We are so much better without Declan “The Crab” Rice . So overrated
Rice will have his games where he's useful, it's just he's not very helpful to have on the pitch alongside Henderson when we're supposed to be taking the game to the opposition. Winks did exactly what we needed him to, which was take the ball on the half turn, keep possession and probe the space against a weaker team, and we needed that against Czech Republic too. Rice will come into his own in the tougher games where we have less possession and we need a holding midfielder snapping at the heels of their playmakers and breaking up the play
Just for a bit of balance, two of my best friends are my upstairs neighbours, both Bulgarian and they are absolutely disgusted by this and furious about what these idiots did.
Gareth Southgate post-match press conference briefly interrupted by Bulgarian journalist who’s convinced racism at the game was not as bad as we witnessed. Bulgarian cameraman next to me tells Southgate to fuck off at the end
The president of the Bulgarian Football Union Borislav Mihaylov was so offended by talk of potential racist abuse in Sofia that he wrote to UEFA to complain about Gareth Southgate. Wonder what he’ll say now?? 🤔
Gareth Southgate post-match press conference briefly interrupted by Bulgarian journalist who’s convinced racism at the game was not as bad as we witnessed. Bulgarian cameraman next to me tells Southgate to fuck off at the end
The country as a whole has a major problem. That’s why we call them tinpot and backwards - what chance of ever stopping it. You have people giving Nazi salutes, and the people witj the influence to try and get a message across are just as bad as the perpetrators!
The vlogger and tv commentator both indicating boooooing of Sterling is racist , am I missing something here surely boooooing a black player isn’t racist or was it scumbags making monkey chants ?
nazi salutes etc proves these are scummy thick individuals
The vlogger and tv commentator both indicating boooooing of Sterling is racist , am I missing something here surely boooooing a black player isn’t racist or was it scumbags making monkey chants ?
nazi salutes etc proves these are scummy thick individuals
There were definitely monkey noises being made by their fans
ITV played the sounds picked up by the pitchside microphones after the match and they could easily be heard whenever the likes of Sterling had the ball
The vlogger and tv commentator both indicating boooooing of Sterling is racist , am I missing something here surely boooooing a black player isn’t racist or was it scumbags making monkey chants ?
nazi salutes etc proves these are scummy thick individuals
Making monkey noises is clearly racist, as you say.
Booing the opposition players is not racist - booing only black opposition players is.
Amazes me to read that Bulgaria are part of a four country bid to host the 2028 Euros and 2030 World Cup along with Romania | Greece | Serbia - Would say that the latter three might want to ditch Bulgaria from their bid if they want to stand a chance of getting the competition but knowing UEFA / FIFA they'll probably be awarded it now!!
The vlogger and tv commentator both indicating boooooing of Sterling is racist , am I missing something here surely boooooing a black player isn’t racist or was it scumbags making monkey chants ?
nazi salutes etc proves these are scummy thick individuals
There were definitely monkey noises being made by their fans
ITV played the sounds picked up by the pitchside microphones after the match and they could easily be heard whenever the likes of Sterling had the ball
There is even video footage of some fans clearly making monkey noises
Gareth Southgate post-match press conference briefly interrupted by Bulgarian journalist who’s convinced racism at the game was not as bad as we witnessed. Bulgarian cameraman next to me tells Southgate to fuck off at the end
The country as a whole has a major problem. That’s why we call them tinpot and backwards - what chance of ever stopping it. You have people giving Nazi salutes, and the people witj the influence to try and get a message across are just as bad as the perpetrators!
We have to remember that it was not so long ago it was happening here. I stopped going to England games when people around me were standing giving Nazi salutes during our national anthem. I was not going to stand alongside these racists. It was good to hear the England fans slagging off the Bulgarians for their racism last night.
I recall in my younger days going to a Palace v Charlton game and Charlton fans threw bananas on the pitch at Ian Wright and made monkey chants which I was ashamed at. A lot of fans thought it was funny and we did have a very racist fanbase. I was close to packing in going to football because of it, but thankfully these people were driven out and some of them hopefully became educated. These people are in Bulgarian society, they are even still in our society, they just have to be removed from football. The football authorities do have the power to do this but they also need the will.
Maybe the decent Bulgarian fans should have just started booing every England player when they were on the ball? Then the racists would have been drowned out.
They should be banned from the qualifying tournament next time, and UEFA should petition FIFA to do the same for the World Cup.
As for the Euros/World Cup bid - I can't help thinking that Greece and Romania might want to think twice about having Serbia in there too?
Amazes me to read that Bulgaria are part of a four country bid to host the 2028 Euros and 2030 World Cup along with Romania | Greece | Serbia - Would say that the latter three might want to ditch Bulgaria from their bid if they want to stand a chance of getting the competition but knowing UEFA / FIFA they'll probably be awarded it now!!
have a feeling they'll get one of them. probably the Euros.
Just for a bit of balance, two of my best friends are my upstairs neighbours, both Bulgarian and they are absolutely disgusted by this and furious about what these idiots did.
Well you would say that if you were in a country that widely despises racism. Not wholly but widely.
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GK
GK
Trippier
TAA
Maguire
Stones
Centre back
Centre back
Chilwell
Henderson
Winks
Barkley
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Sterling
Sancho
Kane
Rashford
Abraham
Striker
I think there are 9 places up for grabs:
Striker
3 Midfielders
2 centre backs
1 left back
2 sub keepers
Gareth Southgate post-match press conference briefly interrupted by Bulgarian journalist who’s convinced racism at the game was not as bad as we witnessed. Bulgarian cameraman next to me tells Southgate to fuck off at the end
The president of the Bulgarian Football Union Borislav Mihaylov was so offended by talk of potential racist abuse in Sofia that he wrote to UEFA to complain about Gareth Southgate. Wonder what he’ll say now?? 🤔
Fortunately he never experienced the 80's.
surely boooooing a black player isn’t racist or was it scumbags making monkey chants ?
nazi salutes etc proves these are scummy thick individuals
ITV played the sounds picked up by the pitchside microphones after the match and they could easily be heard whenever the likes of Sterling had the ball
This has been going on for so long.
Shocking scenes last night, but performances on the pitch were excellent.
Sterling and Barkley were both excellent, shame both of them came off when they were on a hat-trick.
I recall in my younger days going to a Palace v Charlton game and Charlton fans threw bananas on the pitch at Ian Wright and made monkey chants which I was ashamed at. A lot of fans thought it was funny and we did have a very racist fanbase. I was close to packing in going to football because of it, but thankfully these people were driven out and some of them hopefully became educated. These people are in Bulgarian society, they are even still in our society, they just have to be removed from football. The football authorities do have the power to do this but they also need the will.
They should be banned from the qualifying tournament next time, and UEFA should petition FIFA to do the same for the World Cup.
As for the Euros/World Cup bid - I can't help thinking that Greece and Romania might want to think twice about having Serbia in there too?