Racism in Football

[Fredo]

Think you've answered your own question there.

He didn't ask a question.

[Red_Polo]

He didn't ask a question.

[Neil Young]

He didn't make the comment himself, someone else did and he agreed, pissed himself laughing etc.

I hadn't realised that. It makes it all even more questionable to me.

It's interesting how Hodgson has treated Ferdinand, yet he has picked Terry for the Euros and now come out openly in support of him. I'm hesitant to draw any hard-and-fast conclusions but it certainly looks terrible.

He didn't ask a question.

Moron.

[Red_Polo]

I think he was clear in his mind that Terry was a better player. Whether he would have had Ferdinand in the squad too is debatable.

Agree on surface it looks bad, but it's true the only squad members of that age were those expecting to play a big part - Ferdinand on merit certainly had no right to expect to do that, and getting younger players in reserve made sense from a development perspective. Once Ferdinand had shot his mouth off I don't think it mattered how many people got injured!

[BootRoom]

He didn't make the comment himself, someone else did and he agreed, pissed himself laughing etc.

Yeah, I should have said: the "choc ice" incident, etc

[Kenneth]

I think he was clear in his mind that Terry was a better player. Whether he would have had Ferdinand in the squad too is debatable.

Agree on surface it looks bad, but it's true the only squad members of that age were those expecting to play a big part - Ferdinand on merit certainly had no right to expect to do that, and getting younger players in reserve made sense from a development perspective. Once Ferdinand had shot his mouth off I don't think it mattered how many people got injured!

[Exiled_red]

I think he was clear in his mind that Terry was a better player. Whether he would have had Ferdinand in the squad too is debatable.

Agree on surface it looks bad, but it's true the only squad members of that age were those expecting to play a big part - Ferdinand on merit certainly had no right to expect to do that, and getting younger players in reserve made sense from a development perspective. Once Ferdinand had shot his mouth off I don't think it mattered how many people got injured!

Ferdinand used to have a reputation as a cultured ball playing centre back, we all know that doesn't fit with what the Bodge wants

[Shaggy]

The FA @FA
Rio Ferdinand Twitter charge proven by Independent Regulatory Commission. Details and Written Reasons here: http://bit.ly/Ptnl6c

[Kenneth]

Ok. Seems fair enough.

[Shaggy]

Terry will surely be found guilty. When is his trial?

[Le Chef]

£45k fine and a warning

[Alex]

Its a silly thing to fine him for. But at least they are being consistent.

Just him saying something that wasn't exactly inflammatory can get a fine that large. ****s going on with the world.

[ChesterDave]

I think by FA standards is quite reasonable with him not making the comment himself only laughing about it

[Red_Polo]

Yep. Although he did specifically mention he thought the choc ice bit was funny.

[Kenneth]

along the lines of 'ha ha uhuh choc ice ha uhuh classic! Uhuh'