Maybe there is some discrimination, but like someone else said above, the continent is likely to be worse.
Wonder what Hughton would have to say about these comments.
Just think it's amusing that his perception of racism in English football is founded on the slight of Neville getting the England job. He says himself that the F.A. made an approach, so what's he upset about, that black people aren't handed the first spot in line, on principle?
Here's a hint Sol: Neville kept playing football at a top club as a protegee to one of football history's all-time greatest coaches, retiring with his name and reputation intact. Then, when he was handed a commentating job, he blew expectations out of the water, offering the most incisive and knowledgeable commentary in the business.
You, on the other hand, failed at a succession of clubs in your last few years, dropping down to League Two at one point, before falling out with the club and walking away with your contract cancelled, then tried to replicate your success at Woolwich, but you weren't good enough anymore. Then, you couldn't make your mark at Newcastle, your contract was terminated and you spent a year in free-agency before retiring. Here's another hint Sol: when your career ends because no club will even take you on a free, you've probably got a LONG ways to go before walking into a job with the England set-up.
Oh, and there's one more thing. During all of those years in which you weren't playing football anymore, or at least conning yourself into a succession of clubs who later found you out, your primary exposure to the media was complaining about racism. And so we've come full-circle.
Nobody wants you around because you've got a chip on your shoulder and you cry wolf every 6 months about being the subject of racism. That's a combination that isn't likely to result in a lot of career opportunities. If you can't handle yourself in the media, how can you be expected to handle a team?
Wonder what Hughton would have to say about these comments.
Just think it's amusing that his perception of racism in English football is founded on the slight of Neville getting the England job. He says himself that the F.A. made an approach, so what's he upset about, that black people aren't handed the first spot in line, on principle?
Here's a hint Sol: Neville kept playing football at a top club as a protegee to one of football history's all-time greatest coaches, retiring with his name and reputation intact. Then, when he was handed a commentating job, he blew expectations out of the water, offering the most incisive and knowledgeable commentary in the business.
You, on the other hand, failed at a succession of clubs in your last few years, dropping down to League Two at one point, before falling out with the club and walking away with your contract cancelled, then tried to replicate your success at Woolwich, but you weren't good enough anymore. Then, you couldn't make your mark at Newcastle, your contract was terminated and you spent a year in free-agency before retiring. Here's another hint Sol: when your career ends because no club will even take you on a free, you've probably got a LONG ways to go before walking into a job with the England set-up.
Oh, and there's one more thing. During all of those years in which you weren't playing football anymore, or at least conning yourself into a succession of clubs who later found you out, your primary exposure to the media was complaining about racism. And so we've come full-circle.
Nobody wants you around because you've got a chip on your shoulder and you cry wolf every 6 months about being the subject of racism. That's a combination that isn't likely to result in a lot of career opportunities. If you can't handle yourself in the media, how can you be expected to handle a team?
