Pride Of The Nation

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

"Rio Ferdinand and Paul Ince blast the FA for not including any black players in their DVD 'Pride of the Nation', which features the best 17 players to have represented England in the last 40 years." www.bbc.co.uk/sport

 

 

Aaaarrggh!!

 

This fks me off.

 

This DVD features the 17 best players to have worn the England shirt over the last 40 years. If there are no black players in the Top 17, that is because none of them have been good enough, not because the makers of the DVD are racist, for fks sake.

 

Does Paul Ince really want a couple of black players included as the DVD's 'token black' selection? Surely that would just be patronising? This reeks of positive discrimination.

 

Is Emile Heskey really going to be included at the expense of Gary Lineker? Should Carlton Palmer really be there instead of Stuart Pearce?

 

No. What's really pissed off Paul Ince is the fact that he's not in it, the arrogant little twat.

 

"Call me the Guvnor," he says.

 

No. Fk off.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Fk me, I don't believe this.

 

The FA have now apologised and withdrawn all the copies, promising to re-issue the DVD with a handful of black players too.

 

Just read that Rio Ferdinand couldn't believe that Ian Wright wasn't included.

 

Fk me, Rio. Have you any idea how poor Ian Wright's record for England was? Even Thornsy could score a hat-trick against San Marino, y'know.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Rio: "Players should not be judged on their colour, they should only be judged on their ability."

 

Exactly, you thick twat.

[gertcha EFM]

Totally agree with you YB.

 

1 more for the PC brigade.

 

Ince bottled a penalty in Euro 96 and failed to score in World Cup 98 in the shoot out. Not even close to being one of the best 17 players to have worn the three lions.

[YELLOW]

He's not even in the top 50. To be honest I couldn't see any of the players who have represented England in the last 5 years making the top 17 not even the likes of Shearer, Owen or Scholes.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Owen and Scholes aren't in it. Neither are half the '66 side.

 

So if Michael Owen, England's fifth (?) highest goalscorer of all time doesn't make the cut, then why on earth are those two muppets calling for the inclusion of Ian Wright and John Barnes, two of the biggest failures ever to wear the three lions?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

The full 17

 

Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker, Sir Bobby Charlton, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Bryan Robson, David Beckham, Terry Butcher, Martin Peters, Chris Waddle, Stuart Pearce, Steven Gerrard

 

Ooops, that's only twelve. The BBC website doesn't list the other five, so Owen could be on it.

[gertcha EFM]

Geoff Hurst ?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Geoff Hurst, my [censored]. Stick Earl Barrett in instead.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Fk me, this message board doesn't even like a-r-s-e these days. I remember when we could freely get away with the C-word!

[Northern Monkey]

So this is the best 17 players since the 60's then

I suppose matthews and mortenson don't count either.