Harry Maguire - Banged up Abroad

McBain · 26 Aug 2020 at 12:29

Suspended sentence, may as well not bother.

No fine? Why no fine, after all he's filthy rich and the Captain of Man United don't you know who he is?

Saying that any fine would be like me getting fined 25p but at least it'd be something.

fez · 26 Aug 2020 at 14:29

The classic nearly 3 years in prison or an apology sentence. Perhaps that tells you something about the Greek justice system. Perhaps a grovelling apology would be worth 6 years of prison time.

The_One · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:24

He's keeping the utd captains armband

wow what a role model for your club

GIBURROWS · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:28

Who do they give it to, De Gea, Pogba?

Ayahuasca · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:29

The_One said:
He's keeping the utd captains armband

wow what a role model for your club

Stevie G chinned a DJ for not playing his favourite tune and captained the club for years after. Cleared in court of assault but the punch was right there on CCTV footage.

I think it's about time we stopped pretending that most footballers are role models. Until they actually prove themselves to be outside of just playing the game well.

wedrum · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:32

as if man utd were not screwed before this.
comedy club.

BaZ87 · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:43

Ayahuasca said:
Stevie G chinned a DJ for not playing his favourite tune and captained the club for years after. Cleared in court of assault but the punch was right there on CCTV footage.

CCTV footage also showed the DJ making a lunging motion towards Gerrard, who acted in self-defence by chinning the DJ

adam cool dude · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:45

Tony Adams did prison time and still ended up as captain for both Arsenal and Englands.

Ayahuasca · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:53

BaZ87 said:
CCTV footage also showed the DJ making a lunging motion towards Gerrard, who acted in self-defence by chinning the DJ

Ah that's okay then LMAO

Robbo · 26 Aug 2020 at 16:56

I still feel like we don't have anything close to the full story here. I'm reserving judgement for now, and I have no real love for Maguire either so it's nothing to do with that.

BaZ87 · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:00

adam cool dude said:
Tony Adams did prison time and still ended up as captain for both Arsenal and Englands.

Yea but Arsenal supporters hadn't spent years on their high horse complaining about other clubs & supporters defending their players. Utd can't now stand by Maguire after he's attacked the police and attempted to bribe his way out of trouble. But then again they did when Schmeichel racially abused Ian Wright, when Cantona kicked the Palace fan, when Evra attacked the Chelsea groundsmen and Ferdinand decided he wasn't going to take a drugs test.

Ayahuasca said:
Ah that's okay then LMAO

You laugh but that's what got him off. Gerrard's mate had elbowed him as they were walking away and the DJ then lunged towards them - Gerrard's defence successfully argued that he was acting in self-defence as he believed the DJ was attacking him.

edit: IIRC Anton Ferdinand claimed self-defence when he punched some guy, after the guy looked at his watch

Ayahuasca · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:16

It's the go-to argument for all footballers when they lash out, Barton claimed the same for one of his assaults. Whether they get found guilty or not we can still see that they're thugs.

BaZ87 · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:22

I think that's a bit of a jump. Some will be and Joey Barton certainly falls into that category but most aren't. You have to remember that any high profile person and in particular footballers will be subjected to all sorts of abuse and provocation when they go out. From time to time they'll react to it like any human would.

Ayahuasca · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:31

It's not a jump for Stevie, he made tackles on the pitch where his only intent was to hurt the other player.

Brilliant player but still a thug at heart.

BaZ87 · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:35

Ok then, if that's your criteria you could probably class 99% of footballers, professional or not as thugs.

Robbo · 27 Aug 2020 at 22:49

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53941208

I believe him, makes more sense than him just kicking off for no reason.

BaZ87 · 27 Aug 2020 at 22:56

You believe that he was randomly taken to a police station instead of a hospital and the Greek police randomly decided to attack him? :confused:

edit: the only part of his story that sounded believable was that he didn't know they were police (which might explain why he got physical with them) but what caused the initial confrontation remains to be seen. I highly doubt the police just decided to attack him though. Whatever your views on Greek police, I don't think they just go around attacking people.

mysticsniper · 27 Aug 2020 at 23:11

BaZ87 said:
You believe that he was randomly taken to a police station instead of a hospital and the Greek police randomly decided to attack him?

edit: the only part of his story that sounded believable was that he didn't know they were police (which might explain why he got physical with them) but what caused the initial confrontation remains to be seen. I highly doubt the police just decided to attack him though. Whatever your views on Greek police, I don't think they just go around attacking people.

The police don't just go around attacking, most of them just shoot people.

GIBURROWS · 27 Aug 2020 at 23:12

His sister was stabbed with a metal straw, no wait she was drugged with a syringe, no wait one of those pesky Eastern Europeans stabbed her with his unicorn!

neviditelny · 28 Aug 2020 at 00:10

Weren't they supposed to have been in a bit of a mess with some other British tourists as well?