January 28, 200521 yr http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4214617.stm Far from being racist but tough shit if a black player ain't got in. How many consistent games did Barnes, Ince, I.Wright and the rest of em play? Said that, shocked Beckham and Waddle are in it. FA have destroyed thousands of copies cos of it !! If you ain't good enough then you ain't good enough. End of. The press and F.A. [-X
January 28, 200521 yr This is the most pathetic bit of Political Correctness I can remember. How many black players represented England in the 1966 WC final - which was admittedly our finest moment? Its rubbish to say that they have omitted black players. They have only omitted players that were not good enough to get in this 11. They'll be calling Michael Vaughan and Duncan Fletcher racist next for not selecting a black cricketer for England.
January 28, 200521 yr Author Exactly. This is the worst piece of political bollox thing I have ever read. Just you watch Rio Ferdinand on T.V. tonight spouting his mouth off. The F.A. ;vv
January 28, 200521 yr We have to be so cautious in what we say and do. Yet he has brought this up as a black vs. white issue. I was under the impression we were now meant to be a multi-cultural seamless nation where colour of skin was meaningless. Paul Scholes isn't on the list - does that mean they are being "Gingerist"?
January 28, 200521 yr i wouldnt say its racist at all rio .. been playing for england for 4 ish years ? yeah he has played alright but hes had his fair share of controversy as well. john barnes.. hardly set the world on fire.. paul ince.. didnt really do much at all for england.. been surpassed by people like beckham, scholes, waddle, etc etc ahsley cole.. been playing 2 years hardly enough to call him one of the greatest players to play for england bloody pc gone madness. i would be more offended at the fact that they are changing it..
January 28, 200521 yr paul ince.. didnt really do much at all for england.. have to disagree with that think Rome he even wore a headband that's up there with the butchers fer me
January 28, 200521 yr to show how ragging stupid this is, Rio THE DRUGGIE, suggests john barnes and ian wright. i can see a case for barnes, but ahead of finney, matthews ??? as for ian wright !!!!! how many centre forwards post war would be ahead of ian wright, based on england performances.... i reckon if we try we will get to well above twenty... linekar, beardley, lofthouse, shearer, owen , just 15 to go. his record was 9 goals in 33 appearances, i think includes a hat trick against san marino.
January 28, 200521 yr The FA should take the piss and put this team out... David James Viv Anderson Sol Campbell Rio Ferdinand Ashley Cole John Barnes Paul Ince Trevor Sinclair Laurie Cunningham Les Ferdinand Ian Wright
January 28, 200521 yr Its shite like this that makes me wanna emmigrate. this country is f**king barmy. The point that no-one is considering now is... to include Paul Ince for example - they have to drop a white player purely because he is white ---- is that not f**king racist???????? ragging hate this country sometimes
January 28, 200521 yr in the interests of fairness there should be 5 whites, 2 blacks, 1 halfchip, one gay tiddly, a yid and a one legged lesbian in a wheel chair. that should cover all bases
January 28, 200521 yr shouldnt we include some Indian players or asianstanis to represent our inter-woven social structure?? that chap who played for Bury, had a surname sounded like "buttybox" - get him upfront with Inzamam Ul Haq
January 28, 200521 yr The FA have now issued this statement. "The FA would like to clarify that the revised selection committee will now not involve Ron Atkinson. He has been relieved of his duty."
January 28, 200521 yr The whole project sounds like crap anyhow. Whats the fuckin point of summat like this - just more opportunity for Beckham, Gerrard etc to get publicity. If there's any "ism" at work it'll be the usual ageism which relegates people like Nat to relics of some by-gone era rather than celebrate someone who scored 30 in 33 games and who, had he been born 40 years later, would have bulldozed his way through the jessie-boy ridden modern game like shit from a goose. Rest assured this kind of shite will be on the increase once Wembley is finished and the FA start to try to foot the bill
January 28, 200521 yr the picture in todays papers to go with the anti racism campaign features,rio ferdinand,thierry henry and ronaldo......no white men,no scots ,irish etc.......racism at its best.it only works for the blacks [-X
January 28, 200521 yr I'd have Sol Campbell ahead of Terry Butcher. Other than that can't disagree with any of the choices.
January 29, 200521 yr to show how ragging stupid this is, Rio THE DRUGGIE, suggests john barnes and ian wright. i can see a case for barnes, but ahead of finney, matthews ??? as for ian wright !!!!! how many centre forwards post war would be ahead of ian wright, based on england performances.... i reckon if we try we will get to well above twenty... linekar, beardley, lofthouse, shearer, owen , just 15 to go. his record was 9 goals in 33 appearances, i think includes a hat trick against san marino. Ian, Shall we add Rooney, Keegan, McDonald, Greaves, Mortensen, Channon, Peters, Dixie Dean, Mariner, Woodcock, Francis, Sheringham, Chivers, Hateley and Allan Clarke to your 5 strikers ahead of Ian Wright? All 15 I've mentioned have a better record than Ian Wright whose record was, as you correctly stated: 9 goals in 33 games, of which he scored 4 in one game against the mighty San Marino, otherwise he scored 5 in 32!
January 29, 200521 yr Sorry, I didn't realise which war they meant! I thought it was post-Boer War! :^o Anyway, the other 14 still count!
January 29, 200521 yr I'd hate to be the guy who gets put in the team coz i'd know i was there just coz i was black!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4214617.stm
Far from being racist but tough shit if a black player ain't got in.
How many consistent games did Barnes, Ince, I.Wright and the rest of em play? Said that, shocked Beckham and Waddle are in it.
FA have destroyed thousands of copies cos of it !!
If you ain't good enough then you ain't good enough. End of.
The press and F.A. [-X