| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:17 - Oct 17 with 5059 views | CiderwithRsie |
I doubt Townsend is too bothered. Hodgson has probably put several million on Townsend's valuation come contract renewal time. |  | |  |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:25 - Oct 17 with 5037 views | simmo |
I would say it is more the person that leaked it that is the idiot. It is not even something 'leakable', it was obviously in context and did not come with malicious intent.
Just a ridiculous load of nonsense. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:26 - Oct 17 with 5036 views | Konk |
If he’d been talking to John Terry, then you’d have your concerns, but given that he was reportedly talking to Smalling, who has a very similar skin tone to Townsend, I’d be amazed if anyone other than Peter Herbert could see anything offensive in Roy’s words. Roy is a genius. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:30 - Oct 17 with 5008 views | Toast_R |
Here we go again, British press stirring absolute garbage for the sake making a few more sales at the cost of the England team which just so happens to be in the news at the moment for the right reason may I add.
Honestly, we’ll never win anything or get anywhere with the gutter press we have, indoctrinating the nations mood and undermining everything the national side achieves for the sake of pure greed.
How a halftime team talk got leaked to the press though is another issue. Seems like they have a Rat somewhere in the dressing room.
If Roy Hodgson is being accused of racism for that, then God help us all. |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:30 - Oct 17 with 5008 views | TheBlob |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:25 - Oct 17 by simmo |
I would say it is more the person that leaked it that is the idiot. It is not even something 'leakable', it was obviously in context and did not come with malicious intent.
Just a ridiculous load of nonsense. |
Of course it's nonsense,but the kind of nonsense that ends up on the front pages as we've just seen.Now England have qualified it's "shoot 'em down" season.
Zip it Roy,this isn't the nineteen seventies. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:31 - Oct 17 with 5006 views | THEBUSH |
Public figures have to be very careful what they say these days, Hodgson I'm sure ain't a racist, but should have known better, imo !! |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:32 - Oct 17 with 4997 views | Jeff |
you know *sometimes* when you use the word 'Monkey', you are using it as a racial slur, and sometimes, just sometimes, you are using it to refer to a primate. you know, an actual Monkey.
Good old English Press. on Wednesday we're going to win the world cup, on Thursday they're accusing the English manager of being a Racist... |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:35 - Oct 17 with 4985 views | toboboly |
Seems like it wasn't intended in a racist way, wasn't taken in a racist way either. An apology has been accepted. Move on, nothing to see here. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:35 - Oct 17 with 4983 views | A40Bosh |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:32 - Oct 17 by Jeff |
you know *sometimes* when you use the word 'Monkey', you are using it as a racial slur, and sometimes, just sometimes, you are using it to refer to a primate. you know, an actual Monkey.
Good old English Press. on Wednesday we're going to win the world cup, on Thursday they're accusing the English manager of being a Racist... |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:38 - Oct 17 with 4970 views | bosh67 |
Talk about being misinterpreted. Pretty obvious he was referring to himself as only being able to feed the team. Shows how the PC world has gone mad (not the computer shop) - there are no racist overtones in that joke. He may simply want to tell a joke about a giraffe next time, as Peter Crouch isn't in the squad at the moment. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:45 - Oct 17 with 4949 views | daveB |
It's not even worthy of a news story, no one was offended, the two people involved talked about it and there was no problem but it still makes front page news. That Black lawyers group will make an official compliant by lunchtime to get their name in the news again |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:49 - Oct 17 with 4936 views | DWQPR |
We must be about the only country in Europe and probably the world where the press and many people want to stir trouble for the sake of it. Hodgson is far from being racist and just used an expression which no doubt he would have also used had the person he meant had white skin. I suspect that in actual fact the white English people, person for person, is less racist than his black/Asian/Eastern European counterpart. Yet it seems that it is only the white English that can be accused of racism. | |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:49 - Oct 17 with 4933 views | Toast_R |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:30 - Oct 17 by TheBlob |
Of course it's nonsense,but the kind of nonsense that ends up on the front pages as we've just seen.Now England have qualified it's "shoot 'em down" season.
Zip it Roy,this isn't the nineteen seventies. |
Err it's a halftime team talk.... | | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:53 - Oct 17 with 4922 views | JonDoeman |
I've decided it was Sturridge who leaked this. Mainly cos he's ex Chelsea & I don't like his face...
Agree with blobby though, silly thing to say in this day & age.. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:57 - Oct 17 with 4912 views | doogi55 |
great coming from journos who take the pxxx out off his speach inpedment | | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 10:07 - Oct 17 with 4885 views | stevec |
I still call my (fairly grown up) kids 'monkeys' when they're mucking about, really as a term of affection.
However, thanks to the Sun's incredible investigative journalism, I now realise I am nothing but a foul mouthed racist and will be turning myself in at the local Constabulary.
Let me know how we get on at Millwall. |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 10:08 - Oct 17 with 4881 views | mrmonkey |
What a joke.
Monkeys are innocent!!!! |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 10:50 - Oct 17 with 4782 views | Toast_R |
People get so wound up now by what can be perceived to be offensive the way we're heading you'll need to consult a lawyer before you say anything to anyone.
I could "say I'm going down the shops to buy a present for my wife's birthday" and I'm leaving myself open to being accused of being insensitive to agoraphobes and a Jehovah's Whitness, whatin just one sentence. [Post edited 17 Oct 2013 10:52]
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:00 - Oct 17 with 4757 views | QPR1882 |
Must be a slow day news wise on the sports desk. |  | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:00 - Oct 17 with 4756 views | JonDoeman |
@andros_townsend 35m
I don't know what all this fuss is about. No offence was meant and none was taken! It's not even news worthy! | |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:02 - Oct 17 with 4750 views | JonDoeman |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:00 - Oct 17 by QPR1882 |
Must be a slow day news wise on the sports desk. |
Its the showbiz reporter's story... who happens to be Scottish! | |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:08 - Oct 17 with 4725 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:38 - Oct 17 by bosh67 |
Talk about being misinterpreted. Pretty obvious he was referring to himself as only being able to feed the team. Shows how the PC world has gone mad (not the computer shop) - there are no racist overtones in that joke. He may simply want to tell a joke about a giraffe next time, as Peter Crouch isn't in the squad at the moment. |
Having actually read the joke, that's spot on. This isn't someone naively or deliberately telling a racist joke or, IMO, being insensitive to racist language. Its a joke about astronauts.
I'm verging on telling Blob that he's gone madly PC. I therefore suspect he's winding us up. | | | |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:09 - Oct 17 with 4717 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 09:31 - Oct 17 by THEBUSH |
Public figures have to be very careful what they say these days, Hodgson I'm sure ain't a racist, but should have known better, imo !! |
don't be ridiculous. you're basically saying you can't say the word 'monkey' under any circumstances when addressing someone with a dark skin tone. |  |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:10 - Oct 17 with 4714 views | TheBlob |
| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:08 - Oct 17 by CiderwithRsie |
Having actually read the joke, that's spot on. This isn't someone naively or deliberately telling a racist joke or, IMO, being insensitive to racist language. Its a joke about astronauts.
I'm verging on telling Blob that he's gone madly PC. I therefore suspect he's winding us up. |
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| Hodgson is an idiot on 11:15 - Oct 17 with 4692 views | QPR1882 |
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