Andros Townsend

[Orient Punxx]

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[Long slender neck]

[Chicken Dhansak]

What's he done? Please explain your vitriolic post.

[Orient Punxx]

Apparently footballers are doing their part - so leave them alone!!!!!

[Orient Punxx]

And earning more per week than a nurse -FU CK IN CU NT

[Smendrick Feaselberg]

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Wtf? Why is he being singled out?

[Orient Punxx]

Singled himself out.

[Smendrick Feaselberg]

Singled himself out.

What/where?

[StillSpike]

I make him bang right with this quote

"If clubs can continue to pay non-playing staff and choosing not to, it's only them that's benefiting."

[BiggsyMalone]

He's right. Matt Hancock is an absolute lying fanny.

Townsend, speaking on TalkSport, has defended his fellow footballers, saying: "Football is trying to do a lot of good. To wake up yesterday and see footballers being painted as villains was a bit of a surprise to be honest.

"I have never been more proud to be a footballer. Since this crisis started to see the work that the players and clubs have done in the community. At Palace we have helped out the homeless, donated to local charities.

"Individual players are thinking about ways which they can help. I am involved in a campaign, Football United, raising money for the emergency trust. Marcus Rashford has helped feed over 400,000 school children in Manchester."

Health Secretary Hancock, who led Thursday's daily government briefing after completing his period of self-isolation following his coronavirus diagnosis, told footballers to take a pay cut and "play their part".

Townsend added: "The Health Secretary, deflecting blame onto footballers, I don't think that is right. His job is the responsibility of NHS workers.

"He is coming out and deflecting onto the easy targets, the footballers, and that doesn't sit right with me.

"We do have a responsibility but we are giving back to the community and rightly so. We are in a very privileged position. The community effectively pay our wages.

"At a time like this we need to give back."

[Disoriented]

I make the OP bang on with this thread.

Millionaire selfish footballers making hay while the rest of society suffer.

What a shock.

[Red_Army]

Nonsense. Hancock is a pathetic weasel for deflecting the blame onto footballers.

Good for you Andros.

[Orient Punxx]

They’re both weasels but we don’t need weasels now.

[E10EU]

Nonsense. Hancock is a pathetic weasel for deflecting the blame onto footballers.

This ^

Will Hancock next lambast the owner of Weatherspoons (and generous donor to the Tory party) for telling all his staff "Tough! Go and get a job with Tescos"? Of course not.

The opening post to this thread shows just how easy it is for Tory politicians to generate venom and division!!!
Maybe not so surprising … they have a lot of experience in this. Divide and rule!!!

Let us remember: footballers are not in charge of the government. Footballers are not responsible for assessing cause and remedy of a pandemic. Footballers are not responsible for the nation's health care provisions.

[Disoriented]

Nonsense. Hancock is a pathetic weasel for deflecting the blame onto footballers.

This ^

Will Hancock next lambast the owner of Weatherspoons (and generous donor to the Tory party) for telling all his staff "Tough! Go and get a job with Tescos"? Of course not.

The opening post to this thread shows just how easy it is for Tory politicians to generate venom and division!!!
Maybe not so surprising … they have a lot of experience in this. Divide and rule!!!

Let us remember: footballers are not in charge of the government. Footballers are not responsible for assessing cause and remedy of a pandemic. Footballers are not responsible for the nation's health care provisions.

Footballers are not immune from the hardships of others in society and harsh realities either.

Get real.