Rio Ferdinand branded England fans 'ignorant' and 'immature' for booing Ashley Cole after the Chelsea left-back cocked up a back-pass and gifted Kazakhstan ('I liiiike') a goal on Saturday evening.
Hold on a minute, I know fans are supposed to back their players but they pay good money to watch their team and they have the right to offer their opinion.
Who does Ferdinand think he is? This is a man who was banned from international football for not attending a doping test because he 'forgot'.
Just because he now does a bit for charity and was wearing the armband at Wembley last night, doesn't mean he is now some sort of mater.
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And let's face it, Ashley Cole hasn't done himself many favours recently, what with the Arsenal-Chelsea transfer saga and then cheating on his wife, not to mention a certain incident with a mobile phone.
Forgetful Rio seems to forget that if it wasn't for the man in the street paying ever increasing amounts to go and watch their team and line the pockets of the players, football would not be the cash cow it is today.
Let's look at the facts: England were playing against a team ranked 131 in the world, at home, in front of just shy of 90,000 people, and off the back of a morale boosting 4-1 win over Croatia.
Having taken the lead through an own goal, Cole gaffed for Kazakhstan to equalise. To their credit the visitors excelled themselves, knocking the ball around nicely whereas England, midfield in particular, played like strangers.
Ferdinand apart, England didn't defend with the concentration you would expect from a top-class group of professionals representing their nation.
The fact they scored five goals was not enough to pave over the cracks of what was, Zagreb aside, another inept England performance that we have come accustomed to.
'Immature' maybe, 'ignorant' most certainly not. 'Entitled' would be more like it.
Engage brain before speaking from the heart Rio, that will gain you more fans than foes at a time when Team England is still quickly running out of enthusiastic interest despite topping their group with three wins out of three.
Hold on a minute, I know fans are supposed to back their players but they pay good money to watch their team and they have the right to offer their opinion.
Who does Ferdinand think he is? This is a man who was banned from international football for not attending a doping test because he 'forgot'.
Just because he now does a bit for charity and was wearing the armband at Wembley last night, doesn't mean he is now some sort of mater.
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And let's face it, Ashley Cole hasn't done himself many favours recently, what with the Arsenal-Chelsea transfer saga and then cheating on his wife, not to mention a certain incident with a mobile phone.Forgetful Rio seems to forget that if it wasn't for the man in the street paying ever increasing amounts to go and watch their team and line the pockets of the players, football would not be the cash cow it is today.
Let's look at the facts: England were playing against a team ranked 131 in the world, at home, in front of just shy of 90,000 people, and off the back of a morale boosting 4-1 win over Croatia.
Having taken the lead through an own goal, Cole gaffed for Kazakhstan to equalise. To their credit the visitors excelled themselves, knocking the ball around nicely whereas England, midfield in particular, played like strangers.
Ferdinand apart, England didn't defend with the concentration you would expect from a top-class group of professionals representing their nation.
The fact they scored five goals was not enough to pave over the cracks of what was, Zagreb aside, another inept England performance that we have come accustomed to.
'Immature' maybe, 'ignorant' most certainly not. 'Entitled' would be more like it.
Engage brain before speaking from the heart Rio, that will gain you more fans than foes at a time when Team England is still quickly running out of enthusiastic interest despite topping their group with three wins out of three.
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