ROY HODGSON JOKE...

it worked,thats all that matters

Yeah - well, good luck with that space monkey sh1t against Brazil, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Argentina, Germany, etc.

no that's Apollo 13

He won't make the same teamtalk against those countries. He did what worked against Poland. We won, and we move on. I really don't see what all the fuss is about!!

Get rid of the stirrer or stirrers who leaked the story,he or they will not be good for team spirit,and Roy get some better jokes.

Roy should simply go on the "got any jokes" thread for material. Plenty on there to choose from

englnd qualify world cup---an daily mail trash them the next day

Yeah - well, good luck with that space monkey sh1t against Brazil, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Argentina, Germany, etc.

The last time England played the teams you mention above they only lost to Germany and Holland (2nd and 3rd at the last WC) so nothing to fear there anyway ;)

ps.  Well done Scotland on that 4th place in a group of 6th.

were not called avoid wooden spoon highlanders for nothing--thx

Roy H will be doing arena gigs soon (and the pay's better).

i dont get it. hes saying the monkey is in charge? or the monkey is more intelligent? either way its not funny. whats funny about that?

You had to be there.

Its a fecking hilarious joke you obviously don't get it

whats black, white and red all over?

prince harry in a newcastle shirt

Best joke I`ve heard in years

Roy`s that is, not Bobs

Is it racist because Nasser is an Indian name

You don't pay some nobody a million pound bonus if he tells sh it jokes imo........

who's the singer that blacked up?

The Flying Picketts?

don't  think it's them

Morrissey?

Michael Jackson?

"The last time England played the teams you mention above they only lost to Germany and Holland (2nd and 3rd at the last WC) so nothing to fear there anyway ;)"

Try "In a COMPETITIVE MATCH...!"
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Seasider - didn't you notice my Username is Spanish...?

According to FIFA rules, I've been entitled to support Spain since 2007...

Exacto Senor Jimmy

What was the actual joke that caused the Pretendy Offence please?

The joke is one that became popular in US space agency NASA in the 1960s and 1970s after it sent monkeys into space before humans.

One version of the joke is that the first time NASA sends a man up into space a monkey goes with him and does all the skilled technical jobs inside the rocket. Finally the astronaut gets frustrated and radios NASA to ask what he should do.

NASA replies: "Don't touch anything - just feed the monkey."

It is believed Hodgson was trying to illustrate the need for England's defenders to play the ball early to ex-Yeovil Town legend Andros Townsend while he was in space on the flanks.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/2/8976793/fa-gives-hodgson-full-backing

Am I the only man in Europe who thought it was funny?
The manager of England telling his team an esoteric joke going into an important 45 minutes?
What was that film with Bobby Grant out of Brookside?
Roy has gone up a notch in my estimations,he is now at notch 1.

I assume Hodgsy said ''just feed the monkey.''

No wonder they're giving him a hard time.

Double standards here from the FA for letting him get away with it.

I prefer the notion that in the original joke the astronaut was black.

A stark reminder that the game was long ago hijacked by the thought peelers.

Truly extraordinary scenes indeed that this monkey nonsense should be the source of news and imagined offence.

How very different from this grotesque example below of hateful language being used against a black footballer, by someone who believe it or not worked in the Anti-Racism industry.

The victim was called a n***er, which is reputedly the very worst insult in the entire lexicon of racist hate, yet the perpetrator hasn't faced a police investigation, let alone be dragged to court like the admittedly appalling Terry.

Why not?

Take your pick.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2283318/Paul-Elliott-resigns-FA-racism-row-Richard-Rufus.html

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4800119/Football-anti-racism-champion-Paul-Elliott-uses-n-word.html

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9889718/Paul-Elliott-resigns-from-Football-Association-after-sending-racist-text-message.html

Plus a few reports from hypocrite liberal media sources that didn't quite have the honesty to report the full vile details

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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/paul-elliott-quits-fa-post-after-richard-rufus-race-row-8508206.html

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21559781

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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/feb/23/paul-elliott-quits-kick-it-out-fa

^^^^ Chris Rock impression gone wrong IMO

Roy is paid for to win football matches, not for the quality of his jokes

that is all that matters

Well done Roy

The joke is not offensive

and  anyway Roy can tell as many jokes as he likes, offensive or inoffensive, as far as I am concerned

if England bring back the WC from Brazil

which is all us England football supporters want

Using what is considered a racist term in the heat of the moment, does not make someone a racist

It is being a member of the Klu Klux clan or similar, makes you a racist

We have become a sad pathetic society, which seems happy to condemn someone's whole life on one word

no wonder our society is in such a mess

in the world cup he will launch into a tirade about how his methods worked with neachatel xamax so why wouldnt they work with engl.............

Using what is considered a racist term in the heat of the moment, does not make someone a racist

ok but suarez was banned even though they said he wasnt a racist.
so why isnt this fkn dinosaur out like hoddle was for airing his views on reincarnation?

going to be awkward moments now all over country when black and white people discuss monkey related things 

not a patch on the kfc advert about the chicken being so hot it makes you do monkey noises

The pop group The Monkees will presumably find their records now impossible to buy, or even be heard on the airwaves, until perhaps they change the name of the band to The Chimpanzees or maybe The Anthropoids ?

Saurez is not a dinosaur, a passionate man, who perhaps loses control of his temper on occasions

great player, though is he not

I agree brendanuk1

If a parent takes their children to the zoo, and says let us now go and see the monkeys

they could be arrested for racism

It's shocking...I daren't even spank the monkey tonight.

Viz Letter:-

Dear Sir

Why is it that rap artist Snoop Dogg earns millions of dollars and is showered with awards for songs littered with the "n" word, yet I use the word ONCE at my son's under 12 Sunday football match and I am immediately ordered to leave the park.

Yet again this smacks of one law for them and one law for us, and is discrimination of the worst kind.


Yours

Mr B Lackshirt
Bethnal Green, East London.

I have an unopened packet of PG tips. My morals won't now let me enjoy them. Free to anyone who wants to collect them.

your ok, they are chimps not monkeys, different kettle of fish entirely

Seems Townshend took it as a compliment and is "baffled" by the controversy.
Garth Crooks must be fuming!

whoever reported him should never play for England again.