Sometime yesterday, while discussing the impending return of Phil Jagielka to the Everton squad, the Everton club captain, Phil “I am ugly but rich” Neville said that Jagielka was an old English defender who played through the pain barrier while the foreigners would crawl up in bed if they were afflicted by a broken nail.
Should I be claiming that Neville is either xenophobic or ignorant or that he is an arsehole to make such a claim and I hope all the foreigners in his team will ask him for an explanation for such arrant nonsense. Is it an issue of engaging your mouth while brain is in neutral?
It is the same nonsense you hear about diving, Englishmen don’t dive but the foreigners do. It has been repeated so many times and even by players that it is becoming a nuisance to hear. Wayne Rooney dives when necessary, Steven Gerrard tried the trick against Arsenal two weeks ago and that is just two international that might be doing it again at the world cup.
When will a foreign player call out their team mates on this nonsense? If you look at the Everton team, if the so-called foreign players are not as committed to the cause, they won’t be playing as hard as they do now. Saha, Fellaini, Arteta, Yobo, Yakubu, Heitinga and co should ask Neville for an explanation for his asinine remarks.
Thursday 25 February 2010
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