If this was ANYONE other than England’s ‘Golden Boy’, the media would be losing its collective **** and the FA would be handing out a LONG ban. ****, if it were a foreigner, the witch hunt to drive him out of the Country would be immense .....
I can take most of the B/S around that *****. The dives. The way he refs games. The lies to claim goals that aren’t his own. The media B/S. It’s not right. But it’s an unwritten, English captain privilege. Shearer was the last example of that who could basically do what ever the F he wanted without any punishment.
But this is TOTALlY unacceptable. And isn’t a one off. It’s happening game after game lately. He’s literally going out, pre-meditated, to injure someone. Making a deliberate back for a player in the air. Rugby have outlawed the spear tackle. The NFL have outlawed similar. What’s the difference with the snide ***** doing that and opponents coming down on their heads/ neck/ back with no control?
Someone is going to get SERIOUSLY injured before too long off one of these the longer he’s allowed to get away with it.
Either refs need to clamp down. Which is highly unlikely on the England captain as noted.
Or players need to be savvy, leave the knee/ foot up, and start dishing it out back and hurting him!
Either way something needs to happen as this is fast becoming a big player safety issue the same way ****** like Fashanu used to be with elbows before they were outlawed.