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What (allegedly) happened to Harry Maguire and his family, friends etc. was appalling but why is nobody looking at what happened to his sister?
Two (allegedly) Albanians (allegedly) injected her with something that caused her to collapse pretty instantly. I don't think of myself as being paranoid or sensationalist but my first thought was a kidnap attempt. I wonder why nobody is talking about this? Seems odd.
Well it's changed multiple times from:
Stabbed
Poked with Stick
Injected with date rape drug
Poked with metal straw when advances were declined.
So hard to know what's gone on here.
I'd hold fire until the actual story comes out in the wash, not the speculative one.
Sounds like absolute BS to me
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What (allegedly) happened to Harry Maguire and his family, friends etc. was appalling
Um.... he was the one who committed the crime, not the other way round.
No one is talking about this because it's obviously a load of bollox made up to cover up him acting like a drunken idiot.
I wonder what the media would be saying if this had all happened to a young black footballer btw. Can't help feeling the coverage would be somewhat less sympathetic.
this. Can’t believe they gave the **** so much time on BBC news this morning!No one is talking about this because it’s obviously a load of bollox made up to cover up him acting like a drunken idiot.
Sister “recovered pretty quickly” apparently - because she was just pissed, like him & everyone else he was with. Drunken brits abroad again, just embarrassing. No wonder the locals are sick of it.
He was probably advised to drop those comments because it's a) unprovable and b) xenophobic and possibly c) totally made-up.
But it's OK, he's been tearful on the beeb and 'feared for his life' because of those beastly foreign police officers (they're not as upstanding as our bobbies, of course).
I wonder what the media would be saying if this had all happened to a young black footballer btw.
dunno though the daily fail has been very critical of mr Harry Maguire, had reporters retracing his steps and found no evidence of Albanians and pretty much confirmed the police version of events.
uselesshippy - do tell, you were obviously there and witnessed the whole thing?
Maybe Klunk but there still seems to have been a surprising level of time/respect given to his frankly pretty far-fetched tales and the fact that he hasn't expressed even the tiniest bit of contrition for getting himself into this mess.
Tanning £5k bottles of vodka at whatever time of the morning then assaulting police isn't really ideal behaviour for anyone let alone a professional sportsman and club captain.
Big time footballer in drunk/drugged to the eyeballs shocker, found guilty of something he shouldn't have done, hence I didn't bother reading beyond the headline.
If it looks like shit, and smells like shit, it's shit....
If you believe that, hi, I'm a Nigerian prince, and just need help getting some money out of my country.....
He was probably advised to drop those comments because it’s a) unprovable and b) xenophobic and possibly c) totally made-up.
But it’s OK, he’s been tearful on the beeb and ‘feared for his life’ because of those beastly foreign police officers (they’re not as upstanding as our bobbies, of course).
This. He'll quietly (very quietly) row back from this a little bit at a time, and all the while public interest will wane until it leaves a general impression that he was wronged. Classic media/attention span manipulation (the attention span of your average Brit now being measured in seconds).
It is standard practice. >95% will just vaguely believe he was stitched up by nasty foreign coppers. The remainder will be referred to the minutely hidden retraction and the >95% won't change their mind even if it is pointed out because they can't be arsed.
More worrying is the fact that this also seems to be a common MO for governments, ministers etc nowadays.
because of those beastly foreign police officers (they’re not as upstanding as our bobbies, of course).
What was worse, not only did they not put up with him trying to assault them, they even charged him when he tried to offer them money to let him and his battered mates go! Ridiculous!
Can’t believe they gave the **** so much time on BBC news this morning!
Top billing on the BBC News@10 last night. FFS. With all that's going off in the world / this country.
Top billing on the BBC News@10 last night. FFS. With all that’s going off in the world / this country.
Good distraction, innit?
I'm with Nobeer here, whichever side of the story you want to speculate on, don't judge until you are sure of the details. Hopefully a proper trial will right any wrongs which have or haven't been done.
Not every Brit abroad is a drunken cockwomble, and not every policeman is a fine upstanding keeper of the peace (FWIW some years ago a group of good friends of mine were driven into the middle of nowhere by the local fuzz on holiday (some Spanish island) and had a properly bad experience, I'm sure that they were drunk and probably not on their best behaviour, but they were certainly not a bunch of hooligans spoiling for a fight).
I wonder what Raheem Sterling makes of this story and the way it has been covered.
Who is Harry Maguire?
I’m with Nobeer here, whichever side of the story you want to speculate on, don’t judge until you are sure of the details. Hopefully a proper trial will right any wrongs which have or haven’t been done.
You must admit, though, his story is a bit 'Barnard Castle-y'.
He's had a proper trial and been found guilty.
Is there a different "proper trial" you're waiting on?
And I blame Cummings for this idea that you can now just front it out and refuse to apologise and you'll get away with it.
Albanian you say? I'm pretty sure I was there and I heard them speaking....Asian!
And I blame Cummings for this idea that you can now just front it out and refuse to apologise and you’ll get away with it.
Yup, and it will spread. I'll be using it the next time some gammon rambler has a pop at me for riding on a footpath.
"You shouldn't be riding here".
"Oh, I was just testing my eyesight before riding on the road, you see. Any responsible cyclist would do the same".
If our politicians don't take any responsibility for their actions, why would our D list celebrities?
FWIW some years ago a group of good friends of mine were driven into the middle of nowhere by the local fuzz on holiday (some Spanish island) and had a properly bad experience
Was that on Ibiza by any chance? Some years ago in the very early 00's, a friend of mine from school was doing a season out there. He was quite into his pills and house music and was doing a bit of dealing alongside the holiday rep job. One night he got busted by two Guardia Civil officers (the branch of Spanish lawkeeping you least want to be busted by) who took his stash and all his cash / bank cards, drove him into the countryside and dumped him in the middle of nowhere. Partly served him right and could have been a lot worse with deportation / criminal record a possibility, but still...
Towards the end of this video he touches his nose in a weird way that looks a bit like he just realised he was being filmed and got paranoid there was still some white stuff around his nostril.
https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1296827452891762688?s=09
Idle speculation obvs for any lawyers reading 😛
dannyh you haven't quite got the hang of it.
“You shouldn’t be riding here”.
“I wasn't you are mistaken, it's your fault for watching, look a foreigner in a dinghy”.
Was that on Ibiza by any chance?
No, was Majorca I think. They were not a pill popping bunch, more a bunch of pretty good natured home counties boys in their late teens / early 20s. Certainly not a group of try hards, would have been pasted if any fight had broken out. Very similar incident though IIRC.
Edit: Ignore
Who is Harry Maguire?
Jerry's brother.
He’s had a proper trial and been found guilty.
Sounds a bit 'kangaroo court' to me, all it needs is the police to confirm their story, no time to get a proper defence organised etc.
You must admit, though, his story is a bit ‘Barnard Castle-y’.
I'm expecting a new Brewdog beer. 'Albanian Rohypnol Injection'
Disclaimer - I'm not being a Harry Maguire apologist here, just it's all pretty one sided 'bad footballer' whilst no one has a full grasp of the facts.
Jerry’s brother.
Well he did try to show them the money.
Who is Harry Maguire?
Jerry’s brother.
Is that why he was trying to show them the money?
dannyh you haven’t quite got the hang of it.
“You shouldn’t be riding here”.
“I wasn’t you are mistaken, it’s your fault for watching, look a foreigner in a dinghy”.
I was about to say "that won't work because I live in the midlands about as far from the sea as it is possible to be in the UK".
But it actually works better as it is closer to Dominic Cumstains in terms of bare faced lying and blatant todger-tugging.
Who is Harry Maguire?
I don't own a television.
Aside from politicians being corrupt and scandals being forgotten too quickly by 24hr news cycles and Twitter (Panama Papers - anyone remember that?), one of the things that irks me about modern life is people bragging about their ignorance of a certain subject. Ignorance is a deficit and people shouldn't advertise it.
Not knowing (or worse, pretending not to know) who England International and captain of Man Utd Harry Maguire is is not something anyone should be proud of - even if for some reason you want to tell everyone you don't like football.
/rant.
Not knowing (or worse, pretending not to know) who England International and captain of Man Utd Harry Maguire is is not something anyone should be proud of – even if for some reason you want to tell everyone you don’t like football.
I believe the correct term is"wendyball".
You would think if he was spending money at that stupid rate the bar owners would have had security looking out for him and his party.
I must be naive - I did not realise it was possible to spend so much on booze - allegedly £63,000 in five hours!
Indeed, you'd think they'd be putting up a statue of Slabhead instead of nicking him!
To be honest until this story I wouldn't have had a clue who Harry is either. I don't feel my life has been enriched by finding out.
Not knowing (or worse, pretending not to know) who England International and captain of Man Utd Harry Maguire is is not something anyone should be proud of – even if for some reason you want to tell everyone you don’t like football.
I am not sure why I should know who an England football player is.
If this was a forum dedicated to football, I could probably sympathise, but it is a cycling website.
If I was to post about Rask leaving the bubble in the middle of the 1st round, I wouldn't get upset if someone didn't know who he is (FYI, he doesn't ride bikes)
(Also, rumours are he may be leaving permanently, big blow I'd say, especially after moving Dobby on, but I do like Halek. Lets see who Seattle poach)
Pointless comment of the day.
Not knowing (or worse, pretending not to know) who England International and captain of Man Utd Harry Maguire is is not something anyone should be proud of – even if for some reason you want to tell everyone you don’t like football.
You might be surprised that not everyone has an interest in footie.
I think he should stop heading the ball as it's clearly playing havoc with his brain. What is it with Man U hiring thick as F captains.
Those two Albanians should market the needle they used to the Diabetic industry,it being so painless and all.Perhaps it was a copy of the device "Bones" used to good effect on Star Trek.Helping his patients i mean,not surreptitiously jabbing them before smashing their back doors in.