Rooney apologises

[Jam The Man]

More than Beckham did in 1998, so fair play to him...

BBC:
England striker Wayne Rooney:
"Last night, on reflection I said things in the heat of the moment that came out of frustration of both our performance and the result. For my part I apologise for any offence caused by my actions at the end of the game."

 

[tedebear]

derrrr - his publicist apologises more like...

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Not really that important. He must know that the team is underperforming, he reacted badly to the fans booing him. I'd rather he just got on with playing the game rather than having to jump through PR hoops.

 

[Simster]

I should hope so too, the stupid prick. The fact remains he said those things though, and he'd do well to remember that a lot of people are going to be *very* f***ed off at these clowns earning 100 grand a week next year if they haven't even got out of the group stages, at a time when our kids schools are going to struggle for text books, and jobs are axed left, right, and centre.

 

[Gerbil]

Yeah i'm sure he wasn't forced to do that at all

 

[Icy Gull]

One decent run and a winning goal and he'll be leading us to the final as the best striker in the World and last night will be forgotten. No half measures with us Brits.

 

[hart's shirt]

derrrr - his publicist apologises more like...

Indeed.

There's no specific reference supporting the fans and their loyalty.

It's as impersonal and insincere an apology as you're likely to read.

But par for the course when it comes to footballers and their media representatives who continually have to bail them out.

 

[Chicken Runner61]

I'm with Rooney on this one - you don't boo your own players off the field - EVER

I was much more pissed off with Gerrard saying the players new what they had to do NOW just after a match when they should have known what they had to do THEN

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Not much of an apology. Odious little ****.

 

[The Spanish]

well said. gerrard is a serial bullshitter who has thrown up more insulting and meaningless press statements than any england captain in history. almost everything that comes out of his mouth makes me sick. rooney slagging off the fans is almost refeshing compared to the mealy mouthed bullshit and self congratulation that usually emenates from an england camp.

 

[supaseagull]

I'm with Rooney on this one - you don't boo your own players off the field - EVER

I was much more pissed off with Gerrard saying the players new what they had to do NOW just after a match when they should have known what they had to do THEN

Sorry but that's just bollocks. When you've spent in excess of 2 grand and travelled 6000 miles to watch your team in the world cup and they play like that then being booed should be the least of their problems.

How else do you express your dissatisfaction? Ask for your money back?
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[Chicken Runner61]

Sorry but that's just bollocks. When you've spent in excess of 2 grand and travelled 6000 miles to watch your team in the world cup and they play like that then being booed should be the least of their problems.

How else do you express your dissatisfaction? Ask for your money back?
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You don't applaud them off but you DON"T boo your own team either.

So do you do the glory hunting Man U fan thing every time your team doesn't win?

They might be overpaid but just coz you spent £2k to watch them does not make you any better

 

[manilaseagull]

Was he man enough to stand in front of a Camera and apologize? NO he was not

We don't even know the apology was from him or he even read it..

Probably from some pr guru at the FA

Complete bullshit..

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Sorry but that's just bollocks. When you've spent in excess of 2 grand and travelled 6000 miles to watch your team in the world cup and they play like that then being booed should be the least of their problems.

How else do you express your dissatisfaction? Ask for your money back?
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This

 

[Notters]

I've never booed the Albion off the pitch, I kinda expect them to be shit, however I have little doubt that I wouldve joined in had I been there last night.

 

[xenophon]

derrrr - his publicist apologises more like...

Word.

What he really said:

"Ehhm, like I was just sayin like, I dont like t' hear me own fans n that like, ye know like, em, schwayring at me like n that. I was being a div like, an I'm sorry n that like, I think"

 

[cheesy77]

he shouldn't have to apologise, he was perfectly entitled to say what he did. as usual everyone blows it out of proportion, its as though he told every English fan to go f**k themselves the way people are going on about it. i bet all the other players are thinking exactly the same thing, but he just had the balls to say it.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Manager advises Rooney to issue apology that he has written on the back of a fag packet. Best Apologise Wayne, think about the sponsorship and OK magazine deals....

 

[Rookie]

Was there really any need to apologise? Who exactly got offended by what he said and didn't realise it was frustration coming out

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Was there really any need to apologise? Who exactly got offended by what he said and didn't realise it was frustration coming out

How about he lets his frustration out by not offending people that have spent thousands on tickets?