It never was the same for past british drivers, in fact their bling lifestyle was celebrated imo
It isn't 100% a racist issue. Sterling was crucified by the Liverpool media for leaving Klanfield. Before he left he was the best young plyer in the world, could develop under Brendan the teeth. Once it was clear he wasn't signing a new contract (different from asking to leave, merely stating he wasn't extending - same as Milner) but would see out his existing contract, the scene altered. He was a pariah, a greedy b*****d, not as good as Jordan Ibe, good riddance, better off gone,his wages published by the Liverpool club and mafia. Step forward Aldridge, Barnes (hypocritical of him this morning to come on SSN and try to defend him), Molby, Rush, Gillespie, Houghton and the multitude of others. As to Raheem's example of Tosin and Phil's buying houses, let's not forget that Rashford bought a house for his mum (and last time I looked he wasn't white) and he was celebrated for it. That confirms it is not 100% racism here.
I think Hamilton gets loads of positive attention from the Motor Racing media but you will know better. it’s way above any praise Raz gets outside of City apart from a handful of journalists in the football media. Hamilton may get the odd vitriolic condemnation from the non Motor Racing media but the Motor Racing Journos tend to tow the line, if they didn’t they would get no access to Hamilton’s team and that would be a disaster, the Sports Editors wouldn’t put up with that, would they?Yep, James Hunt was a loveable rogue and celebrated from the rafters.
Hamilton is one of the greatest sportspeople this country has ever produced and is treated like absolute shit.
Came from absolutely nothing and the ultimate glass ceiling breaker for that particular sport.
It isn't 100% a racist issue. Sterling was crucified by the Liverpool media for leaving Klanfield. Before he left he was the best young plyer in the world, could develop under Brendan the teeth. Once it was clear he wasn't signing a new contract (different from asking to leave, merely stating he wasn't extending - same as Milner) but would see out his existing contract, the scene altered. He was a pariah, a greedy b*****d, not as good as Jordan Ibe, good riddance, better off gone,his wages published by the Liverpool club and mafia. Step forward Aldridge, Barnes (hypocritical of him this morning to come on SSN and try to defend him), Molby, Rush, Gillespie, Houghton and the multitude of others. As to Raheem's example of Tosin and Phil's buying houses, let's not forget that Rashford bought a house for his mum (and last time I looked he wasn't white) and he was celebrated for it. That confirms it is not 100% racism here.
He added: "I don't think that £50million is going to be helped massively with shirt sales and merchandise because Sterling has got a toxic reputation right now."
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/69/...more-questions-city-outlay-for-toxic-sterling
John Barnes told the world that Raz wouldn't make it at City.
Collymore went even further when he said..
Now the pair of them are complaining that the press are racist even though both of those (Ex Liverpool) players took the coin from the press to malign Sterling when he moved from Klanfield.
To be fair to Barnes, saying he didn't think Sterling would make it is a footballing opinion and if he believed it he's got the right to say it when asked.
Collymore however, was one of the biggest panderers to the "money grabbing upstart" narrative which even if he was unaware of it, feeds into that greedy, uppity black man racist stereotype.
I would argue Lewis Hamilton also gets it very bad.
As a journo, I have seen how he has in recent years been pigeon-holed as a braggart, blingy jewellery monster with controversial tattoos, a tax dodger (even though he spends the majority of his life driving abroad.
Has a bling jet, messing about with various supermodels and is arrogant because he is spending his hard-earned fortune investing in his love of rap music and fashion.
Sound familiar?
The point is though that his criticism of Sterling was unfounded, Sterling moved to a more successful club and Barnes was part of the background noise laying the foundation for the abuse that was to be unleashed on Raz.
Saying a player who moved clubs won't make it isn't an unfounded criticism if it's based on footballing reasons though, and Barnes may well have had them. After all his last season with Liverpool was not outstanding and it took Pep's arrival and 18 months of incredibly hard work by player and coach to get Sterling to the POTY candidate he is now.
I think it's entirely possible that if we didn't get Guardiola in 2016, Sterling wouldn't have made it here. Look where he was after Euro 2016.
So that's why I can accept people saying things like he wouldn't make it, he's not worth the fee etc - especially Liverpool fans who are going to have red tinted glasses on. That's normal run of the mill footballing opinion that happens to players of all backgrounds.
It's when things go beyond football that it's unacceptable and feeds into the persecution in the media - anyone who uses words like greedy, mercenary etc to describe a player moving to a better club, or even goes into stereotypes like calling him another Aaron Lennon/Theo Walcott/ Andros Townsend.
I think Hamilton gets loads of positive attention from the Motor Racing media but you will know better. it’s way above any praise Raz gets outside of City apart from a handful of journalists in the football media. Hamilton may get the odd vitriolic condemnation from the non Motor Racing media but the Motor Racing Journos tend to tow the line, if they didn’t they would get no access to Hamilton’s team and that would be a disaster, the Sports Editors wouldn’t put up with that, would they?
. As to Raheem's example of Tosin and Phil's buying houses, let's not forget that Rashford bought a house for his mum (and last time I looked he wasn't white) and he was celebrated for it. That confirms it is not 100% racism here.
I hear what you are saying Domalino, but other than wanting away from Liverpool, how has Sterling stepped out of line?This is wrong, and it's really important for people to understand this.
For there to be a racist element to something, not every single black player needs to be treated badly. Racism isn't always universally applied.
Sterling has had a narrative with racial undertones of being greedy and ungrateful constructed around him by the media (which his former club willingly played up during a contract stand-off) since he was 19, which then frames these articles about him. Rashford, luckily for him, has never had that big public contract dispute where his media image becomes the stereotype of the ungrateful uppity black man which changes the angle of these articles.
Rashford hasn't "stepped out of line" yet, so he's treated fine. Watch what happens if he starts enjoying his wealth publicly or tries to get as a big a contract as possible (like every player)
I hear what you are saying Domalino, but other than wanting away from Liverpool, how has Sterling stepped out of line?
I'd argue the media have actively looked for reasons to malign him, where there are none, purely because it suits their audience. (Rags, Dippers and anyone who would like to see City put in their place.) The racist element of it is true however, but the leaving of Liverpool, as the song goes is what lit the fire.
That's true and perhaps the gutter press is not quite as visible or transparent in these things here in Ireland. I never paid much attention when he was at LiverpoolThe "it's because he left Liverpool" line so often repeated on Bluemoon simply doesn't hold weight, he was getting this long before he even thought about leaving. The Sun was claiming he had 8 kids when he was 18, they went mental because he got given a week off and went to Jamaica or when Hodgson rested him after he said he was feeling fatigued in training.
Liverpool played their part. They intentionally played up the "greedy ungrateful brat" image by using press conferences to attack him and refusing him the right of reply to tell his side in the 2015 contract dispute, but the tabloids had it in for him long before it could possibly have been motivated by appeasing a Liverpool supporting audience.
The "it's because he left Liverpool" line so often repeated on Bluemoon simply doesn't hold weight, he was getting this long before he even thought about leaving. The Sun was claiming he had 8 kids when he was 18, they went mental because he got given a week off and went to Jamaica or when Hodgson rested him after he said he was feeling fatigued in training.
Liverpool played their part. They intentionally played up the "greedy ungrateful brat" image by using press conferences to attack him and refusing him the right of reply to tell his side in the 2015 contract dispute, but the tabloids had it in for him long before it could possibly have been motivated by appeasing a Liverpool supporting audience.
Has a bling jet, messing about with various supermodels and is arrogant because he is spending his hard-earned fortune investing in his love of rap music and fashion.
Sound familiar?
The "it's because he left Liverpool" line so often repeated on Bluemoon simply doesn't hold weight, he was getting this long before he even thought about leaving. The Sun was claiming he had 8 kids when he was 18, they went mental because he got given a week off and went to Jamaica or when Hodgson rested him after he said he was feeling fatigued in training.
Liverpool played their part. They intentionally played up the "greedy ungrateful brat" image by using press conferences to attack him and refusing him the right of reply to tell his side in the 2015 contract dispute, but the tabloids had it in for him long before it could possibly have been motivated by appeasing a Liverpool supporting audience.