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    Quote Originally Posted by WMUG View Post
    Just to add some context, the manager has previously been at the centre of controversy, being accused of bullying to the point where 15 players refused to play for the national team until he left.

    Quite how that intersects with the Rubiales thing I'm not sure, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

    Unless by bullying you mean he was sending them unsolicited dick pics I’m not sure how it does, evidently they didn’t see the bullying as serious enough for him to be given the push

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    Ok so I’ve read a bit more about this whole debacle now

    Rubiales is a Moron, I don’t know who is advising him in a public relations sense, but they need sacking…coming out and calling people “fake feminists” for wanting him gone, is the Trump school of diplomacy and in some quarters it may work but in women’s football after kissing someone on the lips…it’s pretty tone deaf. Still calling bullshit on it being sexual assault, but I think it’s the kind of thing you just don’t do.

    Vilda looks like he’s been caught up in this storm because he’s about as popular with his own players as a bout of cystitis anyway, not just the ones who penned the letter to the FA but the current squad seems to have no confidence. Which I think is a bit ridiculous and political but if you’ve lost the dressing room what can you do?. I think lumping it in with him clapping at the press conference is pathetic, and if they’ve used that as an excuse because they wanted rid of him anyway that’s pretty underhand and like I say he’d be within his rights to take it to arbitration.


    The whole thing seems to shone a spotlight on what is clearly a situation full of big egos, both in terms of the players, the coach and the administrators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    Unless by bullying you mean he was sending them unsolicited dick pics I’m not sure how it does, evidently they didn’t see the bullying as serious enough for him to be given the push
    Well the impression given during the WC was he was fairly unpopular with the players

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    Women just can't help themselves can they, they always have to be the victim. Can't even celebrate winning the WC without somehow making it about how men=bad.

    He kissed her in a moment of jubilation, men kiss other men all the time in the same situation yet you never here a man saying he's been homosexually assaulted.

    Besides I've seen the woman in question, she's no looker she should be so lucky tbh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wengerbabies View Post
    Women just can't help themselves can they, they always have to be the victim. Can't even celebrate winning the WC without somehow making it about how men=bad.

    He kissed her in a moment of jubilation, men kiss other men all the time in the same situation yet you never here a man saying he's been homosexually assaulted.

    Besides I've seen the woman in question, she's no looker she should be so lucky tbh.

    Ah from one extreme to the other


    I don’t know if you’re trolling, or if you’re actually the kind of person to flash a woman and when she gets upset say “I don’t know why you’re complaining, better than anything you’re likely to get”

    Do men lip kiss each other in celebration? Can’t say it’s something I’ve noticed

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    Ah from one extreme to the other


    I don’t know if you’re trolling, or if you’re actually the kind of person to flash a woman and when she gets upset say “I don’t know why you’re complaining, better than anything you’re likely to get”

    Do men lip kiss each other in celebration? Can’t say it’s something I’ve noticed
    you obviously don't go to the same bars as LDG...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    you obviously don't go to the same bars as LDG...
    I should certainly hope not, and not just because I don’t like the guy


    Although it is mainly that

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    Rubiales quits, about time too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66637879

    Oh and for those on here who said the player wasn't that bothered: "Hermoso, 33, said the kiss after Spain beat England was not consensual and she filed a legal complaint last Tuesday."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    Oh and for those on here who said the player wasn't that bothered
    Who said that? I don't think anyone on here did.
    I think we all agree that he shouldn't have done it. But calling it "sexual assault", saying he "forced himself on her". This language isn't helpful.
    There's a case for him to be sacked, although personally I think that's a bit of an over-reaction - he got caught up in the moment, he didn't grope her or worse.
    The level of furore was been ridiculous, it's actually become "the story" and somewhat overshadowed the fact they actually won the World Cup.
    Sacking the manager is ridiculous - although it sounds like he should have been sacked anyway for other reasons, they just used this as an excuse to boot him out the door.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Who said that? I don't think anyone on here did.
    HCZ said it for one

    in his post on p11 he says:

    "What I like is that the only person who has taken a moderate stance on this is Jenni Hermoso herself."


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