The news that Avram Grant has sanctioned players to abuse Rob Green in training has reminded me of an incident from my childhood. We were waiting around behind a goal (with our Wembley orange football) for a game to finish on Yeovil Recreation Ground and got chatting to the keeper. He was a friendly bloke and when I asked him his name, quick as a flash, he replied, "When I'm in goal, my team mates call me cunt." (Sorry it doesn't make sense without that word typed out in its full Old English glory! As a 9 year old it had huge comic effect!)
So there we are, after his World Cup cock up, Rob has a new nickname! I can't wait to see the MOTD close up on the wrist band of his gloves! Hang on, sorry, apparently Spector has already claimed that one!
In the absence of that C word, staff and players have resorted to the far worse "Carson" and, as a ball is passed back to Rob, have taken to yelling Robinson! Things went too far, however, when the groundsman joined in and bellowed, "McNight!"
Iain Dale wouldn't stand for it of course. If he was Rob Green, he would put up a moaning message on the Official Site. "They weren't nice to me and it's not fair!"
"A few rules: no racism, no obscene language, and nothing that could see me or you in court!"
ReplyDeleteThis is your statement and yet you post this. My young son reads a few blogs, this being one of them and now has a new word to try out.
Thanks for that - You should be ashamed of yourself.
Let's hope they don't sanction a few of our racist fans to give Grant some exposure!
ReplyDeleteOh do me a favour! I apologise in the article but there's no other way of telling the true story. Anyway, with you as a Dad he must know what the word means! Is this the 7 year old again?
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ReplyDeleteMy son or his son 1526? There has to be a very good reason for using those words - eg there must be context.
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