Rooney insults Hughes memory

I read about that on another website too. What a stupid kid!!! He obviously doesnt have enough respect for the game of soccer. A lot of athletes in the States are the same way......they have no clue how the game (whichever game they play) is bigger than they are and always will be

 

He's a hothead. He's an idiot. He has no respect for those who came before him. He set a terrible example for kids who want to follow in his footsteps.

Those four things said, he wasn't breaking any law, or assaulting anybody. He's lost the last iota of respect I had for him, but I don't consider these actions to be significantly more scornful than what we've come to expect from athletes these days.

Edit: Actually, the more I think about it, the more pissed I get. Strike that last paragraph. I'll probably have something much nastier to say in the morning.

 

His actions aren't a surprise. But they weren't the worst of the evening. The Spanish fans should be banned from all stadiums in Europe (including a 2 week ban for La Liga matches) for the rest of year because of their racist antics. This will quickly get the message out to all those who think it is acceptable.

 

That's what happens when all your brains are in you boots and people keep telling you what you want to hear.

"I'M GOD!!!"

 

Guys, the kid isn't 20 yet. I doubt it was an intentional act. He obviously isn't the most disciplined player out there, but I don't think this was meant with any disrespect.

 

He is just a kid and they do dumb stuff. I did really really really dumb stuff when I was 19, I just happened to not be a big football star and so very few people know about it. However, he is not helping his case one bit. I like Rooney and I've seen him be just magical on the pitch for both club and country but he needs to gain some maturity and be a bit more humble.

 

I don't think that he thinks that deeply either. Like I said "His brains are in his boots"
But Kopite is right, he'll hear about it next time in Liverpool.

So what did the Spanish do that hasn't been done before..?

 

He also refused to shake hands with his replacement, Alan Smith, and apparently swore at the England management staff. I wouldn't put anything past him. Perhaps a stint in the U21s would do him good.

For the record, Rooney won't be popular at Molineux either. Hughes is fondly remembered there too.

 

He's 19 ...

 

Legally adult.

 

Yeah, but biologically still a kid. Come on - how many people here can honestly say that they never - not ever - did anything thoughtless, rash or crass in an act of petulance or impetuousness when they were nineteen years old?

Far be it from me to defend the ugly lummox, but if yesterday was anything, then it was a reminder that our latest great white hope is still just a kid and all English football fans would do well to bear that in mind.

He failed a test of maturity and character. Again - name me a teenager that hasn't. In addition, name me a teenager that is exposed to that sort of pressure and scrutiny in the normal run of life (and before you say it, yes I know that with greater prominence comses greater responsibility, but that doesn't automatically make you not a hotheaded teenager).

 

And that was my kneejerk reaction. Boys will be boys.

But the more I thought about it, how many nineteen year olds make a scene during minutes of silence? Or do something ignorant at a funeral? Being an ass around your mates or public drunkeness (or soliciting prostitution ) is one thing, but reckless disregard for the recently deceased is slightly dumber.

If he had thrown down the captain's armband and stomped all over it, it would be a totally different matter. The press would still be in a hissy, but it's par for the course to show disrespect to your country these days. Disrepecting those whose bodies haven't had time to get cold yet is a different level of stupidity. Maybe I'm too damn prudish and conservative . . .

 

I don't think that is a fair characterisation of what he did though. Remember, he was being hauled off the pitch (despite the half-time break being a scant 3 minutes distant) because he was literally about to explode. He lost his rag BUT clearly felt aggrieved (especially following his last tussle with the Spanish centre-back who went to ground like a complete woman after an entirely innocuous, blameless collision with Rooney) and therefore also clearly resented being dragged off.

Now, he tugged at his armband, and dropped it on the floor. Not a wise thing to do, even in the heat of the moment, but equally not a conscious act of disrespect to Emlyn Hughes or Keith Weller. It's beyond unreasonable to presume that his first thought at that precise moment was "well, Hughes and Weller can fuck off for a start!".

I really think this should not be blown up into something it is not.

 

My Evertonian mates reckon he'll never play at Goodison.

 

It probably wasn't but yet another demonstration of his dimness.

 

The problem with Fathead is that his entourage are extremely keen to make money out of him and one of the few who actually seemed to give one about what would happen to him was Moyes and he treated Moyes like dirt.
The small failures will add up if he carries on like this and when it reaches a crisis point, he'd have no one to turn to as I don;t actually believe anyone in the circus around him will care about what happens to him once the publicity turns nasty.

 

Comparing Rooney to Owen isn't fair, as I don't think Owen ever had quite the media focus on him as Rooney does. Beckham really was the lightning rod for the media, as opposed to Rooney.
Was Owen more mature? Yes. Does Rooney need to be more mature? Yes. Is it fair to tell him to fvck off because he forgot something in the heat of the moment in an international friendly at 19 years of age? Come on. I hope he apologizes for it (he should do that) and then we can find something else in English football to dissect to the subatomic level because the game itself isn't interesting enough at the moment.

 

Good idea. Maybe your lot should go purchase everyone in Serie A, just to spice things up a little.

 

Good point - we haven't been linked with anyone big in a while.

NEWSFLASH: The Sun has it on good sources that Liverpool's Steven Gerrard is set to move to England's new giants Chelsea in the January transfer window, citing a desire to win trophies.

Discuss.

 

"The Sun" - this bit of the story makes it b*llocks.

 

that fat lilttle ginger twat. Someone should knock his teeth out.

 

Tell me Owen wasn't the "Golden Boy" or "Wonder Kid" of football when he first broke into the international scene; when he mesmerise the world over with that dazzling goal against Argentina at WC98.

Beckham was the centre of media's attention? Yes, for his good looks and marketabilities. But he shamed the nation during WC98 and the heart-broken English fans found solace in Owen who emerged as the new darling of English football. How old was Owen then? I believe he was 18 years old.