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.
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
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."
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.