weather and great food.
I'd do the same if I could - except for the getting into a brawl part of it. Poor Harry will probably never want to have some gyros anymore after this. What a terrible fate that is.
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