dctid said:
Robinho's Subbuteo said:
You beat me to it mate. What's also laughable is how much exposure they are getting for donating a whopping £50k between them. WOW! They feel so strongly appalled about the plight of the victims of the riots that they've decided to donate half a day's pay. How about a week's pay Shrek? Make a statement lad!
To be fair and i cant stand the twat - his misses dont bother me one way or another - they do an awful lot of other things for charity as do most footballers - they are dammed if they do and dammed if they dont - 50K is an awful lot of dosh - plenty of others have given feck all - i contribute a fiver a month to save the children (not a lot to be honest) and i could afford more - but is my contribution not valid because i can afford more?
The contributions to charity big and small are always valid. I donate to charity for different reasons. Sometimes guilt. Sometimes it just feels like the only thing I can do to make a small difference to someone who needs it. Sometimes with the collectors outside City I think if I dont put money in the bucket God will punish me with a shit City performance and 1-0 defeat.
However my charity contribution is always personal, and never ever done to make me seem better in the eyes of others, as such I have never felt the need to inform the press of my charity giving, big or small. If I was to give to charity for these reasons whilst the money would still be valid the idea of it being charity anymore less so.
Its simply paying for PR, maybe Clifford told em to do it?