General Premier League Thread 2020-21 - Mod Notes in 1st post. [Updated 17/12/20]

DVDM93 · 21-08-2020 12:19PM

an interesting choice of words posted 10 minutes ago on Manchester United Football Club Official Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1296781093077581825?s=20

MD1990 · 21-08-2020 12:32PM

https://twitter.com/ed_aarons/status/1296786632838918144

surely he is stripped of the captaincy at least.

21-08-2020 12:35PM

MD1990 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ed_aarons/status/1296786632838918144

surely he is stripped of the captaincy at least.

If true, that'd be the least of his worries.

Still think it'll amount to little. Sources aren't great. Daily Mail all over it :rolleyes:

Nothing concrete confirmed as far as I can see anyway.

MD1990 · 21-08-2020 12:37PM

6 wrote: »

If true, that'd be the least of his worries.

Still think it'll amount to little. Sources aren't great. Daily Mail all over it :rolleyes:

Nothing concrete confirmed as far as I can see anyway.

Reuters is a great source. They say it is a statement from Greek police.

Until i saw that I didnt think there was much to the story.

DVDM93 · 21-08-2020 12:38PM

he should have never been given the captaincy in the first place, even after he was he should have been stripped of it before this & it given to Bruno.

I posted in the EL thread the night of the Sevilla game that it was very obvious to me who was the right man for the job & who was the wrong man going by the post match interviews.

I gave Maguire the benefit of the doubt though as I was only basing my opinion on this as I don't watch really watch Manchester United at all tbh, but this confirms my suspicions.

silver lining is that at least Ole has the perfect excuse to do that now as I don't think he would have had the balls to do that otherwise.

Shanotheslayer · 21-08-2020 12:43PM

MD1990 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ed_aarons/status/1296786632838918144

surely he is stripped of the captaincy at least.

Penalty to Man United

Turtyturd · 21-08-2020 12:45PM

man u will frame it as him being abused by rival fans to the point where he had to react, and the police assault being a heat of the moment/lost in translation mix up. He’ll be stripped of the captaincy, do a few good pr events and everyone will move on.

It would have been an ideal opportunity for man u to cut their losses but they’ll want to recoup as much of their outlay as possible and no other team is going to pay what they would look for.

Fitz* · 21-08-2020 01:31PM

It's sounding like he did hit the police officer.

https://twitter.com/JamieJackson___/status/1296790579637092352
https://twitter.com/JamieJackson___/status/1296790883887722496

Shanotheslayer · 21-08-2020 01:32PM

If the reports are true that looks really bad. Nevermind a captaincy strip if proven guilty that's jail time.

Baggly · 21-08-2020 01:34PM

'I cant tell you what they were telling us. But it was swear words.'

Im not a Utd loyalist but im not encouraged by the police side of the story based on this account.

TitianGerm · 21-08-2020 01:55PM

Baggly wrote: »

'I cant tell you what they were telling us. But it was swear words.'

Im not a Utd loyalist but im not encouraged by the police side of the story based on this account.

Most likely they won't report the words when making a press release.

davemckenna25 · 21-08-2020 01:55PM

DVDM93 wrote: »

an interesting choice of words posted 10 minutes ago on Manchester United Football Club Official Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1296781093077581825?s=20

I think that was a very good post by United. If found to be guilty there is no way the club should try to defend him.
Incorrect behaviour by a player or staff should never be accepted and condoned by the club.

Shanotheslayer · 21-08-2020 01:55PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Most likely they won't report the words when making a press release.

That was my understanding

TitianGerm · 21-08-2020 01:58PM

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

That was my understanding

Exactly. The police don't go to the press and say we arrested Shano because he hit an officer and during the arrest he called us pigs and f**king b***tards.

DVDM93 · 21-08-2020 02:01PM

bribery mentioned here.

https://twitter.com/BBCRMsport/status/1296804406281801728?s=20

Mitch Connor · 21-08-2020 02:02PM

Maguire is denying it all, so will see what comes of it all in the end.

Would expect Police were called for a reason, and Maguire was involved, but maybe (hopefully) not to the extent the police statements would imply.

Shame he isn't in the UK, he could claim it was just proactive self defence and get away with it.

Baggly · 21-08-2020 02:04PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Exactly. The police don't go to the press and say we arrested Shano because he hit an officer and during the arrest he called us pigs and f**king b***tards.

So say 'he was swearing at us in English'. Not 'i cant tell you what he said but he basically said this'.

Could be a translation issue i suppose.

Agent Coulson · 21-08-2020 02:04PM

A new center back might be more important for Man U now than Sancho in the transfer market.

TitianGerm · 21-08-2020 02:06PM

Baggly wrote: »

So say 'he was swearing at us in English'. Not 'i cant tell you what he said but he basically said this'.

Could be a translation issue i suppose.

I'd say it's lost in translation. They could have said "I won't repeat what he said" and it was translated as "I can't tell you what he said"

21-08-2020 02:17PM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Maguire is denying it all, so will see what comes of it all in the end.

Would expect Police were called for a reason, and Maguire was involved, but maybe (hopefully) not to the extent the police statements would imply.

Shame he isn't in the UK, he could claim it was just proactive self defence and get away with it.

Without knowing what happened here, not sure why you'd claim self defence

Maybe it was self defence? Who knows. Maybe it was assault on an officer as they are implying. My guess is his involvement isnt as as big as the tabloids say.

We'll know soon.Still can't believe some sort of footage isn't leaked yet tbh.

yourdeadwright · 21-08-2020 02:24PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

I'd say it's lost in translation. They could have said "I won't repeat what he said" and it was translated as "I can't tell you what he said"

Kicking and punching is pretty universal

Although that problem occurred after the commutation problems,

Its mad because Harry doesn't seem the type does he,
Some players your not surprised at but Harry seems quite calm ,although I'd imagines he's not full of pints on the pitch even if it looks that way sometimes

Fitz* · 21-08-2020 02:45PM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Maguire is denying it all, so will see what comes of it all in the end.

Would expect Police were called for a reason, and Maguire was involved, but maybe (hopefully) not to the extent the police statements would imply.

Shame he isn't in the UK, he could claim it was just proactive self defence and get away with it.

Even if he does deny it all, the incident happened.

Maybe it one or two of his friends in the group who hit and kicked the police officer and not actually Harry Maguire. All of them got arrested together. But will Harry let one of his friends take the blame for all of their actions or will they all go down together?

gimli2112 · 21-08-2020 02:49PM

The police have been known to embellish their side of things so I wouldn't be too hasty to condemn. I have however seen Midnight Express and would be very worried if I was Maguire.

Agent Coulson · 21-08-2020 02:49PM

Fitz* wrote: »

Even if he does deny it all, the incident happened.

Maybe it one or two of his friends in the group who hit and kicked the police officer and not actually Harry Maguire. All of them got arrested together. But will Harry let one of his friends take the blame for all of their actions or will they all go down together?

His mates might take the jail time for a nice retirement fund.

martyos121 · 21-08-2020 02:56PM

Fitz* wrote:

But will Harry let one of his friends take the blame for all of their actions or will they all go down together?

Without hesitation, I would guess. And to be honest, I'd expect every footballer to do the same, not that its right.

Thats not to say he's actually done anything, I'm not entirely convinced by those police quotes.

marklazarcovic · 21-08-2020 02:59PM

well the cops are are adamant a footballer was involved,maybe he was with another well known english footballer

Cookiemunster · 21-08-2020 03:08PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

well the cops are are adamant a footballer was involved,maybe he was with another well known english footballer

Well it wasn't Rashford if that's where you're going. It's already been confirmed that they were together during the day, but didn't go out together that night.

21-08-2020 03:42PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

His mates might take the jail time for a nice retirement fund.

This isnt a movie, if the Police say McGuire did something then his mates cant turn around and say it was them,

Baggly · 21-08-2020 03:50PM

Deleted User wrote:

This isnt a movie, if the Police say McGuire did something then his mates cant turn around and say it was them,

He said in the middle of Contagion, House of Cards and The Day after tomorrow playing out in real life.

Agent Coulson · 21-08-2020 03:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

This isnt a movie, if the Police say McGuire did something then his mates cant turn around and say it was them,

BBC are reporting attempted bribery of an employee along with assault so yup nothing like a movie at all.

General Premier League Thread 2020-21 - Mod Notes in 1st post. [Updated 17/12/20]

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