Phil Foden to leave England camp

asahartford1 said:
One of the reasons they mess up, is because of how protected they are. Everything done for them, so much adulation and praise.
Until they bring back boot polishing, kit washing and sweeping the stands , nothing will change.
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Now I find that an odd statement which the following players would like:
Gary Charles
George Best
Jimmy Gauld
Peter Swan
Tony Kay
David Layne
Marcus Bent
Eric Cantona
Jack Fountain
Marlon King
Steve Brooker
David Partridge
Gary Croft
Lee Hughes
Jamie Lawrence
Jan Molby
Bob Newton
Brian Phillips
Micky Quinn
Graham Rix
Luke Rodgers
Peter Storey
Micky Thomas
Stig Tofting
Vinnie Jones
Mark Ward
Duncan Ferguson

All from the era of apprentices cleaning boots etc, & all convicted criminals,
so please explain how going back 25 years will change things?

For me, problem is the expectation of people towards footballers because of the job they have, which is bullshit. They’re all humans, some will be decent people, some will be arseholes as with every profession in life, but every single one of them, bar none, will make mistakes, just like the rest of us.

All I’m really arsed about is what they do on a pitch, unless they’ve committed a crime against other people. In a utopia, everyone would be lovely & never do anything wrong or make mistakes, but we don’t live in a Utopia & never will.

Those who are still banging on about it need to take their head for a wobble as they sound as bad as the sports churnalists with their faux outrage of all things MCFC.

I actually find the All the outrage on here pretty weird. If I make a mistake at work, of which there’s been a few, I’ll hold my hands up & apologise, take my punishment, then expect it to never be brought up again other than in banter for being a dick.

The kid did wrong, he has apologised & been punished. Get over yerselves & give the kid a break
 
standupifyouhatemanu said:
I think Foden missed a trick, if reports in the tabloids are correct and Greenrag had been chatting to these girls days before he reached Iceland he was the instigator, as soon as he told Phil of the plan to get them back to the room Phil should have gone straight to Southgate to snitch on him, get the rag sent home, and he would have been an even bigger hero than he was before this mess!
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he Should have a word in his ear beforehand but he would of looked a total c**t if he did run off to Southgate To smith on him - so what if he’s a rag he’s his mate. Not the first blue/red we’ve had that were mates

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Maly Wilson said:
Now I find that an odd statement which the following players would like:
Gary Charles
George Best
Jimmy Gauld
Peter Swan
Tony Kay
David Layne
Marcus Bent
Eric Cantona
Jack Fountain
Marlon King
Steve Brooker
David Partridge
Gary Croft
Lee Hughes
Jamie Lawrence
Jan Molby
Bob Newton
Brian Phillips
Micky Quinn
Graham Rix
Luke Rodgers
Peter Storey
Micky Thomas
Stig Tofting
Vinnie Jones
Mark Ward
Duncan Ferguson

All from the era of apprentices cleaning boots etc, & all convicted criminals,
so please explain how going back 25 years will change things?

For me, problem is the expectation of people towards footballers because of the job they have, which is bullshit. They’re all humans, some will be decent people, some will be arseholes as with every profession in life, but every single one of them, bar none, will make mistakes, just like the rest of us.

All I’m really arsed about is what they do on a pitch, unless they’ve committed a crime against other people. In a utopia, everyone would be lovely & never do anything wrong or make mistakes, but we don’t live in a Utopia & never will.

Those who are still banging on about it need to take their head for a wobble as they sound as bad as the sports churnalists with their faux outrage of all things MCFC.

I actually find the All the outrage on here pretty weird. If I make a mistake at work, of which there’s been a few, I’ll hold my hands up & apologise, take my punishment, then expect it to never be brought up again other than in banter for being a dick.

The kid did wrong, he has apologised & been punished. Get over yerselves & give the kid a break
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I agree with the first part of this. The idea that having young players scrubbing boots will keep them on the straight and narrow is an utterly stupid one.

The one thing I'd say about that list of players is that Stig Tofting was a pretty unique case in top level football. Guy saw the bodies of his parents as a kid when he got home to find out his dad had killed his mum and then himself.

I doubt even the biggest idiot would suggest there's enough boots in the world to scrub to help resolve that kind of trauma.
 
AlgarveBlu said:
he Should have a word in his ear beforehand but he would of looked a total c**t if he did run off to Southgate To smith on him - so what if he’s a rag he’s his mate. Not the first blue/red we’ve had that were mates

MikesummerbeeGeorgeBest460.jpg
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Seem like best glass is empty or full to the brim,were buzzer is half full,
 
Maly Wilson said:
Now I find that an odd statement which the following players would like:
Gary Charles
George Best
Jimmy Gauld
Peter Swan
Tony Kay
David Layne
Marcus Bent
Eric Cantona
Jack Fountain
Marlon King
Steve Brooker
David Partridge
Gary Croft
Lee Hughes
Jamie Lawrence
Jan Molby
Bob Newton
Brian Phillips
Micky Quinn
Graham Rix
Luke Rodgers
Peter Storey
Micky Thomas
Stig Tofting
Vinnie Jones
Mark Ward
Duncan Ferguson

All from the era of apprentices cleaning boots etc, & all convicted criminals,
so please explain how going back 25 years will change things?

For me, problem is the expectation of people towards footballers because of the job they have, which is bullshit. They’re all humans, some will be decent people, some will be arseholes as with every profession in life, but every single one of them, bar none, will make mistakes, just like the rest of us.

All I’m really arsed about is what they do on a pitch, unless they’ve committed a crime against other people. In a utopia, everyone would be lovely & never do anything wrong or make mistakes, but we don’t live in a Utopia & never will.

Those who are still banging on about it need to take their head for a wobble as they sound as bad as the sports churnalists with their faux outrage of all things MCFC.

I actually find the All the outrage on here pretty weird. If I make a mistake at work, of which there’s been a few, I’ll hold my hands up & apologise, take my punishment, then expect it to never be brought up again other than in banter for being a dick.

The kid did wrong, he has apologised & been punished. Get over yerselves & give the kid a break
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Double like
 
Tugay One Cup said:
I agree with the first part of this. The idea that having young players scrubbing boots will keep them on the straight and narrow is an utterly stupid one.

The one thing I'd say about that list of players is that Stig Tofting was a pretty unique case in top level football. Guy saw the bodies of his parents as a kid when he got home to find out his dad had killed his mum and then himself.

I doubt even the biggest idiot would suggest there's enough boots in the world to scrub to help resolve that kind of trauma.
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I dunno, by the look of some of the posts on here, there might be one or two on BM alone ;)
 
Maly Wilson said:
Now I find that an odd statement which the following players would like:
Gary Charles
George Best
Jimmy Gauld
Peter Swan
Tony Kay
David Layne
Marcus Bent
Eric Cantona
Jack Fountain
Marlon King
Steve Brooker
David Partridge
Gary Croft
Lee Hughes
Jamie Lawrence
Jan Molby
Bob Newton
Brian Phillips
Micky Quinn
Graham Rix
Luke Rodgers
Peter Storey
Micky Thomas
Stig Tofting
Vinnie Jones
Mark Ward
Duncan Ferguson

All from the era of apprentices cleaning boots etc, & all convicted criminals,
so please explain how going back 25 years will change things?

For me, problem is the expectation of people towards footballers because of the job they have, which is bullshit. They’re all humans, some will be decent people, some will be arseholes as with every profession in life, but every single one of them, bar none, will make mistakes, just like the rest of us.

All I’m really arsed about is what they do on a pitch, unless they’ve committed a crime against other people. In a utopia, everyone would be lovely & never do anything wrong or make mistakes, but we don’t live in a Utopia & never will.

Those who are still banging on about it need to take their head for a wobble as they sound as bad as the sports churnalists with their faux outrage of all things MCFC.

I actually find the All the outrage on here pretty weird. If I make a mistake at work, of which there’s been a few, I’ll hold my hands up & apologise, take my punishment, then expect it to never be brought up again other than in banter for being a dick.

The kid did wrong, he has apologised & been punished. Get over yerselves & give the kid a break
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Was trying to lighten the mood. I honestly didn't think anyone would think I was serious re the boot cleaning (Don't think they would be any good at it.)
It is not the end of the world no, but I guess his Mrs will feel like it is for a while.

Don't you think people are so " faux " outraged because they have immersed themselves in the Foden story. All the criticism our Academy has recieved, to finally produce a gem, someone I believe has generational potential. Many of us thought it was all about the football dream for him, 100% committed , his dream to play for his Country . His words are a bit hollow now, he is just a normal footballer and infidelity means little to him.
I will add a -:) just for you.
The list was good though.
To be fair , you were not the only poster who took my post literally.
Thankfully most had their wits about them
Cascerino also thought it was an idea worth considering
 
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Jesus H Gabz said:
Weren’t there rumours David had a few scrapes in his youth? Think it was Madrid who where put off signing him due to a few misdemeanours, less social media in those days as well, wonder if people would like to backdate a C-worded insult to our Dave? He turned out a legend on & off the pitch (but not without making a few mistakes) Time to throw an arm around the lad & not feed him to the hacks
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They said Dave was hanging out in bars and drinking ,because we signed him and we got him,what we know about Dave I doubt very much he was a pisshead we signed him

anyway this incident has nothing to do with dave ,aside from maybe he has left and Phil is missing him
 
standupifyouhatemanu said:
I think Foden missed a trick, if reports in the tabloids are correct and Greenrag had been chatting to these girls days before he reached Iceland he was the instigator, as soon as he told Phil of the plan to get them back to the room Phil should have gone straight to Southgate to snitch on him, get the rag sent home, and he would have been an even bigger hero than he was before this mess!
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Or he could have said "dont be a twat..... I want no part of it"
 
Manchester33 said:
Well on a forum everyone gets their say, don't they?


There's enough faux outrage on this thread to last the entire season. You need to lighten up. We have City fans calling Phil Foden a '****' and a 'bellend' because he's dropped a bollock (like 20 year old lads do). That's pathetic and hysterical.
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Second time he has broken lockdown,this one could have have been very serious as he took other people into a strict bubble , i take it you dont know anyone badly affected by covid ? It was also the rules of the country either side the game would not have been played
 
England throw them out of the squad, City and United talk to each other about how to best deal with them knowing that they'll talk about their punishments and that its in the interests of both clubs to get them on the straight and narrow, teach them a lesson and move on.
 
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