Recent content by harrington

Should have indulged in racial abuse instead?! What an odd and troubling way to come at this. Why work to imagine a scenario whereby Rubiales hangs on to his job (as it happens, I don't see how an instance of racial abuse would've resulted in a different outcome) and the Spanish players get...

I absolutely agree (some of my earlier replies should make this clear). I was giving a 'reading' of the video that Goalfather posted in order to back up his claim that this is just a case of Rubiales 'overcome with emotion' and it's all basically a storm in a teacup. To listen to some, Hermoso's...

At the very least Hermoso is giving mixed signals. Her embrace is more passive/more formalised; her hands are lower down on his back. Twice she leans/pulls to her left, his right, as though wanting to avoid dealing with him head-on. His arms hold her higher up and across her body before gripping...

It remains centrally about the abuse of power. How a man in power can use 'the moment' to try and act with impunity and then, if there is any upshot, use his status to iron it all out. The troubling thing about 'the kiss' for me remains the way Rubiales grips the back of Hermoso's head, and also...

How come no other person of authority has ever acted like that when their team won the World Cup? How come the representatives of the F.A. at Wembley in 1966 were able to comport themselves properly in the immediate ecstasy of an England victory? How come Bobby Moore and Carlos Alberto and...

Some seem to think that that coach/reaction video somehow undermines or contradicts the thrust of Hermoso's complaint, as though, because she's shown animated and upbeat that this proves the insignificance of Rubiales' transgression. Carmona, the scorer of the winning goal, was also seen...

That would still be Rubiales, I believe.

I said treated seriously on its own merits; if you leave that bit out, it alters what's being said.

When people say that, they mean treating it as a equal sport on its own merits, i.e., it should be taken with the same seriousness as the men's game, but as a contained entity; I don't think they're suggesting that the way men and women play the game, and play the game differently, should be...

It has been handled very badly, but for it to blow over would be to risk having the issues it highlights sink again into the background—a rear-guard done to preserve the old ways. There's a real chance to break this open, break it down. Rubiales' complacent arrogance in the face of the uproar is...

Where are we at the moment? If what's happening doesn't bring about the changes the Spanish players and players everywhere want, I reckon some sort of John Lennon/MBE-type thing might be on the cards. Spain won the football contest, that's conclusively settled and on the record, but they could...

Spain had a great deal of possession that added up to one goal (yes, yes, 'they only needed one'), one that effectively stemmed from Bronze's rush of blood to the head (I don't think she'd have done that playing against any other team: that was a bit of her trying to impress her Barca teammates...

I'm probably mainly remembering her in that game and adding it to what she did early on in the match against China. She was terrific for that first goal: effectively started the move, controlling and shielding a high dropping ball, keeping hold of it along the flank with opponents around her and...

She excels in certain areas — she's athletic, has/had a good motor and is strong and brave, she's massively competitive and is a great gee-up character for her teammates, is prepared to get boos using a bit of kidology, is a menacing figure for the opposition at set pieces and racing in to...

Without the mutineers, you mean. Whatever the 'mutiny' that occurred stands for hasn't been erased.