There is no evidence he lied.
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I don’t want to attack Rudiger as he feels he heard something, and it upset him, fair enough
However I will say that he has complained about it before, and yet again no evidence was found. If he’s doing it deliberately then he’s a scum bag, but I doubt he is, probably just him mishearing stuff
One thing that should absolutely happen though, is full apologies issued from the likes of Gary Neville, Sky Sports and most of the tabloid news papers. They completely and utterly shamed us as a fan base with absolutely zero evidence.
However I will say that he has complained about it before, and yet again no evidence was found. If he’s doing it deliberately then he’s a scum bag, but I doubt he is, probably just him mishearing stuff
One thing that should absolutely happen though, is full apologies issued from the likes of Gary Neville, Sky Sports and most of the tabloid news papers. They completely and utterly shamed us as a fan base with absolutely zero evidence.
Would you have reported it to the police though or you just go straight to the papers?
The club aren't suing him they are backing his right to make the allegation.
No evidence he exaggerated either, I only see he reported what he thought heard. We should be glad of the club statement rather than going after Rudiger.
If he thinks he's heard it, why would he withdraw anything.
So am I ... it's just then when those allegations are unproven the decent thing to do is take them back ... even he must now realise he almost certainly made a mistake.
How do you otherwise stop less genuine people than Rudiger making any accusation they want? He's right to report what he believes he heard (didn't need the monkey impression or the twitter) but he would be even more right to now accept that he may have made a mistake ... but let's not hold our breath on him or any of the talking heads doing that in this lifetime ...
Because the overwhelming evidence says he's wrong ... he should man up and accept that mistakes happen.
Ollie Holt is a cunt and a disgrace. Useless piece of shit, disgrace to the profession. Hope he has a catastrophically bad year.
Love to smack his teeth out.
Love to smack his teeth out.
That's what the police and the law are there for.
I think we'd do ourselves a lot of favors by reacting appropriately as fans.
If you see a homeless man getting abducted, but the police cant find evidence of it doesnt mean you then have to say I was wrong, I am just seeing things.
It would be weirder if he said I withdraw my complaint because other people didnt find evidence of it. If he thinks hes heard it, hes not going to change his mind on that suddenly.
Some people are so closed-minded and determined that they have to take a view on either extreme of the argument.
FFS, it actually is possible that he believed that he heard something, and that it didn't actually happen. Not one of us on here can categorically say that Rudiger didn't hear anything, or that it isn't possible that a comment or a chant could have sounded like a racial slur to somebody not familiar with Spurs chants and who speaks English as a second (maybe even third?) language.
It's massively unfortunate that this situation has happened, and frustrating as fuck that the club's name has been dragged through the mud. However, the media clearly reacted in the way they did because this was the first time (to the best of my knowledge) that the protocol had been followed in a match in the UK, at least certainly in the top flight, and so was always going to draw a crazy amount of attention after what occured in Sofia when England played Bulgaria. It's got fuck all to do with it being Spurs. The shitstorm would've happened if it had been at Woolwich, Norwich, Everton or wherever. And I find it hard to believe that there would be as much concern from a lot on here if that were the case.
FFS, it actually is possible that he believed that he heard something, and that it didn't actually happen. Not one of us on here can categorically say that Rudiger didn't hear anything, or that it isn't possible that a comment or a chant could have sounded like a racial slur to somebody not familiar with Spurs chants and who speaks English as a second (maybe even third?) language.
It's massively unfortunate that this situation has happened, and frustrating as fuck that the club's name has been dragged through the mud. However, the media clearly reacted in the way they did because this was the first time (to the best of my knowledge) that the protocol had been followed in a match in the UK, at least certainly in the top flight, and so was always going to draw a crazy amount of attention after what occured in Sofia when England played Bulgaria. It's got fuck all to do with it being Spurs. The shitstorm would've happened if it had been at Woolwich, Norwich, Everton or wherever. And I find it hard to believe that there would be as much concern from a lot on here if that were the case.
The club statement backs his right to make the allegation, people are going to believe what they want to believe regardless.
You do know that even the boy who cried wolf actually ended up seeing one...just saying...
Two different things, all players cheat it doesn't have any bearing on how they are as people.
To me it doesn't make sense that Rudiger would lie just because he is called a cheat by fans, he's a seasoned professional, he's been called a lot worse.