on twitter andros_townsend andros townsend I don't know what all this fuss is about. No offence was meant and none was taken! It's not even news worthy! Bunch of c**** THE SUN
Nothing even vaguely racist in the joke. Whichever tosser in the England dressing room leaked this to cause trouble for Hodgson should never be let near the England setup again.
I find this part far more of ‘story’ than the piece of ****e journalism nothing story about Roy Hodgson the racist bollox. I think the 'leaker' should be hounded out of the England dressing room before they infest it anymore (certainly before Brazil) as they are more of a danger than anything Hodgson has or indeed will ever say. Hodgson is nothing if not a proper gent (aka in the Sir Bobby Robson mould) and to suggest otherwise is a disgrace. Also the Sun should be banned from reporting on the England national team throughout the World Cup and when no-one buys their aimed at 5 year old readership bog roll publication for a few weeks, hopefully they will go bust. The fact he (RH) has had to come out and apologise for doing absolutely nothing at all wrong is boiling my piss this morning tbh. This country is slipping into a stinking **** pit if this is indeed a 'racist' slur and good on young Townsend for killing it immediately for what it is. Utter nonsense
Jeez! Sometimes a joke about a monkey is just that - a joke about a monkey!!! He should not have apologised and made a stand!!
Amen to that Cest - The Sun sensationalises everything. Their journalists would no doubt ask all sorts of questions if faced with a manager who had made these comments. So why not get one of them on national TV (Sky or BBC news) and ask whoever printed the garbage to explain where they got their story and why they decided to use the racism side instead of asking the people involved if this was the fact. I'm sure one of their writers talks to TalkShite occasionally so why not get the radio station to hound them out? To basically do to the sun what the Sun do to others!
The press really are disgusting at times. No sooner do we qualify than these muppets start trying to undermine Hodgson again. I haven't bought a paper for several years and don't intend to anytime soon.
The Sun are probably gutted that Roy is becoming popular with the English public, which is putting their cockney darling Harry in the shade, so decided to **** on him from a great height.. I can't understand why anyone would actually buy a tabloid newspaper in the first place, particularly The Sun or the Mail.
You mean to tell me that you actually let the sun come into contact with your a**e! - some people have no idea of cleanliness
I heard this story, and laughed. Then heard that 'kick it out' wanted the comments investigated, and my blood ran cold. Here we have (in kick it out) what is supposed to be a wonderful innitiative with a genuinely brilliant sentiment who are supposed to be fighting to remove a disgusting disease from football. And they have totally lost all credibility by not laughing this 'complaint' out of court. Everybody and their dog, cat and goldfish know that Roy Hodgson wasn't racially abusing Townsend, in the middle of a vital qualifier, in the middle of a half time team talk, by openly calling him a monkey with racial undertones. It is such a ludicrous suggestion as to be laughable. The player in question is the one who appears to have something to hide, as they are the only supposedly level headed adult involved in this farcical affair that believes that there was a sinister undertone to Roy Hodgson's use of the word 'monkey' in an anaolgy about.. erm... a monkey. I wouldnt dream of abusing another human being through use of that word, and neither would Roy Hodgson. The funniest thing about this is England have finally produced an entertaining, attacking match and lived up to the pre match expectations, so the press have jumped on the only opportunity going to turn it into a negative.... Great. Good work!
So joke with a monkey character is racist is it? Surely It's the Sun being racist as they're the only one applying it to colour of skin. The Sun are bunch of Nasty Racist Nazis! There, I can do it to. ****ing arseholes.
What's 'colour' got to do with monkeys anyway? There is a white monkey at South Lakes Zoo (Barrow on Furness) Maybe he was being likened due to his 'great balance' & 'long tail' ??
This reminds me of the time the Newcastle social services tried to introduce a 'helper monkey' scheme. It failed because of the constant screaming, flea infestation and the appalling sanitary habits. The poor monkeys couldn't cope and they had to withdraw them
