The large proportion of bellends in the Liverpool crowd are going too far anyway. Did the bus get there OK this time.
Raheem Sterling vs Joe Gomez
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The City coach did look a bit battered by the end.
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Judging by this thread I'd say Gomez will be getting the blame.
What’s with the focus on the scratch, is it confirmed that Sterling inflicted it?
What we need is a boxing match to sort this all out. Worked for KSI and Locnut Paul
It was..... Rebekah Vardy.
I don't care if Southgate is involved, even Boris Johnson.
All I know is it's a pretty bad situation to be in. Two players who were playing under the banner of fair play is causing havoc to their own national team. The FA needs to do something about this. Both Liverpool and City deserve to be deducted by 35 points in the Premier League for this incident.
All I know is it's a pretty bad situation to be in. Two players who were playing under the banner of fair play is causing havoc to their own national team. The FA needs to do something about this. Both Liverpool and City deserve to be deducted by 35 points in the Premier League for this incident.
And she would've gotten away with it too - if it weren't for you meddling Rooneys...
Well if you doubt it that's ok then
Expert management by Southgate once again.
He lacks tactically, but he understands English players, and the media too.
Sending him home is a Nuke. Publicly yelling his best player off is a really sensible move.
Sterling is an absolute weapon but gloriously talented. If Pep has managed to harness his technical ability, maybe Southgate can round off some of those childish personality edges that he still has.
He’s so good. I think he could be a world footballer of the year inside 5 years.
He lacks tactically, but he understands English players, and the media too.
Sending him home is a Nuke. Publicly yelling his best player off is a really sensible move.
Sterling is an absolute weapon but gloriously talented. If Pep has managed to harness his technical ability, maybe Southgate can round off some of those childish personality edges that he still has.
He’s so good. I think he could be a world footballer of the year inside 5 years.
It wasn’t personal. It was professional. He derailed Sterling. It was gamesmanship.
Yes. And you’d be the one missing an International. Bravo.
He’s absolutely nailed it. What the feck are you talking about?
All upside. No downside.
Wars have started over less than who gets the last vanilla slice.
It is what it is.
We obviously don't know the full situation, if Gomez was acting cocky and trying to wind him up on purpose I don't blame him for standing his ground and not looking weak infront of his team mates.
Sterling retiring from England would be pathetic and petulant.
Takes throwing your dummy out to a whole new level.
Said this plenty of times but making Sterling some kind of figurehead of the England squad and to speak out against things like racism is a terrible idea. The guy is a massive idiot and so will behave like one.
There was the silly outcry over all the "unfair" treatment the media gave him, but what that has done is made him immune from entirely fair criticism. Even now. He's been kicked out of the England squad for fighting with a team mate who now mysteriously has a scratch on his face. If it were Rooney or pretty much any other high profile player they would be lynched in the press.
People are scared to criticise sterling and instead build him up as a hero because they are afraid of being called racist.
This is someone who's so smart they got an image of a gun tattooed on them and then accused everyone of being racist for criticising them for having a tattoo of a gun.
There was the silly outcry over all the "unfair" treatment the media gave him, but what that has done is made him immune from entirely fair criticism. Even now. He's been kicked out of the England squad for fighting with a team mate who now mysteriously has a scratch on his face. If it were Rooney or pretty much any other high profile player they would be lynched in the press.
People are scared to criticise sterling and instead build him up as a hero because they are afraid of being called racist.
This is someone who's so smart they got an image of a gun tattooed on them and then accused everyone of being racist for criticising them for having a tattoo of a gun.
Nor do I. But not do I let media shite blow it o of all proportion.
Something happened.
Southgate worked out what happened.
Clearly trusted the two to work it out.
Punished the human that couldn’t control his emotions.
He didn’t send him home. He dropped him. Still in the squad. Still training. Sterling doesn’t give a shit. He’s world class. Gomez is a back up centre half. They’ll make peace. Sterling gets brought down a peg or two. The whole squad knows that Southgate won’t take any shit.
It was a free hit for Southgate and he nailed it. He’s an expert man manager. If only he knew how to coach a team on the field........
Did he actually say this at any point?
God, there’s some right shit being posted on here today
IMO i'm not sure going public with this was the right thing to do, but I guess he'd be getting questions if Sterling didn't start anyway.
I guess the leak forced his hand, but I agree after that it was handled well.
Nope he didn’t it was other BME spokespeople journos, who spoke up due to the disproportionate criticism he got for the tattoo and his performances.
But there are posters on here who will happily post revisionist nonsense
So true... Little man syndrome?Sterling is funny he really asked Gomez if he's a big man? Watching too much Top Boy
He scratched him? What a big girls blouse
You ever been clawed on the face? It’s a legitimate move if you want to hurt someone and it hurts.He scratched him? What a big girls blouse
There are no “mens moves and women's moves” if you’re looking to hurt someone.
Of course there is. You ever seen women fighting down deansgate locks on a Saturday night? It’s a great laugh! Highly recommended viewing.
No but I’ve fought people who do whatever it takes to hurt you. They will use whatever to get an advantage to inflict pain.
So someone using their nails isn’t a laugh but I’ll bow to your expertise in watching fights
An academic for the ages.
What about kicking them in the bollocks?No but I’ve fought people who do whatever it takes to hurt you. They will use whatever to get an advantage to inflict pain.
So someone using their nails isn’t a laugh but I’ll bow to your expertise in watching fights
Instead of going mental, Sterling should have approached Gomez and said 'Challenge?'
Just like Gangs of New York style, that would have sorted this out without anyone needing to be sent home.
Just like Gangs of New York style, that would have sorted this out without anyone needing to be sent home.
Imaging choosing to use the term ‘lynched’ at the same time you make false accusations about Sterling calling people racist for criticising his tattoo? I’d like to give you the benefit of the doubt but I think you know what you’re doing. You’re a fecking moron.
Easy if someone’s walking up to you or leaving their groin exposed. Often people act out of impulse and rage, they start pushing and grappling etc.
Spot on
Thanks for confirming my doubts.
I'm not asking how difficult it is to kick someone in the bollocks. Rather, do you think that is an acceptable move in a fight between 2 men who each think they are "harder" than the other.
Details obviously sparse but the main issue from the sounds of it is not so much the confrontation itself but the lack of an immediate spark for it. It’s not like reacting to a bad challenge in the heat of the moment, as probably happens often in training. It seems as if Sterling has been letting that one little clash stew inside him for a day. That’s likely what’s compelled Southgate’s response. I wouldn’t be surprised if Gomez was not as innocent as the reports seem to intimate but clearly Sterling is out of order by reacting aggressively and is right to accept full responsibility.
Haha imagine that little nancy standing on his tippy toes to grab Gomez by the throat. Anyone witnessing it was probably in hysterics.
If you can't beat em, scratch their eye out.
If you can't beat em, scratch their eye out.