Exactly.
I wonder what Klopp would have said if it was a Liverpool player blitzed
I think if you manage to come for the meeting and take part in it, it wouldnt be unprofessional.
Carragher with the most sensible comments I've read on the whole situation thus far... good job.
I suspect he just thinks why does Rooney have to take 100% of the flack when he was not the only player out drinking that night. Why are the FA leaking information to the media instead of closing up shop and dealing with it strictly in house? They should be trying to protect their players and staff... in my opinion. They've handled it poorly. I bet there are other England players just counting their lucky stars that all the focus has been Rooney when they have done the same or maybe worse.
I suspect Carragher has considered Rooney's situation on a human level as a fellow professional who has played football at the top level... maybe, just maybe he has a better grasp of the sort of pressures Rooney might be feeling than 'Barry, 26 who works in IT'.
Rooney is drinking to forget the shit you write in this forum!
Rooney's under pressure because he's been playing like shit for 3 years.
So he's under pressure because his form hasn't been great. Not disputing that... however I would say that the amount of scrutiny and pressure he has been under recently has been a tad excessive. Certainly far, far more than any other English player since the days of David Beckham. Another player who the media decided to turn into a villain because of a human mistake.
There would be a lot less critique of Rooney if he was performing on the pitch, which he blatantly isn't. At the end of the day he's a well paid "athlete" with serious questions marks over his place in both the England and United team, so getting hammered probably isn't the smartest idea.
It would be if you were still clearly over the limit while at that presentation.
Henderson doesn't drink and Lallana had very little to drink. The only people they have to answer to is their other halves who might not be chuffed they were in a strip club. The only other risk would have been other punters who might have been drunk and fancied their chances at belting a footballer.
It wasn't the smartest idea, I agree. There would be less critique if he was performing... however, Harry Kane was awful for England in the summer. Certainly, worse than Rooney. Do you think there would be any media fuss about whether he gets picked or not? Vardy, hadn't scored in something like 13 matches was it for Leicester this season? Much media scrutiny on his place?
Wayne and his entourage have made sure Wayne is always in the spotlight for financial reasons. They cannot moan now that the publicity is not too flattering. It hasn't always been good publicity, but I bet they had the attitude that any publicity is good publicity. They are singing a different tune now.
The quotes are brilliant sounds like a parody. The chances of the majority of them not being made up is slim, but then what can we expect from that paragon of journalistic integrity that is The Sun.Of course they weren't. I'm sure they left the team hotel late at night and drove over 100 miles to a strip club in Bournemouth to sip a few tonic waters.
It is well know Henderson doesn't drink. Funny enough some people don't.Haven't been following this nonsense, finally read the Sun story.
Of course they weren't. I'm sure they left the team hotel late at night and drove over 100 miles to a strip club in Bournemouth to sip a few tonic waters.
He has benefited from being made England's poster boy for much of his career... I don't deny that. You might think 'you have to take the rough with the smooth'... but personally, I don't. I'm not a media apologist. When they turned Beckham into a villain after getting a red card against Argentina, I didn't think that was ok. "Well, they did make him a hero in the first place so ahh well... c'est la vie"...
The difference is that Beckham is an infinitely better man than Rooney and has earned his huge good will over the last 25 years.
What they did to Beckham was ridiculous. It was a football game he didn't commit mass genocide, but you would have thought he had. I am not entirely comfortable with Wayne's situation, but if he was playing well I like others would probably excuse it, but he isn't and is still seen as an integral and important part of Manchester United, when let's be honest he isn't. England against Spain proved he likely isn't for England either.
I wouldn't have Rooney in my current England 11... I wouldn't have him my current United one either.
3 days later?
The newspapers say there were approximately 10 England players drinking until 4:30am at another nightclub... although none have been named so I guess it doesn't matter.
Is it? I doubt many knew that until the story appeared the other day unless they follow the drinking habits of random PL footballers, Llanna was drinking though.
I thought the theory doing the rounds on here was the injury was faked to cover up his drinking escapades?
Mate I'm 100% certain that it's true! At £300k/w minimum and Coleen always looking to launch a new perfume now and then, you can be sure that Coleen's Xmas party is not one to be missed.
Ha, I'm experiencing that moment when you realize Trump becoming president makes you now utterly unsure as to what's real or not...Mate I'm 100% certain that it's true! At £300k/w minimum and Coleen always looking to launch a new perfume now and then, you can be sure that Coleen's Xmas party is not one to be missed.
Guests include Carragher, The Neville brothers, Owen Hargreaves, Ian Wright, Danny Murphy, Trevor Sinclair and a host of ex Liverpool pundits including Redknapp Jnr.
Notable absentees include Stan Collymore Paul Parker and every other sensible person in football and the CAF.
In the spirit of generosity, the Rooney PR team scout internet forums to pick the best fanboys of Wine Looney FC. And I repeat, at least 3 on here have tickets!
Both happened, both are real. Unfortunately.
If I remember correctly Ronaldo doesn't drink at all. At least they said so in his "documentary".
The MOTD comments of 'Go on Wayne, stand up for yourself' were equally baffling. It was if he was someone persecuted individual and not someone who was a unprofessional, underperforming and overpaid.
