ex Prem Ref Bobby Madley

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Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen

I think the dog was just his chum

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He wasn't giving it the Bonio then? :dunno:

TBH I don’t ken o mate

There's a brilliant episode of South Park in which Cartman pretends to be disabled so he can compete, and win, in the special Olympics. He portrays a ridiculously over the top caricature of someone with a disability that taken out of context would be grossly offensive. As it is the joke is flipped and he is resoundingly beaten in every event.

This seems to me to be in the same ballpark. The joke is entirely self deprecating and aimed at the able bodied person. Had he text his mate saying 'the race is full of ******s so I'll win' then it takes an entirely different tone; but he didn't. If the context is as described by Madley then it seems he has been very harshly treated.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

There's a brilliant episode of South Park in which Cartman pretends to be disabled so he can compete, and win, in the special Olympics. He portrays a ridiculously over the top caricature of someone with a disability that taken out of context would be grossly offensive. As it is the joke is flipped and he is resoundingly beaten in every event.

This seems to me to be in the same ballpark. The joke is entirely self deprecating and aimed at the able bodied person. Had he text his mate saying 'the race is full of ******s so I'll win' then it takes an entirely different tone; but he didn't. If the context is as described by Madley then it seems he has been very harshly treated.

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I find the whole thing implausible.

Statement surely incoming from PGMOB. There must be more to this.

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Originally Posted by Tomsk

I find the whole thing implausible.

Statement surely incoming from PGMOB. There must be more to this.

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But that’s precisely why I believe his account...it’s been 18 months...he has successfully rebuilt his life in a different country. Everyone had forgotten about him until now.

There’s no way he’d be re-opening this dialogue if he knew it wasn’t going to end well for him. If it was sinister, he would leave it well alone as it has long since been brushed under the carpet.

The reason for his delay in telling his side of the story could be because it was more dignified to let it all blow over, or, potentially, a non-disclosure agreement/policy which has since expired.

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

Trial by the Media, Social or otherwise, seems all too common now.

People seem almost desperate to attack somebody on the flimsiest of evidence, presumably to make themselves look better.

I imagine the FA were preempting that, as opposed to the actual level of seriousness of the event.

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That's a bit rich coming from some posters.

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Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens

He wasn't giving it the Bonio then? :dunno:

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I think he was leading him on 🙈

I do feel sorry for him, his "friend" clearly had it in for him to do something like that especially when he wasnt actually making fun of the guy himself.

The dog thing though and the media nonsense was something else though, what folk dont know they will often make up.

I'd have sued the life out of them