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by **Leonmc0708** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:03 pm

peewee wrote:a man should not strike a woman and vice versa, i use collymore to try to emphasise a point. leonn i was a policeman in liverpool for 5 years and also have a law degree, so i know the legal and social issues better than most, i have seen men reduced to tears because of abuse from their spouse because rightly they would not strike their wife even after being punched, kicked and in one incident stabbed by her.

Not all men can be the same leonn, im not excusing him for hitting his wife, but im remembering him as a footballer, please try to do the same. we know your feeling on hitting women and im sure we all agree with that, but remember this is a guy who has had no private life, show some compassion.

please understand that im not arguing with u on the wife thing

This is a guy who had no private life ?

Two points

1) Gazza himself decided to live his life thru the papers, so he has no excuse

2) £20,ooo + per week softens the blow dont you think

by **ivor_the_injun** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:54 pm

The problem with Gazza is that he became an overnight superstar, and just wasn't surrounded with the right people to allow him to get his head round it. As people have rightly said, and as he's thankfully been man enough to say himself, he was also an utter ba#ta#d to be around away from the game. As has been emphasised all too graphically this season, being paid tens of thousands a week and being cheered on by tens of thousands every weekend gives you absolutely no right to regard women with any less respect than you would if they were your own flesh and blood.

I saw a repeat of an interview with him on Frank Skinner a couple of nights ago, and he knows what talent he had. He (and I watching) almost burst into tears when he talked about "that challenge" in the Cup Final, particularly when he openly admitted to wishing he'd been sent off for an equally bad high tackle a few minutes earlier. At a time when the FA Cup meant so much more to a players and fans than it does now, it must be horrible to think that the best thing that could've happened to him would have been to sit most of the game out back in the changing room.

He was an awesome player around 89/90, but once his ligaments went, he never quite seemed to have all his attributes at hand, particularly that devastating turn of pace that made defenders look like schoolboys. As others have said, he still scored some phenomenal goals both for England and Lazio, but generally he's the biggest example from the last two decades of a tragic waste of an awesome talent. Although he's a Toffee, I just hope for England's sake that Moyes keeps looking after Rooney to ensure that he doesn't go the same way. He's so similar to the young Gazza it's scary.

by **Stan Laurel** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:56 pm

Gazza was hell of player, remember what he did in World Cup 90 and Euro 96 too?

It is sad thst his private life was ruined, but it was his drinking problem ruined his life, look at George Best what he did to women, it is so wrong to do that.

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