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Euro2020 Knock Out Rounds

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Barnfred 55 said:
I never even mentioned the Sterling penalty.

I'm saying it's taken until the 50th match to award a free kick to the attacking side for holding at set pieces, even though it's gone on all tournament.

If that had been awarded to England you very much would have brought it up had we scored.

The penalty was extremely soft and I'd have been spitting my dummy out if it had gone against us. You, on the other hand, would have been calling it a slam dunk.
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You were comparing two different situations: one with obvious, extended and massive contact and one that required at the very least a long look at VAR to determine whether Sterling went down under his own steam or whether contact was made.
 

ForestBlue said:
Don't think its race pal

I'm not a fan of his cos he's was utter sh*te in most of the England games and tournament he's played in up to now. Many questioned why he previously started so many games with only 2 goals in 40+ appearances and also had a massive attitude on him.

He's doing well now so perhaps peoples attitudes will change to him as a player. Somethings are just hard to change once opinions are formed. Pep didn't rate him last season either so is he racist for not playing him too?
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In fairness his goal scoring record for England has been pretty great since late 2018. Think it’s close to about 15 goals in 20 games or something.

On the race point, there is no doubt he has received a lot of grief over the years from the press and it’s pretty clear the outlier in his treatment is his race. From the talk of him having 3 kids from 3 different women (not true) at 18 to being a “footie idiot”, to being criticised for spending money on a house for his mum to being criticised for flying EasyJet and shopping in Poundland. For a good while he was hammered for whatever he did.

Not saying anyone that doesn’t like him is racist by the way. But there’s a reason why he is guarded and a bit stand offish when it comes to dealing with the press. And let’s be honest, that’s all we see of him. And I would be exactly the same if I was in his position.
 

Yank said:
I find the hate of Sterling to be odd. If you don't like how he plays, think he holds the ball a bit too long, erratic finishing, makes bad decisions frequently in terms of passing vs shooting or who he decides to play the ball too. I'm just pointing our things I see on here that I think are fair criticisms, I don't necessarily agree with them. But we all see the game differently and are entitled to our own opinions.


But I've seen enough on here and other places on the internet. As it always is, some of this crap is race. If you feel like jumping at that I would only question why someone would feel so sensitive to that. I haven't said any names and I'm agreeing with the wandyr79.

The guy has 3 goals and an assist in 6 games. It's utter bs all the stuff I'm constantly seeing about him. If you've got a 'personal' problem with him or you've 'never taken a liking' to him keep that crap to yourself. That's codewords and I know he was an RS but he's hardly an ambassador or tied to the club.

I've watched the junk for a month. A lot of vague stuff being lobbed towards him and I've got enough black friends I seen get that treatment to know where it's coming from.
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Race my arse.
 
Yank said:
I find the hate of Sterling to be odd. If you don't like how he plays, think he holds the ball a bit too long, erratic finishing, makes bad decisions frequently in terms of passing vs shooting or who he decides to play the ball too. I'm just pointing our things I see on here that I think are fair criticisms, I don't necessarily agree with them. But we all see the game differently and are entitled to our own opinions.


But I've seen enough on here and other places on the internet. As it always is, some of this crap is race. If you feel like jumping at that I would only question why someone would feel so sensitive to that. I haven't said any names and I'm agreeing with the wandyr79.

The guy has 3 goals and an assist in 6 games. It's utter bs all the stuff I'm constantly seeing about him. If you've got a 'personal' problem with him or you've 'never taken a liking' to him keep that crap to yourself. That's codewords and I know he was an RS but he's hardly an ambassador or tied to the club.

I've watched the junk for a month. A lot of vague stuff being lobbed towards him and I've got enough black friends I seen get that treatment to know where it's coming from.
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#mambaout
 

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